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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 269, $10. Editor: Mrs. Robert S. Glenn. 

 The Institute News, monthly, current volume : 

 24. Editor : Mrs. Robert S. Glenn. 



Library: 150,000 volumes; 50,000 pamphlets; 

 1,500 periodical subscriptions. 



678. Frankiin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Socie- 

 ty, Inc. P. O. Box 146, Franklin, N. J. Presi- 

 dent: Richard Hauck, 49 Montgomery Street, 

 Bloomfield, N. J. Term expires September 

 30, 1960. Executive Secretary: John G. 

 Hendricks, 121 Ely Street, Boonton, N. J. 

 Term expires September 30, 1961. 



History: Established September 30, 1959; 

 incorporated as nonprofit organization. Area 

 Councillors in Northeast, Midwest, South and 

 West. Committees : Historical, Mineral Identi- 

 fication, Museum, Publications, Scientific Re- 

 search, Symposium, and Technical Speakers. 



Purpose: To establish, in cooperation with 

 other interested groups, and maintain sound, 

 permanent museum of Franklin minerals in 

 Franklin, N. J. ; to develop new information on 

 Franklin minerals and mineralogy, through 

 cooperative scientific programs with universities, 

 and other organizations and individuals ; to 

 obtain and make available accurate up-to-date 

 information on Franklin minerals and miner- 

 alogy ; to facilitate collection of Franklin min- 

 erals while conserving material for future 

 collectors ; to facilitate identification of Franklin 

 minerals ; to promote fellowship and the ad- 

 vancement of mineralogy and geology by provid- 

 ing meetings of those interested in the Franklin 

 area. 



Membership: Total membership 300. 



Meetings: Monthly except in winter months. 



Publications: The Picking Table, quarterly, 

 current volume: 1, $2. Editor: J. G. Hendricks. 



679. Gamma Alpha. 116 Oak Avenue, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. President A. J. Linck, University of 

 Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. Term expires 

 May 1964. Secretary: David Pimentel, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, N. Y. Term expires May 

 1962. 



History: Organized 1899 at Cornell Uni- 

 versity. 



Purpose: To unite and promote good fellow- 

 ship among men who are engaged in scientific 

 work. 



Membership: Active members, 10,344, those 

 specializing in the study of science, holding a 

 baccalaureate degree, or who are members of 

 the academic stafif. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Publications: Gamma Alpha Record, quar- 

 terly, $1. Editor: E. Riley. 



680. Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society 

 of Agriculture. President: D. M. Hall, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Urbana, III. Term expires 

 June 1962. National Secretary: Russell B. 

 Dickerson, Pennsylvania State University, 

 University Park, Pa. Term expires June 

 1962. 



History: A professional agricultural fratern- 

 ity was organized December 1, 1905, at Ohio 

 State University ; Delta Theta Sigma was 

 organized March 30, 1908, at Iowa State 

 College. In 1917 the Honor Society of Agri- 

 culture, Gamma Sigma Delta, was organized 

 jointly by Iowa State College and the University 

 of Minnesota. 



Purpose: To promote scholarship. 



Membership: Students, selected from seniors 

 or postgraduates showing outstanding ability; 

 faculty and alumni are selected from those who 

 have made contributions to agriculture. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



681. Gas Appliance Engineers Society. 18778 

 Hilliard Road, Rocky River 16, Ohio. Presi- 

 dent: M. J. Caparone, Robertshaw-Fulton 

 Controls Company, Long Beach Freeway at 

 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach 5, Calif. 

 Term expires June 1, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: A. F. Graver, Patrol Valve Company, 

 2310 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Term 

 expires June 1, 1961. 



History: Incorporated in Ohio 1954. 



Purpose: To promote the educational and 

 professional improvement of its members and 

 to make available to the public technical and 

 scientific information and knowledge ; the expan- 

 sion, furtherance and improvement of the gas 

 appliance industry. 



Membership: Active members, 187, at least 

 eight years experience in engineering in gas 

 appliance industry and at least thirty years 

 of age ; Associate, 19, record of recognized 

 leadership in a profession, industry, or science 

 relating to gas appliance industry; Junior, 8, 

 persons engaged in gas appliance industry who 

 cannot qualify for regular membership due to 

 age or lack of experience; Honorary, 4; Life, 

 2. Total membership 220. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Award for 

 best technical paper in gas appliance field. 

 Honorary membership to outstanding men in 

 industry. 



Publications: Digest, bimonthly. 



682. General Science Association of New York. 



President: Hiram Bleecker, 67-25 Kissena 

 Boulevard, Flushing 67, N. Y. Term expires 



