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pires December 31, 1960. Secretary: Lee 

 Wheeler, P. O. Box 3378, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in 1939. 



Pjirpose: To promote the public health and 

 and welfare through the development of better 

 hospital care for all the people of Hawaii. 



Membership: Membership available to organi- 

 zations and individuals interested in the object 

 of the association. Institutional, 27. 



Meetings: Annual. 



738. Hospital Association of Pennsylvania. 



President: Miss Mabel A. Barron, Ellwood 

 City Hospital, Ellwood City, Pa. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. Executive Director: John F. 

 Worman, 610 North Third Street, Harris- 

 burg, Pa. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Founded in 1921 as a voluntary asso- 

 ciation of hospital administrators, later expand- 

 ed to include hospital institutional membership. 

 Blue Cross Plans, and hospital auxiliaries ; has 

 six regional subdivisions. 



Purpose: To promote the welfare of the peo- 

 ple through the development of hospital service, 

 to further professional education and research. 



Membership: Open to those who subscribe to 

 the purposes of the Association. Hospital Mem- 

 bers, 260 ; Auxiliaries, 193 ; Blue Cross Plans, 

 5 ; Hospital Trustees, 739 ; other members, 535. 

 Total membership 1,727. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 26, $5. Editor : Harold T. Prentzel. 



739. Houston Engineering and Scientific So- 

 ciety. President: Allen F. Rhodes, McEvoy 

 Company, P. O. Box 3127, Houston, Tex. 

 Term expires May 31, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Miss Edwina Provence, 2615 Fannin 

 Street, Houston 2, Tex. Term indefinite. 



History: Formed 1918. 



Purpose: To promote fellowship among 

 engineers and provide meeting facilities for 

 technical organizations. 



Membership: Member, engineer, architect, 

 teacher of physical science or a professional man 

 engaged in any of the physical sciences, not less 

 than twenty-five years of age, who either has 

 graduated from an approved school of engineer- 

 ing, architecture, chemistry or physical sciences 

 and, in addition, has had not less than two years 

 of active practice, or has been in the active 

 practice of his profession for not less than five 

 years, of which not less than two years were 

 spent in responsible charge of important work, 

 or is a registered professional engineer, recog- 

 nized as such in Texas or is a constituent of the 



Engineering Joint Council ; Associate, not less 

 than twenty-five years of age, who does not 

 meet the requirements for full membership but 

 is actually engaged in engineering applied to 

 physical sciences or allied to physical sciences 

 and does cooperate with engineers in their work 

 toward the solution of bona fide engineering 

 problems ; Student, person who is attending an 

 approved college and is planning to become an 

 engineer, architect, teacher of physical science, 

 or professional man engaged in any of the sci- 

 ences, not less than eighteen, and not more than 

 twenty-four years of age ; Junior, engineer, 

 architect, teacher of physical science, or a pro- 

 fessional man engaged in any of the physical 

 sciences, not more than twenty-nine years of 

 age, who either has graduated from approved 

 school of engineering, architecture, chemistry 

 or physical sciences, or has been engaged in 

 engineering or related work for a period of five 

 years or more ; Academic, same qualifications 

 as Member, and in addition must be a full time 

 employee of a recognized educational institution ; 

 Life, Member or Associate Member who is at 

 least sixty-five years of age and has had a 

 minimum of twenty years cumulative member- 

 ship ; Honorary, attainments in engineering, 

 architecture, chemistry or the physical sciences 

 shall have given a broadly acknowledged emi- 

 nence; Sustaining, individual, firm or corpora- 

 tion who makes a substantial contribution an- 

 nually ; Non-Resident, member living fifty miles 

 or more from Houston. Total membership 1,500. 



Professional activities: Graduate engineering 

 scholarships to local colleges. Conducts several 

 seminars throughout the year for high school 

 students interested in engineering and the sci- 

 ences, and works closely with counsellors in the 

 high schools. Sponsors industrial tours for high 

 school students. 



Publications: The Slide Rule, monthly. Edi- 

 tor : Elton Sterrett. 



740. Houston Geological Society. 234 Esperson 

 Building, Houston 2, Tex. President: William 

 A. Gorman, Royal Oil and Gas Corporation. 

 1046 Esperson Building, Houston 2, Tex. 

 Term expires May 1961. Secretary: Austin 

 D. Brixey, Jr., Sinclair Oil and Gas Com- 

 pany, 1808 Petroleum Building, Houston 1, 

 Tex. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Founded in 1923. 



Purpose: The stimulation of interest in 

 geology, the promotion of social and professional 

 intercourse among geologists, and the dissemina- 

 tion and discussion of geologic information. 



Membership: Active, degree in geology or 

 allied science, engaged in application of geology 

 or in geological work during preceding five 



