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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized about 1900; incorporated 

 in 1928. Sections : Biology and Conservation, 

 Chemistry, Elementary Mathematics, Element- 

 ary Science, General Science, Mathematics, 

 Physics. 



Purpose: To facilitate exchange of ideas 

 among science and mathematics teachers, to 

 establish professional standards, and to stimu- 

 late research. 



Membership: Members, 1,500, teachers and 

 other persons interested in the teaching of 

 science and mathematics ; student members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: School Science and Mathe- 

 matics, 9 issues per year, current volume : 60, 

 $6, free to members. Editor : George G. Mallin- 

 son. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. 



499. Central Neuropsychiatric Hospital Asso- 

 ciation. President: Marvin L. Adland, Chest- 

 nut Lodge, Rockville, Md. Term expires 

 March 1961. Secretary: Ralph S. Green, The 

 Haven Sanitarium, Rochester, Mich. Term 

 expires March 1961. 



History: Organized October 9, 1927. 



Purpose: To foster improvement in profes- 

 sional care, education, research, and administra- 

 tive problems in small private psychiatric hos- 

 pitals. 



Membership: Hospitals must be approved by 

 the American Hospital Association, and direc- 

 tors must be physicians and members of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. Total mem- 

 bership 21. 



Meetings: Annual. 



497. Central California Psychiatric Society, 

 District Branch of American Psychiatric As- 

 sociation. President: Z. O. Young, 2720 Capi- 

 tol Avenue, Sacramento 16, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. Secretary: John A. Stroud, 

 1431 22nd Street, Sacramento, Calif. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: To advance psychiatric knowledge 

 and practice. 



Membership: Requires degree of doctor of 

 medicine and membership in American Psychi- 

 atric Association. Total membership 50. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Scientific presenta- 

 tions by noted speakers ; papers by members. 



498. Central Neuropsychiatric Association. 



473 West 12th Avenue, Columbia 10, Ohio. 

 President: Martin H. Hoffman, 1311 David 

 Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich. Term ex- 

 pires October 14, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Ralph M. Patterson. Term expires October 

 14, 1960. 



History: Organized 1922 by a group of neuro- 

 surgeons, neurologists, and psychiatrists. 



Purpose: To encourage the study and practice 

 of neuropsychiatry through clinical and scien- 

 tific meetings and exchanges. 



Membership: Outstanding professional abil- 

 ity in neurology, neurosurgery, or psychiatry ; 

 sponsorship by two members ; attendance at two 

 meetings before application is considered. Total 

 membership 250. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Contribution to the 

 National Society for Medical Research. 



500. Central New York Psychiatric Society, 

 District Branch of American Psychiatric As- 

 sociation. 501 East Avenue, Newark, N. Y. 

 President: Roy B. Greer, 233 Alexander 

 Street, Rochester, N. Y. Term expires De- 

 cember 31, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : Mur- 

 ray Bergman. Term expires December 31, 

 1960. 



History: Founded in December 1949, as the 

 Finger Lakes Neuropsychiatric Society, became 

 an affiliate of the American Psychiatric Associa- 

 tion in 1953, and a District Branch in 1956. The 

 affiliate continued to be known as the Finger 

 Lakes Neuropsychiatric Society while the Dis- 

 trict Branch became identified as the Central 

 New York Psychiatric Society. 



Purpose: To foster the progress of psy- 

 chiatry ; to represent psychiatry in its designated 

 area ; to assist the American Psychiatric Asso- 

 ciation in promoting its aims and objectives; to 

 maintain relations with other organized psychi- 

 atric, professional, and lay groups in the area, 

 including joint scientific meetings, etc.; and to 

 advocate and uphold the interests of its mem- 

 bers whenever or wherever indicated. 



Membership: Active Members, members or 

 fellows of the American Psychiatric Associa- 

 tion; Affiliate Members, physicians practicing 

 psychiatry or in training in psychiatry who do 

 not meet the requirements for active member- 

 ship ; Honorary Members, individuals who have 

 rendered some signal service in the interest of 

 psychiatry. Total membership, 90. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Liaison with medical 

 societies, legislatures, public agencies, etc. re- 

 garding all phases of psychiatric practices ; spe- 

 cial interest in mental health. 



Publications: NewsLetter, quarterly. 



