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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



holding joint professional meetings and develop- 

 ing useful relationships with other medical 

 societies and the various communities in general. 



Membership: Fellows, those with six years of 

 experience in a mental hospital or equivalent ; 

 Full Members, those with three years of experi- 

 ence in a mental hospital or equivalent ; Associ- 

 ate Members, those with one year of experience 

 in a mental hospital or equivalent. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



862. Louisiana Engineering Society. 404 



Baronne Street, New Orleans 12, La. Presi- 

 dent: Edward A. McLellan, P. O. Box 238, 

 New Orleans 3, La. Term expires January 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : John P. 

 Fernandez, 522 Crystal Street, New Orleans 

 24, La. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Established 1898; affiliated with 

 National Society of Professional Engineers 

 March 1958. Chapters : Baton Rouge, Lake 

 Charles, Shreveport, Monroe, Lafayette, Alex- 

 andria. Student Chapter No. 1, Southwestern 

 Louisiana Institute. 



Purpose: Professional improvement of mem- 

 bers, encouragement of social intercourse among 

 engineers and men of practical science, and 

 advancement of engineering. 



Membership: Members, 1,384; Charter, 1; 

 Honorary, 15; Life, 74; Affiliate, 139; Junior, 

 291. Total membership 1,904. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: $100 scholarship an- 

 nually to a senior engineering student at each 

 of four Louisiana colleges : Louisiana State 

 University, Tulane University, Southwestern 

 Louisiana Institute, Louisiana Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute. Civic Activities Medal-Andrew M. Locket 

 Award, annual, for outstanding service by 

 engineer without compensation. Technological 

 Accomplishment Medal, for technical accom- 

 plishment leading to advancement of engineering. 



Publications: Louisiana Engineer, bimonthly, 

 current volume : 46, $2. Editor : WiUiam H. 

 Rhodes. 



863. Louisiana Psychological Association. 1528 

 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 13, La. Presi- 

 dent: E. Lee Hoffman, Tulane University, 

 New Orleans, La. Term expires March 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : G. Kinsey Stewart, 

 Louisiana State University at New Orleans, 

 New Orleans, La. Term expires March 1962. 



History: Organized March 6, 1948. Affiliated 

 with American Psychological Association Sep- 

 tember 6, 1949. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 a profession and a means of promoting human 

 welfare in Louisiana. 



Membership: Residents of Louisiana with a 

 doctor's degree in psychology, or persons who 

 have completed at least two years of graduate 

 work in psychology, or one year graduate study 

 and a year of experience in professional work 

 that is psychological in nature, and who are 

 devoting full time to professional or graduate 

 work in psychology. Total membership 100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, current 

 volume : 4, free. Editor : Ronald Pryor. 



864. Louisiana Public Health Association. P. O. 



Box 630, State Office Building, 325 Loyola 

 Avenue, New Orleans 12, La. President: 

 Miss Lucille A. Godelfer. Term expires 

 April 1961. Executive Secretary: A. G. 

 Owens. Term expires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1938. Sections: Clerical 

 and Statistical, Health Education, Health Offi- 

 cers, Laboratory, Nurses, and Sanitarians. 

 Committees : Awards, Constitution and By- 

 Laws, Finance, Meetings, Membership, Nomi- 

 nating, Public Relations, Insurance, Legislative, 

 Program, Resolution, Reorganization. 



Purpose: To foster acquaintance and mutual 

 understanding among persons interested in 

 public health in the State, to support and 

 sponsor movements and policies tending to raise 

 personnel standards and the security of workers, 

 to stimulate progressive administration in public 

 health work, to assist in the development of 

 public health facilities in the state, and to con- 

 tribute to the progress of public health and 

 enhance the prestige of public health work as 

 a career. 



Membership: Active Members, persons pro- 

 fessionally engaged in public health work who 

 are members of the American Public Health 

 Association, or eligible for membership ; Mem- 

 bers, persons professionally engaged in public 

 health work but are not members of the APHA, 

 or persons interested in public health. Total 

 membership 719. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities : Axson-Choppin 

 Award, and Dr. Felix Formento Memorial 

 Award, for meritorious activity in fostering 

 the public health program in Louisiana by an 

 individual not in full-time employment by an 

 official public health agency ; Dr. C. B. White 

 Memorial .A.ward, and Agnes Morris Memorial 

 Award, for long and diligent public health 

 service in the state by any full-time worker in 

 an official public health agency of the state ; 

 Dr. Edward Hall Barton Memorial Award, for 

 significant achievement in research, scholarship 

 or outstanding pioneering performance in public 

 health by any person in the State. 



