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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Audubon Research 

 Fellowships, for restoration of native species 

 of birds and mammals, supported with coop- 

 erating universities ; Audubon Medal, for out- 

 standing accomplishment in field of conserva- 

 tion of natural resources ; Audubon Camps, at 

 Medomak, Maine, Norden, Calif., and Sarona, 

 Wis. ; Audubon Center, Greenwich, Conn. ; 

 Audubon Screen Tours, 1,500 annually, and 

 Audubon Wildlife Tours, to sanctuary areas. 



Publications: Audubon Magazine, bimonthly, 

 current volume : 62, $3, free to members. Audu- 

 bon Field Notes, bimonthly, current volume : 14. 



Library: 15,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Conservation of natural resources. 



990. National Board of Fire Underwriters. 85 



John Street, New York 38, N. Y. President: 

 John A. North, 61 Woodland Street, Hartford 

 15, Conn. Term expires May 25, 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Charles P. Jervey, 700 Main Street, 

 Hartford 15, Conn. Term expires May 25, 

 1961. 



History: Established 1866. Committees: 

 Executive ; thirteen standing committees. 



Purpose: To promote safe methods of build- 

 ing construction and adoption of fire protective 

 measures ; to gather statistics and publish 

 papers. 



Membership: Capital stock insurance com- 

 panies writing fire insurance in the United 

 States. Total membership 209. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Scholarships, to as- 

 sist, by cash awards, worthy and needy stu- 

 dents in accredited architectural colleges ; 

 investigation of wind resistance of roof assem- 

 blies, by Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., cap- 

 ital $15,000. 



Publications: Facts and Trends, bimonthly, 

 current volume : 16, free to members. Special 

 Interest Bulletin, semimonthly, current volume : 

 8, free to members. 



991- National Conference of State Pharmaceut- 

 ical Association Secretaries. President: Cecil 

 A. Stewart, 701 South St. Andrews Place, 

 Los Angeles 5, Calif. Term expires August 

 1961. Secretary: William J. Dixon, P. O. 

 Box 119, Oak Hill, W. Va. Term expires 

 August 1961. 



History: Founded 1927. 



Purpose: To promote welfare and fraternity 

 among members of pharmaceutical organizations 

 by transmitting, for mutual benefit, professional 

 executive, convention, organization, and legisla- 

 tive information, obtained by reciprocity and 

 exchange of ideas ; to help maintain, in each 



association, high ethical and efficient standards. 

 Membership: Active Members, 50, executive 

 secretaries; Associate Members, 11, former 

 secretaries ; Honorary Members, 6. Total mem- 

 bership 67. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



992. National Conference on Industrial Hy- 

 draulics. Technology Center, Chicago 16, 

 111. President: John J. Pippenger, Double 

 A Products Company, Manchester, Mich. 

 Term expires October 20, 1960. Secretary: 

 LeRoy A. Wickstrom. Term expires June 10, 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1945. 



Purpose: To elevate the general level of tech- 

 nical knowledge in industrial hydraulics with 

 sponsored educational programs. 



Membership: Firms active in fluid power and 

 hydraulics fields. Total membership 132 indus- 

 trial sponsors. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Fellowship, annual, 

 $2,650, at Illinois Institute of Technology ; me- 

 chanics laboratory maintained, with personnel 

 and research equipment. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 12, $6. Editor : P. Chiarulli. 



National Conference on Weights and Measures. 



See Addenda, No. 1591. 



993. National Council for Geographic Educa- 

 tion. Department of Geography, University 

 of Texas, Austin, Tex. President: John 

 Morris, Department of Geography, University 

 of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Secretary: Lor r in Ken- 

 namer. Term expires December 31, 1961. 



History: Organized December 1915 as Na- 

 tional Council of Geography Teachers ; name 

 changed, November 1956, to present title. 



Purpose: To foster geographic education and 

 to increase effectiveness of the teaching of 

 geography. 



Membership: Members, 2,165, teachers, ad- 

 ministrators, and others, as well as institutions 

 interested in geographic education ; Fellows, 

 723, members five consecutive years; Contribut- 

 ing, 69. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Distinguished Service 

 Award, annual, to one geographer ; awards to 

 authors of best articles in regional geography, 

 geography for primary level, geography for 

 secondary level, political geography; award for 

 best non-professional article in geography in a 

 popular periodical. 



