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Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Scholarship fund of 

 $750 used annually to assist geology students ; 

 $50 award, State Science Fair, for best geologic 

 exhibit. Senior Division; $25 award for Junior 

 Division. 



Publications: Guidebook, annual, current vol- 

 ume: 10, $8.50. 



1081. New Mexico Hospital Association. Presi- 

 dent: H. L. Burgin, Los Alamos Medical 

 Center, Los Alamos, N. Mex. Term expires 

 May 1961. Executive Secretary: D. K. 

 Dalager, 1118 Gold Avenue, S. E., Albuquer- 

 que, N. Mex. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Incorporated October 26, 1945. 



Purpose: To promote the public health and 

 welfare through development of better hospitals 

 and clinics. 



Membership: Interest in the objects of the 

 Association. Institutional ; Personal. Total 

 membership 43. 



Meetings: Annual ; two interim meetings. 



Professional activities: Maintenance of insti- 

 tutes on management, finance, nursing, collec- 

 tions, supplies, insurance, etc. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly. 



1082. New Mexico Medical Society. 220 First 

 National Bank Building, Albuquerque, N. 

 Mex. President: Allan L. Haynes, 1217 Pile 

 Street, Clovis, N. Mex. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary: Thomas L. Carr, Medical 

 Arts Square, N. E., Albuquerque, N. Mex. 

 Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Ralph M. Marshall. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 1881, as Las 

 Vegas Medical Society; incorporated 1885, name 

 changed to present title. 



Purpose: To bring into compact organization 

 the medical profession of New Mexico ; to form, 

 with similar societies in other States, the Ameri- 

 can Medical Association ; to extend knowledge, 

 elevate educational standards, and advance the 

 science of medicine ; to secure enactment and 

 enforcement of just medical laws. 



Membership: Active members, 573, graduates 

 of Class A medical schools, licensed in New 

 Mexico, and members of county medical so- 

 cieties; Emeritus, 27. Total membership 600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1083. New Mexico Nurses' Association, Inc. 



107 Stanford Drive, S. E., Albuquerque, N. 

 Mex. President: Mrs. Marion Fleck, 1406 

 Odium Drive, S. E., Albuquerque, N. Mex. 

 Term expires October 11, 1960. Executive 

 Secretary: Mrs. Beatrice C. Martin, 1010 

 Parkland Place, S. E., Albuquerque, N. Mex. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 22, 1921, as 

 New Mexico State Graduate Nurses' Associa- 

 tion. 



Purpose: To promote professional and educa- 

 tional advancement of nurses, elevate the stand- 

 ard of nursing education, disseminate informa- 

 tion, and bring into reciprocal communication 

 nurses and nurses' associations of New Mexico. 



Membership: Must be graduates of State 

 accredited nursing schools offering not less than 

 two years of instruction and clinical practice in 

 hospitals and other agencies, and must be 

 licensed in at least one State. Total membership 

 750. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Nursing scholarships 

 are maintained by several district associations. 



Publications: New Mexico Nurse, quarterly, 

 current volume: 14, free to members. Editor: 

 Mrs. Beatrice C. Martin. 



1084. New Mexico Optometric Association, P. 



O. Box 696, Albuquerque, N. Mex. President: 

 Leroy F. Fry, 101 North Richardson Street, 

 Roswell, N. Mex. Term expires May 27, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: L. Thomas Christison, 

 3612 Campus Boulevard, N. E., Albuquerque, 

 N. Mex. Term indefinite. 



Plistory: Established 1905. Affiliated with the 

 American Optometric Association. 



Purpose: To promote and further optometry 

 in New Mexico ; to aid optometric research ; 

 to assist students interested in the profession. 



Membership: Active members, practicing op- 

 tometrists in good standing ; Military members, 

 optometrists commissioned in the armed services 

 of the United States ; Civil Service members, 

 optometrists who have entered the Civil Service 

 of the United States ; Distinguished members, 

 those who have completed a term of office as 

 President of the Association ; Life members, those 

 who have rendered long and faithful service as 

 active members but who cannot continue in this 

 capacity; Honorary members, those who have 

 performed a signal service in the field of health, 

 optometry, or optics ; Student members, active 

 students in schools and colleges of optometry ; 

 Affiliated members, optometrists practicing and 

 residing in foreign countries, and in territories 

 or possessions of the United States. Total 

 membership 52. 



Meetings: Annual, in May. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, current 

 volume: 1. Editor: L. Thomas Christison. 



1085. New Mexico Pharmaceutical Association, 

 Inc. 122 Harvard Drive, S. E., Albuquerque, 

 N. Mex. President: Herman Moneus. Term 

 expires April 1961. Executive Secretary: Mrs. 

 Nelda Orme. Term indefinite. 



