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Metric Association. See Addenda, No. 1589. 



909. Metropolitan Dermatological Society of 



Los Angeles. President: Max Popper, 105 

 North San Vicente Street, Beverly Hills, 

 Calif. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Rose B. Saperstein, 643 

 South Wilton Place, Los Angeles, Calif. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized December 22, 1949. 



Purpose: To unite members of the Los 

 Angeles County and other medical societies for 

 furtherance of practice of dermatology and 

 syphilology as a specialty ; to study scientific, 

 economic, and social aspects of dermatology. 



Membership: Fellows, members of Los 

 Angeles or other county medical associations, 

 diplomates of American Board of Dermatology ; 

 Associates, members of above indicated associa- 

 tions eligible for examination by the Board. 

 Total membership 61. 



Meetings: Monthly, except during summer. 



910. Metropolitan Microchemical Society. 



Chairman: Howard J. Francis, Jr., Pennsalt 

 Chemicals Corporation, P. O. Box 4388, Phila- 

 delphia 18, Pa. Term expires September 1961. 

 Secretary: Louis M. Brancone, Lederle Lab- 

 oratories Division, American Cyanamid Co., 

 Pearl River, N. Y. Term expires September 

 1961. 



History: Began as the New York-New Jersey 

 Section of the American Chemical Society's 

 Microchemical Section; present constitution and 

 by-laws adopted January 1936 ; name changed 

 to present title March 1938. 



Purpose: To promote interest in the practice 

 and teaching of microchemical methods and in 

 other related fields. 



Membership: Interest in microchemistry. 

 Members, 268 ; Life, 2 ; Honorary, 30. Total 

 membership 300. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Annual Microchemical 

 Symposium each spring. 



Publications: Microchemical Journal, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 4, $16. Editor : Nicholas 

 D. Cheronis. 



911. Metropolitan New York Association for 

 Applied Psychology. President: Frederick 

 Hauser, c/o Kenyon and Eckhardt, Inc., 247 

 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Term 

 expires September 1961. Secretary: Edith 

 MacLauchlan, 10519-192 Street, Hollis 12, 

 N. Y. Term expires September 1961. 



History: Founded in 1938. 



Purpose: To provide for the cooperative 



association of persons who are interested in 

 the field of applied psychology; to promote and 

 maintain professional standards among workers 

 in the field of applied psychology ; and to further 

 the advancement of applied psychology as a 

 science and a profession. 



Membership: Full members, 115, Ph.D. or 

 Ed.D. degree in psychology with either (a) two 

 years of appropriate experience in applied psy- 

 chology or (b) significant publications in applied 

 psychology. Membership is limited to persons 

 living or working within the metropolitan New 

 York area. 



Meetings: Three to five meetings per year. 



Professional activities: In 1960 the Society 

 established a graduate student award. This 

 award will be tendered on an annual basis 

 to graduate students in the metropolitan New 

 York area fo"* significant research in applied 

 psychology. 



912. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and 

 Letters. Ann Arbor, Mich. President: 

 Conrad R. Lam, Chief, Thoracic Surgery, 

 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Term 

 expire March, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 F. Clever Bald, Assistant Director, Michigan 

 Historical Collections, 160 Rackham Building, 

 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 Term expires March, 1961. 



History: Organized 1894; incorporated 1895 

 as the Michigan Academy of Sciences ; name 

 changed to present title 1923. Sections : Ameri- 

 can Studies, Anthropology, Botany, Economics, 

 Fine Arts, Fish and Wildlife, Folklore, Forestry, 

 Geography, Geology and Mineralogy, History 

 and Political Science, Landscape Architecture, 

 Language and Literature, Mathematics, Phi- 

 losophy, Psychology, Russian Studies, Sanitary 

 and Medical Science, Sociology, and Zoology. 



Purpose: The promotion of research and the 

 diffusion of knowledge. 



Membership: Anyone interested in the dis- 

 covery and dissemination of knowledge in any 

 of the physical sciences, social sciences, arts, 

 or humanities may become a member. Regular 

 members, 1,300; Hfe members, 150. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Award of 

 Honorable Mention ; awards to high school 

 students for research accomplished; support 

 from A A AS funds to aid research activities 

 of Junior Academy members. 



Publications: Papers, annual, current volume: 

 45, $10. Annual Report, current volume : 62. 

 Editor : Sheridan W. Baker. 



913. Michigan Allergy Society. President: 

 Robert G. Lovell, 326 North Incalls Street, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires June 1961. 



