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Library: Over 30,000 volumes and 500 period- 

 icals. Emphasis, all fields of medicine. Estab- 

 lished 1889 as Medical Library for Kansas City- 

 Physicians. Kansas City Medical Library Club 

 was organized 1910 and merged with the Society 

 1920. 



819- Jesuit Seismological Association. St. Louis 

 University, St. Louis 8, Mo. President: Rev. 

 Joseph J. Lynch, S. J., Fordham University, 

 New York 58, N. Y. Term expires summer 

 1961. Secretary: Rev. Bernard McConnell, 

 S. J., Georgetown University, Washington, 

 D. C. Term expires summer 1961. 



History: Organized 1925. 



Purpose: Cooperation of the members in the 

 study of earthquakes and the fostering of re- 

 search in seismology. 



Membership: Membership is institutional and 

 requires that members be engaged in the record- 

 ing of earthquakes. Total membership 12. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: A laboratory is main- 

 tained at the Institute of Technology, 3621 

 Olive Street, St. Louis 8, Mo. Director : Rev. 

 William Stauder, S. J. 



Publications: Preliminary Bulletin, quarterly. 

 Editor : Rev. William Stauder, S. J. 



820. Jewish Agricultural Society, Inc. 386 Park 

 Avenue South, New York 16, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: Robert M. Morgenthau. Term expires 

 December 1960. Executive Secretary: \\'illiam 

 M. Heineman. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Founded in 1900 as an affiliate of the 

 Baron de Hirsch Fund. 



Purpose: To assist would-be or established 

 Jewish farmers in the United States. 



Membership: Members appointed by the 

 Directorate. Total membership about 30. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: College scholarships 

 granted to children of Jewish farmers. 



821. John A. Andrew Clinical Society. John A. 

 Andrew Memorial Hospital, Tuskegee Insti- 

 tute, Ala. President: John W. Chenault, 

 Bradenton, Fla. Term expires April 1961. 

 Secretary: Eugene H. Dibble, Jr. Term ex- 

 pires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1912. 



Purpose: To further professional advance- 

 ment in medicine and surgery. 



Membership: Surgeons, specialists, and den- 

 tists. Total membership 300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: C. V. Roman Disting- 

 uished Service Medal. 



Publications: Clinical Bulletin, annual, current 

 volume : 23, 20 cents, free to members. 



822. John Burroughs Memorial Association. 



President: Richard Rough, 33 Highbrook 

 Avenue, Pelham, N. Y. Term expires April 1, 

 1961. Secretary: Farida A. Wiley, Museum of 

 Natural History, 79th Street and Central 

 Park West, New York 24, N. Y. Term 

 expires April 1, 1961. 



History: Organized April 1921. 



Purpose: To further the principles set forth 

 by John Burroughs, author and naturalist. 



Membership: Interest in activities of the 

 Association. Active, Associate, Junior, Sustain- 

 ing, and Life. Total membership 367 individuals 

 and 5 clubs. 



Meetings: Annual, at the American Museum 

 of Natural History ; also two meetings per 

 year held at Slabsides. 



Professional activities: Burroughs Medal, 

 awarded annually for the best paper written 

 in the field in which John Burroughs was inter- 

 ested. 



823. Joint Blood Council, Inc. 1832 M Street, 

 N. W., Washington 6, D. C. President: 

 LeRoy E. Bates, Union Memorial Hospital, 

 33rd and Calvert Streets, Baltimore 18, Aid. 

 Term expires June 1961. Secretary: Frank E. 

 Wilson. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1955. Joint enterprise of 

 American Association of Blood Banks, American 

 Hospital Association, American Medical Associ- 

 ation, American National Red Cross, and 

 American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Com- 

 mittees : Blood Procurement; Scientific. 



Purpose: To assure an adequate supply of 

 blood and blood derivatives to the civilian and 

 military population at all times ; to collect, 

 study, and disseminate information on blood 

 and blood derivatives ; to encourage public to 

 donate blood for civilian and defense needs ; to 

 establish minimal standards for voluntary ac- 

 creditation of blood banks. 



Membership: Limited to institutions con- 

 cerned with blood programs. Total membership 

 five institutions. 



Meetings: Annual. 



824. Joint Council of the Associated Engineer- 

 ing Societies of St. Louis. 8730 Teasdale 

 Street, St. Louis 24, Mo. President: Clarence 

 H. Ax, 425 De Baliviere Avenue, St. Louis 

 12, Mo. Term expires June 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: George F. Herold. Term expires 

 June 1961. 



