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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



February 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Sturla 

 Einarsson, Leusehner Observatory, University 

 of California, Berkeley, Calif. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded in 1889. 



Purpose: To promote the science of astronomy 

 and to spread astronomical information through 

 its publications, lectures, and meetings. 



Membership: Open to anyone interested in 

 astronomy. Lay Members, 500; Astronomers, 

 300; Institutional Members, 500. Total member- 

 ship 1,300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Catherine Wolfe Bruce 

 Gold Medal, awarded annually for distinguished 

 services to astronomy ; public lectures within the 

 state of California, supported by income from 

 the Alexander F. Morrison Foundation. 



Publications: Publications, bimonthly, current 

 volume : 72, $6.50. Editor William P. Bidelman. 

 Leaflet, monthly, current volume : 8. Editor : 

 Alfred H. Joy. 



443. Atlanta Radiological Society. 300 Boule- 

 vard, N. E., Atlanta 3, Ga. President: James 

 V. Rogers, 2461 Tanglewood Road, Atlanta, 

 Ga. Term expires April 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Wilson T. Edenfield, 2021 Con- 

 tinental Drive, Atlanta 6, Ga. Term expires 

 April 1961. 



History: Organized September 8, 1950. 



Purpose: To advance the quality of radiology 

 in the Atlanta area. 



Membership: Active, 38, those in practice of 

 radiology or radiologic physics ; Associate, 12, 

 those in resident training in radiology. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



AAA. Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association. 



Bourse Building, Philadelphia 6, Pa. Presi- 

 dent: E. M. Keely, P. O. Box 58, Lederach, 

 Pa. Term expires August 31, 1962. Executive 

 Secretary: W. A. Glenn, P. O. Box 1261, 

 Camden 5, N. J. Term expires August 31, 

 1962. 



History: Organized 1907. 



Purpose: Development and improvement of 

 inland waterways. 



Membership: Only requirement is interest in 

 purpose of this Association. Total membership 

 75. 



Meetings: Annual. 



445. Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. 3 East 54th 

 Street, New York 22, N. Y. President: 

 Francis K. McCune, General Electric Com- 

 pany, 570 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, 

 N. Y. Term expires December 15, 1960. 



Executive Manager and Secretary: Charles 

 Robbins. Term expires December 15, 1960. 



History: Incorporated April 10, 1953. 



Purpose: To foster the development and 

 utilization of the constructive applications of 

 atomic energy in accordance with the best 

 traditions of American democracy and free 

 competitive enterprise. 



Membership: Available to organizations and 

 citizens of the United States and other countries. 

 Organization members, 454, business organiza- 

 tions engaged in all phases of atomic energy re- 

 search, development and application, plus other 

 agencies or groups interested in the nuclear field, 

 such as educational institutions, labor unions 

 and government agencies ; Individual members, 

 1,645. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Memo to Members, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 7, $15 (members only). Editor: 

 J. R. Barlow. 



Library: Official Atomic Energy Commission 

 depository of industrial information, with more 

 than 25,000 AEC reports, and an extensive col- 

 lection of atomic energy literature and period- 

 icals. 



AA6. Audio Engineering Society. P. O. Box 12, 



Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N. Y. 

 President: Harry L. Bryant, Radio Recorders, 

 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood 

 38, Calif. Term expires October 1960. Sec- 

 retary: C. J. LeBel. Term expires October 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1948. Sections: Central 

 New York, Japan, Los Angeles, New York, 

 Pittsburgh, San Francisco. Student Sections : 

 Indiana Technical College, Rensselaer Polytech- 

 nic Institute, Southern University. 



Purpose: The advancement of the theory and 

 practice of audio engineering and its closely 

 related arts, and the dissemination of important 

 information in this field. 



Membership: Members, 1,164, persons active 

 in audio engineering who have academic degrees, 

 or the equivalent in scientific or professional 

 experience in the field of audio engineering and 

 its allied arts, and who are familiar with the 

 application of engineering principles and data 

 in that field; Associates, 730, persons interested 

 in the objectives of the Society; Students, 235, 

 those interested in audio engineering and en- 

 rolled in a recognized school, college or univer- 

 sity ; Honorary, 25 ; Fellows, 96. Total mem- 

 bership 2,250. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: John H. Potts Me- 

 morial Award, for outstanding work in the 

 field of audio engineering. Emile Berliner 



