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Meetings: Monthly, September through May. 



Professional activities: Hillebrand Prize, 

 awarded annually, $200. Junior Memberships, 

 awarded to outstanding junior in each of the 

 several colleges and universities in area. The So- 

 ciety contributes support to the high school 

 Science Fair and awards magazine subscrip- 

 tions to winners in chemistry group. 



Publications: Capital Chemist, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 10, $2. Editor : Samuel B. Det- 

 wiler, Jr. 



510. Chemists' Club. 52 East 41st Street, New- 

 York 17, N. Y. President: Lincoln T. Work, 

 36 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. 

 Term expires May 1961. Secretary: Paul B. 

 Slawter, Jr., G. M. Basford Co., 60 East 

 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. 



History: Incorporated December 30, 1898. 



Purpose: To advance the science and appli- 

 cation of chemistry, and to promote good fel- 

 lowship among its members. 



Membership: Those interested in the science, 

 practice, and applications of chemistry and 

 chemical engineering. Resident Members ; 

 Suburban; Non-Resident ; Junior; Foreign; 

 Life ; Honorary ; Emeritus. Total membership 

 3,349. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities : Bloede-Hoffman 

 Scholarship. 



Publications: The Percolator, bi-monthly; 

 Yearbook, bi-annually ; free to members. 



Library: 60,000 volumes on chemistry and 

 chemical engineering. 



511. Chi Epsilon Fraternity. President: Paul 

 Hartman, Chemical Engineering Department, 

 City College of New York, Convent Avenue 

 and 139th Street, New York 31, N. Y. Term 

 expires March 1962. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 John A. Focht, University of Texas, Univer- 

 sity Station, Austin 12, Tex. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized as a non-profit corpora- 

 tion in 1923 in the state of Illinois. Chapters : 

 Fifty in continental United States, one outside 

 United States, located in the following districts : 

 Western, Mid-Western, Southwestern, South- 

 eastern, North Central, Mid-Atlantic and New 

 England. Three Alumni Chapters : New York 

 City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. 



Purpose: To recognize the fundamental char- 

 acteristics of the successful civil engineer, and 

 to aid in the development of those characteristics. 



Membership: Selection of members based 

 upon scholarship, character, practicality and 



sociability ; undergraduates and alumni ; civil 

 engineering students ; Honor Members, promi- 

 nent civil engineers. Total membership 14,680. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: The Transit, annually, current 

 volume: 31, $1.50. Editor: Michael A. Spronck, 

 Martinsville, N. J. 



512. Chicago Academy of Sciencies. 2001 

 North Clark Street, Chicago 14, 111. Presi- 

 dent: Leslie B. Arey, Anatomy Department, 

 Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago 

 Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. Term expires 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Richard Edgren, Re- 

 search Department, G. D. Searle & Company, 

 P. O. Box 5110, Chicago 80, 111. Term ex- 

 pires 1961. 



History: Organized 1856, founded 1857. 

 Chicago Junior Academy of Sciences organ- 

 ized 1959 for students. 



Purpose: To increase and disseminate scien- 

 tific knowledge by maintenance of a museum 

 and such other means as may be adopted from 

 time to time to stimulate scientific investigation. 



Membership: Open to individuals seriously 

 interested in science and conservation : Sustain- 

 ing, Corresponding, Student /Teacher, Patron, 

 Contributor, Life, Honorary Life, Fellows, In- 

 dustry. Total membership 250. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Laboratories main- 

 tained with professional research ; American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 grants for student projects; student science fair 

 projects; student independent research and 

 seminars ; student and adult science clubs with 

 lectures and field trips ; teacher workshops. 



Publications: Bulletin, irregular, current 

 volume: 11. Natural History Miscellanea, ir- 

 regular, current volume: 172. Special Publica- 

 tions, irregular, current volume : 14. Price 

 varies per issue. Science Notes, irregular, cur- 

 rent volume : 8, free to students and public. 



Library: Approximately 7,000 volumes on 

 natural history. 



513. Chicago Dental Society. 30 North Michigan 

 Avenue, Chicago 2, 111. President: James N. 

 Lynch, 1580 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, 111. 

 Term expires May 31, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Karl S. Richardson. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized May 1878. 



Purpose: To promote the public welfare by 

 the improvement and advancement of the dental 

 profession in education, science, and professional 

 service ; to engage in charitable, scientific, liter- 

 ary, and educational undertakings. 



