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Purpose: To promote interest in the study 

 of problems concerned with the biology of shell- 

 fish and their enemies, and to make practical 

 suggestions of value to the industry. 



Membership : State commissions ; individual 

 members, interested in shellfishery problems. 

 Total membership 180. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, free to 

 members. Editor : J. D. Andrews. 



1019. National Society for Medical Research. 



920 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago 5, 

 111. President: Lester R. Dragstedt, College 

 of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Univer- 

 sity of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Term ex- 

 pires February 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Ralph A. Rohweder. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1946 under the sponsorship 

 of the Association of American Medical Col- 

 leges. 



Purpose: To advance and encourage research 

 in biology, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and 

 veterinary medicine ; to improve public under- 

 standing of the principles, methods, and needs of 

 the biological and medical sciences ; to inform 

 the public in regard to the necessity, humane 

 character, and accomplishments of animal 

 experimentation. 



Membership: Organizations, institutions, or 

 individuals that have a prime interest in the 

 field of biological and medical research. Organ- 

 izational members. 550 ; Individual members, 

 300. Total membership 850. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Public relations and 

 public information in the field of medical and 

 biological research ; National Conference on the 

 Legal Environment of Medical Science ; annual 

 Research Dog Hero Award. 



Publications: Bulletin for Medical Research 

 bi-monthly, current volume : 14, $2. Editor : 

 Norman J. Kantor. 



1020. National Society for the Study of Com- 

 munication. Central Michigan University, 

 Mount Pleasant, Mich. President: Thorrel B. 

 Fest, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 

 Term expires December 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Carl H. Weaver. Term expires 

 December 1962. 



History: Organized in Chicago in December 

 1949, during the winter convention of the Speech 

 Association of America, by about 100 members 

 of that Association ; an outgrowth of interest in, 

 and a desire for, a broader approach to com- 

 munication. 



Purpose: To study and report on problems in 

 communication ; to devise and test means of 



overcoming or reducing barriers to communica- 

 tion. 



Membership: Open to persons recommended 

 by a member. Interdisciplinary and both aca- 

 demic and non-academic in character. Total 

 membership 400. 



Meetings: Semi-annual. 



Professional activities: Twelve working com- 

 mittees which conduct and report research ; 

 international interdisciplinary conferences. 



Publications: Journal of Communication, 

 quarterly, current volume: 11, $4. Editor: 

 Wayne N. Thompson. Newsletter, quarterly, 

 free to members. Editor : Carl H. Weaver. 



1021. National Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers. 2029 K Street, N. W., Washington 6, 

 D. C. President: Noah A. Hull, Hughes Tool 

 Company, P. O. Box 2539, Houston, Tex. 

 Term expires June 30, 1961. Executive Direc- 

 tor: Paul H. Robbins. Term expires June 

 30, 1961. 



History: Founded in 1934. Administratively 

 divided into local, state, and national levels, 

 the individual engineer being a member of each 

 level ; fifty-three affiliated state societies and 

 over 400 local chapters. 



Purpose: To promote the professional, social, 

 and economic interests of the engineer by means 

 of education, legislation, and public relations ; 

 to establish and maintain state professional en- 

 gineering societies and chapters throughout the 

 United States ; and to advance the interests of 

 the public in matters pertaining to engineering. 



Membership: Members, registration in ac- 

 cordance with laws of one of states or ter- 

 ritories of United States or province of Canada. 

 Total membership 52,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Financing of research 

 by the Professional Engineers Conference Board 

 for Industry. Administers industrial scholar- 

 ship program. 



Publications: American Engineer, monthly, 

 current volume: 31, $4, free to members. Editor: 

 Kenneth E. Trombley. Legislative Bulletin, 

 monthly, current volume: 15. Engineering Em- 

 ployment Practices Newsletter, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 5. Private Practice News, monthly, 

 current volume : 2. 



Library: 1,000 volumes. 



1022. National Speleological Society, 203 Vir- 

 ginia Hills Avenue, Alexandria, Va. Presi- 

 dent: Brother G. Nicholas, F. S. C, Depart- 

 ment of Biology, University of Notre Dame, 

 Notre Dame, Ind. Term expires April 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Mrs. Dorothy Kincaid. 

 Term indefinite. 



