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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Founded 1938; became District 

 Branch, American Psychiatric Association, 1956. 



Purpose: To further knowledge of psychiatry 

 in Kentucky; to provide forum for members. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association and engagement in 

 psychiatric practice, administration, or teaching. 

 Total membership 50. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



844. Kentucky Psychological Association. Pres- 

 ident: Richard L. Blanton, Department of 

 Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexing- 

 ton, Ky. Term expires May 31, 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Miss Jessie Irvine, State Hospital, 

 Lexington, Ky. Term expires May 31, 1961. 



History: Originally a section of Kentucky 

 Academy of Science and affiliated with Kentucky 

 Education Association. Independent since 1948, 

 but overlapping in membership with the two 

 parent organizations. 



Purpose: Scientific and professional. 



Membership: Members, working psycholo- 

 gists ; Associates, students, or persons interested 

 in this field. Total membership 97. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Ernest Meyers Award 

 of $25 for best undergraduate paper of year by 

 a psychology major in any Kentucky four-year 

 college. 



Publications: Newsletter, three annually, free 

 to members. Editor : Sister Agnes Lucile Raley. 



845. Kentucky Radiological Society. President: 

 Gerald M. Peterson, Heyburn Building, 

 Louisville, Ky. Term expires January 1961. 

 Secretary: Robert H. Akers, Veterans Admin- 

 istration Hospital, Louisville, Ky. Term ex- 

 pires January 1961. 



History: Organized 1930. 



Purpose: Education, exchange of ideas, dis- 

 cussion of professional problems, and promotion 

 of friendship and understanding. 



Membership: Members must be practicing 

 radiologists or residents in radiology. Total 

 membership 66. 



Meetings: Monthly, except June, July, and 

 August. 



846. Kentucky Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers. 120 Graham Avenue, Lexington, Ky. 

 President: James L. Knight, General Electric 

 Company, Building 5, Appliance Park, Louis- 

 ville 2, Ky. Term expires July 1, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : C. S. Grouse. Term ex- 

 pires July 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1934; affiliated with 

 National Society of Professional Engineers 



July 1, 1960. Twelve chapters. Committees : 

 Education ; Employee-Engineer Relations ; 

 Legislative ; Natural Resources ; Industrial and 

 Community Development ; Private Practice ; 

 Violations, Engineering Act. 



Purpose: Advancement of science of engi- 

 neering, promotion of welfare and professional 

 improvement of members ; policing, so far as 

 practicable, of Engineers Licensing Law. 



Membership: Professional Engineer Members 

 (legal licensure) ; Junior Members (hold Engi- 

 neer-in-Training certificates) ; Associate Mem- 

 bers ; AffiHate Members ; Honorary Members. 

 Total membership approximately 1,400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Future Engineers 

 Clubs ; Certificates for Distinguished Service ; 

 some chapters support scholarships. 



Publications: Kentucky Engineer, quarterly, 

 $3. 



847. Kentucky State Medical Association. 1169 

 Eastern Parkway, Louisville 17, Ky. Exec- 

 utiz'c Secretary: Joseph P. Sanford. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1851 as Kentucky Medical 

 Society; name changed to present title 1902; 

 incorporated 1929. Approximately fifty com- 

 mittees. 



Purpose: To advance medical science and 

 medical education, work for just medical laws, 

 and guard the interests of physicians through 

 organization of the medical profession of 

 Kentucky and affiliation with the American 

 Medical Association. 



Membership: Active, 2,061, doctors of medi- 

 cine licensed to practice in Kentucky who are 

 active members of component county medical 

 societies ; Associate, 59, medical officers of the 

 United States Armed Forces, Veterans Admin- 

 istration, Public Health Service, or other 

 Government services while on duty in Kentucky, 

 and interns, residents, and teaching fellows, all 

 of whom must be associate members of com- 

 ponent societies, and also such dentists, pharma- 

 cists, funeral directors, and others invited by 

 component societies to associate membership ; 

 Inactive, doctors of medicine licensed to practice 

 in Kentucky but not so engaged, who are 

 inactive members of component societies ; 

 Emeritus, doctors of medicine retired from 

 active practice who have twenty years' member- 

 ship ; Student, 262, students in accredited medi- 

 cal schools in Kentucky or residents of Kentucky 

 who are students in accredited medical schools 

 in other States ; Honorary, physicians of scien- 

 tific attainments who are members of State 

 medical associations, but who are not citizens 

 of Kentucky. Total membership approximately 

 2,382. 



