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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Regular members, 622; Life, 25; Honorary, 10; 

 Non-resident, 29; Sustaining, 27. Total mem- 

 bership 713. 



Meetings: Monthly except July and August. 



Professional activities: Endowment Fund, to 

 assure the future financial security of the 

 Society and provide sufficient funds to pro- 

 mote its various objects and activities; Scholar- 

 ship Fund, which provides $800 annually to most 

 deserving area high school graduate to the 

 University of Buffalo Engineering College ; 

 sponsorship of engineering lectures in prepara- 

 tion for Professional Engineers License exam- 

 inations. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 31. 



622. Engineering Society of Cincinnati. 1349 

 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati 6, Ohio. 

 President: Reuben J. Beaman, Jr., 3045 Coral 

 Park Drive, Cincinnati 11, Ohio. Term expires 

 June 1, 1961. Secretary: Miss Margaret 

 Arnold. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1888 as the Engineers' 

 Club of Cincinnati ; name changed to present 

 title August 17, 1943. 



Purpose: To encourage the professional im- 

 provement of engineers ; to advance engineering 

 in all its branches ; and to promote professional 

 fellowship among engineers. 



Membership: Active, 1,260, Qualified by one 

 of the following : degree from an accredited 

 engineering school or college, and a record of 

 four years or more of active practice in the 

 profession ; or the equivalent in knowledge, 

 skill, and longer active practice ; or a Registered 

 Professional Engineer in a state where the 

 requirements for registration are comparable to 

 those of the State of Ohio ; or an architect, 

 chemist, physicist, metallurgist, or a member 

 of other kindred technical or scientific profession 

 with comparable qualifications. Associate, 308, 

 must be twenty-five years of age or over, must 

 be or have been so connected with some branch 

 of engineering science, or industry relating 

 thereto, that he may be considered as qualified 

 to cooperate with engineers in the advancement 

 of professional knowledge ; Co-Associate, same 

 qualifications as Associate. Junior, 179, under 

 thirty years of age, a graduate in engineering, 

 architecture, chemistry, physics, metallurgy, or 

 other kindred technical or scientific courses of 

 study in a university or college of recognized 

 standing ; Honorary, 5 ; Life, 56. Total member- 

 ship, 1,808. 



Meetings: Annual, monthly, weekly. 



Professional activities: Life Members' Schol- 

 arship Fund, two scholarships of $300 each, 

 awarded annually to freshmen engineers at the 

 University of Cincinnati. Carsey Memberships, 



Society membership awards to fifteen senior 

 engineers at the University of Cincinnati an- 

 nually. The Engineer and Scientist of the Year, 

 the Society cooperates with affiliate societies in 

 the selection of the outstanding engineer or sci- 

 entist of the year from this area. 



Publications: Engineer and Scientist, weekly 

 September through June, current volume : 25, 

 free to members. Editor : Dorothy Walley. 



Library: 1,940 volumes. 



623. Engineering Society of Detroit. 100 Farns- 

 worth Avenue, Detroit 2, Mich. President: 

 Frederick Bauer, Engineering Staff, Ford 

 Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. Managing Director: 

 Frank G. Horton. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized April 15, 1936. 



Purpose: To promote growth of engineering 

 and allied arts and sciences ; to unite for public 

 welfare engineers and other persons interested 

 in engineering or allied professions in Detroit 

 and vicinity ; to provide services and facilities 

 for civic education on engineering matters. 



Membership: Regular Members, 4,849, over 

 twenty-one years of age and with bachelors' 

 degrees in engineering, architecture, or allied 

 arts and sciences, or equivalent technical knowl- 

 edge by practical experience ; Associate Mem- 

 bers, 298, over twenty-one years of age, not 

 eligible for regular membership, but qualified 

 by position or experience to cooperate with 

 engineers in engineering work ; Junior Members, 

 378, over twenty-one, but not over thirty years 

 of age, with minimum age limit waived for 

 bachelors' degrees in engineering, architecture, 

 or allied arts and sciences, must meet require- 

 ments for regular members or be enrolled in, 

 and have completed, at least three years of 

 education in one of the foregoing specialties 

 in schools authorized to confer corresponding 

 degrees ; Senior Members, 52, over sixty-five 

 years of age, and either have twenty-five years' 

 membership or are charter members ; Affiliate 

 Members, 50, societies or local sections of na- 

 tional societies whose membership is based on 

 interest in engineering, architecture, chemistry, 

 or allied arts and sciences, and at least fifteen 

 per cent of whose members are regular members 

 of this Society; Sustaining Members, 178, 

 persons or firms actively engaged in engineering, 

 architecture, chemistry, or allied arts and 

 sciences ; Honorary Members, 5. Total mem- 

 bership 5,810. 



Meetings: Monthly except July and August. 



Professional activities: Five $1,000 scholar- 

 ships awarded annually in connection with 

 Metropolitan Detroit Science Fair. 



