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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Tuberculosis; name changed in 1914 to Min- 

 nesota Public Health Association, and to pre- 

 sent title in April 1952. 



Purpose: To carry on a continuing anti-tuber- 

 culosis educational, case-finding, rehabilitation, 

 and research program ; to cooperate with the 

 National Tuberculosis Association, and with 

 national, regional, and State Trudeau societies ; 

 to promote public health in Minnesota, in co- 

 operation with State and local health authorities. 



Membership: Presidents of county affiliates, 

 members-at-large, Minnesota Trudeau Medical 

 Society officers. Executive Board members, and 

 Honorary members. Total membership 167. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Everybody's Health, bimonthly, 

 current volume: 44, Minnesota $1, elsewhere 

 $1.50. Editor: Geraldyn Vessels. 



949. Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Inc. Mis- 

 sissippi State University, State College, Miss. 

 President: A. H. Germany, Mississippi Col- 

 lege, Clinton, Miss. Term expires April 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Clyde Q. Sheely. Term 

 expires April 1961. 



History: Organized March 1930 and incor- 

 porated July 1947, with home office at Missis- 

 sippi State University. Organization is com- 

 posed of approximately 300 members from Mis- 

 sissippi colleges and universities, junior colleges, 

 high schools, industries, and others interested in 

 science. 



Purpose: To encourage scientific research, to 

 promote development of interest in scientific 

 matters in the state, to render public service in 

 scientific matters, to cooperate with scientific 

 bodies having similar aims. 



Membership: Demonstrated scientific inter- 

 est. Regular members, 200 ; student members, 

 75 ; life members, 4 ; sustaining members, 35. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Gulf Coast Research 

 Laboratory ; District Science Fairs involving 

 10,000 exhibits ; Junior Academy contest pro- 

 gram ; high school science visitation program 

 sponsored by National Science Foundation. 



Publications: Journal, every 3 years, current 

 volume : 5, $1. Editor : Mrs. Katherine Mather. 



950. Mississippi Geological Society. P. O. Box 



422, Jackson, Miss. President: R. V. Ewing, 

 Dixie Geological Service, P. O. Box 999, 

 Jackson, Miss. Term expires May 1961. Sec- 

 retary: Alan Jackson, Humble Oil and Re- 

 fining Company, P. O. Box 1390, Hattiesburg, 

 Miss. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized November 28, 1939. 

 Committees : Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleo- 

 zoic. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in the various 

 phases of geology ; to promote professional fel- 

 lowship among members ; and to disseminate 

 and discuss geological information. 



Membership: Open to any person who is 

 actively engaged in geological work or asso- 

 ciated sciences. Total membership 404. 



Meetings: Bimonthly. 



Publications: News Bulletin, monthly, free 

 to members. Editor : Robert Violette. 



951. Mississippi Psychiatric Society. President: 

 Arthur J. Roberts. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: L. B. Lamm, Veterans 

 Administration Hospital, Gulfport, Miss. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Established March 1959, as District 

 Branch, American Psychiatric Association. 



Purpose: To foster progress of and to repre- 

 sent psychiatry in Mississippi, and to assist 

 American Psychiatric Association in promoting 

 its aims and objectives. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association and residence in 

 Mississippi. Total membership 24. 



Meetings: Annual. 



952. Mississippi Radiological Society. President: 

 Robert R. Surratt, 745 North State Street, 

 Jackson 2, Miss. Term expires February 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Bernard T. Hick- 

 man. Term expires February 1961. 



History: Organized and incorporated No- 

 vember 20, 1950. 



Purpose: To establish and maintain a high 

 standard in the practice of radiology in Missis- 

 sippi. 



Membership: Open to members in county 

 medical societies in good standing, and diplo- 

 mates of American Board of Radiology. Active 

 members, 25 ; resident associate members, 6. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



953. Mississippi Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers. Barnett Building, Jackson, Miss. Presi- 

 dent: Eugene Thomas, 1059 Alta Vista 

 Boulevard, Jackson, Miss. Term expires 

 January 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Fred J. 

 Guice. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Organized September 1939. Delta 

 Chapter formed in May 1959. Functional Sec- 

 tions : Engineers in private practice formed in 

 1958 ; Engineers in government, being organ- 

 ized ; Engineers in industry, under study. 



Purpose: To represent the body of Engineers 

 in Mississippi and to encourage high standards 

 of engineering education in the State by creat- 



