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Engineering, The Ohio State University, 

 Columbus 10, Ohio. Term expires June 30, 

 1961. Secretary: Robert D. Williams, Battelle 

 Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Colum- 

 bus 1, Ohio. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Incorporated 1948. 



Purpose: To coordinate activities of local 

 sections of technical and engineering societies 

 in the area of Columbus and Franklin County ; 

 to enhance the prestige and public appreciation 

 of the engineering and technical professions ; 

 to act for the common good of all society 

 members. 



Membership: Society Members, 24, represent- 

 ing approximately 3,000 individuals, any local 

 section or chapter of a national engineers' 

 society, or other engineering, scientific, or tech- 

 nical association in good standing ; Organization 

 Members, 7, any company in good standing 

 located or doing business in Ohio. Total mem- 

 bership 31. 



Meetings: Bi-monthly. 



Professional activities: Technical Man of the 

 Year Award to local engineer or scientist ; 

 vocational guidance to local grade and high 

 school students. 



Publications: Tech Topics, monthly, current 

 volume : 16, $3. Editor : Jack Kelly. 



545. Combustion Institute. Union Trust Build- 

 ing, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. President: Bernard 

 Lewis, Combustion and Explosives Research, 

 Inc., 1007 Oliver Building, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. 

 Term expires September 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Mrs. Helen G. Barnes. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Incorporated July 1, 1954 in the 

 State of Delaware as a result of three symposia 

 sponsored by the Standing Committee on Com- 

 bustion Symposia. Two working committees : 

 The Executive Committee and The Combustion 

 Institute Committee, comprised of representa- 

 tives from industry, government and universities 

 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, 

 Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, 

 the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 

 and the United States. Seventeen International 

 sections. 



Purpose: To promote the science and appli- 

 cation of combustion, and to disseminate knowl- 

 edge in this field. 



Membership: Open to physicists, chemists, 

 and engineers of all countries actively engaged 

 or interested in the field of combustion. Total 

 membership 1,400; 900 in the United States; and 

 500 in twenty-five other countries. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Sir Alfred C. Egerton 

 Medal, in recognition of long endeavors in the 



field of combustion ; Bernard Lewis Medal, for 

 outstanding research of major scope and import; 

 Combustion Institute Medal, for an exceptional 

 paper delivered at previous symposium. 



Publications: Combustion and Flame, quart- 

 erly, current volume : 4, $16. Editors : Bernard 

 Lewis (U. S.) and F. H. Garner (U. K.). 

 Symposium (International) On Combustion, 

 biennial, current volume : 8, $25-$28. 



546. Committee to Protect Our Children's 

 Teeth, Inc. 105 East 22nd Street, New York 

 10, N. Y. Secretary: Winslow Carlton, 221 

 4th Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Incorporated April, 1956. 



Purpose: To advance understanding of pre- 

 ventive dental health, and to disseminate reliable 

 information on fluoridation of public water 

 supplies as a preventive health measure. 



Membership: By invitation. Total membership 

 825. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Collaboration with 

 professional societies and citizen organizations ; 

 information and publications made available 

 upon request. 



547. Conference for Health Council Work. 



President: N. H. Cooper, 44 East 23rd Street, 

 New York 10, N. Y. Term expires November 

 1960. Secretary: Richard Warfield, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. Term expires November 1960. 



History: Organized 1926; formerly National 

 Committee of Health Council Executives. 



Purpose: To provide for the exchange of 

 experiences, to review problems of mutual inter- 

 est, to improve the work of health councils, 

 and to stimulate the extension of the health 

 council idea. 



Membership: Professional workers of health 

 councils, departments of health, and interested 

 lay members. Total membership 100. 



Meetings: Semiannual; one in conjunction 

 with the National Conference of Social Work 

 meeting, and one during the annual meeting of 

 the American Public Health Association. 



548. Conference of Executives of American 

 Schools for the Deaf. 1200 East 42nd Street, 

 Indianapolis 5, Ind. President: William J. 

 McClure. Term expires June 30, 1963. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: Ben E. Hoflfmeyer, School 

 for the Deaf, Morganton, N. C. Term 

 expires June 30, 1963. 



History: Founded 1868 as Conference of Sup- 

 erintendents and Principals of American Schools 



