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mendations by two Active Members and a 

 member of the senior staff of the college of his 

 attendance. Emeritus, 48, active members who 

 have paid dues for twenty-five years and attained 

 the age of sixty-five. Honorary, 7, those indi- 

 viduals who by reason of valuable contributions 

 to electrochemistry deserve special recognition 

 by the Society, Patron, S, and Sustaining, 160, 

 those who through interest in electrochemistry 

 contribute financially to the support and develop- 

 ment of the Society. Total membership 3,182. 

 Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Edward Goodrich 

 Acheson Gold Medal and Prize, $1,000, awarded 

 every two years to the person who has made a 

 distinguished contribution to the advancement of 

 any of the objects, purposes, or activities of the 

 Society. Palladium Medal, founded in 1950, 

 in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in 

 the field of corrosion of metals and its control. 

 F. M. Becket Memorial Award, $500, estab- 

 lished from a fund presented to the Society by 

 the Electro Metallurgical Company, a division 

 of the Union Carbide Corporation, made each 

 year in the form of a scholarship in the field of 

 electrochemistry. Joseph \V. Richards Memorial 

 Lecture, established in 1929 by a group of 

 friends and admirers of Dr. Richards ; interest 

 from the fund is used to defray the expenses 

 incurred by inviting distinguished scientists to 

 lecture. Young Author's Prize, $100, established 

 in July 1928 for the best paper printed in the 

 yearly volume of the Journal of the Society, 

 (::pen to students and graduates under thirty-one 

 years of age. Francis Mills Turner Memorial 

 Award, sponsored by the Reinhold Publishing 

 Corporation, consists of $100 worth of scientific 

 and technical books to be given each year to an 

 author under thirty-one years of age. Perkin 

 Medal, an award of the Society of Chemical 

 Industry, candidate recommended by the Society. 

 Prize Essay Contest, open to students, consisting 

 of a prize of $100 to the First Prize and 

 $50 for the Second Prize. Battery Division 

 Award, established 1958, for purpose of stimulat- 

 ing battery research and encouraging the prepa- 

 ration of high-quality papers for the Journal of 

 the Society ; planned to select, every two years, 

 the author or authors of a recent paper relating 

 to electrochemical cells or batteries published 

 in the Journal ; consists of an engraved scroll 

 to each author of the chosen paper, and also 

 prepaid membership in the Society and subscrip- 

 tion to the Journal as follows : single author, 

 life membership and subscription ; two authors, 

 ten years' prepaid membership and subscription 

 to Journal to each ; three authors, seven years' 

 prepaid membership and subscription to each 

 author. Electrochemical Society Assistance 

 Award, $800 covering the period June to Sep- 

 tember 1960, established on an experimental 



basis for one year, such Fellowship not to be 

 established on a basis of need; made without 

 regard to sex, citizenship, race, location, or 

 financial need to a fellow or teaching assistant 

 pursuing work between the degree of B.S. 

 and Ph.D. on a subject in the field of interest 

 to the Society. The \\'illiam Blum Award of 

 the Washington-Baltimore Section of the Soci- 

 ety, established 1958, in recognition of out- 

 standing contributions to electrochemistry ; $100 

 and a certificate given semiannually. Certificate 

 of Appreciation to Past Presidents, voted in 

 1959 to approve awarding of suitable Certificates 

 of Appreciation to all living Past Presidents 

 of the Society. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 107, $1.25 members (single copy); $1.75 

 nonmembers (single copy). Editor: Cecil V. 

 King. 



615. Electron Microscope Society of America. 



President: D. Gordon Sharp, Department of 

 Bacteriology, University of North Carolina, 

 Chapel Hill, N. C. Term expires January 

 1, 1961. Council Secrctar\: Miss Mary L. 

 Rollins, P. O. Box 19687," New Orleans 19, 

 La. Term expires January 1, 1962. 



History: Organized November 1942; incor- 

 porated February 1954. 



Purpose: To increase and diffuse the knowl- 

 edge of electron microscopes and related instru- 

 ments and results obtained through their use in 

 whatever fields they may be found applicable. 



Membership: Regular members, 884, persons 

 interested in the use of an electron microscope. 



Meetings: Annual. 



6 16. Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 

 President: Alfred T. Brauer. Term expires 

 May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Melbourne 

 R. Carriker. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1883. 



Purpose: To cultivate interest in natural 

 history and general scientific subjects; to 

 encourage individual workers in science ; to 

 increase knowledge of North Carolina and its 

 resources. 



Membership: Regular Members, 176, instruc- 

 tors, or higher. University of North Carolina, 

 or persons with equivalent rank from outside 

 the University; Associate Members, 84, graduate 

 students with rank less than instructor, grad- 

 uate assistants, and students in the scientific 

 professional schools with collegiate records of 

 unusual excellence ; Honorary Members, 7, 

 nominated by executive Committee and approved 

 by three-fourths of regular members. Total 

 membership 267. 



