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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



760. Illinois State Medical Society. 360 North 

 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. President: 

 H. Close Hesseltine, University of Chicago 

 Clinics, Chicago, 111. Term expires May 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert Richards. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized at Springfield, 111, 1840; 

 reorganized 1850; incorporated 1902. Eleven 

 councilor districts, twelve scientific sections. 



Purpose: To federate, in one compact organi- 

 zation, the medical profession of Illinois ; to 

 unite with similar societies in other States in 

 the American Medical Association; to extend 

 medical knowledge and advance medical science ; 

 to elevate standards of medical education; to 

 protect the public by an educational program. 



Membership: Requires degree of doctor of 

 medicine or equivalent, membership in a com- 

 ponent society. United States citizenship, and 

 license to practice in Illinois. Members of com- 

 ponent societies shall be members of this organi- 

 zation and American Medical Association. Total 

 membership 9,811. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two annual post- 

 graduate scholarships. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 117, $4. Editor: T. R. Van Dellen. 



761. Illuminating Engineering Society. 1860 

 Broadway, New York 23, N. Y. President: 

 Richard G. Slauer. Term expires October 

 1961. Managing Director: A. D. Hinckley. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1906; incorporated in 

 New York. Twelve regions, with ninety-three 

 sections and chapters, in the United States and 

 Canada. Technical Committees: Aviation and 

 Signal, Color, Daylighting, Design Practice, 

 Education, Handbook, Industrial, Institutions, 

 Light Control and Equipment Design, Light 

 Sources, Maintenance, Merchandising, Motor 

 Vehicle (Exterior), Nomenclature, Office, Pro- 

 gress, Public Conveyances, Recommendations 

 for Quality and Quantity of Illumination, Resi- 

 dence, Roadway, School, Searchlight, Sign 

 Lighting. Sports and Recreational Areas, 

 Testing Procedures for Illumination Character- 

 istics, Theater Television. 



Purpose: Advancement of theory and practice 

 of illuminating engineering and dissemination of 

 related knowledge. 



Membership: Members, 2,796, not less than 

 twenty-six years of age, eight years actively 

 engaged in a professional or other responsible 

 capacity in practice or teaching of illuminating 

 engineering or in directly related fields, or equiv- 

 alent standing by having made valuable contri- 

 bution to the science and art of illumination, 



graduation from engineering school of accepted 

 standing or technical or scientific education 

 equivalent to three years of active practice ; As- 

 sociate members, 6,921, over eighteen years of 

 age, interested in objects of this Society ; Student 

 members, 137, registered in colleges or univers- 

 ities for study toward degrees in engineering, sci- 

 ence, fine arts, or related curricula; Fellows, 117, 

 over thirty-two years of age, members for three 

 years, ten years' practice or five years' teaching 

 of illuminating engineering, or equivalent stand- 

 ing by notable work, scientific attainment in this 

 or related fields, graduates of engineering 

 schools of accepted standing or equivalent tech- 

 nical or scientific education ; Members Emeritus, 

 44, over sixty years of age, thirty years as dues 

 payers including fifteen as Members or Fellows ; 

 Honorary, of acknowledged eminence in branch- 

 es of art or science related to illuminating 

 engineering ; Sustaining members, 469, firms, 

 associations, or individuals interested in objects 

 of this Society and desirous of contributing to 

 its support. Total membership 10,015. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Illuminating Engineer- 

 ing Research Institute, to conduct and stimulate 

 research in this and related fields; Illuminating 

 Engineering Society Medal, for meritorious 

 achievement in the art or knowledge of illumi- 

 nating engineering. 



Publications: Illuminating Engineering, 

 monthly, current volume: 55. Editor: Ruby 

 Redford. 



762. Indiana Academy of General Practice. 1403 

 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis 2, Ind. 

 President: Harry Pandolfo, 234 East South- 

 ern Avenue, Indianapolis 25, Ind. Term ex- 

 pires 1961. Executive Secretary: Charles G. 

 Dosch. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1948 as a constituent 

 chapter of the American Academy of General 

 Practice. 



Purpose: To promote and maintain high 

 standards of the general practice of medicine and 

 surgery. 



Membership: General Practitioners who are 

 members of the Indiana State Medical Associa- 

 tion and do not limit themselves to one field of 

 medicine or surgery, and have postgraduate 

 training according to the standards set up by 

 the American Academy of General Practice. 

 Total membership 855. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Hoosier News Letter, nine 

 annually, free to members. Editor: Charles G. 

 Dosch. 



