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665. Florida Public Health Association, Inc. 



President: Nathan J. Schneider, State Board 

 of Health, Jacksonville, Fla. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Secretary: Everett H. 

 Williams, Jr., State Board of Health, Jackson- 

 ville, Fla. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized 1929 as State Public 

 Health Conference ; name changed to present 

 title 1930 ; incorporated. Sections : Clerical, 

 Administrative and Fiscal ; Engineering ; Health 

 Education ; Health Officers ; Laboratory ; Men- 

 tal Health ; Public Health Nursing and Sanita- 

 tion. 



Purpose: To assist in protecting and promot- 

 ing public health ; to provide for scientific 

 advancement of members ; and to extend and 

 develop the public health movement. 



Membership: Active Members, all persons 

 professionally engaged in any branch of public 

 health work in the State of Florida. Associate, 

 all persons in Florida who are not eligible for 

 active membership, but who are sufficiently 

 interested in the cause of public health to desire 

 affiliation with this association. Honorary, may 

 be conferred on any person, whether or not a 

 resident of Florida, who has rendered such 

 service to the cause of public health as to 

 entitle him to special recognition ; not over two 

 honorary members shall be elected in any year. 

 Life, members in good standing at the time of 

 retirement from active service. Corporate, any 

 board of health or other corporate health organ- 

 ization. Total membership 1,400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Award for meritorious 

 service. 



666. Florida Radiological Society. President: 

 John P. Stewart, Fort Myers, Fla. Term 

 expires April 1961. Secretary: Alfred G. 

 Levin, 837 Du Pont Building, Miami, Fla. 

 Term expires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1932. 



Purpose: Advancement of the science of 

 radiology in Florida. 



Membership: Specialization in radiology. 

 Total membership 115. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



667. Florida Society of Anesthesiologists. P. O. 



Box 5666, Jacksonville 7, Fla. President: 

 Richard S. Hodes, 1 Davis Boulevard, Medi- 

 cal Building, Room 407, Tampa 6, Fla. Term 

 expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Marshall D. Brainard. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 26, 1949. The 

 Society is a component society of the American 

 Society of Anesthesiologists. 



Purpose: To affiliate into one organization all 

 of the reputable doctors of medicine and allied 

 scientists in Florida who are engaged in anes- 

 thesiology ; to make available to more people 

 benefits to be derived from service of qualified 

 anesthesiologists; to raise the standards of the 

 specialty by fostering and encouraging research 

 and scientific progress in anesthesiology ; to 

 disseminate information ; to protect the public 

 against irresponsible and unqualified practition- 

 ers of anesthesiology. 



Membership: Active members, 109, Physicians 

 in active practice of anesthesiology ; Associates, 

 physicians and other scientists interested in the 

 subject and related subjects; Honorary, physi- 

 cians who have attained exceptional eminence 

 in the field ; Junior, physicians in training. Total 

 membership 123. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: The Newsletter (a multilith 

 letter to membership only as needed). 



668. Florida State Horticultural Society. P. O. 



Box 2125, Manatee Station, Bradenton, Fla. 

 President: W. L. Thompson, Citrus Experi- 

 ment Station, Lake Alfred, Fla. Term ex- 

 pires December 1960. Secretary: Ernest L. 

 Spencer. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized April 1888 in Ocala, 

 Florida. Sections : Citrus, Krome Memorial 

 Institute (subtropical fruits exclusive of citrus). 

 Vegetable, Ornamental, and Processing. 



Purpose: The advancement of horticulture in 

 Florida. 



Membership: Open to persons with an interest 

 in Florida horticulture. Annual Members, 992 ; 

 Life Members, 46 ; Sustaining Members, 231 ; 

 Honorary Members, 18. Total membership 1,287. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Finances graduate 

 fellowship in virology at University of Florida; 

 presents medal for most outstanding papers in 

 each section as printed in the Proceedings. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 73, $6. Editor : W. L. Tait. 



669. Florida State Pharmaceutical Association. 



P. O. Box 631, Ft. Myers, Fla. President: 

 Lucien Watson, Marianna, Fla. Term expires 

 May 1961. Secretary: R. Q. Richards, Fort 

 Myers, Fla. Assistant Secretary: Harold C. 

 Kinner. Term expires May 31, 1961. 



History: Organized 1887; incorporated. 



Purpose: To unite the reputable pharmacists 

 and druggists of the state for mutual assistance, 

 encouragement and improvement ; to encourage 

 scientific research ; to develop pharmaceutical 

 talent ; to aid and support the College of 



