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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



928. Middle States Science Teachers Associa- 

 tion. President: William D. Fritz, 118 South 

 1st Avenue, Highland Park, N. J. Term 

 expires November 26, 1960. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: Miss Ruth A. Welde, 220 West 19th 

 Street, Wilmington 2, Delaware. Term ex- 

 pires November 26, 1960. 



History: First constitution adopted November 

 14, 1946 ; current constitution and by-laws 

 adopted November 27, 1954. 



Purpose: To improve science teaching in the 

 Middle States : New York, New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District 

 of Columbia. 



Membership: Persons interested in the teach- 

 ing of science. Total membership approximately 

 45. 



Meetings: Annual. 



929. Mid-Hudson District Branch, American 

 Psychiatric Association. President: Robert C. 

 Hunt, Station B, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Term 

 expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Walter Kern, Wingdale, N. Y. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Originally established as Dutchess 

 County Psychiatric Society ; name changed to 

 present title upon official inclusion in American 

 Psychiatric Association, May 1960. 



Purpose: To foster progress of psychiatry in 

 the Mid-Hudson area. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association. Total membership 

 60. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Purpose: To arrange meetings for presenta- 

 tion of new research results and discussion of 

 general programs for the astronomers of the 

 Middle West. 



Membership: Open to professional astrono- 

 mers and graduate students of astronomy. Total 

 membership 50. 



Meetings: Twice a year. 



932. Midwestern Air Pollution Prevention 

 Association, Inc. 10 West 35th Street, Chicago 

 16, 111. President: Haldon A. Leedy. Term 

 expires December, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 C. E. Barthel, Jr. Term expires December, 

 1960. 



History: Organized April 13, 1951, incor- 

 porated in Illinois. Conducted research resulting 

 in report upon which new Air Pollution Control 

 Ordinance for city of Chicago was based. 



Purpose: To reduce air pollution in Chicago 

 and suburbs by fostering control and prevention 

 of air pollution, by promoting study and re- 

 search of air pollution, by assisting municipalities 

 and industries, by encouraging development and 

 adoption of apparatus and operating procedures 

 that abate air pollution, and by educating the 

 public, owners, and operators. 



Membership: Approximately 200 members. 

 Open to individuals having an interest in field 

 of air pollution control. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research and educa- 

 tion programs in field of air pollution control. 



930. Mid-South Postgraduate Medical Assem- 

 bly. 774 Adams Avenue, Memphis 5, Tenn. 

 President: Omar Simmons, Newton Hospital, 

 Newton, Miss. Term expires February 1961. 

 Executive Director: Leslie H. Adams. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded 1879, as Tri-State Post- 

 graduate Medical Assembly ; present name later 

 adopted to encompass other States. 



Purpose: Bringing together physicians of the 

 mid-South in an educational and scientific organ- 

 ization. 



Membership: Open to any legally qualified 

 physician. Total membership 1,600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



931. Midwest Group of Astronomers. Wash- 

 burn Observatory, University of Wisconsin, 

 Madison 6, Wis. Secretary: John S. Mathis. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized October 1940. 



933. Midwestern Association of Chemistry 

 Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges. President: 

 Paul M. Wright, Wheaton College, Wheaton, 

 111. Term expires November 1, 1960. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: William A. Deskin, Cornell 

 College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized October 1953. 



Purpose: To bring together teachers of chem- 

 istry in non-tax supported liberal arts colleges 

 in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michi- 

 gan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin, for 

 exchange of ideas and mutual helpfulness. 



Membership: Active members, 162, teachers 

 in direct charge of chemistry courses as regular 

 faculty members in liberal arts colleges in the 

 States above listed; Associate, 38, persons not 

 directly engaged in teaching chemistry in col- 

 leges involved, but definitely interested in their 

 program. Total membership 200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



