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1961. Secretary: Maxwell Cohen, 301 Ori- 

 ental Boulevard, Brooklyn, N. Y. Term 

 expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1934. The Association 

 is a member of Federation of Science Teacher 

 Associations of New York City. 



Purpose: To promote the professional in- 

 terests of teachers of general science in the 

 junior and senior high schools. 



Membership: Members, 220, actively engaged 

 in science teaching and affiliated with Federation 

 of Science Teacher Associations of New York 

 City. 



Meetings: Monthly during school year. 



Professional activities: Demonstrations for 

 science teachers. Honor certificates awarded 

 to each school for graduates. Evaluation of 

 curriculum and materials for Board of Education. 



683. Genetics Society of America. President: 

 James F. Crow, Department of Genetics, 

 University of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wis. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: 

 W. L. Russell, Biology Division, Oak Ridge 

 National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Term 

 expires December 31, 1961. 



History: Organized in New Orleans, Louisi- 

 ana, in 1931, an outgrowth of the Genetics 

 Section of the American Society of Zoologists 

 and of the Botanical Society of America. 



Purpose: To provide facilities for association 

 and conference among students of heredity and 

 for encouragement of close relationship between 

 workers in genetics and those in the related 

 sciences. 



Membership: Members, 1,217, all persons 

 actively interested in any field of genetics ; 

 Sustaining, all organizations interested in any 

 field of genetics. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Records, annually, current vol- 

 ume: 29, $1. Editor: W. L. Russell. 



684. Geochemical Society. President: Harold 

 C. Urey, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 

 University of California, La Jolla, Calif. 

 Term expires November 1961. Secretary: 

 Francis R. Boyd, Geophysics Laboratory. 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Term expires November 1961. 



History: Organized 1955. 



Purpose: To advance the application of phys- 

 ical chemistry and physics to geology. 



Membership: Limited to persons with a pro- 

 fessional interest in geochemistry. Total mem- 

 bership 2,400. 



Publications: Geochemical News, ten times a 

 year. Editor : E. William Heinrich, Department 

 of Mineralogy, University of Michigan, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. Geochimica et Cosmochimica 

 Acta, monthly, $17. 



685. Geological Society of America, Inc. 419 



West 117th Street, New York 27, N. Y. 

 President: Hollis D. Hedberg, Princeton Uni- 

 versity, Princeton, N. J. Term expires No- 

 vember 1960. Secretary: Frederick Betz, Jr. 

 Term expires November 1960. 



History: Founded 1888 as American Geologi- 

 cal Society; name later changed to present title. 

 Cordilleran Section, composed of Society Fel- 

 lows residing west of 105th Meridian, organized 

 1899. Rocky Mountain and Southeastern Sec- 

 tions, and Division on Engineering Geology, 

 established 1947. 



Purpose: Advancement of the science of 

 geology in North America. 



Membership: Requires bachelor's degree with 

 major in geology or related science, or equiva- 

 lent training through practical experience, also 

 active connection with geology through employ- 

 ment, teaching, or status as graduate student ; 

 Fellowship requires five years' professional ex- 

 perience or degree of doctor of philosophy in 

 geology or related science and two years' 

 professional experience, also contributions to 

 geology through outstanding research, publica- 

 tions, administrative work, or training of other 

 geologists. Total m.embership 5,341. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Penrose Bequest, cap- 

 ital approximating $5,000,000, income about 

 $200,000; Penrose Medal, gold, established by 

 the late Dr. R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., awarded for 

 distinguished attainment in pure science, capital 

 $5,000; Day Medal, gold, established by Dr. 

 Arthur L. Day, awarded for outstanding distinc- 

 tion in contributing to geologic knowledge 

 through application of physics and chemistry 

 to solution of geologic problems, capital $9,000. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 71, $15. Editor: Frederick Betz, Jr. 

 Proceedings, annual, current volume : 28. 



686. Geological Society of Kentucky. President: 

 George R. Thomas, United Fuel Gas Com- 

 pany, P. O. Box 69, Prestonsburg, Ky. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. Secretary: Thomas J. 

 Crawford, Kentucky Geological Survey, 307 

 Mineral Industries Building, 120 Graham 

 Avenue. Lexington, Ky. Term expires June 

 30, 1961. 



History: Organized November 8, 1940. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology, 

 especially as it relates to petroleum and natural 

 gas. 



