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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



in geology or allied technical problems, and who 

 are members, juniors, or associates, or are 

 qualified for membership in the American 

 Association of Petroleum Geologists, or to any 

 persons who, in the opinion of the Executive 

 Committee, would be desirable members. Total 

 membership 45. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through May. 



Professional activities: Award presented to 

 the Junior Scientist of the Month in the Lubbock 

 area. 



869. Maine Medical Association. P. O. Box 6Z7, 

 Brunswick, Maine. President: Wilson H. 

 McWethy, 31 Western Avenue, Augusta, 

 Maine. Term expires June 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Esther M. Kennard. Term expires 

 June 1961. 



History: Organized 1853 ; incorporated. Fif- 

 teen county medical societies. Committees : 

 Scientific, Medical Education and Hospitals, 

 Medical Advisory, Public Relations, Rural 

 Health, Board of Ethics and Discipline, Cre- 

 dentials, Health Insurance, Legislative. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, protection of public health, and 

 betterment of the medical profession. 



Membership: Only by membership in com- 

 ponent societies. Active members, 713 ; Junior, 

 4; Honorary, 46; Affiliate, 11; Senior, 49; 

 Military Service, 5. Total membership 828. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Thayer Library Fund, 

 income given to Spalding Memorial Library, 

 Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine ; 

 Honorary Medals : Fifty Year, Fifty-five Year, 

 Sixty Year, and Sixty-five Year, to members 

 in practice for those numbers of years respec- 

 tively. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 51, $3. Editor: Daniel F. Hanley. 



870. Maine Medico-Legal Society. President: 

 Wilbur Leighton. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Philip Wheeler, At- 

 torney General's Office, State House, Augusta, 

 Maine. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1935. 



Purpose: To improve operation of Medical 

 Examiners' System. 



Membership: Must be members of Maine 

 Medical Association or Maine Bar Association. 

 Total membership approximately 103. 



Meetings: Annual. 



871. Maine Psychological Association. Presi- 

 dent: Paul Perez, Veterans Administration 

 Center, Togus, Maine. Term expires May 1961. 



Secretary-Treasurer: Edward J. Durnall, Jr., 

 Nasson College, Springrale, Maine. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized May 13, 1950; incor- 

 porated April 1954. Affiliated with the American 

 Psychological Association through the Con- 

 ference of State Psychological Associations. 

 Committee: Psychology in the Public Schools. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 as a profession and as a means of promoting 

 human welfare. 



Membership: Members, 60, persons residing 

 or employed in state, who are Fellows, Associ- 

 ates, or Life members of American Psychologi- 

 cal Association or who possess equivalalent 

 qualifications ; Affiliates, 28, persons possessing 

 a bachelor's degree with a major in psychology 

 and employed in the field, or one year of 

 experience in lieu of the major, and/or graduate 

 students in psychology or students presently 

 majoring in psychology. Total membership 88. 



Meetings: Three times a year. 



Publications : Directory of Psychological and 

 Allied Services in Maine, annually. Editor : 

 Alan Baron. 



872. Maine Radiological Society. President: 

 Francis O'Connor, Augusta General Hospital, 

 Augusta, Maine. Term expires June 1961. 

 Secretary: Albert Poulin, Thayer Hospital, 

 Waterville, Maine. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized April 1950. 



Purpose: To further the progress of science 

 through the specialty of radiology 



Membership: Active members, 20, physicians 

 who are members in good standing of their 

 respective county medical societies and of the 

 Maine Medical Association, who specialize in 

 radiology, and who are diplomates of the 

 American Board of Radiology ; Associates, 9, 

 physicians who are members in good standing 

 of their respective county medical societies 

 under the Maine Medical Association and who 

 are interested in radiology ; Honorary, 3, men 

 of outstanding merit with special interest in or 

 contributing to radiology, or retired active 

 members. Total membership 32. 



Meetings: Annual, with Maine Medical 

 Association ; three other meetings. 



Professional acfiz'ities: Awards presented to 

 technicians annually. 



873. Maine Society of Anesthesiologists. Presi- 

 dent: Warren G. Strout, 205 French Street, 

 Bangor, Maine. Term expires December 1960. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Gilbert Clapperton, 300 

 Maine Street, Lewiston, Maine. Term ex- 

 pires December 1960. 



