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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Pharmacy of the University of Florida ; to 

 estabhsh relations with the medical profession 

 and the public. 



Membership: Unit Members, Florida regis- 

 tered pharmacists ; Associate Members, others 

 not qualified as above. Total membership 1,500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Five year scholarship 

 annually awarded (University of Florida). 

 Beall Award. Miskoff Award. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 24, $1. Managing Editor : Harold C. 

 Kinner. 



670. Food and Nutrition Board. 2101 Constitu- 

 tion Avenue, Washington 25, D. C. Chairman: 

 Grace A. Goldsmith, School of Medicine, 

 Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Term 

 indefinite. Executive Secretary: Leroy Voris. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Established November 1940 under 

 the division of Biology and Agriculture of the 

 National Academy of Sciences-National Re- 

 search Council. Committees, covering the vari- 

 ous phases of human nutrition and food tech- 

 nology, report regularly to the Board. Activities 

 are dependent on grants or government contracts. 



Purpose: To serve as an advisory board in 

 the field of food and nutrition. Promotes needed 

 research in the broad field, and helps interpret 

 nutritional science in the interests of the public 

 welfare. 



Membership: Board Members, 24, appointed 

 by the Chairman of the Division of Biology 

 and Agriculture, National Academy of Sciences 

 -National Research Council. Members drawn 

 from leaders in the sciences related to food 

 and nutrition on the basis of their qualifications 

 of experience and judgment to deal with the 

 broad problems that come before the Board. 

 Appropriate contact with Federal agencies, 

 scientific societies, and other associations is 

 maintained through liaison representatives ap- 

 pointed from their respective organizations. 

 Panel of Consultants, 100-125. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



671. Forest Products Research Society. Presi- 

 dent: Raymond H. Berry, Scott Lumber 

 Company, Inc., Burney, Calif. Term expires 

 June 196L Executive Secretary: Frank J. 

 Rovsek, P. O. Box 2010, University Station, 

 Madison, Wis. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized January 3, 1947. Sec- 

 tions : Northeast, Southeast, North Central, 

 South Central, Northwest, Southwest. 



Purpose: Interchange of information among 

 individuals and organizations interested in forest 



products research development, production and 

 utilization. 



Membership: Professionally employed in the 

 research, development, production, utilization 

 and/or distribution of forest products. Total 

 membership 4,200. 



Meetings: Annual; irregular section meetings. 



Publications: Forest Products Journal, 

 monthly, $15. 



672. Fort Smith Geological Society. President: 

 John P. Shields, 1308 South "A", Fort Smith, 

 Ark. Term expires June 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: James C. Ferryman, P. O. Box 

 1307, Station A, Fort Smith, Ark. Term 

 expires June 1961. 



History: Founded 1958; became affiliated 

 1959 with the American Association of Petrol- 

 eum Geologists. Committees : Nomenclature 

 and Stratigraphic, Education, AAPG Statistics. 



Purpose: Stimulation of interest in geology 

 and related sciences ; encouragement of scientific 

 research among members ; promotion of social 

 and professional fellowship among members ; 

 dissemination and discussion of geological infor- 

 mation. 



Membership: Active members, persons en- 

 gaged in the practice or teaching of geology or 

 related sciences ; Associate, persons interested 

 in geology but not necessarily engaged in prac- 

 tice or teaching; Student, persons majoring in 

 geological sciences in an institution of higher 

 learning. Active, 47; Associate, 1; Student, 12. 

 Total membership 60. 

 Meetings: Monthly. 



673. Fort Wayne Engineers Club. Chamber of 

 Commerce Building, Fort Wayne, Ind. Presi- 

 dent: Robert F. Rowe, 8527 Old Auburn 

 Road, Fort Wayne, Ind. Term expires May 

 1961. Executive Secretary: J. L. Pawlisch, 

 2627 Bolton Drive, Fort Wayne, Ind. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1937. 



Purpose: To advance the arts and sciences 

 of engineering ; to advance the interests of 

 individual members ; to promote closer union of 

 professional groups in the community. 



Membership: Persons not under twenty-one 

 years of age, engaged in, or qualified to practice, 

 engineering or similarly qualified in an allied 

 profession for at least five years. Resident 

 members, 435 ; Non-resident, 54. Total member- 

 ship 489. 



Meetings: Monthly, except June, July, and 

 August. 



