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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Grant of approx- 

 imately $100 from American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science ; Poteat Award, $50, 

 for meritorious paper presented at Academy- 

 meeting ; sponsorship, through Junior Academy, 

 of Westinghouse Science Talent Search, and 

 local, regional, and State science fairs ; winners 

 from State fair participate in National Science 

 Fair. 



1130. North Carolina District Branch of 

 American Psychiatric Association. President: 

 Marshall L. Fisher, 1618 Elizabeth Avenue, 

 Charlotte 4, N. C. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: Thomas E. Curtis, Department of 

 Psychiatry, North Carolina Memorial Hos- 

 pital, Chapel Hill, N. C. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized November 1956. Com- 

 mittees : Academy of General Practitioners ; 

 Technical Aspects of Psychiatry; Professional 

 Standards ; Community Aspects. 



Purpose: To promote the science, art, and 

 practice of psychiatry in North Carolina, and 

 to serve as an influence for maintenance of high 

 professional standards in this field. 



Membership: Members or Fellows of Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association residing or practic- 

 ing in North Carolina. Total membership 95. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Conference on re- 

 search in psychiatry performed by residents or 

 medical students. 



1131. North Carolina Neuropsychiatric Associ- 

 ation. President: Marshall L. Fisher, 1618 

 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte 4, N. C. Term 

 expires October 1960. Secretary: Thomas E. 

 Curtis, Department of Psychiatry, North 

 Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, N. 

 C. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Established January 18, 1935. Com- 

 mittees : Executive, Publicity, Program, Mem- 

 bership, Research, Nominating, Ethics, Awards, 

 Clinical Psychology, Cooperation with Lay 

 Groups, Liaison with North Carolina Mental 

 Hygiene Society, Legislative, Liaison with State 

 Hospital Board of Control, Crime and Psychi- 

 atry for State Medical Society, Academic Educ- 

 cation. 



Purpose: To unite physicians interested and 

 engaged in study and treatment of nervous and 

 mental disorders ; to foster advancement of 

 knowledge and organize facilities for care of the 

 nervous and mentally ill. 



Membership: Members of State medical 

 society or American Psychiatric Association. 

 Total membership 149. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1132. North Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion. President: E. R. Fuller, Salisbury, N. 

 C. Term expires April 1961. Secretary: W. 

 J. Smith, Chapel Hill, N. C. Term expires 

 April 1961. 



History: Organized August 11, 1880, at 

 Raleigh, N. C. 



Purpose: To promote the interests of retail 

 druggists of North Carolina. 



Membership: Requires registration as phar- 

 macist with North Carolina Board of Pharmacy. 

 Total membership 1,350. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Carolina Journal of Pharmacy, 

 $3. Yearbook. 



1133. North Carolina Psychological Association. 



President: Howard G. Miller, North Carolina 

 State College, Raleigh, N. C. Term expires 

 1961. Secretary: Ila H. Gehman, Child Guid- 

 ance Clinic, 2212 Erwin Road, Durham, N. C. 

 Term expires 1962. 



History: Organized 1948. Committees: Eth- 

 ics, Legislation, and Professional Practices ; 

 Program ; Interrelationships with Other Organ- 

 izations ; Executive ; Information and Publica- 

 tions. 



Ptirpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 as a profession, and as a means of promoting 

 human welfare. 



Membership: Fellows, actively engaged in 

 field with doctoral degree in psychology and 

 three years' experience, or fellow of American 

 Psychological Association ; Associates, actively 

 engaged in field with master's degree in psy- 

 chology and two years' experience, or member, 

 American Psychological Association; Affiliates, 

 activities in related field. Fellows, 91 ; Associ- 

 ates, 55 ; Affiliates, 19. Total membership 165. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of pro- 

 fessional legislation ; appraisal of members in 

 research and other work. 



Publications: Semiannual Bulletin. News- 

 letter, irregular. 



1134. North Carolina Public Health Associa- 

 tion. President: Miss Grace Daniel, P. O. 

 Box 1487, Salisbury, N. C. Term expires 

 September 8, 1961. Secretary: R. W. Brown, 

 P. O. Box 7525, Asheville, N. C. Term ex- 

 pires September 8, 1961. 



History: Organized as North Carolina Health 

 Officers' Association, in Charlotte, June 20, 

 1911; name changed to present title April 25, 

 1921. Sections: Health Directors, Health Edu- 

 cation, Laboratory, Nursing, Nutrition, Sanita- 

 tion, Secretarial and Statistical. 



