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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Director of Research, St. Joseph Lead Com- 

 pany, P. O. Box 97, Monaca 7, Pa. Term 

 expires February 1961. Secretary: R. W. 

 Shearman. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded in 1947 as Metals Branch 

 of the American Institute of Mining, Metal- 

 lurgical and Petroleum Engineers ; name 

 changed to present title in 1957. The Society 

 is made up of three divisions, each comprising 

 a number of technical and standing committees. 

 The Extractive Metallurgy Division includes 

 these technical committees : Electrolytic Pro- 

 cesses ; Hydrometallurgy ; Physical Chemistry 

 of Extractive Metallurgy ; Pyrometallurgy ; 

 Refractories ; Nuclear Fuel Processing ; Copper, 

 Nickel, and Precious Metals ; Lead, Zinc, and 

 Tin ; Uranium, Rare Earths, and Minor Metals ; 

 Light Metals ; and High-Temperature Metals. 

 The Iron and Steel Division includes these 

 technical committees : Blast Furnace, Coke 

 Oven, and Raw Materials ; National Open 

 Hearth Steel ; Electric Furnace ; Acid Con- 

 verter and Basic Oxygen Steel ; Mechanical 

 Working ; and Physical Chemistry of Steel- 

 making. The Institute of Metals Division 

 includes these technical committees : Chemistry 

 and Physics of Metals ; Ferrous Metallurgy ; 

 Heat Treating ; Joining, Melting and Casting ; 

 Non-Ferrous Metallurgy ; Nuclear Metallurgy ; 

 Physical Metallurgy ; Powder Metallurgy ; 

 Shaping and Forming ; Surface Treatment ; 

 Corrosion-Resistant Metals ; Electric and Mag- 

 netic Metals ; High-Temperature Alloys ; Re- 

 fractory Metals ; Semiconductors ; Structural 

 Materials ; and Titanium. Metallurgical Soci- 

 ety standing and special committees : Education ; 

 Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal ; Metallurgi- 

 cal Profession ; Programs, Publications, and 

 Engineering Management. 



Purpose: To promote the advancement of 

 metallurgical knowledge and the advancement of 

 the metallurgical profession as a whole by : 

 (a) Providing a medium for communication 

 and cooperation among those interested in any 

 phase of theoretical and applied metallurgy, 

 including those advancing, practicing, learning, 

 or otherwise primarily concerned with the 

 science, engineering, economy, or technical as- 

 pects of the metal industry (both producers and 

 consumers). The major metallurgical field 

 encompasses particularly the understanding 

 and knowledge of metal behavior, the manu- 

 facturing practice for extracting, refining, and 

 fabricating metals, and the development and 

 application of metals and their alloys, (b) 

 Providing an organization to represent the 

 metallurgists and metallurgical engineers on 

 matters pertaining to education, and to encourage 

 and advance education in the broad field of 

 metallurgical science and engineering. (c) 



Dissemination of metallurgical knowledge by 

 the holding of professional meetings, and by the 

 preparation, presentation, discussion, and publi- 

 cation of technical papers, (d) Promoting high 

 standards in the profession of metallurgical 

 engineering. 



Membership: Members, at least twenty-seven 

 years of age with at least six years employment 

 in engineering or application of the sciences to 

 any branch of the mineral industry ; Associate, 

 must be interested in metallurgy or metallurgical 

 engineering or application of the sciences to the 

 metals industry ; Junior, not over thirty years of 

 age and qualified to hold a subordinate engineer- 

 ing position ; Student, must be a full-time student 

 in good standing in an approved school. Total 

 membership 8,377. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Extractive Metallurgy 

 Division Award. Extractive Metallurgy Divi- 

 sion Lecture. Robert Lansing Hardy Gold 

 Medal. Howe Memorial Lecture. Robert W. 

 Hunt Medal and Prize Fund. Institute of 

 Metals Division Lecture. J. E. Johnson, Jr., 

 Award. Journal of Metals Award. Mathewson 

 Gold Medal. F. B. McKune Memorial Award. 

 Open Hearth Conference Award. Leo F. 

 Reinartz— AIME-NOHC Scholarship. Student 

 Prize Paper Awards. 



Publications: Journal of Metals, monthly, $10. 

 Editor : F. W. Starratt. Transactions, bi- 

 monthly, $20. Editor : Gerhard Derge. Open 

 Hearth Proceedings, annual, current volume: 

 42, $10. Blast Furnace Proceedings, annual, 

 current volume : 18, $10. Electric Furnace Pro- 

 ceedings, annual, current volume : 16, $10. 

 Editor: E. J. Kennedy (edits all proceedings). 



908. Meteoritical Society. President: John A. 

 Russell, Department of Astronomy, Univer- 

 sity of Southern California, Los Angeles 7, 

 Calif. Term expires 1962. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Gerald L. Rowland, Long Beach City 

 College, Long Beach, Calif. Term expires 

 1962. 



History: Founded 1933 as the Society for Re- 

 search on Meteorites; incorporated 1936; name 

 changed to present title September, 1946. 



Purpose : To promote the discovery, collection, 

 investigation, and preservation of meteorites ; to 

 forward the observation and study of meteors 

 and other meteoritical phenomena ; to advance 

 meteoritics and related sciences through the 

 increase and difi^usion of knowledge concerning 

 meteorites and meteors. 



Membership: Nomination and second by any 

 two members of the Society. Members, 2,2>; 

 Fellows, 58; Life, 7. Total membership 148. 



Meetings: Annual. 



