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501. Central Society for CHnical Research. 2065 



Adalbert Road, Cleveland 6, Ohio. President: 

 John H. Dingle, Western Reserve University, 

 2019 Adelbert Road, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Term 

 expires November S, 1960. Secretary: Austin 

 S. Weisberger. Term expires November 5, 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1928. Sections: Minne- 

 sota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, 

 Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, 

 Colorado, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, 

 Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North 

 Dakota, South Dakota, Montana. 



Purpose: The promotion of clinical research 

 and the development of the younger men in the 

 profession. 



Membership:, Active Members, 475, practic- 

 ing physicians who are members of county or 

 state medical society, or engaged in closely allied 

 science of medicine, and not over forty-five years 

 of age; Adjunct Members, 55, those over forty- 

 five years of age recommended by the Council, 

 who are engaged in research or teaching in the 

 medical and allied sciences but not active in 

 clinical medicine ; Emeritus Members, 270, upon 

 application to the Council, after having been ac- 

 tive members in good standing for ten years. 

 Total membership 800. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal of Laboratory and 

 Clinical Medicine, monthly, current volume : 55, 

 $6.50. Editor: William D. Robinson, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. 



502. Central States Anthropological Society. 



President: Alan Merriam, Department of An- 

 thropology, Northwestern University, Evans- 

 ton, 111. Term expires May 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Bernice A. Kaplan, 2636 Webb 

 Avenue, Detroit 6, Mich. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized in 1924; affiliated with 

 the American Anthropological Association in 

 1952. 



Purpose: To promote the dissemination of 

 anthropological knowledge in the area of the 

 central states, to encourage the growth of 

 academic departments of anthropology, and to 

 exchange research findings. 



Membership: Regular Members, members of 

 the American Anthropological Association resi- 

 dent in the central states ; Associate Members, 

 all others supporting the purposes of the Society. 

 Total membership 325. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Prize awarded for the 

 best paper presented at the annual meeting. 



503. Central States Society of Industrial Medi- 

 cine and Surgery. Room 1312, 28 East Jack- 

 son Boulevard, Chicago 4, 111. President: 

 Paul J. Whitaker, Allis-Chalmers Manufac- 

 turing Co., Milwaukee 1, Wis. Term expires 

 June 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: Allan P. 

 Skoog. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized 1916 as the Illinois State 

 Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery ; 

 name changed 1922 to present title ; eight com- 

 ponent societies. 



Purpose: Scientific advancement in the art of 

 industrial medicine and surgery ; encouragement 

 of research ; promotion of the interests of the 

 medical profession. 



Membership: Active Members, 490, doctors 

 of medicine who are members of their local 

 county medical societies and/or active members 

 of the American Medical Association, and who 

 have an interest in industrial medicine ; Fellows, 

 by examination and review, 158; Honorary and 

 Retired, 29. Total membership 677. 



Meetings: Two or three annually. 



Publications: Journal of Occupational Medi- 

 cine, monthly, $10. Editor : A. G. Kammer. 



504. Central Surgical Association. President: 

 Robert T. Tidrick, University Hospital, Iowa 

 City, Iowa. Term expires February 18, 1961. 

 Secretary: A. D. McLachlin, Victoria Hos- 

 pital, London, Ontario. Term expires Febru- 

 ary 20, 1961. 



History: Organized May 1940, at the annual 

 meeting of the .American Surgical Association 

 at St. Louis, Mo. ; incorporated in Ohio, Janu- 

 ary 15, 1941. 



Purpose: To further the practice of surgery in 

 its various departments and to study surgical 

 ])roblems. 



Membership: .Active Members, must have 

 membership in State or provincial society and 

 certification by American Board or Royal Col- 

 lege ; Senior Members, active members fifty 

 years of age, or membership in senior surgical 

 society. Total membership 422. 



Meetings: Annual. 



505. Central Virginia Engineers' Club. Presi- 

 dent: Robert Juer, c/o Nitrogen Division, 

 Allied Chemical Corporation, Hopewell, Va. 

 Term expires June 30, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Edward H. Bryant, c/o Richmond Engi- 

 neering Co., 7th and Hospital Streets, Rich- 

 mond, Va. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized March 27, 1935. 



Purpose: To unite engineers from the various 

 branches of the profession into one organization 

 for fellowship and for the exchange of ideas. 



