UNITED STATES 



283 



Bond Building, Washington, D. C. Term 

 expires October 1961. 



History: Organized October 26, 1946. 



Purpose: To advance attainment of sound 

 natural resource management, serve member 

 organizations and effect closer cooperation be- 

 tween them, make available scientific data and 

 other pertinent information, and aid in determi- 

 nation of conservation problems. 



Membership: Open to recognized national 

 conservation organizations and scientific societies 

 in field of natural science. Total membership 

 38. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : Legislative News Service, semi- 

 monthly, free to members. Editor : Louis S. 

 Clapper, National Wildlife Federation, 1412 16th 

 Street, N. W., AA^ashington, D. C. 



1027. Nature Conservancy. 2039 K Street, N. 

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

 Alexander Adams, Banker's Trust Company, 

 16 Wall Street, New York, N. Y. Term 

 expires August 31, 1961. Executive Director: 

 Donald B. Stough. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1917 as Committee for 

 the Preservation of Natural Conditions, under 

 the Ecological Society of America ; as Ecolo- 

 gists Union in 1946; as present title in 1950. 

 Incorporated 1951 in District of Columbia. 

 Sixteen chapters. Committees : Nature Pre- 

 serves Inventory, Research Use of Preserves, 

 Policies and Standards for Nature Preserves. 



Purpose: To preserve wild nature, particu- 

 larly to establish and protect nature preserves 

 which will include an adequate series of natural 

 areas of all types ; to promote scientific, educa- 

 tional and inspirational use of such areas. 



Membership: Interest in ecological research. 

 Regular, 4,845; Life, 145; Patron, 10. Total 

 membership 5,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Land Acquisition 

 (natural ai"eas for scientific and educational 

 purposes). 



Publications: Nature Conservancy News, 

 bimonthly, current volume : 10. 



1028. Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Inc. 101 



Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 

 8, Neb. President: James A. Rutledge, De- 

 partment of Secondary Education, University 

 of Nebraska, Lincoln 8, Neb. Term expires 

 April 15, 1961. Secretary: C. Bertrand 

 Schultz. Term expires April 15, 1961. 



History: Organized 1891; incorporated 1950. 

 Sections and Affiliated and Participating 

 Societies : Anthropology, Biology and Medical 



Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, Earth Science, 

 Engineering, History and Philosophy of Science, 

 Nebraska Chapter of the National Council of 

 Geographic Education, Nebraska Ornithologists' 

 Union, Nebraska Section of the Mathematical 

 Association of America, Nebraska Section of 

 the National Council of Teachers of Mathe- 

 matics, Junior Academy of Sciences, Collegiate 

 Academy of Sciences. 



Purpose: To further the work of scientists, to 

 facilitate cooperation among them, to improve 

 the effectiveness of science in the promotion of 

 human welfare, and to increase public under- 

 standing and appreciation of the importance and 

 promise of science in human progress. 



Membership: Individuals who are interested 

 in science. Senior, 283 ; Collegiate, 61 ; Junior, 

 510. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: American xAssociation 

 for the Advancement of Science Research 

 Grants to high school students ; Science Talent 

 Search; Visiting Scientists Program (National 

 Science Foundation). 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume: 1960, $1, free to members. 



1029. Nebraska Dental Association. President: 

 H. A. Merchant, 1228 Medical Arts Building, 

 Omaha, Neb. Term expires April 1961. Sec- 

 retary: F. A. Pierson, 1112 Federal Securities 

 Building, Lincoln, Neb. Term expires April 

 1961. 



History: Organized as Missouri Valley 

 Dental Association in July 1876 and included 

 areas in Iowa and Nebraska ; separate state 

 organization formed later. 



Purpose: To encourage improvement of the 

 health of the public and to promote the art and 

 science of dentistry. 



Membership: Active members, dentists who 

 are in good standing in a district society or 

 association which is a component of this Associ- 

 ation. Total membership approximately 760. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 36, $1.50. Editor: D. W. Edwards. 



1030. Nebraska Engineering Society. President: 

 A. A. Johnson, 2020 West Division, Grand 

 Island, Neb. Term expires May 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: Jack L. Wilkins, c/o Omaha 

 Public Power District, 4th and Marcy Streets, 

 Omaha, Neb. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1936, incorporated. Af- 

 filiated Societies : Engineers Club of Omaha ; 

 Engineers Club of Lincoln ; Engineers Club of 

 Grand Island ; Nebraska Society of Professional 

 Engineers ; and Nebraska sections of American 



