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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Open to members, or those 

 eligible for membership, in the American Associ- 

 ation of Petroleum Geologists. Total member- 

 ship 93. 



Meetings: Twice monthly in winter, once 

 monthly in summer. 



Professional activities: Honorary Life Mem- 

 berships awarded annually to outstanding con- 

 tributors to geology and the petroleum industry 

 in the Liberal area. 



853. Linnaean Society of New York. President: 

 Richard Edes Harrison, 313 East 51st Street, 

 New York 22, N. Y. Term expires March, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Helen Hays, 72 

 East 93rd Street, New York, N. Y. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized March 7, 1878. Commit- 

 tees : Program, Records, Editorial, Newsletter, 

 Conservation, Field Work, Field Trip, Library. 



Purpose: Study of natural history, particularly 

 the study of birds ; publication of scientific 

 papers. 



Membership: Interest in natural history. 

 Active members, 243 ; Associate, 64, must live 

 within fifty miles of New York City ; Fellows, 

 11, recognized for distinguished service in the 

 Society; Honorary, 6, eminent for attainments 

 in zoology. Total membership 324. 



Meetings: Semi-monthly, October through 

 May ; monthly, June through September. 



Professional activities: Charles A. Urner 

 Memorial Fund, for the promotion of field 

 ornithology in New Jersey, New York, and 

 Connecticut, and for publication of studies made 

 in these areas ; Linnaean Prize for Ornitholog- 

 ical Research, $25, awarded annually to that 

 member of the Society who submits the best 

 paper embodying the results of ornithological 

 research not undertaken in the course of profes- 

 sional duties. 



Publications: Newsletter, October through 

 June monthly, current volume: 14, $2. Editors: 

 Emanuel Levine and Miss Lisa McGaw. 



854. Long Island Biological Association. Cold 

 Spring Harbor, N. Y. President: Walter 

 H. Page. Term indefinite. Executive Secre- 

 tary: E. Carleton MacDowell. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1890 as the Biological 

 Laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences ; name changed to present title 

 1923. 



Purpose: Advancement of biology. 



Membership: Interest in the advancement of 

 biology. Sustaining members ; Patrons ; Found- 

 ers. Total membership 500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Year-round research 

 in molecular biology ; Annual Cold Spring Har- 

 bor Symposium on Quantitative Biology ; 

 specialized courses for research workers in 

 biology ; College Teachers' Conference ; Nature 

 Study Workshop for Elementary School 

 Teachers ; Nature Study Workshop for Chil- 

 dren ; undergraduate participation in research. 



Publications: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia, 

 annual, current volume : 24, $8. Editor : Clara 

 Wooldridge. Annual Report, free. Editor : 

 Leonora P'risch. 



855. Los Angeles Council of Engineering 

 Societies. 626 North Garfield Avenue, Alham- 

 bra, Calif. President: R. Marvin Garrett, 1613 

 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach, 

 Calif. Term expires October 4, 1960. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: George Hallen, 1250 South 

 Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, Calif. Term 

 expires October 4, 1960. 



History: Formed 1946 by five founder engi- 

 neering societies in the Los Angeles area ; 

 founded as the Los Angeles Engineering Council 

 of Founder Societies. Composed of eight mem- 

 ber societies : American Institute of Chemical 

 Engineers ; American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers ; American Institute of Mining, 

 Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. ; 

 Petroleum Engineers ; American Society of 

 Civil Engineers ; American Society of Mechani- 

 cal Engineers ; Society of American Military 

 Engineers ; Structural Engineers of Southern 

 California. 



Purpose: To further the public welfare wher- 

 ever technical and engineering knowledge and 

 experience are involved; to encourage public 

 recognition of the professional status of engi- 

 neers. 



Membership: Engineering graduates of col- 

 leges of recognized standing, or persons licensed 

 or registered by a state board of registration 

 for professional engineers. Total membership 

 at least 200, with three delegates from each 

 of the member societies. 



Meetings: Bi-monthly. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of Engi- 

 neers' Week ; promotion of high school student 

 interest in engineering ; promotion, with other 

 forces, of a Los Angeles Engineering Center 

 Building. 



856. Los Angeles Radiological Society. Presi- 

 dent: Robert E. Rickenberg, 1212 Shatto 

 Street, Los Angeles 17, Calif. Term expires 

 June 1, 1961. Secretary: Walter L. Stilson, 

 1720 Brooklyn Avenue, Los Angeles 2)Z, Calif. 

 Term expires June 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1921. 



