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560. Connecticut District Branch-American 

 Psychiatric Association. President: Duncan 

 C. Stephens, Ituri Towers, Greenwich, Conn. 

 Term expires May 1961. Secretary: George 

 S. Hughes, 11 Sunset Road, Darien, Conn. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized in 1934 as the Connecticut 

 Society for Psychiatry and Neurology by a 

 group of psychiatrists and neurologists in prac- 

 tice in Connecticut. Affihate of the American 

 Psychiatric Association, and, with the reorg- 

 anization of the APA with District Branches 

 and an Assembly of District Branches, the 

 Connecticut Society for Psychiatry and Neurol- 

 ogy went out of existence in 1956 to be re-consti- 

 tuted as the Connecticut District Branch of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. 



Purpose: To foster the progress of psychiatry, 

 to represent psychiatry in the Connecticut 

 area, and to assist the American Psychiatric 

 Association in promoting its aims and objectives. 



Membership: Physicians hcensed to practice 

 in Connecticut who are also members of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. Total mem- 

 bership 160. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



561. Connecticut Forest and Park Association. 



322 North Main Street, Wallingford, Conn. 

 President: James L. Goodwin, 15 Lewis 

 Street, Hartford, Conn. Term expires April 

 1961. Secretary: Archibald W. Hurford. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1895; incorporated 1928. 



Purpose: The promotion of forestry, State 

 forests and parks, roadside improvement, nature 

 study, outdoor recreation, and other phases of 

 conservation of natural resources. 



Membership: Open to anyone interested in 

 conservation in Connecticut. Annual Members ; 

 Sustaining ; Contributing ; Business ; Commer- 

 cial ; Industrial ; Special Contributing ; Life ; 

 Patron ; Benefactor ; Founder. Total member- 

 ship 1,350. 



Meetings: Annual; two field meetings each 

 year. 



Publications: Connecticut Woodlands, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 25, $1.25, free to 

 members. Editor : Archibald W. Hurford. 



562. Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association. 



1804 East Main Street, Waterbury, Conn. 

 President: Daniel Leon, 50 Main Street, 

 Norwich, Conn. Term expires June 1961. 

 Secretary: Paul J. Kunkel. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized February 1876; incorpor- 

 ated. 



Purpose: To promote pharmacy, work with 

 others toward that end, and cooperate with all 

 branches of the health professions. 



Membership: Active Members must be reg- 

 istered pharmacists ; Life Members ; Honorary 

 Members. Total membership 1,065. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Garvin Memorial 

 Prize, $25 ; two scholarships, University of 

 Connecticut College of Pharmacy. 



Publications: Connecticut Pharmacist, month- 

 ly, current volume: 17, free to members. Editor: 

 Raymon Mercier. 



563. Connecticut Science Teachers Association. 



Stratford High School, Stratford, Conn. Pres- 

 ident: Richard F. Blake. Term expires June 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Angela Trovato, 

 Branford High School, Branford, Conn. Term 

 expires June 1961. 



History: Organized May 24, 1952. 



Purpose: To encourage and promote better 

 science teaching in the State. 



Membership: Open to persons actively in- 

 terested in the teaching of science in the State. 

 Total membership 500. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Newsletter CSTA, monthly, 

 current volume : 7. Editor : Robert Zwilling, 

 Bedford Junior High School, Westport, Conn. 



564. Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, 

 Inc. P. O. Box 5176, Hamden 18, Conn. 

 President: Robert G. Mitchell, King Street, 

 Warehouse Point, Conn. Term expires April 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Edgar B. Vinal. 

 Term expires April 1961. 



History: Organized January 15, 1884, as 

 Connecticut Civil Engineers' and Surveyors' 

 Association; name changed to present title 1902; 

 incorporated 1920. Committees : Planning and 

 Zoning, Surveying and Mapping, Subdivision 

 Development. 



Purpose: To promote advancement of eng- 

 ineering in all branches ; and to stimulate per- 

 sonal growth and advancement of members. 



Membership: Members, 907, must be at least 

 twenty-one years of age, and must have had at 

 least two years' actual experience in some 

 branch of engineering, or must have graduated 

 from an engineering course in a college or uni- 

 versity of recognized standing; Associates, 83, 

 must be eighteen years of age and interested in 

 engineering. Total membership 990. 



Meetings: Eight annually. 



Professional activities: Annual awards for 

 best papers submitted in intermediate, junior, 

 and senior classes. 



Publications: Annual Report, current volume: 

 76. Editor: Edgar B. Vinal. 



