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978. National Association of Boards of Phar- 

 macy. 77 West Washington Street, Chicago 

 2, 111. Secretary: P. H. Costello. Term ex- 

 pires 1962. 



History: Organized September 1904, in 

 Kansas City, Mo. Eight geographic districts. 



Purpose: Educational and legislative research 

 for furtherance of higher standards and more 

 uniform legislation for pharmacy, and interstate 

 reciprocity in pharmaceutic licensure. 



Membership: State boards. Members ap- 

 pointed by State governors. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, free to mem- 

 bers. Editor : F. T. Mahafifey. Proceedings, 

 annual. 



Library: 1,200 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Pharmaceutical. 



979. National Association of Corrosion Engi- 

 neers. 1061 M. & M. Building, Houston, Tex. 

 President: George E. Best, Manufacturing 

 Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, D. C. 

 Executive Secretary: T. J. Hull. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized October 11, 1943; incor- 

 porated in Texas October 8, 1945. Divisions : 

 Northeast ; North Central ; South Central ; 

 Southeast ; Western ; Canadian. Committees : 

 Six technical group committees, headed by a 

 technical practices committee, under which 

 function fifty-five units and task groups. 



Purpose: To encourage and correlate special 

 study and research to determine causes of 

 corrosion ; to promote standardization of term- 

 inology, technical equipment, and design in cor- 

 rosion control ; to contribute to industrial and 

 public safety by promoting prevention of corro- 

 sion ; to foster cooperation between companies 

 and individuals in joint solution of corrosion 

 problems. 



Membership: Active members, 6,000, persons 

 engaged in research concerning, or in develop- 

 ment of equipment for, control of corrosion ; 

 Junior, 50, engaged or interested in corrosion 

 or corrosion control ; Corporate, 400, organiza- 

 tions engaged in production or sale of equipment 

 or materials for control of corrosion. Total 

 membership 6,450. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research on sulfide 

 corrosion cracking at Yale University ; Willis 

 Rodney Whitney Award, for achievement in 

 corrosion science ; Frank Newman Speller 

 Award, for achievement in corrosion engineer- 

 ing; Junior Award, for best paper on corrosion 

 by an author under thirty-five years of age 

 published in Corrosion. 



Publications: Corrosion, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 16, $11. Editor: Ivy M. Parker. 



980. National Association of Dental Laborator- 

 ies. 201 Mills Building, Washington 6, D. C. 

 President: Ugo Garganese, 1792 Warwick 

 Avenue, Warwick, R. I. Term expires Janu- 

 ary 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: Paul A. 

 Slone. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1951, as a federation of 

 State-level organizations ; concept was a pattern 

 to fit that of industry's customers' organization, 

 the American Dental Association, and thereby 

 facilitate liaison. 



Purpose: Establishment of standards and 

 criteria for dental laboratory technology and 

 better service to the dental profession. 



Membership: Requires membership in com- 

 ponent organization. Total membership 44 State 

 components, comprising 2,200 individual labora- 

 tories. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: National Board for 

 Certification, dental laboratory technology, joint 

 with American Dental Association. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 7, free to members. Editor : Ralph B. 

 Rothstein. 



981. National Association of Federal Veterinar- 

 ians. President: Roy E. Willie, 9323 East 

 Parkhill Drive, Bethesda, Md. Term expires 

 November 30, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 F. L. Herchenroeder, P. O. Box 3085, Park- 

 fairfax Station, Alexandria, Va. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized 1917. 



Purpose: To promote the fraternal and edu- 

 cational interests of Federally employed veterin- 

 arians, and to acquaint the general public with 

 their activities in Government. 



Membership: Members must hold degrees in 

 veterinary medicine from accredited colleges, 

 and be in or retired from full time employment 

 of the Federal Government. Total membership 

 1,250. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Contribution to re- 

 search fund of American Veterinary Medical 

 Association. 



Publications: Federal Veterinarian, bimonthly, 

 current volume: 17-2, $1. Editor: F. L. 

 Herchenroeder. 



982. National Association of Gardeners, Inc. 



194 Old Country Road, Mineola, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: Benjamin Crowther, Old Court House 

 Road, New Hyde Park, N. Y. Term expires 

 August 1961. National Secretary: Edith A. 

 Medlock. Term indefinite. 



