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SCIEXTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



volume : 13, free to members. Editor : William 

 S. Howland. 



Library: Over 2,000 volumes. Subject em- 

 phasis : Anesthesiology and related fields. 



1121. New York State Society of Industrial 

 Medicine, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New 

 York 20, N. Y. President: Harry E. Tebrock, 

 Sylvania Electric Company, 730 3rd Avenue, 

 New York 17, N. Y. Term expires December 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Gerald J. Fried- 

 man, 850 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 

 Term expires December 1961. Corresponding 

 Secretary: Frank M. Dua. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized May 6, 1935, as Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Industrial Medi- 

 cine and Surgery ; name changed to present 

 title 1952; covers all New York State except 

 western section. 



Purpose: Advancement of industrial medicine 

 through education, and through assistance to 

 other medical societies. 



Membership: Requires membership in local 

 or county medical society or American Medical 

 Association, three years' experience in medicine 

 and surgery including two years in occupa- 

 tional health or investigation of industrial medi- 

 cal problems. Total membership approximately 

 400. 



Meetings: Three or four annually. 



1122. New York State Society of Professional 

 Engineers. 500 5th Avenue, New York 36, 

 N. Y. President: Victor E. Hall, 1543 Glen- 

 wood Avenue, Syracuse 7, N. Y. Term ex- 

 pires June 30, 1961. Executive Director: Al- 

 bert H. Morgan. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1926. Twenty-nine chap- 

 ters. 



Purpose: To safeguard life, health, and prop- 

 erty by restricting practice of engineering to 

 properly qualified persons ; to establish high 

 standards of conduct ; to advocate creation and 

 enforcement of adequate license and practice 

 laws, and to place control of engineering proj- 

 ects within scope of such laws and acts ; to focus 

 public attention upon professional standing, func- 

 tions, requirements, and accomplishments of 

 engineers ; to sponsor and promote honorable 

 procedure toward emoluments, commensurate 

 with the dignity and responsibility of this 

 profession. 



Membership: Professional engineers and land 

 surveyors, 4,780, registered in New York State ; 

 engineers in training, 620, certified in New York 

 State. Total membership 5,400. 



Meetings: Three annually. 



Professional activities: Award to Engineer 

 of the Year. 



Publications: New York Professional Engi- 

 neer, bimonthly, current volume: 17, $2. Editor: 

 George Keates. 



1123. New York State Waterways Association, 



Inc. 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. 

 President: David A. Wright, 21 West Street, 

 New York 6, N. Y. Term expires December 

 31, 1960. Secretary: William E. Cleary. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1908. 



Purpose: To protect, foster, and develop 

 rivers, harbors, and waterways of the State of 

 New York, for navigation, commerce, flood 

 control, recreation, and related functions. 



Membership: Open to all individuals, cor- 

 porations, government agencies, municipalities, 

 and organizations interested in purposes of this 

 Association. Total membership 110. 



Meetings: Annual. 



PidAications: New York Waterways, bi- 

 monthly, current volume: 15, free to members. 

 Editor : Charles Godsoe. 



1124. New York Zoological Society. 30 East 

 40th Street, New York 16, N. Y. President: 

 Fairfield Osborn. Term expires December 

 1960. Secretary: George Wall Merck. Term 

 expires December 1960. 



History: Incorporated 1895; July 1, 1898, 

 Society assumed control of grounds of South 

 Bronx Park for development of New York 

 Zoological Park, opened November 8, 1899; 

 Society assumed control of New York Aquar- 

 ium, Coney Island, October 31, 1902. 



Purpose: Promotion of zoology through edu- 

 cation, scientific activities, and research ; conser- 

 vation of wild animal life. 



Membership: x^nnual members, 2,019; Con- 

 tributing members, 1.145; Supporting members, 

 85; Life members, 362; Patrons, 40; Associate 

 Founders, 11; Founders, 10; Founders-in- 

 Perpetuity, 13; Benefactors, 12; Corresponding 

 members, 6; Fellows, 79; Honorary members, 

 S ; Research Associates, 4. Total membership 

 3,791. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Maintenance of tropi- 

 cal research station in Trinidad, and of marine 

 biochemistry and ecology laboratory at New 

 York Aquarium ; conservation research projects. 



Publications: Zoologica, quarterly, current 

 volume : 45, $6. Animal Kingdom, bimonthly, 

 current volume: 6Z, $3.50. Annual Report, cur- 

 rent volume : 64, free. Editor, all listed publica- 

 tions ; William Bridges. 



Library: 7,100 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Zoology. 



