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books; to serve interests of advanced geology 

 students. 



Membership: Open to faculty members of 

 colleges and universities, professional geologists 

 in government and industry, science teachers 

 of secondary schools, and other interested adults. 

 Total membership: Individuals, 175; Institutions 

 and organizations, 45. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1117. New York State Psychological Associa- 

 tion. President: Max Siegel, 50 Kenilworth 

 Place, Brooklyn 10, N. Y. Term expires May 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Samuel Pearl- 

 man, 1 Hanson Place, Brooklyn 17, N. Y. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1921 as New York State 

 Association of Consulting Psychologists ; incor- 

 porated 1938 as New York State Association of 

 Applied Psychology, after two other changes 

 in title and structure ; reincorporated 1948 under 

 present title ; reorganized on a divisional basis 

 1952. Divisions : General Psychology, Clinical 

 Psychology, Applied Social Psychology, Per- 

 sonnel Psychology, School Psychology. 



Purpose: To further development of psy- 

 chology as a science and a profession ; to safe- 

 guard interests of public and profession, and 

 freedom of scientific inquiry, teaching, and pro- 

 fessional practice ; to establish and maintain 

 standards of competency, training, service, and 

 conduct. 



Membership: General Member, is without di- 

 visional affiliation, subscribes to purposes of this 

 Association, resides or works within New York 

 State, and has completed two years of grad- 

 uate study in psychology or one year of grad- 

 uate study plus one year of professional work ; 

 Divisional Member, may be affiliated with one or 

 more divisions, but must meet any additional 

 membership requirements of these divisions ; 

 Student Affiliate, three-year status, graduate 

 student with eighteen credits of graduate study 

 in psychology. Total membership 1,700. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Official representation 

 of profession in relations with State Govern- 

 ment ; liaison with regional and special interest 

 associations in the State ; active functioning in 

 areas of legislation, ethical practices, public 

 information. 



Publications: New York State Psychologist, 

 bimonthly, current volume : 12, free to members. 

 Editor : Bernard Locke. 



1118. New York State Public Health Associa- 

 tion. President: V. J. Sallak, 766 Ellicott 

 Street, Buffalo 3, N. Y. Term expires 1961. 

 Secretary: Carlene Millican, 1090 Bay Street, 

 Rochester 9, N. Y. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: To assist in protecting and promot- 

 ing public health ; to provide for scientific and 

 professional advancement ; to extend and de- 

 velop the public health movement. 



Membership: Open to public health educators, 

 sanitation workers, physical therapists, statis- 

 ticians, administrative workers. Total member- 

 ship 960. 



Meetings : Annual. 



Publications : Newsletter, bimonthly. 



1119. New York State Society for Medical Re- 

 search, Inc. 2 East 63rd Street, New York 

 21, N. Y. President: Harold C. Hodge, Uni- 

 versity of Rochester School of Medicine, 260 

 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester 20, N. Y. 

 Term expires June 30, 1962. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Ida Dailes. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated January 1951. 



Purpose: To promote high standards of medi- 

 cal and scientific research, and of methods used 

 in such research, including humane use of 

 animals. 



Membership: Open to persons supporting ob- 

 jectives of this Society. Total membership 

 approximately 2,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: In-service institute 

 for biology teachers in New York high schools ; 

 other institutes and courses to increase com- 

 petence of biology teachers in secondary schools, 

 modernize biology curricula, and interest young 

 people in careers in the life sciences. 



Publications : Bulletin, three or four annually. 



1120. New York State Society of Anesthesiol- 

 ogists, Inc. 145 East 49th Street, New York 

 17, N. Y. President: Edwin Emma, 67 Ray- 

 mond Place, Hewlett, N. Y. Term expires 

 December 1960. Executive Secretary: Mrs. 

 Eugenia C. Sinisi, 170 Nagle Avenue, New 

 York 34, N. Y. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1935. Sections : Albany, 

 Bronx, Brooklyn, Buff'alo, Long Island, Man- 

 hattan, Rochester, Syracuse. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 anesthesiology. 



Membership: Doctors of medicine in specialty 

 of anesthesiology. Active, Associate, Junior, 

 Honorary, and Retired Members. Total mem- 

 bership 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Prizes for scientific 

 exhibits and best paper presented at annual 

 meeting. 



Publications: Bulletin, six annually, current 



