UNITED STATES 



149 



Membership: Requirements: Associate mem- 

 ber, at least one year residency in psychiatry ; 

 Full member, three years residency plus three 

 years full time practice of psychiatry. Total 

 membership 149. 



Meetings: Four annually. 



Professional activities: Scientific forums, 

 speakers for laity, seminars for general practi- 

 tioners, liaison with mental health agencies, 

 consultants with Kings County Medical Society. 



Publications: Directory of Psychiatrists, quin- 

 quennial, current volume: 2, $1. Editor: Milton 

 Kurian, Zi East 16th Street, Brooklyn 26, N. Y. 



473. Brooklyn Psychological Association. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: Irene H. Impellizzeri, 205 

 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn 5, N. Y. Term 

 expires September 1961. 



History: Incorporated (New York) Septem- 

 ber 16, 1954. Generally patterned along the lines 

 of the New York State Psychological Associa- 

 tion. 



Purpose: In cooperation with the State, reg- 

 ional, and national associations, to unite the 

 psychologists of Brooklyn and its environs ; 

 to promote the development of psychology as a 

 science and a profession. 



Membership: Full membership, completion 

 of two years of graduate work in psychology in 

 a recognized graduate school, or one year of 

 study plus one year of experience in professional 

 work of psychological nature ; Affiliate, students 

 who have completed eighteen points of grad- 

 uate study in psychology. Total xnembership 

 approximately 150. 



Meetings: Five or six annually. 



Publications: Brooklyn Psychologist, current 

 volume : 2, free to members. Editor : Emerson 

 Coyle. 



474. Building Research Institute, Division of 

 Engineering and Industrial Research, Nat- 

 ional Academy of Sciences-National Research 

 Council. 2101 Constitution Avenue, N. \V., 

 Washington 25, D. C. President: Harold L. 

 Humes, Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc., 500 Breunig 

 Avenue, Trenton 2, N. J. Term expires July 

 1, 1961. Executive Director: Milton C. Coon, 

 Jr. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1952 as a unit of Di- 

 vision of Engineering and Industrial Research 

 of the National Academy of Sciences-National 

 Research Council. Activities are directed by a 

 Board of Governors appointed by the National 

 Research Council. The Chairman of the Nation- 

 al Research Council and the Chairman of the 

 Division of Engineering and Industrial Re- 

 search serve as ex officio members of the Board. 

 Committees : Executive, Finance, Education 



Liaison, Membership, Publications and Pub- 

 licity, Research, Programs. A number of tech- 

 nical committees work under the direction of the 

 Programs Committee. 



Purpose: To promote the advancement of the 

 science of building and the arts and technologies 

 which it comprises through the collaboration of 

 individuals and organizations of business and 

 professional nature in all sectors of the building 

 industry. 



Membership: Firm, organization, or indiv- 

 idual must be engaged in, or connected with, 

 research in building ; new members approved by 

 Board of Governors. 485 memberships, amount- 

 ing to approximately 1,200 participating mem- 

 bers. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Building Science Directory, 

 quarterly, $20 for basic Directory, $5 for quar- 

 terly supplements. Other publications available 

 to members only. 



475. California Academy of Preventive Medi- 

 cine, Inc. School of Public Health, Univer- 

 sity of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 

 Calif. President: Merle E. Cosand, San Ber- 

 nardino County Health Department, San 

 Bernardino, Calif. Term expires February 28, 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Gerald A. Heid- 

 breder, 241 North Figueroa Street, Los An- 

 geles 12, Calif. Term expires February 28, 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1956; incorporated 1958. 



Purpose: Educational and scientific. 



Membership: Requires physician's license in 

 California, and residence or work there ; certi- 

 fication by American Board of Preventive 

 Medicine in a specialty of preventive medicine, 

 fellowship in American College of Preventive 

 Medicine desirable. Total membership 107. 



Meetings: Annual. 



476. California Academy of Sciences. Golden 

 Gate Park, San Francisco 18, Calif. Director: 

 Robert C. Miller. Term expires October 15, 

 1960. Secretary: Siemon W. Muller. Term 

 expires October 15, 1960. 



History: Organized May 16, 1853, as the 

 California Academy of Natural Sciences ; name 

 changed 1868 to present title ; incorporated 

 January 16, 1871 ; public museum opened Jan- 

 uary 28, 1874 ; destroyed by earthquake and 

 fire April 18, 1906; reopened in Golden Gate 

 Park September 22, 1916. Sections: Astron- 

 omy ; Aquatic Biology ; Botany ; Entomology ; 

 Geology ; Ichthyology ; Herpetology ; Ornithol- 

 ogy ; and Mammalogy. 



