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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Established 1914 as Associated Engi- 

 neering Societies of St. Louis ; name changed 

 to present title 1927. 



Purpose: To further public welfare and pro- 

 mote cooperation among engineering societies. 



Membership: Open to any local society or 

 local section of a national organization whose 

 chief object is advancement of knowledge or 

 practice of engineering or allied sciences, or the 

 promotion of interests of engineering or allied 

 professions. Total membership 16 societies. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Publications: Roster, annual, current volume : 

 9, free to members. Editor: George F. Herold. 



825. Kansas Academy of Science. President: J. 

 M. Jewett, State Geological Survey, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. Term 

 expires May 1961. Secretary: G. A. Leisman, 

 Department of Biology, Kansas State Teach- 

 ers College, Emporia, Kans. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Organized September 1868; name 

 changed to present title 1871. Sections: Botany 

 and Microbiology, Chemistry, Experimental 

 Biology, Geography, Geology, Physics, Zoology. 



Purpose: The advancement of science and the 

 improvement of science teaching in Kansas. 



Membership: Honorary 4 (by election), Life 

 41, Sustaining 14, Annual 631, Junior Academy 

 Clubs 30. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research and Junior 

 Academy awards funded by Albert R. Reagan 

 Endowment Fund, American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, and investment 

 interests. 



Publications: Transactions, quarterly, current 

 volume : 63, free to members, $3 to non-members. 

 Editor : Frank B. Cross, University of Kansas, 

 Lawrence, Kans. 



826. Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society. 



3036 Gilham Road, Kansas City 8, Mo. 

 President: Richard H. Kiene, 4312 J. C. 

 Nichols Parkway, Kansas City 11, Mo. Term 

 expires January 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Alta L. Bingham. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1923; incorporated March 

 14, 1960. Committees: Radio and Television; 

 Scientific and Technical Exhibits. 



Purpose: To promote, encourage, and develop 

 educational advantages of clinical material of 

 Kansas City ; to develop and encourage medical 

 education ; to demonstrate and emphasize pro- 

 gress of medicine for benefit of physicians of 

 the Southwest. 



Membership: Active members, 300, physicians 



graduated at least five years from accredited 

 medical schools, members of medical societies 

 of Clay or Jackson Counties, Mo., or Johnson 

 or Wyandotte Counties, Kans., members, medi- 

 cal staffs of associated hospitals of Society ; 

 Associates, 450, physicians in good standing 

 in county medical societies ; Honorary, 50, 

 physicians retired from active practice or over 

 sixty-five years of age ; Complimentary, for 

 internes and medical students at fall clinical 

 conference. Total membership 750. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual postgraduate 

 medical meeting. Fall Clinical Conference. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 36, 50 cents. Editor : James R. McVay, Jr. 



827. Kansas District Branch, American Psychi- 

 atric Association. President: John Grimshaw, 

 Topeka Medical Center, Topeka, Kans. Term 

 expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: R. E. 

 Reinert, Veterans Administration Hospital, 

 Topeka, Kans. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Chartered 1955 by American Psychi- 

 atric Association. 



Purpose: To promote the science and practice 

 of psychiatry, and to support maintenance of 

 high professional and administrative standards. 



Membership: Doctors of medicine engaged in 

 practice of psychiatry for at least one year. 

 Total membership 150. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



828. Kansas Engineering Society, Inc. 1157-W 

 State Office Building, Topeka, Kans. Presi- 

 dent: Guy M. Shelley, Jr., 254 Laura Street, 

 Wichita, Kans. Term expires June 30, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Carl D. Hultgren. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized 1909; incorporated Octo- 

 ber 26, 1915; merged with Kansas Society of 

 Professional Engineers October 1954 ; affiliate. 

 National Society of Professional Engineers, 

 January 21, 1955. Sections: Consulting Engi- 

 neers ; Engineers in Government ; Engineers in 

 Industry ; Young Engineers. 



Purpose: Promotion and protection of the 

 profession of engineering as a social and 

 economic influence vital to welfare of community 

 and mankind. 



Membership: Professional Engineer Members, 

 1,155, licensed professional engineers; Associate, 

 74, not licensed, but either engineering degree 

 or practice of engineering for four years ; 

 Engineer in Training, 77, registered engineers 

 in training. Total membership 1,306. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activites: Outstanding engineer 

 award presented annually. 



