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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Territorial Health Officers, the State and 

 Territorial Hospital and Medical Facilities 

 Construction Authorities, and the State and 

 Territorial Mental Health Authorities. Pres- 

 ident: Wilson T. Sowder, State Board of 

 Health, 1217 Pearl Street, Jacksonville 1, 

 Fla. Term expires October 1960. Executive 

 Secretary: Andrew C. Offutt, Indiana State 

 Board of Health, 1330 West Michigan Street, 

 Indianapolis 7, Ind. Term expires October 

 1962. 



History: First Conference of State and Terri- 

 torial Health Officers held 1903 in accordance 

 with the Act of Congress, July 1, 1902. First 

 Conference of State Hospital Survey and Con- 

 struction Authorities held 1947 in accordance 

 with the Act of Congress, August 13, 1946. 

 First Conference of State Mental Health Auth- 

 orities held 1947 in accordance with the Act of 

 Congress, July 3, 1946. Committees : Environ- 

 mental Sanitation ; Federal Relations ; Hospital 

 and Mental Health ; Infectious Diseases ; Long- 

 Term Illness and Health of the Aging; Maternal 

 and Child Health ; Research ; Special Health 

 and Medical Services. 



Purpose: To maintain effective working re- 

 lationships between the Surgeon General and 

 the State and Territorial Health Officers, State 

 and Territorial Hospital and Medical Facilities 

 Construction Authorities, and State and Terri- 

 torial Mental Health Authorities and their 

 respective organizations. 



Membership: All State and Territorial Health 

 Officers, State and Territorial Hospital and 

 Medical Facilities Construction Authorities, and 

 State and Territorial Mental Health Authorities 

 are members ex officio. Total membership 

 approximately 79. 



Meetings: Annual; at other times when 

 deemed necessary by the Surgeon General or at 

 the request of five or more States. 



557. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. 20 



South Dudley Street, Memphis 3, Tenn. 

 President: Thomas M. Marshall, 326 Fincastle 

 Building, Louisville 2, Ky. Term expires 

 October 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Richard 

 L. De Saussure. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized 1951. 



Purpose: To exchange views, technical infor- 

 mation, and experience on various aspects of 

 principles and practice of neurological surgery ; 

 to join in study and discussion of developments 

 in alHed scientific fields ; and to honor living 

 leaders in neurosurgery. 



Membership: Must limit practice to neuro- 

 logical surgery, and be either Board certified 

 or have equivalent in neurosurgical training, 



and must be members of local and county 

 medical societies. Total membership 502. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Residents in neuro- 

 logical surgery invited to attend annual meetings. 



Publications: Clinical Neurosurgery, annual, 

 current volume : 6, $7.50. Editor : Robert Fisher. 



558. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



5 Sheffield Hall, Yale University, New Haven, 

 Conn. President: W. H. Dunham, Jr., 

 Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, 

 New Haven, Conn. Term expires October 

 1960. Secretary: Dorothea Rudnick, Albertus 

 Magnus College, New Haven, Conn. Term 

 expires October 1960. 



History: Organized March 4, 1799; incor- 

 porated October, 1799. 



Purpose: To cultivate every art and science 

 which may tend to advance the interest and 

 happiness of a free and virtuous people ; to 

 publish Memoirs and Transactions ; and to hold 

 meetings where scholarly addresses are present- 

 ed. 



Membership: Election by the members. Total 

 membership approximately 330. 



Meetings: Approximately eight times per 

 year. 



Professional activities: Joint sponsorship of the 

 Connecticut Science Talent Search for high 

 school seniors. 



Publications: Transactions, irregular, cur- 

 rent volume : 42, price varies. Memoirs, irreg- 

 ular, current volume : 14, price varies. Editor : 

 Dorothea Rudnick. 



559. Connecticut Botanical Society, Inc. Osborn 

 Botanical Laboratory, Yale University, New 

 Haven, Conn. President: Leonard J. Bradley, 

 Wilton, Conn. Term expires December 1960. 

 Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Esther B. 

 Lindquist, Guilford, Conn. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized January 24, 1903; incor- 

 porated January 10, 1921. Committees: Bryo- 

 phytes, Herbariums, Phanerogams, and Pterido- 

 phytes. 



Purpose: To secure a thorough knowledge 

 of the flora of the State ; to accumulate, hold, 

 and maintain such specimens and documents as 

 necessary for permanent records. 



Membership: Total membership 200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Field trips, ten to 

 twelve annually. 



Publications: Yearbook, annual, free to mem- 

 bers. 



