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Engineers ; and American Institute of Chemical 

 Engineers. 

 Meetings: Board meets semiannually. 



Professional activities: Sponsors the following 

 projects : Council on Wave Research ; Tech- 

 niques for Forecasting Waves. Other projects 

 sponsored through member engineering societies. 



620. Engineering Societies of New England, 

 Inc. Hotel Lenox, Room 322, 61 Exeter 

 Street, Boston 16, Mass. President: George 

 W. Sprague. Term expires June 1, 1961. 

 Secretary: George K. Sauerwein. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized June 19, 1922, as Affili- 

 ated Technical Societies of Boston ; name 

 changed June 11, 1929, to Engineering Societies 

 of Boston ; name changed to present title June 6, 

 1934. Affiliated Societies : Boston Society of 

 Civil Engineers ; Plant Engineers Club ; Ameri- 

 can Institute of Electrical Engineers, Boston 

 Section; American Society of Mechanical Engi- 

 neers, Boston Section ; American Society of 

 Civil Engineers, Massachusetts Section ; Ameri- 

 can Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and 

 Petroleum Engineers, Boston Section ; American 

 Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air 

 Conditioning Engineers, Massachusetts Chapter ; 

 American Welding Society, Boston Section ; 

 Illuminating Engineering Society, New England 

 Section ; Massachusetts State Engineers' Asso- 

 ciation, Inc. ; American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers, Lynn Section ; American Society 

 for Non-Destructive Testing, Boston Section ; 

 American Society of Safety Engineers. Boston 

 Chapter ; American Society of Tool Engineers, 

 Boston Chapter; American Society for Quality 

 Control, Boston Section ; American Society of 

 Lubrication Engineers, Boston Section ; Ameri- 

 can Institute of Chemical Engineers, Boston 

 Section ; South Shore Industrial Engineers 

 Association ; Institute of the Aeronautical 

 Sciences ; American Institute of Industrial Engi- 

 neers, Boston Chapter ; Society of Women 

 Engineers, Boston Section ; American Society 

 of Agricultural Engineers, Connecticut Valley 

 Section ; American Society of Tool Engineers, 

 Merrimack Valley Section ; Society of Fire 

 Protection Engineers, Boston Section ; American 

 Institute of Industrial Engineers, Merrimack 

 Valley Chapter ; American Institute of In- 

 dustrial Engineers, Tri-State Chapter ; National 

 Association of Corrosion Engineers, Greater 

 Boston Section. 



Purpose: To bring the technical societies of 

 New England and their members into closer 

 touch with one another for more effective public 

 service, and for the advancement of scientific 

 investigation, education, and research. 



Membership: Members, certified by the affili- 

 ated societies ; Sustaining ; Professional Asso- 

 ciate. Total membership 8,900. 



Meetings: Five Council meetings per year. 



Professional activities: New England Award, 

 given to a living engineer, resident in New 

 England, who, by outstanding achievement, shall 

 merit recognition of his accomplished work as 

 well as of his character, by his fellow engineers 

 of the New England States. 



Publications: Journal, weekly, current vol- 

 ume : 29, $1.60. Editor : W. Colburn. 



62 L Engineering Society of Buflfalo, Inc. Room 

 63, Hotel Statler Hilton, Buffalo 2, N. Y. 

 President: Donald R. Sutton, 177 Oakridge 

 Drive, Hamburg, N. Y. Term expires August 

 31, 1961. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Mildred 

 Fritz. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1894 as the Engineers 

 Society of Western New York; reorganized 

 December 20, 1912 under present title; incor- 

 porated October 13, 1920. Member of the 

 Technical Societies Council. 



Purpose: Advancement of engineering knowl- 

 edge and practice ; professional improvement of 

 members by means of meetings for the reading 

 and discussion of appropriate papers ; dissemina- 

 tion, in suitable manner, of facts and information 

 brought to light through its deliberations ; 

 cooperation with the local sections of all national 

 societies to the end that in all matters of 

 common interest the engineering profession may 

 take concerted action ; fostering of professional 

 and social intercourse among its members ; 

 consideration of engineering matters which may 

 affect the general welfare of the community, 

 and suitable action with reference thereto; 

 creation, management and control of a scholar- 

 ship fund, and for that purpose to take and 

 acquire real and personal property or principal 

 thereof for the advancement of engineering 

 and practice. 



Membership: Close association with the engi- 

 neering profession as a result of vocation, hobby, 

 or daily business contacts, plus sponsorship by 

 a member of the Society. Regular members, 

 limited to those who are interested in engineering 

 matters and who qualify for membership in 

 accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws 

 of the Society; Life, members in good standing 

 for at least five years prior to election to Life 

 membership, limited to thirty members ; Honor- 

 ary, members who have performed some service 

 of merit to the Society ; Non-resident, any per- 

 son who is otherwise qualified for membership 

 and whose place of residence and business is 

 at least fifty miles from the Society Head- 

 quarters in Buflfalo, with the same rights and 

 privileges as Regular members ; Sustaining. 



