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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



body, the clinics and laboratories situated in the 



cities represented. 

 Membership: Active, limited to 35; all mem- 

 bers reaching the age of sixty automatically 



become senior members. Total membership 



approximately 60. 

 Meetings: Annual. 



612. Ecological Society of America. President: 

 Arthur D. Hasler, Department of Zoology, 

 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Term 

 expires August 30, 1961. Secretary: John E. 

 Cantlon, Department of Botany and Plant 

 Pathology, Michigan State University, East 

 Lansing, Mich. Term expires August 30, 1961. 



History: Founded 1915; incorporated 1927; 

 member of American Institute of Biological 

 Sciences since 1947. Western Section includes 

 those members residing west of the eastern 

 boundary of Colorado ; Animal Behavior Sec- 

 tion includes those interested in this area of 

 study. 



Purpose: To promote the scientific study of 

 organisms in relation to their environment, 

 both as individuals and as members of popula- 

 tions and communities ; and to facilitate the 

 exchange of ideas among those interested in 

 ecology. 



Membership: Persons and organizations in- 

 terested in ecology and the promotion of ecologi- 

 cal research, on the recommendation by two 

 members and election by the Council. Associate, 

 Active, and Sustaining Members. Total member- 

 ship 2,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: George Mercer Award, 

 annually for outstanding paper on ecology 

 published in English, in honor of George Mercer, 

 killed in British Army in World War I, $100. 



Publications: Ecology, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 41, $9. Editors : R. H. Whittaker, Review ; 

 L. C. Cole, Zoological ; A. A. Lindsey, Botanical. 

 Ecological Monographs, quarterly, current 

 volume : 30, $6. Editors : F. C. Evans, Zoological, 

 and H. J. Costing, Botanical. Bulletin, quarterly, 

 current volume: 41, $2. Editor: J. E. Cantlon. 



613. Econometric Society. P. O. Box 1264, Yale 

 Station, New Haven, Conn. President: 

 Lawrence Klein, Wharton School, LTniversity 

 of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. Secretary: Richard 

 Ruggles. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized December 1930. 



Purpose: To advance economic theory in its 

 relation to statistics and mathematics. 



Membership: Open to any qualified individual 

 seriously interested in the objectives of the 



Society. Regular Members, 1,450; Institutional, 

 2 ; Fellows, membership in the Society for at 

 least one year, nomination by committee, election 

 by all Fellows, 121; Student Subscribers, 100; 

 Subscribers, 1,350. 



Meetings: Summer, winter, European, west 

 coast (regional). 



Publications: Econometrica, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume : 28, domestic $14, foreign $12, 

 student $6. Managing Editor : Robert Strotz, 

 Department of Economics, Northwestern Uni- 

 versity, Evanston, 111. 



614. Electrochemical Society, Inc. 1860 Broad- 

 way, New York 23, N. Y. President: Ralph 

 A.Schaefer, The Bunting Brass and Bronze 

 Company, Toledo, Ohio. Term expires spring 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert K. Shannon. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized April 3, 1902. Sections: 

 Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, 

 India, Indianapolis, Midland, Mohawk-Hudson, 

 New York Metropolitan, Niagara Falls, On- 

 tario-Quebec, Pacific Northwest, Philadelphia, 

 Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Southern California- 

 Nevada, Texas, Washington-Baltimore. Di- 

 visions : Battery, Corrosion, Electric Insulation, 

 Electrodeposition, Electronics, Electro-Organic, 

 Electrothermics and Metallurgy, Industrial 

 Electrolytic, Theoretical Electrochemistry. 



Purpose: The advancement of the theory and 

 practice of electrochemistry, electrometallurgy, 

 electrothermics, and allied subjects. Among the 

 means to this end shall be the holding of 

 meetings for reading and discussion of profes- 

 sional and scientific papers on these subjects, 

 the publication of such papers, discussions, 

 and communications as may seem expedient, 

 and cooperation with chemical, electrical, and 

 other scientific and technical societies. 



Membership: Active Members, 3,020, shall 

 be interested in electrochemistry or allied sub- 

 jects, be at least 25 years of age, and possess 

 a Bachelor's or Engineering degree with a 

 major interest in the natural sciences, and have 

 three or more years of postgraduate experience. 

 Election to active membership shall require 

 the recommendation of two active members 

 in good standing. Associate, 33, shall have re- 

 ceived a Bachelor's or Engineering Degree with 

 major interest in natural science, but not yet 

 have completed the requirements of three years' 

 experience, or have exceeded the age of twenty- 

 eight. Election to Associate Membership shall 

 require the recommendation of two Active 

 Members in the Society. Student, 57, shall be at 

 least eighteen years old, and shall be an under- 

 graduate or graduate student registered for a 

 degree in natural science or engineering. Election 

 to Student Membership shall require recom- 



