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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



703. Grassland Research Foundation, Inc. Pres- 

 ident: Barton H. Warnock, Department of 

 Biology, Sol Ross State College, Alpine, Tex. 

 Term expires 1961. Secretary: Harold M. 

 Hefley, Department of Biology, Panhandle 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Good- 

 well, Okla. Term expires 1961. Treasurer: 

 Charles C. Carpenter, Department of Zoology, 

 University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Term 

 expires 1961. 



History: Incorporated October 1939. 



Purpose: To sponsor and promote grassland 

 research. 



Membership : Conservationists, biologists, 

 chemists, etc. interested in the purposes of the 

 organization. Total membership 132. 



Meetings: Annual. 



704. Great Lakes Society of Orthodontists. 635 



Applegate Lane, East Lansing, Mich. Presi- 

 dent: Hunter L Miller, 1416 Mott Foundation 

 Building, Flint 2, Mich. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 2, 1960. Executive Secretary: Edward A. 

 Cheney. Term expires January 1, 1963. 



History: Organized 1926. Component of 

 American Association of Orthodontists. 



Purpose: To make readily available to prac- 

 titioners of orthodontics in the Great Lakes 

 area the current scientific approaches to growth, 

 welfare, and health of children. 



Membership: Persons devoting full time to 

 practice of orthodontics, with certain scholastic 

 and professional backgrounds. 



Meetings: Annual. 



705. Great Northern Railway Surgeons' Asso- 

 ciation. President: Ernest B. Anderson, 1849 

 Medical Arts Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Term expires July 1, 1962. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Abbott Skinner, 1360 Lowry Medical 

 Arts Building, St. Paul 2, Minn. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1923. 



Purpose: Promotion and discussion of matters 

 of medical and surgical interest, more particu- 

 larly subjects bearing upon duties and responsi- 

 bilities of railway surgeons ; cultivation of 

 acquaintanceship among members. 



Membership: Active members, regularly ap- 

 pointed surgeons of the Great Northern Rail- 

 way ; Honorary, prominent members of the 

 medical profession not so connected. Total 

 membership 223. 



Meetings: Annual. 



706. Greater St. Louis Society of Radiologists. 



1465 South Grand Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 

 President: Charles J. Cherre, 462 North 



Taylor Street, St. Louis, Mo. Term expires 

 February 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Armand 

 E. Brodeur. Term expires February 1961. 



History: Organized April 1923; name 

 changed, May 1934, to St. Louis Roentgen 

 Ray Society; changed 1938 to St. Louis Society 

 of Radiologists ; to present title, March 1954. 



Purpose: The advancement of diagnostic and 

 therapeutic radiology. 



Membership: Active members, 47, radiologists 

 certified by American Board of Radiology; 

 Associate, 13. 



Meetings: Quarterly and annual lectureship. 



Professional activities: Annual Carman Lec- 

 ture for the instruction of the medical profession 

 in the latest advances of radiology. 



707. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Soci- 

 eties. President: M. F. Kirby, 755 Milner 

 Building, Jackson, Miss. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1960. Secretary: William W. Woolfolk, 

 1417 Milam Building, San Antonio, Tex. Term 

 expires December 1960. 



History: Organized March 14, 1951. Member 

 Societies : Texas : Beaumont, Corpus Christi, 

 San Antonio, Houston, Tyler ; Louisiana : Lake 

 Charles, Lafayette, New Orleans, Shreveport ; 

 Mississippi: Jackson; Florida: Tallahassee. 



Purpose: To provide for discussion and pub- 

 lication of papers on subjects and problems 

 coming within the scope of the geological 

 profession and with particular emphasis on Gulf 

 Coast geology. 



Membership: Total membership 4,000, mem- 

 bership in participating societies. 



Meetings: Annual. 



708. Gulf Institute of Consulting Engineers. 



President: Warren G. Moses, 929 Howard 

 Avenue, New Orleans, La. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Secretary: E. C. Guillot, 

 407 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, La. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized January 1950. 



Purpose: To promote ethical principles in 

 professional practice, and to advance interests of 

 professional engineers engaged in the consulting 

 practice of civil, electrical and mechanical engi- 

 neering. 



Membership: Open to registered professional 

 engineers engaged in practice as consulting 

 engineers. Total membership 53. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



709. Hartford Engineers Club, Inc. P. O. Box 



1913, Hartford, Conn. President: Frank B. 

 Bauer. Term expires May 1961. Business 

 Secretary: Henning A. Thomsen. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. 



