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Publications: Proceedings, irregular, current 

 volume : 72, $5. Editor : Henry W. Setzer. 



456. Biological Stain Commission, Inc. Univer- 

 sity of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester 

 20, N. Y. President: R. D. Lillie. Term 

 expires Spring \96\. Secretary : Victor M. 

 Emmel. Term expires Spring 1961. 



History: Organized November 5, 1921, as a 

 Committee of the Division of Biology and Agri- 

 culture of the National Research Council ; reor- 

 ganized in 1922 as a separate body, and name 

 changed to Commission on Standardization of 

 Biological Stains ; incorporated under Univer- 

 sity of the State of New York and name changed 

 to present title in 1944. 



Purpose: Standardization of biological stains; 

 to this end Commission carries on investigations 

 looking toward perfecting of supply of biological 

 stains and development of new uses for them ; 

 brings about cooperation between manufacturers, 

 dealers, and users of stains ; publishes scientific 

 data relating to nature and use of biological 

 stains ; issues statements of certification to man- 

 ufacturers and conducts investigations in related 

 fields. 



Membership: Regular, on invitation only, 100; 

 Delegates, by appointment from other scientific 

 organizations, 15. Total membership 115. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Principal funds are 

 obtained from fees charged dye manufacturers. 

 Research and Assay Laboratory maintained 

 at University of Rochester Medical Center. 



Publications: Stain Technology, bimonthly, 

 current volume : 35, $6.50. 



457. Biometric Society. President: Leopold 

 Martin, 165 Avenue du Domaine, Brussels, 

 Belgium. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Secretary: M. J. R. Healy, Rothamsted Exper- 

 iment Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Eng- 

 land. Term expires December 31, 1960. Treas- 

 urer: A. W. Kimball, P. O. Box 10088. Knox- 

 ville, Tenn. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized September 6, 1947, at an 

 International Biometric Conference arranged 

 by a committee of the Biometrics Section of the 

 American Statistical Association, formed in 1938. 

 The Society has official relations with the 

 World Health Organization and consultative 

 status with the Economic and Social Council 

 of the United Nations. It is affiliated with the 

 International Statistical Institute and the Inter- 

 national Union of Biological Sciences, in which 

 it constitutes the Section on Biometry. Regions : 

 Eastern North American, including Canada (see 

 below) ; Western North American, including 

 Canada (see below); Australasian; Belgian; 



Brazilian ; British ; Region Frangaise ; German ; 

 Italian ; Japanese ; At Large. National secre- 

 taries serve India, Denmark, Netherlands, 

 Sweden, and Switzerland. 



Purpose: The advancement of quantitative 

 biological science through development of quant- 

 itative theories, and the application, develop- 

 ment, and dissemination of effective mathemat- 

 ical and statistical techniques. 



Membership: Total membership approximately 

 1,900. 



Meetings: Quinquennial. 



Publications: Biometrics, quarterly, current 

 volume : 16, $7. Editor : R. A. Bradley. 



Eastern North American Region 



President: W. T. Federer, Warren Hall, 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Term 

 expires December 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 M. A. Kastenbaum, P. O. Box 2017, Oak 

 Ridge, Tenn. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized December 30, 1947. The 

 Region is an affiliated society of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and is a member of the Division of Biology and 

 Agriculture and of the Division of Mathematics 

 of the National Research Council. It comprises 

 areas east of the Rocky Mountains in the 

 United States and Canada. 



Membership: Members, 821; Sustaining, 10. 

 Total membership 831. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Western North American Region 



President: William F. Taylor, School of 

 Public Health, University of California, Berk- 

 eley, Calif. Term expires December 1960. 

 Secretary: Walter A. Becker, Western Wash- 

 ington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Wash. 

 Term expires December 1960. Treasurer: 

 Mrs. Bernice Brown, 3732 Beethoven Street, 

 Los Angeles 66, Calif. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1960. 



History: Organized June 1948. The Region 

 comprises the areas of the United States and 

 Canada west of the Rocky Mountains. 



Membership: Total membership 160. 



Meetings: Annual. 



458. Biophysical Society. President: Ernest C. 

 Pollard, Department of Biophysics, Yale Uni- 

 versity, New Haven 11, Conn. Term expires 

 February 1961. Executive Secretary: Samuel 

 A. Talbot, Biophysical Division, Department 

 of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti- 

 more 5, Md. Term expires February 1961. 



