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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Publications: Papers, quarterly, $7. Editor : 

 Robert F. Metzdorf, Yale University Library, 

 New Haven, Conn. 



452. Billings Geological Society. President: 

 James H. Clement, P. O. Box 2547, Billings, 

 Mont. Term expires October 5, 1960. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: Clarence L. Harr, P. O. Box 

 844, Billings, Mont. Term expires October 5, 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1950, at Billings, Mont. ; 

 incorporated in Montana 1955. Membership 

 covers all of Montana. Committees : Advisory, 

 to Montana Gas and Oil Commission ; Boy 

 Scout ; Education ; Employment Counseling ; 

 Geological Field Conference; Oil and Gas Field 

 of Montana; Stratigraphic and Nomenclature. 



Purpose: To promote interest and research 

 in geology and allied sciences, and in their 

 practical application, and to encourage coopera- 

 tion among members. 



Membership: Active members must be college 

 graduates with majors in geology, and must 

 have three years'experience in petroleum geology 

 or in application of geology to exploration and 

 development, research, or other phases of petrol- 

 eum technology ; Junior, must have one half 

 year of graduate study in geology as regularly 

 enrolled student, or bachelor's degree plus one 

 year's experience and be engaged in graduate 

 studies, teaching, or petroleum exploration or 

 research. Total membership 300. 



Meetings: Weekly, September through May. 



Professional activities: Vernon Gilles Memor- 

 ial Fund, Montana School of Mines (in con- 

 junction with Northern Pacific Railway). 



Publicatioits : Guidebook, annual, current vol- 

 ume: 11, $8.50. 



453. Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening 

 Association, Inc. Threefold Farm, Spring 

 Valley, N. Y. President: Ralph Courtney, 

 Hungry Hollow Road, Spring Valley, N. Y. 

 Term expires July 1961. Secretary: Mrs. J. 

 I. Porter, R.F.D. 1, Dover Plains, N. Y. 

 Term expires July 1961. 



History: Organized January 8, 1938; incor- 

 porated in New York, 1938. 



Purpose: To promote research in soils, humus 

 and compost ; to further soil conservation and 

 increased fertility to improve nutrition and 

 health ; to spread accurate knowledge and 

 correct application of the bio-dynamic method 

 through lectures, agricultural courses, literature, 

 consultation with farmers. 



Membership: Active members, working with 

 any phase of agriculture, applied or scientific, 

 soil and crop improvement ; Supporting mem- 

 bers. Total membership approximately 1,000. 



Meetings: One to three annually. 



Professional activities: Research Laboratory: 

 Soil microbiology, humus, plant growth, nutrit- 

 ious value of crops, protein and amino acids, 

 basic research, budget $25,000 to $35,000. 



Publications: Bio-Dynamics, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume : 54, $2. Editor : Frederick Heckel. 



Library: 1,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Chemistry, biochemistry, plant sciences. 



454. Biological Photographic Association, Inc. 



President: Verlin Y. Yamamoto, Medical 

 Illustration Service, Veterans Administration 

 Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Mrs. Jane W. Crouch, P. O. Box 1668, New 

 York 17, N. Y. Term expires December 31, 

 1960. 



History: Founded at New Haven, September 

 1931. Chapters: Boston, Charleston (S. C), 

 Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kan- 

 sas City (Kans.), Los Angeles, Memphis, 

 Milwaukee, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, 

 Rochester (Minn.), Rochester, (N. Y.), Salt 

 Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington 

 (D. C). 



Purpose: To advance the technique of bio- 

 logical photography and foster exchange of 

 ideas among members. 



Membership : Requires interest in photography 

 of medical or biological material. Active mem- 

 bers, 800; Fellows, 76; Sustaining members, 

 19. Total membership 895. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Louis Schmidt Award, 

 annual, to outstanding member for contributions 

 to progress of biological and medical photo- 

 graphy and for valued service to Association. 

 Awards of merit are made for medical motion 

 pictures, black and white and color photographs 

 of medical and biological subjects. 



Publications : Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 28, United States and Canada $9, foreign 

 $9.50. Editor: Leo C. Massopust, Sr. 



455. Biological Society of Washington. Presi- 

 dent: David H. Johnson. Division of Mam- 

 mals, U. S. National Museum, Washington 

 25, D. C. Term expires June 1961. Secretary: 

 John L. Paradiso, Room 61, U. S. National 

 Museum, Washington 25, D. C. Term expires 

 June 1961. 



History: Organized 1880. 



Purpose: The increase and diffusion of bio- 

 logical knowledge. 



Membership: Persons who are interested in 

 biological science. Total membership 435. 



Meetings: Irregular. 



