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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



jurisdictional areas likewise cover all of the 

 State of Missouri. Twenty committees covering 

 professional, social, and economic aspects of 

 engineering. 



Purpose: Advancement of the engineering 

 profession in its several branches ; professional 

 improvement of its members ; encouragement of 

 social relations among its members ; sponsorship 

 of legislation protecting the public and the pro- 

 fession against irresponsible engineering prac- 

 tices. 



Membership: Regular Members, registration 

 as a Professional Engineer ; Engineer-in-Train- 

 ing Members, enrollment as an Engineer-in- 

 Training. Regular Members, 2,200 ; Engineer- 

 in-Training Members, 500. Total membership 

 2,700. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Approximately twenty 

 scholarships presented annually by the Society 

 and its twelve chapters, all based on scholastic 

 excellence of engineering and pre-engineering 

 students. 



Publications: Missouri Engineer, monthly, 

 current volume : 24, $2. Editor : Paul N. Doll. 



964. Missouri State Medical Association. 634 



North Grand Boulevard, St. Louis 3, Mo. 

 President: R. O. Muether, 4161 Lindell 

 Boulevard, St. Louis 8, Mo. Term expires 

 March 1961. Executive Secretary: T. R. 

 O'Brien. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1850. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine and to improve the medical profession. 



Membership: Members, 3,770, doctors of 

 medicine licensed to practice in the State of 

 Missouri and who are citizens of the United 

 States. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Missouri Medicine, monthly, 

 current volume : 57, $3. Editor : Charles R. 

 Doyle. 



965. Montana Academy of Oto-Ophthalmology. 



President: Cecil Hall, Great Falls, Mont. 

 Term expires 1961. Secretary: Robert Mor- 

 gan, Helena, Mont. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized February 1923. 



Purpose: The promotion of oto-ophthalmol- 

 ogy. 



Membership: Active, Honorary, and Life 

 members. Total membership 36. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



966. Montana Academy of Sciences. President: 

 John H. Rumely, Montana State College, 

 Bozeman, Mont. Term expires April 1961. 



Executive Secretary: LeRoy Harvey, Mon- 

 tana State University, Missoula, Mont. Term 

 expires April 1961. 



History: Organized November 1940. Sec- 

 tions : Zoology, Botany, Physical Sciences, So- 

 cial Sciences, Teaching of Sciences. 



Purpose: To encourage scientific work and 

 facilitate the diffusion of scientific knowledge. 



Membership: Open to those persons with an 

 interest in the purposes and activities of the 

 Academy. Regular Members, 155; Honorary 

 Members, 14. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Supports Science 

 Talent Search ; high school science fairs. Na- 

 tional Science Foundation Grant for "Visiting 

 Scientists," program in Montana high schools, 

 1960-1961. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 21, $1.50. Editor: CHfiford V. Davis. 



967. Montana Medical Association. P. O. Box 



1692, Billings, Mont. President: Harold W. 

 Fuller, 1220 Central Avenue, Great Falls, 

 Mont. Term expires September 16, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: L. R. Hegland. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized January 29, 1879, as the 

 Medical Association of Montana ; name changed 

 to present title in 1951. 



Purpose: To promote and advance the sci- 

 ence and art of medicine, to unite the medical 

 profession, and to promote public health. 



Membership: Active, 557, licensed to practice 

 in Montana, ethical and of good moral char- 

 acter ; inactive, 46 ; Honorary, 7. Total mem- 

 bership 610. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Rocky Mountain Medical Jour- 

 nal, monthly, free to members. Managing Edi- 

 tor : Harvey T. Sethman, 835 Republic Build- 

 ing, Denver 2, Colo. Scientific Editor for 

 Montana: Perry M. Berg, Billings, Mont. 



968. Montana Society of Engineers. President : 

 William J. Wenzel, Wenzel and Company, 

 P. O. Box 2091, Great Falls, Mont. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. Secretary: Arthur W. Clark- 

 son. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized July 1887 as the Montana 

 Society of Civil Engineers ; name changed to 

 present title February 1897. 



Purpose: The advancement of engineering and 

 promotion of interest in the profession ; unifica- 

 tion of different branches for mutual benefit in 

 the State of Montana. 



Membership: Members, 475, registered pro- 

 fessional engineers or eligible for registration, 



