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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



714. Hawaii Medical Association. 510 South 

 Beretania Street, Honolulu 13, Hawaii. Presi- 

 dent: E. F. Cushnie, Alexander Young 

 Building, Honolulu 13, Hawaii. Term expires 

 May 1961. Executive Secretary: Miss Lee 

 McCaslin. Term indefinite. 



History: Formed in 1856. 



Purpose: To extend medical knowledge, to 

 advance medical science, and to promote the 

 betterment of public health. 



Membership: Active, 519, license to practice 

 medicine in Hawaii ; Life, 30 ; Military, 2 ; 

 Retired, 3 ; Honorary, 9 ; Associate, 34. Total 

 membership 597. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Scientific fairs and 

 essay contests. 



Publications: Hawaii Medical Journal, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 20, $4. Editor : Harry 

 L. Arnold, Jr. 



715. Hawaii Nurses Association. 510 South 

 Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. Presi- 

 dent: Sister Maureen, St. Francis Hospital, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. Term expires October 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Olive C. Pridgen. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated 1926; affiliate, Ameri- 

 can Nurses Association. 



Purpose: Improvement of nursing care. 



Membership: Registered nurses licensed to 

 practice. Total membership 800. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Margaret Jones Fund 

 for Education and Need. 



Publications: Inter Island Nurses Bulletin, 

 bimonthly, $2. Editor: Mrs. Rosie Kim Chang. 



716. Hawaii Psychiatric Society. President: 

 William J. T. Cody, Hawaii State Hospital, 

 Kaneshe, Hawaii. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: K. Y. Lum, 550 Makapuu Avenue, 

 Honolulu 16, Hawaii. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized as Society of Neurology 

 and Psychiatry of Hawaii in 1948; name later 

 changed to present title ; District Branch, 

 American Psychiatric Association. 



Purpose: To foster progress of psychiatry 

 and to represent that specialty in Hawaii. 



Membership: Members, 34, doctors of medi- 

 cine, varying experience in psychiatry for vary- 

 ing levels of membership. 



Meetings: Bimonthly. 



717. Hawaii Psychological Association. Psy- 

 chology Department, University of Hawaii, 

 Honolulu 14, Hawaii. President: David H. 



Crowell. Term expires July 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Arthur A. Dole. Term expires 

 July 1962. 



History: Founded 1949. As a State division, 

 the Hawaii Psychological Association has repre- 

 sentation on the Council of Representatives of 

 the American Psychological Association. 



Purpose: To advance the interests of psy- 

 chology as a science and profession in Hawaii. 



Membership: Member of the American Psy- 

 chological Association, or meet the requirements 

 for membership. 46 members, 15 affiliates. 



Meetings: Two to four annually. 



Professional activities: Award for best re- 

 search by graduate student. 



718. Hawaii State Dental Association. 291 



Alexander Young Building, Honolulu 13, 

 Hawaii. President: John Y. Kim, 212 James 

 Campbell Building, Honolulu 13, Hawaii. 

 Term begins October 27, 1960. Secretary: 

 John H. Dawe. Term expires October 27, 

 1960. 



History: Organized February 13, 1903 as 

 Dental Society of Hawaii ; reorganized 1938, 

 name being changed to Hawaii Territorial 

 Dental Society, with four component societies : 

 Honolulu County Dental Society, Hawaii 

 County Dental Society, Maui County Dental 

 Society, and Kauai County Dental Society; 

 name later changed to present title. 



Purpose: To encourage the improvement of 

 health of the public and promote the art and 

 science of dentistry. 



Membership: Active member, ethical prac- 

 titioner of dentistry, licensed in Hawaii ; other 

 classes of membership are : Associate, Inactive, 

 Life, and Honorary. Total membership 361. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Aloha-Dontia, quarterly, current 

 volume : 8, free to members. Editor C. T. Lee, 

 291 Alexander Young Building, Honolulu 13, 

 Hawaii. 



719. Hawaiian Academy of Science. P. O. Box 



5081, Honolulu 14, Hawaii. President: John 

 N. Warner, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Asso- 

 ciation, Honolulu, Hawaii. Term expires 

 June 1961. Executive Secretary: Donald P. 

 Gowing, Pineapple Research Institute, Hono- 

 lulu, Hawaii. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized July 23, 1925; affiliated 

 with the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science in 1952. Thirteen local scien- 

 tific societies with more restricted interest, 

 which are associated societies. 



Purpose: Promotion of scientific research and 

 diffusion of scientific knowledge. 



