UNITED STATES 



171 



History: Organized 1944; incorporated March 

 1, 1946. 



Purpose: To further development and use- 

 fulness of psychology as a science and pro- 

 fession ; to establish and maintain high stan- 

 dards of professional competence, service, and 

 conduct ; and to safeguard interests of the pro- 

 fession and public. 



Membership: Members and Associates: must 

 be either Members or Associates of American 

 Psychological Association and live or have 

 principal employment in Connecticut. Total 

 membership 183. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Connecticut Psychologist, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 13. Editor : Jane Torrey. 



570. Connecticut State Society of Anesthesiol- 

 ogists. President: Edwin Platz, Manchester, 

 Conn. Term expires May 1962. Secretary: 

 S. A. Chait, 411 New Harwinton Road, 

 Torrington, Conn. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1937; became chapter 

 of American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1946. 



Purpose: To associate and affiliate all reput- 

 able doctors of medicine in Connecticut who 

 are engaged in practice of, or otherwise especi- 

 ally interested in, anesthesiology ; to encourage 

 specialization in this field and make available 

 to more people benefits derived from services 

 of qualified anesthesiologists ; to raise standards 

 by fostering and encouraging research and 

 scientific progress in this specialty, and by 

 establishing standards of postgraduate education 

 for qualifications as specialist, and to establish 

 standards of approval for postgraduate training 

 centers. 



Membership: Requires active practice of 

 anesthesiology in Connecticut, and membership 

 in both American Society of Anesthesiologists 

 and American Medical Association. Total mem- 

 bership 125. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Biennial postgraduate 

 seminar. 



571. Connecticut Technical Council, Inc. P. O. 



Box 265, New Haven 2, Conn. President: 

 James C. Beach, P. O. Box 236, New Haven 

 2, Conn. Term expires May 31, 1961. Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer: Roy L. Parsell. Term 

 expires May 31, 1961. 



History: Organized 1935; composed of mem- 

 ber societies, and branches, chapters, or sections 

 of national societies. 



Purpose: To provide a common meeting 

 ground and clearing house for the promotion 

 of closer cooperation among technical societies 

 in Connecticut ; to harmonize and coordinate 



the activities of such societies in matters of 

 common concern ; to further the solution of 

 public problems of a technical nature ; and to 

 represent the societies before the Legislature. 



Membership: Open to engineering and allied 

 technical societies or associations only. Seven 

 member bodies composed of approximately 

 7,000 individuals. 



Meetings: Quarterly, and on special occasions. 



572. Conservation Council for Hawaii. Bishop 

 Museum, Honolulu 17, Hawaii. President: 

 Richard H. Cox. Term expires February 

 1961. Secretary: Herbert R. Welder, Jr., P. 

 O. Box 3440, Honolulu 1, Hawaii. Term 

 expires February 1961. 



History: Organized August 1950, under aus- 

 pices of Pacific Science Association, Pacific 

 Science Board, and Bishop Museum. Com- 

 mittees : Land, Water, Flora, Fauna, and Sites. 



Purpose: To further conservation in its var- 

 ious aspects in the State of Hawaii. 



Membership: Requires active interest in 

 conservation. Total membership : Organizations, 

 30; Individuals, 80. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Summary of Committee Reports, 

 annual. Bulletin, bi-monthly, current volume, 3. 

 Editor : Herbert R. Welder, Jr. 



573- Constantinian Society. 3620 Douglas Road, 

 Toledo 13, Ohio. President: Phil B. Bleecker, 

 1024 Madison Avenue, Memphis 4, Tenn. 

 Term expires October 29, 1960. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Charles F. Shook. Term expires 

 October 29, 1960. 



History: Originated during World War H 

 as informal society of chiefs and assistant chiefs 

 of medicine from units in the Mediterranean 

 Theatre. Reorganized under present name April 

 1947 ; named in honor of famous Afro-Italian 

 physician, Constantinius Africanus. 



Purpose: To promote educational programs 

 along medico-military lines. 



Membership: Requires eighteen months' serv- 

 ice in Mediterranean Theatre during World 

 War II as chief or assistant chief of medicine 

 in a military hospital. Total membership ap- 

 proximately 80. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Fred Fitz Chair, or 

 Cardiac Award, Passavant Memorial Hospital, 

 Chicago, 111. 



574. Construction Specifications Institute, Inc. 



632 Dupont Circle Building, Washington 6, 

 D. C. President: Glen H. Abplanalp, Havens 

 & Emerson, 233 Broadway, New York 7, 



