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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized and incorporated May 

 1928. In 1953, divided into five districts. 



Purpose: To further the profession of phar- 

 macy. 



Membership: Active membership consists of 

 Registered Pharmacist members, Store mem- 

 bers, and Life members. Any person registered 

 as a pharmacist in New Mexico who is neither 

 owner nor manager of a retail pharmacy is 

 eligible for Registered Pharmacist membership. 

 Any owner or manager of a retail pharmacy in 

 New Mexico is eligible for Store membership. 

 Active members who have served the profession 

 with distinction may be elected to Life member- 

 ship. Persons not eligible for active membership 

 but interested in pharmacy are eligible for 

 Associate membership. Honorary membership 

 may be granted to professional and scientific 

 workers of note and to other persons of distinc- 

 tion. Manufacturing and wholesaling firms are 

 eligible for Sustaining membership. Store mem- 

 bers, 253 ; Wholesale companies, 8 ; Registered 

 Pharmacist employees, 227 ; Sustaining mem- 

 bers, 30. Total membership 518. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Annual Ernie Welch 

 Award for outstanding work in community and 

 profession ; annual award to pharmacy student 

 for excellence in scholarship. 



Publications: El Boticario, monthly, current 

 volume : 7, $3.50, free to members. Editor : Mrs. 

 Nelda Orme. 



1086. New Mexico Psychological Association. 



President: Manuel Brown, New Mexico 

 Board of Parole, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Term 

 expires February 1961. Secretary: Lester 

 Libo, P. O. Box 711, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Term 

 expires February 1961. 



History: Founded March 15, 1957. State 

 affiliate, American Psychological Association. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 profession, and means of promoting human 

 welfare. 



Membership: Associates, 47, two years' grad- 

 uate work, or one year academic and one year 

 professional experience in psychology ; Affiliates, 

 7, candidates for the bachelor's degree, or full 

 time work in psychology. Total membership 

 54. 



Meetings: Irregular; two to four annually. 



Professional activities: Highway Safety Con- 

 ference ; Professional Certification Survey and 

 Committee Work ; Programs on Mental Health ; 

 psychological research activities in State. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, current 

 volume : 4, free to members. Editor : Jerome 

 Gibson, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, N. 

 Mex. 



1087. New Mexico Public Health Association, 



Inc. P. O. Box 8066, Albuquerque 'C, N. 

 Mex. Secretary-Treasurer : Daniel T. Marley. 

 Term expires May 1, 1961. 



History: Founded 1922; affiliated with Ameri- 

 can Public Health Association in 1929. Sec- 

 tions : Nursing, Sanitarians, Doctors in Public 

 Health Administration, Office Management, and 

 Special Services. Major technical committee is 

 Committee on Continuing Education in Public 

 Health and Health Careers Consultation. 



Purpose: To provide for the scientific ad- 

 vancement of members, assist in the protection 

 and promotion of public health, extend and 

 develop the public health movement and aid in 

 promulgation and enforcement of state and local 

 legislation in the interest of good health. 



Membership: Members, 175, interest in public 

 health, lay or professional. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Educational Loan 

 Fund. Annual Award for outstanding service 

 over period of five years or more. Certificate 

 for outstanding service by newer worker during 

 current year. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, free. 



1088. New Mexico Society for Biological and 

 Medical Research. President: Ulrich C. Luft, 

 4800 Gibson Boulevard, S. E., Albuquerque, 

 N. Mex. Term expires December 31, 1961. 

 Secretary: Elizabeth H. Roorbach. Term 

 expires December 31, 1961. 



History: Organized February 15, 1957. 



Purpose: To provide meetings and discussion 

 among scientists in biological and medical fields 

 in New Mexico ; to maintain connections and 

 work for eventual affiliation with National So- 

 ciety for Experimental Biology and Medical 

 Research. 



Membership: Open to residents of New 

 Mexico actively engaged in research in experi- 

 mental biology and medicine. Total membership 

 106. 



Meetings: Three annually. 



1089. New Mexico Society of Anesthesiologists. 



President: John Muxworthy, Jr., 921 Truman 

 Street, N. E., Albuquerque, N. Mex. Term 

 expires March 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Homer S. Musgrave, 832 Jefferson Street, 

 N. E., Albuquerque, N. Mex. Term expires 

 March 1961. 



History: Organized January 15, 1954; char- 

 tered by American Society of Anesthesiologists, 

 February 22, 1954. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 anesthesiology, and to stimulate interest and 



