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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



but interested in this subject; Honorary, mem- 

 bers who have rendered years of faithful service 

 or attained eminence in anesthesiology ; Asso- 

 ciate, scientists or others who have attained 

 eminence in this subject. Total membership 

 163. 

 Meetings: Five annually. 



922. Michigan Society of Neurology and Psy- 

 chiatry and Michigan District Branch of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. President: 

 Eugene J. Alexander, Henry Ford Hospital, 

 Detroit 2, Mich. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: Max L. Gardner, 19557 Mack 

 Avenue, Grosse Pointe 36, Mich. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. 



History: Organized as Detroit Society of 

 Neurology and Psychiatry in 1908, name 

 changed to Michigan Society of Neurology and 

 Psychiatry in 1939. Became an affiliate society 

 of American Psychiatric Association in 1942, 

 with a District Branch of the APA being 

 formed in 1953. The two organizations function 

 as one, with most of the membership belonging 

 to both groups. 



Purpose: To further the progress of the study 

 and practice of neurology and psychiatry. 



Membership: Honorary, 4; active, 256; asso- 

 ciate, Z7 ; affiliate, 29; non-resident, 16; life, 9. 

 Michigan Society of Neurology and Psychiatry 

 (active), licensed physicians, members of Ameri- 

 can or Canadian medical associations and/or 

 American Psychiatric Association, with three 

 years of approved training in neurology or 

 psychiatry, with five years (including training) 

 practice in field, or Diplomates of the American 

 Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; (associate) 

 licensed physicians, members of American or 

 Canadian medical associations and/or American 

 Psychiatric Association, devoting full time to 

 training in neurology or psychiatry, neurology, 

 or neurosurgery; (affiliate) those individuals 

 who have completed advanced training in a 

 discipline allied to neurology or psychiatry, 

 members of the national association of that 

 discipline and devoting full time to that area 

 of work. Michigan District Branch of the 

 American Psychiatric Association, (active and 

 associate) qualifications for membership same 

 as for membership in American Psychiatric 

 Association. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through April, 

 except December ; annual. 



Professional activities: Research award of 

 $250 given annually to psychiatric resident for 

 outstanding research in psychiatry, neurology, 

 pharmacology, and allied fields. 



923. Michigan Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers, Inc. 314 Townsend Street, Lansing 23, 



Mich. President: Merle Powers, 6902 Clio 

 Street, Flint, Mich. Term expires July 1, 1961. 

 Executive Director: Richard M. Cosgrove. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated 1946; affiliated with 

 National Society of Professional Engineers 

 May 10, 1946. Fifteen local chapters. Func- 

 tional Groups : Consulting Engineers Associa- 

 tion of Michigan ; Professional Engineers of 

 Industry. 



Purpose: Advancement of public welfare, and 

 professional, social, and economic interests of 

 engineers. 



Membership: Requires registration as engi- 

 neer in Michigan, or in any State or territory 

 of the United States. Total membership 2,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Conference on 

 Effective Utilization of Engineering Personnel ; 

 NSPE-ARMCO Civil Engineering Scholarship; 

 NSPE Engineer of the Year Award; Scholastic 

 Achievement Award (High School). 



Publications: Michigan Professional Engineer, 

 monthly. Editor : Kenneth B. Fishbeck. 



924. Michigan State Medical Society. 120 West 

 Saginaw Street, East Lansing, Mich. Presi- 

 dent: Milton A. Darling, 673 Fisher Building, 

 Detroit 2, Mich. Term expires September 

 28, 1960. Executive Director: William J. 

 Burns. Term expires September 1960. Secre- 

 tary: D. Bruce Wiley, 45310 Van Dyke, 

 Utica, Mich. Term expires September 1960. 



History: Organized 1866. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, to protect public health, to better 

 the medical profession, and to unite with similar 

 organizations to form the American Medical 

 Association. 



Membership: Active member, active member 

 of component county society ; Honorary, any 

 person distinguished for his services or attain- 

 ments in medicine or the allied sciences, or who 

 has rendered other services of unusual value 

 to organized medicine or the medical profession ; 

 Associate, any person not a member of the 

 profession but engaged in scientific or profes- 

 sional pursuits whose principles and ethics are 

 consonant with those of this State Society, or 

 an intern serving the first year in any approved 

 hospital, or an intern of longer standing, or 

 a resident physician in training, or a teaching 

 fellow not engaged in private practice, or a 

 physician resident of the State of Michigan for 

 the period of time he is in active military 

 service previous to his engaging in active prac- 

 tice, or a physician not engaging in any phase 

 of medical practice, or a commissioned medical 

 officer of the United States Army, Navy, 



