UNITED STATES 



153 



Membership: Open to all persons genuinely 

 interested in the purpose of the society. Total 

 membership 275. 



Meetings: Four to six annually. 



Professional activities: Sponsored First In- 

 ternational Congress on Catalysis. 



Professional activities: Approximately forty 

 conferences and workshops. 



Publications: Hospital Progress, monthly, 

 current volume: 41, $4. Editor: Rev. John J. 

 Flanagan, S. J. 



Library: 6,500 volumes on hospital adminis- 

 tration. 



492. Catholic Anthropological Conference. 



Catholic University of America, Washington 

 17, D. C. President: Allen Spitzer, Depart- 

 ment of Sociology and Anthropology, St. 

 Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. Secretary: Regina Flannery 

 Herzfeld. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Founded 1926; incorporated 1928. 



Purpose: Advancement of anthropological 

 sciences through promotion of anthropological 

 research and publication by missionaries and 

 professional anthropologists, and through an- 

 thropological training among candidates for 

 mission work. 



Membership: Open to those interested in the 

 aims of the Conference. Members, 94 ; Life 

 Members, 4. Total membership 98. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Grants-in-aid for an- 

 thropological research. 



Publications: Anthropological Quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume: ZZ, $4. Editor: Regina Flannery 

 Herzfeld. 



493- Catholic Hospital Association of the 

 United States and Canada. 1438 South Grand 

 Boulevard, St. Louis 4, Mo. President: Rt. 

 Rev. Msgr. A. W. Jess, 130 Evesham Road, 

 Runnemede, N. J. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Director: Rev. John J. Flanagan, 

 S.J. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1915. Sections : Regional, 

 State, and Provincial Conferences, United States 

 and Canada. Canadian activity is directed by 

 the Catholic Hospital Association of Canada. 



Purpose: Promotion and realization of pro- 

 gressively higher ideals in the religious, moral, 

 medical, nursing, educational, social, and all 

 other phases of hospital and nursing endeavor, 

 especially in the Catholic hospitals and schools 

 of nursing in the United States and Canada. 



Membership: Constituent Members, 1,250. Each 

 Catholic hospital may appoint one constituent 

 member; under certain conditions, persons affili- 

 ated with ecclesiastically sponsored institutions 

 not conforming to the definition of a "Catholic 

 hospital" are granted constituent membership. 

 Represented institutions: 1,050. Associate Mem- 

 bers, 150, interested persons, institutions, or 

 agencies. Total membership : 1 ,400. 



494. Central Association of Electroencephal- 

 ographers. President: Francis J. Millen, 208 

 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee 2, Wis. 

 Term expires November 1960. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Pauline M. Cooke, 1018 North 

 State Street, Chicago 10, 111. Term expires 

 November 1961. 



History: Organized 1947. 



Purpose: To further research and to estab- 

 lish and promote communication among persons 

 in the mid-central states interested in this 

 specialty. 



Membership: Requires clinical interest or re- 

 search activity in electroencephalography or re- 

 lated fields. Total membership approximately 

 300. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



495. Central Association of Obstetricians and 

 Gynecologists. President: Isadore Dyer, 1521 

 Delachaise Street, New Orleans 15, La. Term 

 expires October 8, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Herman L. Gardner, 6436 Fannin Street, 

 Houston, Tex. Term expires October 8, 1960. 



History: Organized December 1929 at St. 

 Louis. 



Purpose: Encouragement and promotion of 

 the study and practice of obstetrics and gyne- 

 cology. 



Membership: Limited to physicians resident in 

 the central states in good professional stand- 

 ing who have been graduated for five years, who 

 have had special training in obstetrics and gyne- 

 cology, and whose major interests are in the 

 specialty. Total membership 699. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Prize Award of $250 

 offered annually for best investigative or clinical 

 work in the field of obstetrics and/or gynecology 

 submitted by any accredited physician, research 

 worker or medical student. 



496. Central Association of Science and 

 Mathematics Teachers, Inc. P. O. Box 108, 

 Bluffton, Ohio. President: James H. Otto, 

 Washington High School, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Term expires November 25, 1960. Secretary: 

 Joseph W. Kennedy, Indiana State Teachers 

 College, Terre Haute, Ind. Term expires 

 June 30, 1963. 



