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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized April 26, 1954; incor- 

 porated May 3, 1954. 



Purpose: To promote study and ethical prac- 

 tice of surgery. 



Membership: Active members shall be grad- 

 uates of recognized medical schools, members 

 of local societies, Diplomates of American 

 Board of Surgery, and shall have practiced 

 surgery in Iowa for two years. Total member- 

 ship 68. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



804. Iowa Archaeological Society. Department 

 of Sociology and /Vnthropology, State Uni- 

 versity, Iowa City, Iowa. Secretary: Mrs. 

 Phil Thornton, 326 Otsego Street, Storm 

 Lake, Iowa. Term expires June 30, 1962. 



History: Founded 1951. 



Purpose: To preserve archaeological sites and 

 information; to disseminate information on Iowa 

 prehistory. 



Membership: Open to those interested in 

 furthering archaeological research in Iowa. 

 Total membership 195. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 9, $2. Editor : Reynold J. Ruppe. 



805. Iowa Association of Pathologists. Presi- 

 dent: Regis E. Weland, Mercy Hospital, 

 Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Term expires April, 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Frank C. Coleman, 

 Mercy Hospital, Des Moines 14, Iowa. Term 

 expires April, 1961. 



History: Organized May 1, 1940, in Iowa 

 City, Iowa. 



Purpose: To improve standards of practice 

 of laboratory medicine ; to stimulate research in 

 the field of pathology ; to hold periodic con- 

 ferences pertaining to problems of mutual 

 interest ; to promulgate ethical, friendly, and 

 economically sound professional relationships 

 among professors and with allied professional 

 and lay groups. 



Membership: Graduate of an approved medi- 

 cal school, licensed to practice in Iowa, a mem- 

 ber of his county medical society, attainment 

 of educational standards reasonably equivalent 

 to requirements of American Board of Path- 

 ology, practice limited to field of pathology. 

 Total membership 60. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Participation in Medi- 

 cal Technologist Scholarship Fund Program, 

 workshops, slide seminars, and scientific con- 

 ferences for members. 



806. Iowa Dental Association. 639 Insurance 

 Exchange Building, Des Moines 9, Iowa. 

 President: C. G. Sanner, 619 Roshek Building, 

 Dubuque. Iowa. Term expires May 2, 1961. 

 Secret ar\<: Homer N. Hake. Term expires 

 July 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1863. 



Purpose: To encourage public health and 

 promote the art and science of dentistry. 



Membership: Members must be graduates of 

 recognized dental schools and licensed to 

 practice in Iowa. Total membership approxim- 

 ately 1,400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional acfiz'ities: School dental health 

 programs. 



Publications: Iowa Dental Journal, bimonthly, 

 current volume : 46, $2. Editor : Homer N. 

 Hake. 



807. Iowa Engineering Society. President: 

 Arnold C. Christensen, 1016 Military Street, 

 Council Blufifs, Iowa. Term expires February 

 1961. Executive Director: Noel T. Tweet, 

 411 Hubbell Building, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1889; incorporated 1896 

 and 1936; affiliated with National Society of 

 Professional Engineers in 1956. 



Purpose: To advance engineering knowledge, 

 maintain a high standard of professional ethics, 

 and foster high quality of public service ; to 

 advance the legal status, economic welfare, and 

 professional development of engineers. 



Membership: Members must be registered 

 professional engineers. Total membership 985. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Dunlop-Woodard 

 Award for best paper published in the Exponent ; 

 Anson Marston Award for outstanding service 

 to this Society. 



Publications: Exponent, monthly, $4. Editor: 

 Sara Ann Karas. 



808. Iowa Neuropsychiatric Society. 125 11th 



Street, N. E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. President: 

 Paul M. Kersten, Kersten Clinic, Fort Dodge, 

 Iowa. Term expires April 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: William D. Trumpe. Term ex- 

 pires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1949. 



Purpose: To advance the science and practice 

 of psychiatry. 



Mevdiership : Full Members, 68, licensed 

 physicians specializing in neuropsychiatry ; Af- 

 filiate Members, 2, physicians in other branches 

 of medicine interested in promoting purposes of 



