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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized October 3, 1941. 



Purpose: To promote study of geology, es- 

 pecially as pertaining to oil and gas ; to improve 

 methods of exploration, foster the spirit of 

 scientific research, and maintain high standards 

 of professional conduct. 



Membership: Must be engaged in exploration 

 for oil and gas, research, or teaching of geologi- 

 cal subjects. Total membership 575. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Student award for 

 best paper on geology from Tulane or Louisiana 

 State University. 



1095. New Orleans Society of Neurology and 

 Psychiatry, President: Robert G. Heath, 1430 

 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, La. Term 

 expires April 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Lucio E. Gatto, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New 

 Orleans, La. Term expires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1938. 



Purpose: Dissemination of scientific knowl- 

 edge to specialists in neurology and psychiatry 

 in the New Orleans area. 



Membership: Active members, 88, physicians 

 in active practice of neurology, psychiatry, and 

 their branches ; Associate, 29, physicians with 

 special interest in neurology, psychiatry, and 

 their branches ; Honorary, outstanding practi- 

 tioners of this specialty. Total membership 117. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through May. 



1096. New York Academy of Dentistry. Presi- 

 dent: Edgar S. Bacon, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, 

 New York 20, N. Y. Term expires April 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Augusta 

 Grimm, 97 California Street, Ridgewood, N. 

 J. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized February 1921; incor- 

 porated May 1921. 



Purpose: To uphold the dignity and honor 

 of the dental profession and elevate standards 

 of dental education ; to encourage development 

 of professionally controlled journals and other 

 means for publication and distribution of dental 

 literature ; to place activities of members and 

 profession on ethical and non-commercial planes. 



Membership: Active Fellows, 353, members of 

 dental or allied professions, and of American 

 Dental Association or equivalent, who have 

 been actively identified with progress of den- 

 tistry by writing, investigating, teaching, or 

 organizing ; Associates, 78 ; Allied, 5 ; Non- 

 resident, 88; Retired, 23; Honorary, 1. Total 

 membership 548. 



Meetings: Annual in April ; monthly, October 

 through April, omitting December. 



Professional activities: Grants for specified 

 research projects. 



Publications: Annals of Dentistry, quarterly, 

 current volume: 18, free to members. Editor: 

 Edward Stroh. 



1097. New York Academy of Medicine. 2 East 

 103rd Street, New York 29, N. Y. President: 

 Robert L. Levey. Term expires December 

 1960. Recording Secretary: Frederick H. 

 Wilke. Term expires December 1960. Execu- 

 tive Secretary, Committee on Publications 

 and Information: Robert L. Craig. 



History: Founded 1847, incorporated 1851. 

 Sections : Twelve, each of which represents a 

 special branch of medicine or surgery. 



Purpose: Promotion of the science and art of 

 medicine, and of public health and medical 

 education ; maintenance of a public medical 

 library. 



Membership: Minimum of five years after 

 receiving Doctor of Medicine degree, and nom- 

 ination and election. Resident Fellows, 2,000 ; 

 Non-resident, 400 ; Research and Teaching, 240 ; 

 Associate, 400 ; Honorary, 20 ; Corresponding, 

 75; Life, 400; Exempt List, 200. Total mem- 

 bership 3,735. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Academy of Medicine 

 Medal, for unusual medical achievement ; en- 

 dowed funds for medical research and scholar- 

 ship. 



Publications : Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 36, $8. Editor : Robert L. Craig. 



Library: 320,542 volumes. Second largest 

 medical library in the United States. 



1098. New York Academy of Sciences. 2 East 

 63rd Street, New York 21, N. Y. President: 

 Frederick Y. Wiselogle, Squibb Institute for 

 Medical Research, 3 Georges Road, New 

 Brunswick, N. J. Term expires December 

 31, 1961. Executive Director: Eunice Thomas 

 Miner. Term expires 1965. 



History: Organized 1817, as Lyceum of Natu- 

 ral History ; name changed to present title 

 January 1876. Sections : Biological and Medical 

 Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geological Sciences. 

 Divisions : Anthropology, Biochemistry, Engi- 

 neering, Instrumentation, Mathematics, Micro- 

 biology, Nuclear Physics, Oceanography and 

 Meteorology, Psychology, Space Research. 



Purpose: To advance scientific research and 

 discovery, provide a forum for presentation and 

 discussion of scientific problems, publish and 

 distribute results of research, and interpret them 

 for promotion of common welfare. 



Membership: Persons of scientific training, 

 having been at any time engaged in scientific 

 work, or otherwise engaged in advancement of 

 science, shall be eligible for Active Membership. 



