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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized May 1939, as the Speleol- 

 ogical Society of the District of Columbia ; 

 reorganized and name changed to present title 

 January 1, 1946. Local grottoes organized in 

 thirteen areas. Committees : Archaeology, 

 Commercial Caves, Fauna, Folklore, Forma- 

 tions and Mineralogy, Grottoes, Hydrology, 

 Mapping Paleontology, Photography. 



Purpose: Study of the origin, geology, hy- 

 drology, and biology of caves. 



Membership : Eighteen years of age ; adequate 

 physical ability to explore caves ; recommenda- 

 tion by a member in good standing. Annual 

 members ; Life ; Institutional ; Honorary ; Stu- 

 dent; Sustaining; Regular; Associate; Regular 

 family; Associate family. Total membership 

 1,846. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Grants to Society- 

 sponsored research projects; awarding of hon- 

 orary memberships and certificates of merit for 

 outstanding speleological research. 



Publications: Bulletin, semiannual, current 

 volume: 22, $4. Editor: William E. Davies. 

 News, monthly, current volume : 18, $4. Editor : 

 John Stellmack. Papers, irregular, $0.50. Edi- 

 tor : Jerome Ludlow. 



Library: 8,000 volumes. 



1023. National Technical Association. Howard 

 University, Washington, D. C. President: 

 David Robert Byrd, 2636 12th Street, N. E., 

 Washington 18, D. C. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: Maxine V. 

 Kernodle. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in 1926 as a 'unification 

 of a number of local technical societies dating 

 from 1920; incorporated in Illinois. Chapters are 

 located in fifteen cities in the United States. 



Purpose: The collection and dissemination of 

 information concerning the opportunities in the 

 technical and engineering fields, the advance- 

 ment of engineering and science, and the pro- 

 motion of interest in science. 



Membership: Full and Associate members, 

 800, must have degrees from an approved col- 

 lege of architecture, engineering, or related 

 professional field. 



Meetings: Annual; four executive meetings 

 per year. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 32, $4.50, members, $2. Editor: J. Dewey 

 Wilson, P. O. Box 21, Hampton, Va. 



1024. National WildUfe Federation. 1412 16th 

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

 Claude D. Kelley, Box 600, Atmore, Ala. Term 

 expires March 1961. Secretary: J. A. Brown- 

 ridge. Term expires March 1961. 



History: Organized 1936, formally chartered 

 1937; incorporated in the District of Columbia. 

 Forty-nine state affiliates and the District of 

 Columbia ; divided into thirteen regions. 



Purpose: To federate on a national scale state- 

 level organizations expressing an interest in 

 the conservation of wildlife and other natural 

 resources and representing a cross section of 

 conservation interest within the states. 



Membership: Only statewide sportsmen's 

 groups or other conservation groups are eligible 

 to apply and only one affiliate organization 

 in each state. Local groups join the state organ- 

 ization, not the national. Member clubs of the 

 state affiliates have a membership of 2,000,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Fellowship-scholar- 

 ship-project grants are awarded annually in 

 amounts from $500 to $1,000 each. Number of 

 grants to be awarded determined by Board of 

 Directors in spring meeting each year. 



Publications: Conservation News, biweekly, 

 current volume : 25, free. Editor : Louis Clapper. 

 Conservation Report, weekly (during Congress), 

 free. Editor : Louis Clapper. 



1025- Natural History Society of Maryland. 

 2101-03 Bolton Street, Baltimore 17, Md. 

 President: Elra M. Palmer, 614 Overbrook 

 Road, Baltimore 12, Md. Term expires 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: C. Haven Kolb, 5915 

 Meadow Road, Baltimore 6, Md. Term expires 

 1961. 



History: Organized March 25, 1929. Commit- 

 tees : Botany, Education, Entomology, Her- 

 petology. Mineralogy, Marine Life, Paleontol- 

 ogy, Ornithology and Mammalogy, and Photog- 

 raphy. 



Purpose: To increase and diffuse knowledge 

 of natural history and to that end to establish 

 and maintain in the State of Maryland a museum 

 and reference library; to collect and preserve 

 objects of natural history; to protect wildlife 

 from needless destruction ; to provide facilities 

 for research, publication, and for the pursuance 

 of allied sciences ; and to offer popular instruc- 

 tion. 



Membership: Total membership 300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Maryland Naturalist, quarterly, 

 current volume : 30, $2, free to members. Editor : 

 John E. Cooper, 3329 Ripple Road, Baltimore 8, 

 Md. 



Library: 7,500 volumes. 



1026. Natural Resources Council of America. 



709 Wire Building, Washington 5, D. C. 

 Chairman: C. R. Gutermuth. Term expires 

 October 1961. Secretary: Joseph Penfold, 



