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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Secretary: Hilda H. Hensel, 12 East 4th 

 Street, Monroe, Mich. Term expires June 

 1961. 



History: Organized November 1936. 



Purpose: The advancement of research and 

 dissemination of knowledge pertaining to aller- 

 gic disease. 



Membership: Member, physician of good re- 

 pute whose major practice is confined to the 

 specialty of allergy ; Associate member, any 

 physician or member of the related scientific 

 disciplines of good repute, who is interested 

 in allergy. Total membership approximately 

 100. 



Meetings: Every two months from September 

 to May. 



Professional activities: Encourages research 

 in the field of allergy and supports such by 

 contribution to the American Foundation for 

 Allergic Disease. 



914. Michigan Archaeological Society. Presi- 

 dent: Edward V. Gillis, 2512 Union Street, 

 N. E., Grand Rapids 5, Mich. Term expires 

 April, 1961. Executive Secretary: Donald R. 

 Hayes, 1725 West Dartmouth Street, Flint, 

 Mich. Term expires April, 1961. 



History: First organized about 1925; became 

 inactive in 1940; was reorganized in 1950. 

 Society consists of seven chapters located in 

 different parts of state. 



Purpose: To collaborate with professional 

 archaeologists ; to record and disseminate arch- 

 aeological information ; to preserve Michigan's 

 antiquities. 



Membership: Regular members, 215; family, 

 13; junior, 15. Total membership 278. Applicant 

 must uphold the purposes of the organization. 

 Regular members must be 21 years of age. 

 Family membership consists of wife or husband 

 of regular member ; has all Society privileges, 

 including vote. Institutional membership, no 

 vote privilege. Sustaining membership, all priv- 

 ileges. Junior membership, no vote and no 

 privileges of office. Honorary life membership, 

 all privileges, appointment by Executive Board. 



Meetings: Annual business meeting; annual 

 workshop conference ; Semiannual meetings of 

 Executive Board. 



Professional activities: Award of Merit for 

 extraordinary achievement in archaeology. 



Publications: Michigan Archaeologist, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 6. Editor : E. F. 

 Greenman. 



915. Michigan Basin Geological Society. Presi- 

 dent: R. David Matthews, Dow Chemical 

 Company, 650 Building, Midland, Mich. 

 Term expires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 



James H. Kent, Michigan Geological Survey 

 Division, Conservation Department, 436 

 Stevens T. Mason Building, Lansing, Mich. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1936 as Michigan Geo- 

 logical Society ; name changed to present title 

 in 1957. 



Purpose: To hold meetings for the purpose 

 of discussing the geology, technology, economics, 

 and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, and 

 other mineral resources of the Michigan Basin ; 

 to encourage a greater exchange of information 

 and knowledge in the field of geology and its 

 related earth sciences ; to arrange and sponsor 

 at least one annual field trip to an area of 

 geological interest to the members of this 

 Society. 



Membership: Members, any person actively 

 engaged in the work of geology or in research 

 pertaining to geology or related technology, 

 graduate of an institution of collegiate standing 

 majoring in geology or related technology and 

 in addition has had the equivalent of one year's 

 experience in geology or related technology, or 

 has presented to the Society an earth science 

 paper pertaining to the geology of the Michigan 

 Basin ; Associate, any person who is attending 

 a reputable institution of learning with the 

 object of taking up geology as a life profession, 

 or any person not actively engaged in the 

 profession, but whose interest in the earth 

 sciences is such that he may be classified as 

 a student of geology. Total membership 186. 



Meetings: Monthly, September to May. 



Professional activities: Annual Field Trips 

 within the Michigan Basin. Symposiums on 

 subjects of current interest. 



916. Michigan Engineering Society. 100 Farns- 

 worth Avenue, Detroit 2, Mich. President: 

 Dudley Newton, 4095 West Buena Vista 

 Avenue, Detroit 38, Mich. Term expires 

 May 1, 1961. Secretary: Alfred R. Martin, 

 1700 West High Street, Jackson, Mich. Term 

 expires May 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Joseph E. Wilbur, P. O. Box 573, Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 25, 1880, at 

 Lansing, Mich. ; incorporated and present name 

 adopted 1934. Committees : Building Codes, 

 Post Graduate Engineering Study, Manpower. 



Purpose: To promote social, economic, and 

 technical interests of members ; to promote 

 integration of engineering and civic activity 

 and public service among engineers in Michigan. 



Membership: Requires practical experience in 

 engineering, architecture, or land surveying ; or 

 graduation from recognized schools of engineer- 

 ing ; or registration as architects, professional 



