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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Publications: Trillia, infrequent, price varies. 

 Editor: L. K. Henry. 



467. Branner Geological Club of Southern 

 California. President: Wayne Loel, 1505 

 Chelsea Road, San Marino, Calif. Term 

 expires Spring 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Lucy E. Birdsall, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 215 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 

 Term expires Spring 1961. 



Plistory: Organized July 1921. 



Purpose: To foster study of geology, cooper- 

 ate with kindred associations, and promote 

 fellowship among geologists. 



Membership: Active members, recognized 

 geologists or petroleum engineers ; Honorary. 

 Total membership 200. 



Meetings: Two or three annually. 



468. Bronx District Branch, American Psychi- 

 atric Association. President: William E. 

 Sorrel, 263 West End Avenue, New York 

 23, N. Y. Term expires May 31, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Hiland Flowers, 2780 

 Arlington Avenue, Bronx, N. Y. Term 

 expires May 31, 1961. 



History: Organized 1946. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association, medical practice 

 limited to psychiatry, diplomate of American 

 Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, or certified 

 as qualified psychiatrist by New York State 

 Department of Mental Hygiene. Total member- 

 ship 90. 



Meetings: Bimonthly. 



Professional activities: Scientific lectures to 

 the medical profession. 



469- Bronx Society of Neurology and Psychia- 

 try, Inc. President: William E. Sorrel, 263 

 West End Avenue, New York 23, N. Y. Term 

 expires May 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Hiland Flowers, 2780 Arlington Avenue, 

 Bronx, N. Y. Term expires May 31, 1961. 



History: Chartered in 1946. 



Membership: Requires practice limited to 

 neurology, psychiatry, or neurosurgery, part of 

 practice being in Bronx, N. Y., or on staffs 

 of Bronx hospitals. Total membership 92. 



Meetings: Bimonthly. 



Professional activities: Lectures on psychi- 

 atry to laiety. 



470. Brooklyn Engineers' Club. 117 Remsen 

 Street, Brooklyn 1, N. Y. President: Raymond 

 Mirrer. Term expires May 1961. Executive 



Secretary: Steve S. Freeman. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Organized October 9, 1896; incor- 

 porated December 29, 1896. 



Purpose: To promote social and professional 

 intercourse, to advance engineering knowledge 

 and practice, and to maintain a high standard 

 of professional procedure. 



Membership: Requires engagement in engin- 

 eering, construction, manufacturing, or any 

 alHed science or profession. Corporate members, 

 290; Fellows, 55; Life members, 22; Non-resi- 

 dent, 5. Total membership 372. 



Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



Professional activities: Engineer of the Year 

 Award ; professional engineering licensure train- 

 mg course; presentation of technical papers a\ 

 monthly meetings. 



Publications: Brooklyn Engineer, monthly, 

 current volume : 64, free to selected list. Editor : 

 Nicholas Arteca. 



Library: 4,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Varied technical. 



471. Brooklyn Entomological Society. Engin- 

 eers' Club, 117 Rensem Street, Brooklyn 2, N. 

 Y. President: Harry Betros, 280 Brighton 

 Street, Tottenville, Staten Island, N. Y. Term 

 expires May 1961. Secretary: Miss Anna M. 

 Flaherty, 69-51 62nd Street, Ridgewood 27, 

 N. Y. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1872; incorporated Janu- 

 ary 1885; reincorporated February 1936. 



Purpose: To promote the science of entomol- 

 ogy. 



Membership: Requires interest in the science 

 of entomology and all its branches. Total mem- 

 bership 34. 



Meetings: Monthly October to May. 



Publications: Bulletin, five annually, current 

 volume : 60, $4. Editor : John Hanson, Univer- 

 sity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. Entomol- 

 ogica Americana, annual, current volume : 40, 

 $6. Editor : James Slater, University of Conn- 

 necticut, Storrs, Conn. 



472. Brooklyn Psychiatric Society (Brooklyn 

 District Branch, American Psychiatric Ass- 

 ociation). President: Abbott A. Lippman, 

 929 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn 18, N. Y. 

 Term expires May 1, 1961. Secretary: Morton 

 M. Golden, 7 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn 

 1, N. Y. Term expires May 1, 1961. 



History: Founded 1949. 



Purpose: To promote highest scientific stan- 

 dards among Brooklyn physicians qualified to 

 engage in practice of psychiatry. 



