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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



formation among scientists and technologists 

 in the United States and other countries, and to 

 strive to provide for them the best possible 

 research information services. 



Membership: Voting members must be non- 

 profit organizations. Abstracting, indexing, and 

 reviewing services are eligible for membership 

 if they publish separately at planned intervals 

 of six months or less publications covering areas 

 of science and technology. Total membership 14. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 3, free to members. 



999. National Fire Protective Association. 60 



Batterymarch Street, Boston 10, Mass. Presi- 

 dent: Henry G. Thomas, 93 Cumberland 

 Street, Hartford, Conn. Term expires June 

 1961. General Manager: Percy Bugbee. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1896; Electrical Commit- 

 tee took over in 1911 work of National Con- 

 ference on Standard Electrical Rules, dating 

 from 1897; Safety to Life Committee organized 

 1912; Marine Committee, 1922; Fire Marshals 

 Protective Association of North America, dating 

 from 1909, became section of this Association 

 in 1927; Aviation Committee organized 1928; 

 Society of Fire Protection Engineers organized 

 as section of this Association 1950. 



Purpose: To promote science and improve 

 methods of fire protection and prevention ; to 

 obtain and circulate information on these sub- 

 jects; and to secure cooperation of members in 

 establishing proper safeguards against loss of life 

 and property by fire. 



Membership: Open to national institutes, 

 societies, and associations of any kind, and to 

 State associations principally concerned with 

 fire waste. Organization members 250. Associate 

 members 17,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Advance Reports, annual, cur- 

 rent volume : 64, free to members. Editor : G. H. 

 Tryon HI. Proceedings, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 64, free to members. Editor : C. S. 

 Morgan. Quarterly, current volume : 54, free 

 to members. Editor : R. S. Moulton. Fire News, 

 monthly, current volume : 492-502, free to mem- 

 bers. Editor : C. S. Morgan. Firemen, monthly, 

 current volume : 27, $2. Editor : P. R. Lyons. 



Library: 2,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Fire. 



1000. National Foundation for Metabolic Re- 

 search. Chairman, Board of Trustees: How- 

 ard E. Worne, 1100 Cornell Avenue, Mer- 

 chantville, N. J. Term expires August 31, 

 1965. Executive Secretary: Willard C. 

 Wheeler. Term expires August 31, 1961. 



History: Founded 1956. 



Purpose: To study diseases of metabolism, 

 methods of diagnosis, and treatment, human and 

 animal. 



Membership: Requires doctorate in chosen 

 field and license to practice, plus strong inter- 

 est in research and one year's Associate Fellow- 

 ship. Total membership 500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Scholarship in biolog- 

 ical sciences ; three science medals ; mainte- 

 nance of laboratories and clinics in the United 

 States, Africa, and Mexico. 



1001. National Geographic Society. 1146 16th 

 Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. President: 

 Melville Bell Grosvenor. Term indefinite. 

 Executive Vice President and Secretary: 

 Thomas W. McKnew. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1888. 



Purpose: The increase and diffusion of geo- 

 graphic knowledge. 



Membership: Annual and Life members. 

 Total membership 2,500,000. 



Meetings: No meetings of Society as a whole ; 

 board of trustees meets quarterly. 



Professional activities: Hubbard Medal and 

 National Geographic Society Medal, awarded 

 for outstanding work in research and explora- 

 tion ; funds for research ; lectures in Washing- 

 ton, Friday evenings, November to April ; ex- 

 peditions sent out under Society auspices and 

 in cooperation with other agencies ; geographic 

 news service for the press ; geographic mate- 

 rial for classroom and reference purposes, for 

 use of teachers in public schools of the United 

 States. 



Publications: National Geographic Magazine, 

 monthly, current volume : 117, $6.50, free to 

 members. Editor : Melville Bell Grosvenor. 

 Bulletins, weekly during school year, current 

 volume : 38, $2 for thirty issues, sold to schools 

 and teachers only. 



Library: 22,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Geography. 



1002. National Health Council, Inc. 1790 



Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. President: 

 James E. Perkins. Term expires March 1961. 

 Secretary: Berwyn F. Mattison. Term ex- 

 pires March 1961. 



History: Organized 1921 ; incorporated 1933. 



Purpose: To assist member agencies to work 

 more effectively together in their common inter- 

 est of promotion of the health of the nation. 



Membership: Active, 52, national voluntary 

 health organizations actively engaged in the 

 public health field; Advisory, 7, national gov- 



