UNITED STATES 



215 



History: Founded 1932. 



Purpose: To encourage development and im- 

 provement of the study of personality in all 

 aspects ; to stimulate interest of members and 

 public in the study and understanding of the 

 science of human behavior and personality ; to 

 promote inquiry, research and publication in the 

 different fields of personality study; to present 

 the results of studies and researches by means 

 of lectures and exhibits ; to act as a consulting 

 body to allied professional groups seeking furth- 

 er knowledge of human behavior. 



Membership: Requires sufficient scientific 

 qualifications to make worthwhile contributions 

 to the purpose of this Society. Total member- 

 ship 76. 



Meetings: Four annually. 



756. Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists. Presi- 

 dent: Harold L. Harris, 1323 Lincoln Street, 

 Evanston, 111. Term expires 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Forrest J. Woodman, 9317 North Hard- 

 ing Street, Evanston, 111. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1948; component society, 

 American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. 



Purpose: To affiliate into one organization 

 doctors of Illinois engaged in practice of 

 anesthesiology ; to encourage specialization in 

 this field and to make available to more people 

 benefits derived from service of qualified anes- 

 thesiologists ; to raise the standards of the spe- 

 cialty by fostering and encouraging research and 

 scientific progress ; to disseminate information 

 on the subject. 



Membership: Active members, 173, physicians 

 licensed in Illinois, with practice limited to 

 anesthesiology ; Junior, 34, residents in full 

 time training in anesthesiology ; Associate, 4, 

 dentists and physicians in military service sta- 

 tioned in Illinois. Total membership 211, 



Meetings: Five annually. 



757. Illinois Society of Coal Preparation Engi- 

 neers and Chemists. Benton Country Club, 

 Benton, 111. President: J. Wesley Smith, 1015 

 Roberta Drive, Marion, III. Term expires De- 

 cember 31, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Frank 

 Irwin, R.F.D. 1, Mt. Vernon, 111. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized November 1940. 



Purpose: To promote the arts and sciences 

 connected with production, preparation, and 

 preparation control of coal, coke, and attendant 

 products. 



Membership : Members, persons interested in 

 or connected with engineering, mining, geology, 

 chemistry, coal preparation, or utilization ; 

 Honorary. Total membership approximately 85. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through May. 



758. Illinois State Academy of Science. State 

 Geological Survey, Urbana, 111. President: 

 Robert A. Evers, State Natural History Sur- 

 vey, Urbana, 111. Term expires April 28, 1961. 

 Secretary: G. Robert Yohe, 322 Natural 

 Resources Building, Urbana, 111. Term ex- 

 pires April 28, 1961. 



History: Organized December 7, 1907, at 

 Springfield, 111. Sections: Anthropology; 

 Aquatic Biology ; Botany ; Chemistry ; Conser- 

 vation ; Geography ; Geology ; Meteorology ; 

 Physics ; Science Education, Psychology, and 

 Social Science ; Zoology ; Collegiate. Commit- 

 tees : Animal Experimentation in Research ; 

 Archaeological and Historical Sites ; Conserva- 

 tion ; Research Grants ; Science Talent Search ; 

 Teacher Training. 



Purpose: Promotion of scientific research, 

 diffusion of scientific knowledge and scientific 

 spirit, and unification of the scientific interests 

 of the State. 



Membership: Requires sponsorship by two 

 members. Regular annual, 1,602; Life, 40; 

 Sustaining, ZZ ; Patron, 46. Total membership 

 1,721. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research grants, $300 

 to $600 annually ; award certificates to science 

 talent search and junior academy exposition 

 winners ; Frank H. Reed Memorial, annual $50 

 award to science talent search winner having 

 best project paper. 



Publications: Transactions, quarterly, current 

 volume : 53, free to members. Editor : Paul C. 

 Silva, 208 Harker Hall, University of Illinois, 

 Urbana, 111. 



759- Illinois State Archaeological Society. 



President: Edward Meiners, 219 Westwood 

 Place, East Alton, 111. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1961. Executive Secretary: George P. 

 Grove, 750 Ferguson Avenue, Wood River, 

 111. Term expires December 1961. 



History: Organized May 1936. 



Purpose: To preserve the remains of pre- 

 historic people of Illinois ; to study such re- 

 mains scientifically and to publish information 

 about them ; to create better understanding be- 

 tween amateur and professional archaeologists ; 

 to arouse public appreciation of antiquities of 

 Illinois. 



Membership: Open to persons interested in the 

 science of archaeology. Total membership 2>72). 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Publications: Central States Archaeological 

 Journal, quarterly, current volume : 7. Editor : 

 Gray La Dassor, 3416 Lucus-Hunt Road, St. 

 Louis 20, Mo. 



