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engaged in cooperation with the industry. Total 

 membership 33 associations and organizations. 

 Meetings: Annual. 



799. Inter-Society Cytology Council, Inc. 1101 

 Beacon Street, Brookline 46, Mass. President: 

 Abraham E. Rakoff, 269 South 19th Street, 

 Philadelphia 19, Pa. Term expires September 

 24, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : Paul A. 

 Younge. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 15, 1951. 



Purpose: To foster the cytological method 

 so that maximum usefulness as study tool and 

 clinical diagnostic technique may be achieved. 



Membership: Open to clinicians, pathologists, 

 and cytologists engaged or interested in efficient 

 utilization of cytological methods. Total mem- 

 bership 656. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Cytology Newsletter, quarterly, 

 current volume : 2, $2. Editor : Emmerich von 

 Haam. Transactions, annual, $2. 



800. Interstate Postgraduate Medical Associa- 

 tion of North America. President: Robert 

 M. Zollinger, University Hospitals, Columbus 

 10, Ohio. Term expires November 3, 1960. 

 Executive Director: Roy T. Ragatz, P. O. 

 Box 1109, Madison 1, Wis. Term expires 

 November 3, 1960. 



History: Founded 1916 as Tri-State Medical 

 Association ; incorporated in lUinois 1919 ; name 

 changed to present title 1937. 



Purpose: To promote postgraduate medical 

 education. 



Membership: Only doctors of medicine who 

 qualify for membership in American Medical 

 Association are admitted. Total membership 

 approximately 1,500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual research 

 awards made upon recommendations of deans 

 of medical schools in host cities of scientific 

 assemblies (annual meetings). 



Publications: Postgraduate Medicine, monthly, 

 current volume : 27, $10. Editor : Charles Mayo. 



801. Iota Sigma Pi. President: Hoylande D. 

 Young, 620 East 83rd Place, Chicago, 111. 

 Term expires June 1963. Executive Secretary: 

 Charlotte Roderuck, Department of Foods 

 and Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, 

 Iowa. Term expires June 1963. 



History: Alchemia, organized in 1912 at the 

 University of California, is considered the parent 

 organization; organized in 1916 under present 

 title. Nineteen active chapters. 



Purpose: To promote interest in chemistry 

 among women students ; to foster mutual ad- 

 vancement in academic, business, and social life ; 

 to stimulate personal accomplishment in chemi- 

 cal fields. 



Membership: Women students in chemistry 

 with required number of college hours in that 

 subject, minimum "B" averages, and ranking 

 in the highest thirty per cent of their classes; 

 women engaged in teaching or research in 

 chemistry or closely allied fields ; graduate 

 women chemists who have done high calibre 

 work in industry or research with at least two 

 years of professional work. Total membership 

 5,956. 



Meetings: Triennial. 



Professional activities: Triennial research 

 award to a woman chemist, thirty-five years of 

 age or younger, for outstanding research 

 achievement. 



Publications: lotan, annual, current volume: 

 19, $1. Editor: Miss Peggy Dunlap. 



802. Iowa Academy of Science. Iowa State 

 University, Ames, Iowa. President: George 

 C. Huflf, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Term expires April 1961. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: Clarence H. Lindahl. Term expires 

 April 1961. 



History: Organized December 27, 1887, as 

 the Iowa Association for Scientific Research; 

 name changed to present title September 5, 

 1888. Sections : Botany, Inorganic Chemistry, 

 Organic Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, 

 Physics, Psychology, Zoology. 



Purpose: Encouragement of scientific work in 

 1 owa. 



Membership: Honorary Fellows, 2; Emeritus 

 Fellows, 22, members for twenty-five years; 

 Life Fellows, 11 ; Fellows, 493, active scientific 

 research workers; Associate, 982, interest in 

 science. Total membership 1,510. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Refund grant of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, $1 for each member of this Academy 

 who is also a member of that Association, used 

 for the promotion of research. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 67, $4, free to members. Editor : T. 

 Edwin Rogers, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, 

 Iowa. 



803. Iowa Academy of Surgery. 503 Equitable 

 Building, Des Moines, Iowa. President: Merle 

 J. Brown, 430 Davenport Bank Building, 

 Davenport, Iowa. Term expires Spring 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Paul B. Skelley, 615 

 Roshek Building, Dubuque, Iowa. Term 

 expires Spring 1961. 



