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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Members, 55, membership in 

 American Psychiatric Association, residence and 

 practice in the State of Georgia. 



Meetings: Three times a year. 



Publications: Newsletter, bimonthly. Editor: 

 L. Maholick. 



696. Georgia Psychological Association. Presi- 

 dent: Cecil K. Harbin, 2278 Wineleas Road, 

 Decatur, Ga. Term expires September 1961. 

 Secretary: Cooper C. Clements, Department 

 of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, 

 Ga. Term expires September 1963. 



History: Organized and incorporated in 1946. 



Purpose: To promote the science and pro- 

 fession of psychology in Georgia; to further 

 the development and utilization of psychology as 

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

 promoting human welfare; to safeguard the 

 interest of the public and of the profession, 

 including the freedom of scientific inquiry and 

 teaching, and the promotion of standards of 

 conipetency of training, professional service, and 

 ethical conduct; to provide opportunities for 

 professional growth through the exchange of 

 ideas and information and the encouragement of 

 research in psychology. 



Membership: Fellows, those persons who sub- 

 scribe to the purpose of the Association, reside 

 and/or work in the State of Georgia, maintain 

 ethical standards of professional conduct accord- 

 ing to the American Psychological Association's 

 Ethical Standards of Psychologists, and have 

 earned a doctor's degree based in part on a 

 psychological dissertation and conferred by a 

 graduate school of recognized standing, except 

 when waived in special cases by a two-thirds 

 vote of the Board of Directors on presentation 

 of evidence of outstanding achievement in psy- 

 chological service, research, or theory ; and who 

 have at least five years of acceptable professional 

 experience subsequent to the granting of the 

 doctor's degree. Associate Members, those per- 

 sons who subscribe to the purposes of the Asso- 

 ciation, reside and/or work in the State of 

 Georgia, maintain ethical standards of pro- 

 fessional conduct according to the American 

 Psychological Association's Ethical Standards 

 of Psychologists, have earned at least a master's 

 degree or its equivalent in psychology from a rec- 

 ognized college or university, and have had a 

 minimum of one year of acceptable professional 

 experience subsequent to the granting of the de- 

 gree, or have had certain exceptions to the above 

 made by the Board of Directors. Affiliate Mem- 

 bers, those other interested individuals, such as 

 qualified specialists in related sciences and pro- 

 fessions, or members in good standing in appro- 

 priate national, regional, and/or state organiza- 

 tions in their own field, or graduate students 



in good standing in psychology recommended 

 by the chairman of their department, or persons 

 qualified by psychological training but who 

 lack one year of professional experience. Fellows 

 and Associates, 111 ; Affiliates, IS ; Life Member, 

 1. Total membership 127. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of work- 

 shops on topics of interest to psychologists. 



Publications: Georgia Psychologist, semi- 

 annual, current volume: 14, free to members. 

 Editor : Cooper C. Clements. 



697. Georgia Public Health Association. 100 



Chamber of Commerce Building, ZZ Pryor 

 Street, N. E., Atlanta 3, Ga. President: T. O. 

 Vinson, DeKalb County Health Department, 

 Decatur, Ga. Term expires May 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Mrs. Martha C. Power, State Health 

 Department, 47 Trinity Avenue, S. W., Atlanta 

 3, Ga. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1916 as the Georgia 

 Health Officers' Association; name changed to 

 present title May 1929. Sections: Medical 

 Officers, Public Health Nursing, Sanitation, 

 Laboratory, Public Health Education, Com- 

 municable Disease Investigators. 



Purpose: To protect and promote public and 

 personal health in the State of Georgia. 



Membership: Open to any person interested 

 in public health, and approved by the Executive 

 Committee. Total membership 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Professional annual 

 program for nine sections. 



698. Georgia Science Teachers Association. 



President: Mrs. Cora D. Middleton, Route 2, 

 Box 398, Wilmington Island, Savannah, Ga. 

 Term expires March 1961. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: Mrs. Sarah R. Bradford, 629 East 46th 

 Street, Savannah, Ga. Term expires March 

 1961. Vice President-President Elect: Dallas 

 Stewart, 615 A North Cleveland Street, Al- 

 bany, Ga. Term expires March 1962. 



History: Affiliated with the Georgia Educa- 

 tion Association. 



Purpose: To promote better science teaching 

 in Georgia. 



Membership: Members, 756, any teacher of 

 science or any other person engaged in the 

 pursuit of science and desirous of cooperating 

 in attempts to realize the objectives of the 

 Georgia Education Association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: District and State 

 science fairs. 



