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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership : No formal requirements ; an 

 interest in engineering. Total membership 260. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through June. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of Annual 

 Engineers Week, in February. 



506. Ceramic Association of New Jersey. P. O. 



Box 444, New Brunswick, N. J. President: 

 John C. Elder, Robertson Manufacturing 

 Company, Trenton, N. J. Term expires De- 

 cember 31, 1960. Secretary: John H. Koenig, 

 School of Ceramics, Rutgers, The State Uni- 

 versity, New Brunswick, N. J. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized June, 1914 as the New 

 Jersey Clay Workers Association ; name 

 changed 1932 to present title. Committees : 

 Enamels ; Glass ; Refractories ; Whitewares ; 

 Structural Clay Products. 



Purpose: Advancement and diffusion of 

 knowledge relating to the ceramic industries. 



Membership: Engaged in technical and/or 

 executive capacity in ceramics field. Individual 

 Members, 391, those engaged in ceramics and 

 related industries in New Jersey and adjacent 

 territory ; Corporation Members, 50. Total mem- 

 bership 441. 



Meetings: Annual; other meetings in the fall, 

 spring and summer. 



Professional activities: Two scholarships at 

 Rutgers, The State University ; Annual Award 

 to an outstanding member. 



507. Ceramic Association of New^ York. Presi- 

 dent: Louis Navias, Research Laboratories, 

 General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. 

 Term expires October 1960. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: J. F. McMahon, State University of 

 New York College of Ceramics at Alfred 

 University, Alfred, N. Y. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1934. Committees: Re- 

 search and Education. 



Purpose: To promote technical progress in 

 ceramic manufacture and advance the ceramic 

 industries of New York State. 



Membership: Corporation, 91; Personal, 111. 

 Total membership 202. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: M. E. Holmes Thesis 

 Prize, to promote undergraduate research ; 

 Citizenship Award, presented to "Citizen of the 

 Year" at State University of New York College 

 of Ceramics, Alfred University. 



508. Chattanooga Engineers Club. President: 

 Perry V. Lane, Lennon Company, Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn. Term expires December 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: Robert J. Bradshaw, Jr., 



2209 Vance Avenue, Chattanooga 4, Tenn. 

 Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized 1924. 



Purpose: To promote the dissemination of 

 engineering and scientific knowledge ; to dis- 

 cuss matters of an engineering and scientific 

 nature at meetings ; to participate in civic prob- 

 lems requiring engineering knowledge ; to 

 arrange for inspection by the members of engi- 

 neering works ; to develop and/or sponsor the 

 organization and development of scientific, tech- 

 nical and/or engineering clubs in junior and 

 senior high schools in order to interest students 

 in scientific and technical study. 



Membership: Full Members, 330, professional 

 engineers, architects, or scientists with four 

 years active work in the field of engineering, 

 two of which are in responsible supervisory 

 work ; Associates, 28, non-professional engineers 

 qualified by scientific knowledge or practical 

 experience to work with engineers ; Students, 6, 

 not less than eighteen years of age who have 

 completed their second year of college work in 

 engineering ; Junior, 6, individuals not less than 

 eighteen years of age who have had at least two 

 years of practice in engineering ; Honorary 

 Members, 3, those who have rendered eminent 

 service to the profession. Total membership 367. 



Meetings: Weekly. 



509. Chemical Society of Washington. Presi- 

 dent: Allen L. Alexander, Naval Research 

 Laboratory, Washington 25, D. C. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. Secretary: John L. 

 Torgesen, National Bureau of Standards, 

 Washington 25, D. C. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1960. 



History: Organized January 31, 1884; incor- 

 porated March 25, 1926. The Society is a local 

 section of the American Chemical Society. 



Purpose: To encourage in the broadest and 

 most liberal manner the advancement of chem- 

 istry in all its branches ; to promote research in 

 chemical science and industry ; to improve the 

 qualifications and usefulness of chemists through 

 high standards of professional ethics, educa- 

 tion, and attainments ; to increase and diffuse 

 chemical knowledge ; and by its meetings, pro- 

 fessional contacts, reports, papers, discussions, 

 and publications, to promote scientific interests 

 and inquiry, thereby fostering public welfare 

 and education, and aiding the development of 

 industries. 



Membership: Membership in the American 

 Chemical Society and residence in the Washing- 

 ton, D. C. metropolitan area. Member, Junior 

 Member, Student Member. Total membership, 

 2,312. 



