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History: Organized 1941; incorporated 1959. 

 Committees : Health Education ; Research. 



Purpose: The exchange of information of 

 mutual interest concerning the graduate educa- 

 tion of professional personnel for service in 

 public health, and the promotion and improve- 

 ment of the education and training of such 

 personnel. 



Membership: Open to institutions which are 

 conducting schools or departments devoted to 

 graduate teaching in public health. Total mem- 

 bership 13. 



Meetings: Annual. 



439. Association of Universities for Research in 

 Astronomy, Inc. 950 North Cherry Avenue, 

 Tucson, Ariz. President: C. D. Shane, Lick 

 Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires December 1961. Secretary: James M. 

 Miller, Assistant Vice President, Govern- 

 mental Relations and Projects, University of 

 California, Berkeley 4, Calif. Term expires 

 December 1961. 



History: Originally financed as a National 

 Science Foundation grant to the University of 

 Michigan. Corporation formed October 27, 1957 

 by the following universities : California, Chi- 

 cago, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, 

 Wisconsin. Princeton University and Yale Uni- 

 versity subsequently joined the Corporation. 

 Financed under contract between Association of 

 Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. 

 and the National Science Foundation, original 

 contract signed December 1957. 



Purpose: To install and operate the Kitt 

 Peak National Observatory, Arizona, funded by 

 the National Science Foundation. 



Membership: Limited to (a) those universi- 

 ties ofifering the doctorate in astronomy and (b) 

 by invitation of the Corporation. Board of 

 Directors consists of 18 members, plus 3 

 Directors-at-Large. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Library: 2,250 volumes; subject emphasis: 

 astronomy, with minor in mathematics and 

 physics. 



440. Association of Vitamin Chemists. 2549 

 West 63rd Street, Chicago 29, 111. President: 

 Buford H. Barrows, Hales and Hunter Com- 

 pany, 140th Street and Stewart Avenue, 

 Riverdale 27, 111. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: H. F. Bernholdt, Swift and Com- 

 pany, Research Laboratories, Chicago 9, III. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Incorporated as a non-profit scientific 

 organization in 1944. 



Purpose: To provide a medium for the inter- 

 change of ideas and information pertinent to 



vitamin chemistry and technology ; to stimulate 

 the study of vitamin methodology ; and to 

 increase the fund of knowledge pertaining to 

 vitamins. 



Membership: Must have an academic degree 

 in the basic or applied sciences or the equivalent 

 in experience, and two years experience in the 

 field of vitamin chemistry, technology, nutrition 

 or related fields. Total membership 150. 



Publications: Vitamin Abstracts, quarterly, 

 current volume : 13, $4 members, $6 non-mem- 

 bers. Editor : O. F. Hixson. 



441. Astronomical League. Science Service 

 Building, Washington 6, D. C. President: 

 Norman C. DaIke, 8017 Stroud Avenue, 

 Seattle 3, Wash. Term expires September 

 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: Wilma A. 

 Cherup, 4 Klopfer Street, Millvale, Pittsburgh 

 9, Pa. Term expires September 1, 1962. 



History: Organized July 1946; incorporated 

 in the District of Columbia 1948. Sections : 

 Great Lakes, Middle East, Mid-States, Moun- 

 tain Astronomical Research Society, North 

 Central, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, 

 Southwest. Committees : Book Service, Educa- 

 tion, Instruments Section, Junior Activities, 

 Observing, Slide and Tape Service. 



Purpose: To promote the science of astron- 

 omy ; to encourage and coordinate activities of 

 amateur astronomical societies ; to foster obser- 

 vational and computational work and craftsman- 

 ship opportunities in various fields of astronomy ; 

 to correlate amateur activities with professional 

 research. 



Membership: Member organizations, 133, with 

 bona fide interest in astronomy ; Junior member 

 organizations, 16, of high school age or younger, 

 with interest in astronomy ; Members-at-Large, 

 34, open to those from areas where no societies 

 exist ; Affiliates, 2, national astronomical so- 

 cieties ; Patrons, individuals and organizations; 

 Supporting, commercial corporations. Total 

 membership 149 organizations, comprising ap- 

 proximately 7,500 individuals. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Astronomical League 

 Award to persons who have furthered the 

 interest of amateur astronomy. 



Publications: Reflector, five issues annually, 

 current volume : 10, free to members. Editor : 

 Christine H. MacGill, 3776 Southwest 28th 

 Street, Miami 34, Fla. Convention Proceedings, 

 annual, current volume: 14, $1.50. Editor: 

 Edwin F. Bailey. 



442. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Golden 

 Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. President: 

 Seth B. Nicholson, Mt. Wilson and Palomar 

 Observatories, Pasadena, Calif. Term expires 



