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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Members, approximately 2,000 ; Corporate Mem- 

 bers, 129; Affiliate Members, 13. Total member- 

 ship approximately 2,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Chemurgic Digest, eleven times 

 per year, current volume : 19, $5, free to 

 members. 



583. Council of Engineering Society Secre- 

 taries. President: O. B. Schier II, American 

 Society of Mechanical Engineers, 29 West 

 39th Street, New York, N. Y. Term expires 

 May 1961. Secretary: Colin Campbell, P. O. 

 Box 1536, Tulsa 3, Okla. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1920 as Council of Sec- 

 retaries ; present name adopted 1948. 



Purpose: Mutual interchange of information 

 on policies and procedures for guidance of 

 principal administrative officers of engineering 

 societies. 



Membership: Must be principal administrative 

 officers or appointed representatives of recog- 

 nized engineering and related scientific societies. 

 Total membership approximately 75. 



Meetings: Annual. 



584. Council on Arteriosclerosis of the Ameri- 

 can Heart Association, Inc. President: 

 Forrest E. Kendall, Chairman, Goldwater 

 Memorial Hospital, Welfare Island, New 

 York 17, N. Y. Term expires October 21, 

 1960. Secretary: O. J. Pollak, 9 Kings 

 Highway, Dover, Del. Term expires October 

 21, 1960. 



History: Organized June 9, 1947, as American 

 Society for the Study of Arteriosclerosis ; sub- 

 sequently was merged with American Heart 

 Association and name changed to present title. 



Purpose: To improve methods of diagnosis 

 and treatment, and to work toward prevention 

 of arteriosclerosis ; to further and coordinate 

 research and dissemination of information. 



Membership: Active, limited to scientists 

 making meritorious contributions to subject of 

 arteriosclerosis ; Associate, persons exhibiting 

 special interest in subject; Corresponding, 

 requirements of Active, but residing outside 

 North America; Honorary, scientists who have 

 made outstanding contributions in this field. 

 Total membership approximately 280. 



Meetings: Annual. 



585. County Engineers Association of Cali- 

 fornia. Richmond Field Station, 1301 South 

 46th Street, Richmond, Calif. President: R. 

 P. O'Neill, Court House, Oroville, Calif. 

 Term expires November 19, 1960. Secretary: 



William A. Jones, P. O. Box 1157, Fairfield, 

 CaHf. Term expires November 19, 1960. 



History: Founded in 1916. Committees: 

 Highways, Legislative Activities, Radio, and 

 Standards. 



Purpose: Improvement of county public works 

 operations and the dissemination of information 

 to members and other interested persons. 



Membership: Any county engineer, county 

 surveyor, county road commissioner, or county 

 director of public works, plus one deputy for 

 each office. Total membership 125. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Public Works Guide, irregular, 

 $10. Editor: Paul Kilkenny, Deputy Director 

 of Public Works, County of Conta Costa, P. O. 

 Box 509, Martinez, Calif. 



586. Cranbrook Institute of Science. Bloomfield 

 Hills, Mich. Chairman: James A. Beresford, 

 2500 Buhl Building, Detroit 26, Mich. Term 

 expires June 1961. Director: Robert T. Hatt. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1930. 



Purpose: Education and research in the natu- 

 ral sciences, including anthropology. 



Membership: Open to persons with an interest 

 in the purpose of the Institute. Annual Members, 

 892; Junior, 594; Sustaining. 157; Supporting, 

 5; Honorary Life, 7; Life, 58; Patrons 11; 

 Fellows, 19. Total membership 1,743. 



Professional activities: Mary Soper Pope 

 Medal, for notable achievement in plant science ; 

 Billington Lectures, education in natural sci- 

 ences ; maintenance of a laboratory and museum. 



Publications: Bulletin, irregular, current vol- 

 ume: 39, $10.50; News Letter, monthly, current 

 volume : 29, $2 ; Annual Report, current volume : 

 29, $.25. 



Library: 9,800 volumes on natural sciences. 



587. Cranial Academy. 3829 Troost Avenue, 

 Kansas City 9, Mo. President: Viola M. 

 Frymann, 7754 Ivanhoe Street, La Jolla, Calif. 

 Term expires January 1962. Executive Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer: Rachel H. Woods. Term 

 expires July 1962. 



History: Organized by a group of the Acad- 

 emy of Applied Osteopathy particularly inter- 

 ested in technics for the treatment of the head. 



Purpose: To promote a clearer understanding 

 and a wider knowledge and application of the 

 principles of osteopathy in general, and of the 

 cranial-sacro mechanism in particular ; to stim- 

 ulate further investigation, research, evolution, 

 and clarification. 



