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959. Missouri Pharmaceutical Association. Pres- 

 ident: Jack Davidson, 2501 Jackson Street, 

 Joplin, Mo. Term expires March 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Mrs. Cora D. Cox, 601 

 Central Trust Building, Jefferson City, Mo. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized October 29, 1879. 



Purpose: To improve the science and art of 

 pharmacy by diffusing scientific knowledge 

 among apothecaries and druggists, fostering 

 pharmaceutical literature, developing talent, 

 stimulating discovery, invention, stimulating in- 

 quiry as to quality of drugs and chemicals, de- 

 tecting and exposing adulteration and encour- 

 aging home production and manufacture in the 

 several departments of the drug business ; to 

 suppress empiricism, and to restrict the dis- 

 pensing and sale of medicines to regularly edu- 

 cated pharmacists ; to uphold standards of au- 

 thority in the education, theory, and practice 

 of pharmacy ; to create and maintain a standard 

 of professional honesty equal to the amount of 

 our professional knowledge, with a view to the 

 highest good and greatest protection to the 

 public. 



Membership: Open to all registered phar- 

 macists in the State of Missouri and to instruc- 

 tors who are interested in pharmacy or allied 

 subjects; Associate, open to those who are 

 actively engaged in the manufacture or whole- 

 sale distribution of pharmaceuticals or related 

 materials ; Student, open to those in the ac- 

 credited colleges of pharmacy in Missouri ; Hon- 

 orary, open to those who by their efforts have 

 contributed in an outstanding manner to the 

 advancement of the profession of pharmacy. 

 Total membership 1,600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Missouri Pharmacist, monthly, 

 current volume : 34, $5. Editor : Cora D. Cox. 



960. Missouri Psychological Association. Presi- 

 dent: C. Kermit Phelps, Veterans Adminis- 

 tration Regional Office, Kansas City, Mo. 

 Term expires April 1961. Secretary : 

 Arnold H. Hilden, Webster Groves 19, Mo. 

 Term expires April 1962. 



History: Founded February 22, 1947; incor- 

 porated August 26, 1954. 



Purpose: To promote psychology as a pro- 

 fession and as a science. 



Membership: Members, 101, doctoral degree, 

 engaged in study or work primarily psycholog- 

 ical ; Fellows, 28, membership for one year, 

 doctoral degree, outstanding performance in 

 field of psychology ; Associates, 45, two years of 

 graduate work, or master's degree and one year 

 of acceptable experience in psychology. Total 

 membership 174. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Missouri Psychologist, irreg- 

 ular, current volume : 14, free to members. 

 Editor : Eugene Chambers. 



961. Missouri Public Health Association. P. O. 



Box 570, Jefferson City, Mo. President: W. G. 

 Green, Columbia, Mo. Term expires 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Nadia Craver. 

 Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1924; incorporated July 

 20, 1951. Sections : Business and Statistics, 

 Dental Health, Laboratory, Health Officer, 

 Health Education, Public Health Nursing, Sani- 

 ation, Medical Care Services. 



Purpose: To promote and protect public 

 health in Missouri. 



Membership: Open to any person engaged or 

 interested in any branch of public health work 

 in Missouri. Total membership approximately 

 500. 



Meetings : Annual. 



Professional activities: W. Scott Johnson 

 Award, for outstanding contribution to public 

 health. 



Publications: News Report, three annually. 



962. Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists. 1414 

 Westwind Drive, Des Peres 31, Mo. Presi- 

 dent: Oral B. Crawford, 215 Professional 

 Building, Sprinfield, Mo. Term expires April 

 1961. Executive Secretary: John F. Schweiss. 

 Term expires April 1962. 



History: Organized April 6, 1948. Component 

 society of the American Society of Anesthesiol- 

 ogists. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 anesthesiology. 



Membership: Active, physicians, graduates 

 of approved medical schools or having passed 

 the qualifying examination for Foreign Medi- 

 cal Graduates, licensed in the State of Missouri, 

 membership in the American Society of 

 Anesthesiologists and the county medical so- 

 ciety. Active, 78 ; Junior, 21 ; Associate, 3 ; 

 Retired, 3. Total membership 105. 



Meetings: Two a year. 



963. Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. 



P. O. Box 365, Jefferson City, Mo. President: 

 C. W. Schemm, 1118 Syndicate Trust Build- 

 ing, St. Louis, Mo. Term expires June 30, 

 1961. Executive Director: Paul N. Doll. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Formed January 9, 1937; affiliated 

 July 19, 1946 with the National Society of Pro- 

 fessional Engineers. Jurisdictional area covers 

 the State of Missouri. Twelve chapters, whose 



