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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Council members, representa- 

 tives of affiliated societies. Total membership 

 2,300. 



Meetings: Monthly, except July and August. 



Professional activities: Engineers' Week ac- 

 tivities coordination in Delaware. 



594. Delaware Pharmaceutical Society, Inc. R. 



F. D. 2, Milford, Del. President: W. Lemar 

 Pierce, 535 North American Avenue-Exten- 

 sion, Dover, Del. Term expires June 30, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Harry C. Zeisig. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized June 5, 1886. 



Purpose: Advancement of the profession of 

 pharmacy ; professional, social, and economic 

 advancement of members. 



Membership: Active members, pharmacists 

 registered in Delawrare and over twenty-one 

 years of age ; Associate, registered pharmacists 

 from other States ; Honorary, persons who have 

 performed outstanding service to this Society 

 or to the profession of pharmacy ; Affiliate, non- 

 registered pharmacists in Delaware and other 

 persons having proprietary or managerial in- 

 terests in pharmacies ; Wholesalers and Manu- 

 facturers, people who serve pharmacy in those 

 capacities ; Student, persons who have completed 

 one year at recognized colleges of pharmacy. 

 Total membership 228. 



Meetings: Monthly except July, August, and 

 December. 



Publications: Delaware Pharmacist, monthly, 

 free to members. Editor : John C. Craig, 1213 

 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington 6, Del. 



595. Delaware Psychiatric Society. President: 

 Kurt Anstreicher, Delaware State Hospital, 

 Farnhurst, Del. Term expires 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: Albert L. Ingram, Jr., 1403 

 North Rodney Street, Wilmington 6, Del. 

 Term expires 1961. 



596. Delaware Psychological Association. 216 



Beverly Road, Newark, Del. President: 

 Robert Ziller, University of Delaware, 

 Newark, Del. Term expires October 1960. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Zona K. MacPhee. 

 Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized March 3, 1947. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 as a profession, and as a means of promoting 

 human welfare. 



Membership: Member, Fellow or Member of 

 American Psychological Association, or qualified 

 for associate membership in that organization ; 

 Affiliate, student or other person interested in 

 psychology. Members and Affiliates must reside 



or be employed in Delaware. Total membership 

 60. 



Meetings: Three annually. 



Publications : Newsletter, irregular. 



597. Delaware Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers, Inc. P. O. Box 1848, Wilmington 99, 

 Del. President: Earl D. Krapf, Delaware 

 Power & Light Company, 600 Market Street, 

 Wilmington 99, Del. Term expires June 1961. 

 Secretary: John T. Kephart, Jr., Engineering 

 Department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & 

 Company, Inc., Wilmington 98, Del. Term 

 expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1950; charter received 

 from National Society of Professional Engineers 

 January 11, 1951. 



Purpose: Promotion and protection of engi- 

 neering profession as social and econmic influ- 

 ence vital to welfare of the community and of 

 mankind. 



Membership: Full Members, 271, holders of 

 valid licenses or certificates of registration as 

 professional engineers from any State or other 

 subdivision of the United States ; Junior Mem- 

 bers, 17, holders of valid certificates of registra- 

 tion as engineers-in-training; Land Surveyor 

 Members, holders of valid licenses or certificates 

 of registration as land surveyors from any 

 State or other subdivision of the United States. 

 Total membership 288. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Engineer-of -the- Year 

 Award, annual, for outstanding contribution to 

 profession. 



Publications: Delaware Engineer, monthly, 

 current volume : 8, free to members. Editor 

 James H. Baltisberger. 



598. Diabetes Association of the District of 

 Columbia, Inc. President: William Kurstin, 

 915 19th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 

 Term expires June 30, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Louis K. Alpert, 2300 K Street, 

 N. W., Washington, D. C. Term expires June 

 30, 1961. 



History: Founded 1948. 



Purpose: Dissemination of knowledge of dia- 

 betes mellitus, and diabetes detection. 



Membership: Clinical section requires degree 

 of doctor of medicine ; lay section open to all 

 persons interested in diabetes mellitus. Physician 

 members, 50; Associate, 150. Total membership 

 200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Lectures for physicians 

 and diabetics ; annual diabetes detection drive. 



