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Purpose: To protect and promote public and 

 personal health of citizens of North Carolina 

 through providing a medium whereby health 

 workers may attend meetings and exchange 

 ideas which will result in more effective public 

 health services. 



Membership: Active members, professional 

 health workers actively engaged, on full time 

 basis, in health work in North Carolina, who 

 are members or Fellows of American Public 

 Health Association ; Members, professional 

 health workers similarly engaged in North 

 Carolina, who are not members or Fellows of 

 American Public Health Association, and per- 

 sons in that State not actively engaged in health 

 work, but interested in this Association and its 

 objectives; Sustaining members, organizations 

 or corporations in North Carolina interested in 

 public health; Life; Honorary, for distinguished 

 service to public health in North Carolina. 

 Total membership 1,205. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Reynolds Award, for 

 contribution to public health in North Carolina 

 during past year ; Rankin Award, in recognition 

 of contribution to public health in that State 

 over several years ; Merit Award, for contribu- 

 tions or activities during past year for a local 

 health department or group ; Distinguished 

 Public Health Service Award, for contribution 

 to public health in North Carolina by a person 

 not employed in that field ; Sanitarians' Section 

 offers award for achievement in field of sanita- 

 tion to a sanitarian or an engineer ; scholarship 

 for nine month course, School of Public Health, 

 University of North Carolina, alternate years. 



Publications: Quarterly Newsletter, to mem- 

 bers. 



1135. North Carolina Society of Anesthesiolo- 

 gists. President: William Homer, Mercy 

 Hospital, Charlotte, N. C. Term expires 

 January 1, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Robert 

 H. Cole, 1534 Coventry Road, Charlotte 7, 

 N. C. Term expires January 1, 1961. 



History: Organized May 10, 1949; component 

 society, American Society of Anesthesiologists. 



Purpose: To advance anesthesiology in North 

 Carolina. 



Membership: Requires degree of doctor of 

 medicine and practice of anesthesiology as full 

 time specialty or resident-in-training. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1136. North Carolina Trudeau Society. 105 



Harrison Avenue, Raleigh, N. C. President: 

 A. L. Ormond, Hickory, N. C. Term expires 

 April, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: W. H. 

 Gentry, McCain, N. C. Term expires April, 

 1961. 



History: Organized May, 1948; incorporated; 

 Society is medical section, North Carolina 

 Tuberculosis Association. 



Purpose: To further clinical, epidemiological, 

 and other scientific studies in tuberculosis and 

 related conditions ; to promote professional and 

 social relations of members ; to cooperate with 

 other official and non-official agencies in control 

 of tuberculosis. 



Membership: Open to any medical doctor 

 interested in combating tuberculosis. Regular 

 members, 85 ; Honorary, 4. Total membership 

 89. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1137. North Dakota Academy of Science. P. O. 



Box 573, University Station, Grand Forks, 

 N. Dak. President: Vera Facey. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Ben 

 G. Gustafson. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1908 at Valley City, N. 

 Dak. ; incorporated 1957 ; officially designated 

 by legislative action as State Academy, 1959. 



Ptirpose: To promote scientific study and 

 achievement in basic sciences at academic and 

 professional levels. 



Membership: Requires professional degree or 

 evidence of professional competence. Full mem- 

 bers, 312 ; Associate members, 10 ; Corporate 

 members, 12. Total membership 334. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Roger A. Denison 

 Prizes, $50, $25, $15, for student research; 

 funds for student publications ; sponsorship of 

 Statewide high school science testing program 

 to find recipients for scholarship awards. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume: 13, $1.50. Editor: Ben G. Gustafson. 



1138. North Dakota Geological Society. P. O. 

 Box 1123, Bismarck, N. Dak. President: 

 Howard Ellinwood. Term expires January 1, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: William R. 

 Bolenbaugh. Term expires January 1, 1961. 



History: Organized July 27, 1951. Sections: 

 North Dakota, South Dakota. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology 

 in North Dakota and surrounding territory; to 

 encourage scientific research ; to advance and 

 uphold professional ethics and standards ; to col- 

 lect, disseminate, and discuss geological informa- 

 tion. 



Membership: Requires three years' study with 

 major in geology, one year of experience in 

 that field, and meeting of standards of American 

 Association of Petroleum Geologists. Total 

 membership 90. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



