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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized 1900; incorporated July 

 22, 1911. Fifteen branches from Boston to 

 Miami, mostly along eastern seaboard. One 

 student chapter. 



Purpose: To unite all professional gardeners 

 and others interested in gardening ; to promote 

 their general welfare by furnishing information 

 pertaining to gardening ; to supply them with 

 a medium to secure employment. 



Membership: Active members, head and as- 

 sistant gardeners and superintendents of private 

 estates, parks, cemeteries, institutions, industrial 

 plants, and persons actively engaged in business 

 appertaining to gardening ; Sustaining, others 

 interested in gardening. Total membership 1,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Interest in Interna- 

 tional Peace Garden, Inc., as original sponsors ; 

 Gold Medal, for outstanding contribution to 

 horticulture ; employment service. 



Publications: Professional Gardener, monthly, 

 current volume: 12, free to members. Editor: 

 Edith A. Medlock. 



983. National Association of Geology Teachers. 



President: Carey Croneis, Rice Institute, 

 Houston 1, Tex. Term expires October 31, 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Freeman Foote, 

 Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Term 

 expires October 31, 1960. 



History: Founded 1938 as Association of 

 Geology Teachers ; became a national association 

 in 1951 ; name changed to present title since 

 1955. Sections : New England, Eastern, East- 

 Central, Central, Southeastern, Texas, South- 

 western, Far Western, Pacific Northwest. 



Purpose: To foster improvement in teaching 

 of earth sciences at all levels of instruction, to 

 emphasize their cultural significance, and to 

 disseminate knowledge in this field to the general 

 public. 



Membership: Open to anyone concerned with 

 geological education, formal or informal. Total 

 membership 520. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Neil Miner Award, 

 annual, to a teacher for eminence in stimulating 

 interest in earth sciences. 



Publications: Journal of Geological Educa- 

 tion, semiannual, current volume : 8, $4. Editor : 

 Robert L. Bates, Department of Geology, Ohio 

 State University, 155 South Oval Drive, Colum- 

 bus 10, Ohio. 



984. National Association of Naval Technical 

 Supervisors. Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 

 Vallejo, Calif. President: Herbert L. 

 Graybeal, Route 1, Suisun, Calif. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 



David B. Mitchell, 537 Russell Street, Vallejo, 

 Calif. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Founded 1946 as Supervisory Engi- 

 neers and Naval Architects Association ; name 

 later changed to present title. Individual chap- 

 ters are located in each of the following eleven 

 naval shipyards : Boston, Mass. ; Charleston, S. 

 C. ; Long Beach, Calif. ; Mare Island, Calif. ; 

 New York, N. Y. ; Norfolk, Va. ; Pearl Harbor, 

 Hawaii ; Philadelphia, Pa. ; Portsmouth, N. H. ; 

 Puget Sound, Wash. ; San Francisco, Calif. 



Purpose: To promote the welfare of members, 

 professionally, intellectually, and socially ; to 

 foster a spirit of cooperation and fellowship ; to 

 maintain ethical standards of highest order ; 

 to promote the interests of the Government. 



Membership: Members, approximately 900, 

 present or former naval technical supervisors, 

 employed in United States naval establishments ; 

 Honorary, 100. Total membership approx- 

 imately 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Courses in engineering 

 and naval architecture ; speakers for gatherings 

 in schools and professional societies ; advisory 

 collaboration with national and municipal 

 authorities. 



985. National Association of Power Engineers, 

 Inc. President: Floyd W. Cooper, 957 Hum- 

 boldt Avenue, West St. Paul, Minn. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Arthur B. Mitchell, 176 West Adams Street, 

 Chicago 3, 111. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized October 25, 1882, as 

 National Association of Stationary Engineers ; 

 incorporated and present name adopted January 

 1929. 186 chapters. 



Purpose: To provide cooperative action on 

 problems affecting power plant operators and 

 executives ; to broaden the engineer's ability 

 and earning capacity by exchange of information 

 and experience ; to provide a systematic educa- 

 tion and service program ; to direct a systematic 

 effort for enactment of engineers' license laws 

 in all States ; to promote development of a 

 fraternal spirit. 



Moiibcrship: Active members, engineers and 

 others engaged in maintenance and operation of 

 power plants and building service plants ; As- 

 sociate members, sales engineers, teachers of 

 engineering. Total membership 12,500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: University scholarship 

 of student's own choosing. 



Publications: National Engineer, monthly, 

 current volume : 64, $2, free to members. Editor : 

 Walter J. Banke. 



