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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



nurses, allied professional groups, and interested 

 citizens, agencies, and schools. 



Membership: Individual members, 25,621, pro- 

 fessional nurses, practical nurses, aides, members 

 of allied professions, and interested laity, all 

 interested in improvement of nursing education 

 and service; Agency members, 1,083, organiza- 

 tions or other groups administratively engaged 

 in providing nursing services and schools with 

 educational programs in nursing ; allied 

 agencies and other organizations concerned with 

 health and welfare programs in nursing ; schools 

 of nursing. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Professional activities: Studies concerning 

 various aspects of program; projects supported 

 by funds from foundations and from National 

 Institutes of Health of United States Depart- 

 ment of Health, Education, and Welfare. 



Publications: Nursing Outlook, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 8, $4. Editor : Mildred Gaynor. 

 Nursing Research, four issues annually, current 

 volume : 9, $5. Editor : Barbara L. Tate. 



1007. National Medical Association, Inc. 1108 

 Church Street, Norfolk, Va. President: J. T. 

 Aldrich, 2621-A Franklin Avenue, St. Louis, 

 Mo. Term expires August 15, 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: John T. Givens. Term expires 

 August 15, 1961. 



History: Organized 1895. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, and to stimulate friendly intercourse 

 among American physicians. 



Membership: Members must be licensed phy- 

 sicians. Total membership 5,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Distinguished Service 

 Award for general practitioner of year. 



Publications: Journal, bimonthly, $4. Editor: 

 Montague Cobb. 



1008. National Medical Foundation for Eye 

 Care. 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, 

 N. Y. President: Ralph O. Rychener, 130 

 Madison Avenue, Memphis 3, Tenn. Term ex- 

 pires October 9, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 James E. Bryan. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized and incorporated October 

 1956, under the laws of New Jersey. 



Purpose: To gather and disseminate informa- 

 tion to the medical profession and the public 

 relating to scientific eye care ; to promote con- 

 servation of vision and prevention of blindness 

 through most effective utilization of the scien- 

 tific knowledge of ophthalmology and related 

 branches of medicine. 



Membership: Active Membership available to 



physicians ; Affiliate Membership available to 

 persons other than physicians interested in the 

 purposes of the Foundation. Total member- 

 ship approximately 3,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual presentation 

 of Helmholtz Memorial Award for outstanding 

 article by lay writer on eye care in public 

 medium. 



1009. National Microfilm Association. P. O. 



Box 386, Annapolis, Md. President: Frederic 

 Luther, 2805 East 56th Street, Indianapolis 

 20, Ind. Term expires March 31, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Vernon D. Tate. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1946; incorporated in 

 Michigan. Committees : Convention, Member- 

 ship, Publications, Publicity, Standards, Tech- 

 nology. 



Purpose: To promote lawful interests of 

 microreproduction industry in direction of good 

 business ethics, liberal discussion of pertinent 

 subjects, technological improvement and re- 

 search, standardization, improved methods of 

 manufacturing and marketing, and education of 

 consumers in use of microfilm and related tech- 

 niques. 



Membership: Open to anyone seriously inter- 

 ested in objectives of this Association. Cate- 

 gories of membership : Active A ; Active B ; 

 Active C; Associate; Affiliate. Total member- 

 ship 750. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Award of Merit; 

 Pioneer Medal ; publication of basic books in 

 field of microfilm. 



Publications: National Micro-News, six 

 issues annually, current volume : 8, free to 

 members. Editor : Vernon D. Tate. 



1010. National Noise Abatement Council. 51 

 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: E. G. Dyett, H. H. Scott, Inc., Ill 

 Powder Mill Road, Maynard, Mass. Term 

 expires November 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 L. J. Buttolph. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized April 4, 1941 ; incor- 

 porated in Illinois. 



Purpose: To promote a national consciousness 

 in noise abatement and control ; to disseminate 

 information to the public relating to the causes 

 and effects of noise and the consequences of 

 noise expressed in terms of health and efficiency ; 

 to propose various ways and means for con- 

 trolling and abating objectionable noise. 



Membership: Open to any individual, corpora- 

 tion, firm or other organization desiring to par- 



