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888. Massachusetts Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers, Inc. 79 Milk Street, Boston 9, Mass. 

 President: David R. Bashaw, Jr., 21 Chippewa 

 Road, Worcester, Mass. Term expires July 

 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: Donald C. 

 Howard, 3 Churchill Street, Newtonville 60, 

 Mass. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1937; affiliated with Na- 

 tional Society of Professional Engineers. Ch.^p- 

 TERS : Metropolitan, North Shore, Central 

 Massachusetts, Berkshire, and Connecticut 

 Valley. 



Purpose: Advancement of the public good, 

 and the professional, social, and economic inter- 

 est of the engineer. 



Membership: Must be registered professional 

 engineers. Total membership 1,600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Engineering and Sci- 

 entist's Utilization Conference ; William Cun- 

 ningham Press Award, for coverage of engineer- 

 ing news; NSPE-ARMCO Scholarship. 



Publications: New England Professional 

 Engineer, bimonthly, current volume : 13, $2.50. 

 Editor : Norman S. Bosworth. 



889. Massachusetts State Engineers' Association, 

 Inc. 100 Nashua Street, Boston 14, Mass. 

 President: John F. Gallagher, 25 Carroll 

 Street, Auburn, Mass. Term expires October 

 31, 1960. Secretary: Benjamin P. Hill, 42 

 Burrell Street, Melrose 76, Mass. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Incorporated November 6, 1925; 

 affiliated with Engineering Societies of New 

 England December 1, 1928. 



Purpose: To improve the status and condition 

 of engineers and members of other scientific 

 and technical professions in the employ of the 

 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the stan- 

 dards of loyalty and efficiency in the public 

 service of the Commonwealth. 



Membership: Engineers and other scientific 

 and technical professionals in the service of the 

 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Total mem- 

 bership 430. 



Meetings: Annual. 



890. Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Associ- 

 ation. 11 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Presi- 

 dent: Thomas A. Brady, 31 Main Street, 

 Peabody, Mass. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1881. 



Purpose: To increase and advance the profes- 

 sional knowledge of pharmacists and druggists ; 

 to promote and advance pharmacy in Massachu- 

 setts ; and to advance the social commercial, and 

 civic interests of its members. 



Membership: Members, Life; Honorary. 

 Total membership 1,850. 

 Meetings: Semiannual. 



891- Massachusetts Thoracic Society. President: 

 Theodore L. Badger, 264 Beacon Street, 

 Boston, Mass. Term expires June 30, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Heinz G. Lorge, Wor- 

 cester County Sanatorium, Worcester 6, Mass. 

 Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Formerly the Massachusetts Tru- 

 deau Society ; name changed to present title 

 June 23, 1960. The Society is the Medical 

 Section of the Massachusetts Tuberculosis and 

 Health League. 



Purpose: To further study, research and in- 

 terest in diseases of the chest. 



Membership: Open to physicians having an 

 interest in diseases of the chest. Total member- 

 ship 160. 



Meetings: Annual and quarterly. 



892. Mathematical Association of America. 



Univershy of Buffalo, Buff'alo 14, N. Y. 

 President: C. B. Allendoerfer, University of 

 Washington, Seattle 5, Wash. Term expires 

 January 1961. Secretary: H. L. Alder, Uni- 

 versity of California, Davis, Calif. Term 

 expires January 1965. 



History: Organized December 1915; incor- 

 porated September 8, 1920. Twenty-seven 

 geographical sections. 



Purpose: The promotion of collegiate mathe- 

 matics. 



Membership: Members, 9,113, any person who 

 is interested in the field of collegiate mathe- 

 matics. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Chauvenet prize of 

 $100 awarded every third year for excellence 

 in exposition. Distinguished Service Award of 

 $500 and certificate awarded annually for out- 

 standing service to mathematics, other than 

 mathematical research. 



Publications: American Mathematical Month- 

 ly, 10 issues a year, current volume : 67 $8, 

 free to members and on exchange. Editor : 

 R. D. James, University of British Columbia, 

 Vancouver, B. C, Canada. 



893. Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the 

 State of Maryland. 1211 Cathedral Street, 

 Baltimore 1, Md. President: Whitmer B. 

 Firor. Term expires April 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: John Sargeant. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated by a Special Act of 

 the State Legislature, 1799. One of the oldest 

 medical societies in the United States. 



