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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Meetings: Monthly during two winter se- 

 mesters. 



Professional acti7'ities: W. C. Coker Award, 

 annual, for best dissertation on a scientific 

 subject, $50. 



Publications: Journal, semiannual, current vol- 

 ume : 76, $3.50, free to members. Editor: J. N. 

 Couch. 



617. Endocrine Society. 1200 North Walker 

 Street, Oklahoma City 3, Okla. President: 

 John Eager Howard, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 

 Baltimore, Md. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Henry H. Turner. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1917 in New York as 

 Association for the Study of Internal Secretions ; 

 incorporated January 1918; name subsequently 

 changed to present title. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in study of 

 internal secretions, and to collect and disseminate 

 literature on that subject. 



Membership: Open to any qualified physician 

 or biologist. Total membership 1,300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Medal of the Endocrine 

 Society, for work of special distinction in endo- 

 crinology, capital amount $1,000; Ciba Award, 

 for meritorious accomplishments of investigator 

 under thirty-five years of age in field of clinical 

 or preclinical endocrinology, capital amount 

 $1,800; Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison Fellow- 

 ship, to assist men and women of exceptional 

 promise toward a career in endocrinology, capi- 

 tal amount $2,500; Schering Scholar, and 

 Upjohn Scholar, awarded to established inves- 

 tigators and teachers of endocrinology to 

 extend their opportunities, capital amount $2,500 

 each. 



Publications: Journal of Clinical Endocri- 

 nology and Metabolism, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 20, $12. Editor : Phebe K. Thompson, 

 Endocrinology, monthly, current volume : 44, 

 $12. Editor : Roy O. Creep. 



618. Engineering and Technical Societies Coun- 

 cil of Delaware Valley. 1317 Spruce Street, 

 Philadelphia 7, Pa. President: Norton H. 

 Walton, Atlantic Refining Company, P. O. 

 Box 8138, Philadelphia 1, Pa. Term expires 

 May 1961. Secretary: Charles S. Doerr. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Formerly called Engineering and 

 Technical Societies Council of Philadelphia. 



Purpose: To unite engineering and allied 

 technical societies in the Philadelphia area to 

 the end that, through unification of efTort and 

 purpose and a spirit of fraternity, there he a 

 joint council to represent and speak for the 



whole ; to solve problems by cooperative efifort ; 

 to secure and disseminate accurate and reliable 

 information of interest and value in the pro- 

 fession or otherwise related to it ; to support 

 codes of ethics for the profession ; to consider 

 legislation concerning engineers and allied in- 

 terests ; to take part in civic afifairs of concern 

 to the societies and the communities in which 

 they exist ; and by all legal ways and means 

 to promote the welfare of the profession and 

 allied interests and enhance their standing with 

 the public. 



Membership: Engineering, technical and other 

 societies, whose objects, activities and interests 

 in engineering and the technical services are 

 such that in the opinion of the Council they can 

 cooperate with the Council. Total membership, 

 25 local sections or chapters of the national 

 engineering societies. 



Meetings: Five times a year. 



619- Engineering Foundation. 29 West 39th 

 Street, New York 18, N. Y. Chairman: A. M. 

 Gaudin. Term expires May 1961. Secretary 

 and General Manager: S. W. Marras. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Established as a department of 

 United Engineering Trustees, Inc., in 1914. Engi- 

 neering Foundation has initiated many large 

 research councils which are today well known 

 throughout industry. During the years 1916 

 to the early 1920's, Engineering Foundation 

 was instrumental in the establishment of the 

 National Research Council and in its subsequent 

 development ; during its early years the entire 

 Engineering Foundation income was used to 

 establish the National Research Council and to 

 maintain a joint secretariat, with the original 

 offices being housed in Engineering Societies 

 Building in New York City. Among other 

 councils which Engineering F"oundation helped 

 establish were : Engineers' Council for Profes- 

 sional Development, Welding Research Council, 

 Column Research Council, Research Council on 

 Riveted and Bolted Structural Joints, Rein- 

 forced Concrete Research Council, Steel Struc- 

 tures Painting Council, Council on Wave Re- 

 search, Alloys of Iron Research, Corrosion 

 Research Council, and Thermal Resistivity 

 Characteristics of Soils. 



Purpose: The furtherance of research in 

 science and engineering, and the advancement in 

 any other manner of the profession of engineer- 

 ing and the good of mankind. 



Membership: Board of 19 members, represent- 

 ing the five major national engineering societies : 

 American Society of Civil Engineers ; American 

 Institution of Mining, Metallurgical and Petrol- 

 eum Engineers ; American Society of Mechanical 

 Engineers ; American Institute of Electrical 



