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engineers in training and others working on 

 engineering for a profession. 



Meetings: Annual; chapter meetings held 

 monthly October through April. 



Professional activities: Gold Medal or en- 

 graved watch awarded annually to the out- 

 standing member of the senior engineering class 

 at both Montana School of Mines and Montana 

 State College. Participate in the ARMCO- 

 NSPE scholarship award. 



969. Montclair Society of Engineers. President: 

 Edward E. Mcllveen, 12 Stonehenge Road, 

 Upper Montclair, N. J. Term expires June 

 1, 1961. Secretary: C. E. Parmelee, 85 Nor- 

 wood Avenue, Upper Montclair, N. J. Term 

 expires June 1, 1961. 



History: Organized October 1924 in Mont- 

 clair, N. J. 



Purpose: To unite the engineers of Montclair 

 and vicinity, thereby promoting friendly asso- 

 ciations and enabling them to contribute their 

 professional knowledge and experience to the 

 solution of community problems. 



Membership: A graduate of an engineering 

 college, or actively engaged in engineering work, 

 or serving in an administrative or executive 

 position in engineering work. Total membership 

 630. 



Meetings: Six meetings annually. 



Professional activities: Scholarship Awards, 

 loans and prizes are made annually to out- 

 standing high school graduates to assist them 

 in the first year's expenses at an engineering 

 college. 



Publications: Yearbook. 



970. Municipal Engineers of the City of New 

 York. 29 West 39th Street, New York 18, 

 N. Y. President: Patrick J. O'Leary. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: Lee N. 

 Komiakoff. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized 1903. 



Purpose: To promote and advance the vari- 

 ous engineering sciences which are employed 

 in the government of the City of New York, 

 and to elevate the standard of efficiency of 

 engineers employed in the various departments 

 of the city. 



Membership: Members, 580, licensed engi- 

 neers ; Associates, 70. Total membership, 650. 



Meetings: Monthly from September to May. 



Professional activities: A Medal is presented 

 for the best engineering paper presented during 

 the year. 



Publications: Municipal Engineers Journal, 

 quarterly, current volume: 45 (1959), $0.50. 

 Editor: Meyer F. Wiles. 



971. Mycological Society of America. Rancho 

 Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Calif. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Richard K. Benjamin. 

 Term expires September 1, 1962. 



History: Founded December 1931. Formerly 

 the Mycological Section of the Botanical So- 

 ciety of America. 



Purpose: To foster the study of mycology. 



Membership: Open to all persons interested 

 in the study of fungi. Total membership ap- 

 proximately 760. 



Meetings: Annual, usually with the American 

 Institute of Biological Sciences. 



Professional activities: Annual Mycological 

 Society Graduate Fellowship, $750. 



Publications: Mycologia, bimonthly, current 

 volume : 52, free to members. Editor : Donald 

 P. Rogers. Newsletter, semiannually, current 

 volume: 11, free. Editor: Richard K. Benjamin. 



972. Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. 1 



Vestal Street, Nantucket, Mass. President: 

 Edouard A. Stackpole. Term expires July 

 15, 1961. Secretary: A. P. Robbins, 52 Center 

 Street, Nantucket, Mass. Term expires July 

 1961. 



History: Founded 1902; incorporated 1903; 

 observatory built 1908. Divisions : Astronomy, 

 Memorial House, Natural Science, Scientific 

 Library. Committees : Astronomical, Natural 

 Science. 



Purpose: To commemorate Maria Mitchell, 

 first woman astronomer of America. 



Membership: Professional requirements do 

 not apply to membership, but to directors of 

 departments, and to committee members who 

 direct departments. Annual Members, 178; 

 Honorary, 11; Sustaining, 39; Life, 261; Con- 

 tributing, 23 ; Junior, 75. Total individual mem- 

 bership 587. Societies and Clubs: Sustaining 

 Members, 4; Life, 5. Total institutional mem- 

 bership 9. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research conducted in 

 photometry of variable stars and asteroids; 

 Astronomical Endowment Fund, for research in 

 that field; General Endowment Fund; Mary A. 

 Mitchell Albertson Memorial Fund, for work in 

 natural science ; laboratory maintained in Nan- 

 tucket, with staff of three ; astronomical observ- 

 atory, with staff of two. 



Library: 9,500 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Astronomy and natural science. 



973. Nassau Neuropsychiatric Society. Presi- 

 dent: Abraham S. Lenzner, 1 Sussex Road, 

 Great Neck, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Charles L. Nord, 230 



