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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Regular, registered engineer in 

 State of California ; Associate, registered engi- 

 neer from other States ; Junior, engineer-in- 

 training. Total membership 1,456. 



Meetings: Annual, in May. 



Professional activities: Armco-NSPE Schol- 

 arship. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly. Editor : 

 WiUard A. Holt. 



486. California State Psychological Associa- 

 tion. 4596 Van Dyke Avenue, San Diego 16, 

 Calif. President: James F. T. Bugental, 1314 

 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles 24, Calif. 

 Term expires June 30, 1961. Secretary: Irv- 

 ing R. Stone. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized December 18, 1948. Com- 

 mittees for development of standards, training in 

 school psychology and in civil service, and estab- 

 lishment of vi^orking relationships vi^ith medical 

 profession. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as science 

 and as means for promoting human welfare in 

 the State of California. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychological Association. Total member- 

 ship approximately 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: California State Psychologist, 

 bi-monthly, current volume : 2, $2, free to mem- 

 bers. Editor : George Lehner. 



487. Calorimetry Conference. Chairman : Dar- 

 rell W. Osborne, Argonne National Labora- 

 tory, P. O. Box 299, Argonne, 111. Term ex- 

 pires September 1961. Chairman-elect: J. E. 

 Kunzler, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 

 Murray Hill, N. J. Term expires September 

 1962. Secretary: George T. Furukawa, 

 Division of Heat and Power, National 

 Bureau of Standards, Washington 25, D. C. 

 Term expires September 1963. 



History: Organized 1945. Committees: 

 Publication of Calorimetric Data, Calorimetric 

 Standards, Machine Computation of Data. 



Purpose: To advance the science of calori- 

 metric measurement with emphasis on experi- 

 mental devices and procedures. 



Membership: Experience or interest in calori- 

 metric research. Courtesy membership extended 

 to scientists from abroad. Total membership 

 approximately 400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Plans and promotes 

 testing of new calorimetric and thermometric 

 devices. 



488. Cambridge Entomological Club. 16 Divin- 

 ity Avenue, Cambridge 38, Mass. President: 

 Herbert Levi, Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. Term expires 

 May 1961. Executive Secretary: Guy Buch. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1874; incorporated 1877. 



Purpose: The study of entomology. 



Membership: Open to anyone interested in 

 entomology. Total membership 75. 



Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



Publications: Psyche, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 66, $5. Editor : F. M. Carpenter. 



489. Carolina Geological Society. Department 

 of Geology, Duke University, Durham, N. C. 

 President: Owen Kingman, Tennessee Copper 

 Company, Ducktown, Tenn. Term expires 

 October 9, 1960. Secretary: E. W. Berry, 

 P. O. Box 6665, College Station, Durham, 

 N. C. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1937. 



Purpose: Study of the earth. 



Membership: Open to those interested in 

 earth sciences. Total membership 80. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Prize of $25 for best 

 geological exhibit in Science Fairs in both 

 Carolinas. 



490. Catalysis Club of Metropolitan New York. 



President: Ernest Solomon, M. W. Kellogg 

 Company, Foot of Danforth Avenue, Jersey 

 City 3, N. J. Term expires July 1, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Kenneth Kearby, Esso 

 Research and Engineering Company, P. O. 

 Box 51, Linden, N. J. Term expires July 1, 

 1961. 



History: Formed in 1959. 



Purpose: To study the science of catalysis 

 and related fields with particular emphasis on 

 aspects of surface chemistry. 



Membership: Members, 107; an interest in the 

 field of catalysis. 



Meetings: Four times a year. 



491. Catalysis Club of Philadelphia. Presi- 

 dent: Harold Shalit, P. O. Box 427, Marcus 

 Hook, Pa. Term expires June 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: Walter H. Seitzer, P. O. Box 

 426, Marcus Hook, Pa. Term expires June 

 1961. 



History: Organized July 1950. 



Purpose: To further the science of catalysis; 

 to advance knowledge in the field of catalysts 

 and reaction mechanisms ; to provide opportun- 

 ity for discussion of work of members. 



