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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Publications: Quarterly Journal, current vol- 

 ume : 23, free to members. Editor : J. C. 

 Dickinson. 



660. Florida Entontiological Society. P. O. Box 



2425, University Station Gainesville, Fla. 

 President: Lewis Berner, Flint Hall, Uni- 

 versity of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Term 

 expires December 1961. Secretary: L. A. 

 Hetrick, McCarty Hall, University of Florida, 

 Gainesville, Fla. Term expires December 1961. 



History: Organized 1916. 



Purpose: To promote the study of entomology 

 in Florida and the Southern States ; to encourage 

 research in the various phases of entomology; 

 and to publish economic and pure science 

 articles on entomology. 



Membership: Open to persons with entomo- 

 logical training or with a sincere interest in 

 entomology. Total membership 300, with 6 

 Honorary Members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : Florida Entomologist, quarterly, 

 current volume: 43, $5. Editor: Lewis Berner. 



661. Florida Medical Association. P. O. Box 



2411, Jacksonville 3, Fla. President: Leo M. 

 Wachtel, 2708 St. Johns Avenue, Jacksonville 

 5, Fla. Term expires May 28, 1961. Execu- 

 tive Director: W. Harold Parham. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1874. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine and the betterment of public health ; 

 to unite the medical profession of Florida into 

 one compact organization and to federate with 

 similar organizations in other states and terri- 

 tories to form the American Medical Associa- 

 tion ; to extend medical knowledge and to 

 advance medical science ; to elevate the stand- 

 ards of medical education ; to strive for the 

 enactment, preservation and enforcement of just 

 medical and public health laws ; to promote 

 friendly relationships among physicians and to 

 guard and foster their material interests ; to 

 enlighten and alert the public; to encourage 

 similar interests and objectives in the associa- 

 tion's component medical societies, and to carry 

 out these objects of the association. 



Membership: Open to members of component 

 societies. Total membership 4,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 46, $5. Editor : Shaler Richardson. 



662. Florida Pediatric Society. President: Harry 

 M. Edwards, 1139 South Orange Street, 

 Ocala, Fla. Term expires November 1960. 

 Secretary: John H. Cordes, Jr., St. Peters- 

 burg, Fla. Term expires November 1960. 



History: Organized April 27, 1936; incor- 

 porated April 24, 1940. 



Purpose: To provide a means of advancing 

 the science of pediatrics. 



Membership : Members, 170, practice limited 

 to pediatrics. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



663. Florida Psychiatric Society. President: 

 Samuel G. Hibbs, 420 West Lafayette Street, 

 Tampa 6, Fla. Term expires April 1961. 

 Secretary: M. L. Ekwall, 836 Miami Road, 

 Jacksonville, Fla. Term expires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1947 as Florida Society 

 of Neurology and Psychiatry ; name changed 

 to present title 1957. 



Purpose: To further study of subjects pertain- 

 ing to mental disorders, mental defects, convul- 

 sive disorders, delinquincy, etc ; to further 

 maintenance and advancement of standards of 

 hospitals, including out-patient clinics, for 

 mental disorders, and of all other agencies con- 

 cerned with medical, social, and legal aspects 

 of such disorders. 



Membership: Doctors of medicine who are 

 members of American Psychiatric Association 

 and of their local medical societies. Total 

 membership 106. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



664. Florida Psychological Association. Jack- 

 sonville University, Jacksonville 11, Fla. 

 President: Justin E. Harlow, Psychology 

 Department, University of Florida, Gaines- 

 ville, Fla. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: 

 Edward L. Flemming, State Board of Health, 

 Jacksonville, Fla. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1949, incorporated Aug- 

 ust, 1953. 



Purpose: The advancement of psychology as 

 a science, as a profession, and as a means of 

 promoting human welfare. 



Membership: Members, 312, Fellows, Associ- 

 ates, or Life Members of the American Psy- 

 chological Association, or persons with the 

 doctoral degree based in part upon a psychologi- 

 cal dissertation and conferred by a graduate 

 school of recognized standing, or persons with 

 two years of graduate work in psychology ; 

 Afifiliate, 12 ; Honorary, 6. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Distinguished Service 

 Award. Science Fair Prize. 



Publications: Newsletter, three times a year, 

 current volume : 10, free. Editor : Dell Lebo. 



