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ernmental health agencies ; Associate, 7, nation- 

 al civic organizations with well-established 

 health sections, and other national bodies which 

 desire to share in work of this Council ; Sus- 

 taining, 5, national business organizations with 

 established interest in public health which wish 

 to support aims and objectives of this Council. 

 Total membership 71 organizations. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: National Health 

 Forum. 



Library: 9,000 volumes. 55,000 pamphlets. 

 Subject emphasis: Public health. 



cooperation in packaging, handling, and 

 logistics fields. 



Membership: Requires interest in military 

 packaging, handling, and logistics fields. Total 

 membership 365. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Annual award to in- 

 dividual who has made greatest contribution in 

 each of following fields : Packaging, handling, 

 logistics. One award in each field. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 5, free to members. Editor : Leonard E. 

 Fagan. 



1003. National Institute of Ceramic Engineers. 



4055 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio. 

 President: E. C. Henry, 730 Crawford Ave- 

 nue, Syracuse 10, N. Y. Term expires April 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : William W. Cof- 

 feen, P. O. Box 471, Rahway, N. J. Term 

 expires April 1961. 



History: Organized March 1938 as affiliate 

 of American Ceramic Society. 



Purpose: To foster development and under- 

 standing of ceramic engineering and dissemina- 

 tion of engineering information. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Ceramic Society. Associate Members must 

 be: (a) over twenty-one years of age, graduates 

 in ceramics, ceramic engineering, or glass tech- 

 nology, with three years' experience or (b) 

 over twenty-one years of age, graduates in engi- 

 neering or physical science, with six years' 

 experience. Members must be : Associate 

 Members under (a) above, over thirty-five years 

 of age, with nine to twelve years' experience, 

 including at least five years in responsible capa- 

 city, or Associate Members under (b) above, 

 over thirty-five years of age, with fifteen years' 

 experience, including at least five years in 

 responsible capacity. Total membership 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, free to 

 members. Editor : E. C. Van Schoick. 



1004. National Institute of Packaging, Han- 

 dling and Logistic Engineers. 402 Washing- 

 ton Building, Washington 5, D. C. President: 

 William R. Black, 6419 Lincolnia Road, Alex- 

 andria, Va. Term expires May 1961. Corre- 

 sponding Secretary: Thomas P. Wharton, 

 4380 MacArthur Boulevard, N. W., Wash- 

 ington 7, D. C. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Functioned for several years as a 

 chapter of Society of Industrial Packaging and 

 Materials Handling Engineers ; later estab- 

 lished as separate organization. 



Purpose: To promote government-industry 



1005. National Institute of Social and Be- 

 havorial Science. George Washington Uni- 

 versity, Washington 6, D. C. Director: 

 Donald P. Ray. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1959. 



Purpose: To produce selective research pub- 

 lications and serve as a generalist organization 

 in social and behavioral science to include eco- 

 nomics, political science, sociology, social 

 statistics, and interdisciplinary problems be- 

 tween social and natural science. 



Membership: Requires professional interest 

 in fields and areas in which organization works. 

 Regular members, 250 ; Library, 50. Total mem- 

 bership 300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Symposia Studies Series, four 

 issues annually, current volume : 3-4, libraries 

 $5, others $7.50. Editor : Donald P. Ray. 



1006. National League for Nursing, Inc. 10 



Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: Mrs. Lucile Petry Leone, United States 

 Public Health Service, Department of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. 

 Term expires 1961. General Director: Inez 

 Haynes. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1952, by joining together 

 three national nursing organizations and four 

 national committees : National League for Nurs- 

 ing Education (founded 1893) ; National Or- 

 ganization for Public Health Nursing (1912) ; 

 Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing 

 (1933) ; Joint Committee on Practical Nurses 

 and Auxiliary Workers in Nursing Services 

 (1945) ; Joint Committee on Careers in Nurs- 

 ing (1948) ; National Committee for the Im- 

 provement of Nursing Services (1949) ; Na- 

 tional Nursing Accrediting Service ; Sections : 

 Branches in fifty States, District of Columbia, 

 and Puerto Rico. 



Purpose: To foster development and improve- 

 ment of hospital, industrial, public health, and 

 other organized nursing services, and of nursing 

 education, through coordinated activities of 



