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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Professional activities: Course of instruction, 

 Bismarck Junior College ; sponsorship of merit 

 badge work in Boy Scouts. 



Publications: Geologram, monthly, free. 

 Editor : Robert Munger. 



1139. North Dakota Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion. 1208 South Highland Acres Road, Bis- 

 marck, N. Dak. President: Alden L. Foss, 

 1101 Chautauqua Boulevard, Valley City, N. 

 Dak. Term expires June 30, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Al Doerr. Term expires June 30, 

 1963. 



History: Founded August 3, 1886 at Fargo, 

 Dakota Territory, as Dakota Pharmaceutical 

 Association ; name subsequently changed to pres- 

 ent title. Geographic Divisions and Chapters : 

 Northeast Counties Drug Association ; North- 

 west Counties Drug Association ; Sixth District 

 Pharmacy Association ; Southeast Counties 

 Drug Association ; Southwest Counties Drug 

 Association. 



Purpose: To unite pharmacists of North 

 Dakota ; to improve the science and art of 

 pharmacy ; to restrict the dispensing and sale of 

 medicine to regularly educated druggists and 

 apothecaries. 



Membership: Active members, 335, registra- 

 tion certificates and dues ; Associate, 576, regis- 

 tration certificates. Total membership 911. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional actiznties: A. H. Robins Bowl 

 of Hygeia Award for community service in 

 pharmacy. 



1140. North Dakota Public Health Association. 



President: William Unti, 422 2nd Avenue, N. 

 W., Jamestown, N. Dak. Term expires April 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Alice H. Peterson, 

 State Department of Health, Bismarck, N. 

 Dak. Term expires April 1962. 



History: Organized May 1944. Sections: 

 Sanitation, Nursing, General Health. 



Purpose: To promote interest in public health, 

 foster better understanding of problems and 

 practices, facilitate interchange of ideas relating 

 to solutions, and aid in promoting pertinent 

 State and local legislation. 



Membership: Open to physicians, dentists, 

 engineers, public health nurses, health educators, 

 welfare workers, and others having interest in 

 advancement of public health. Total membership 

 125. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Award for outstanding 

 contribution in field of health. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, current 

 volume: IS, free to members. Editor: John K. 

 Peterson. 



1141. North Dakota Radiological Society. Pres- 

 ident: Lester Shook, Fargo Clinic, Fargo, N. 

 Dak. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: 

 John J. Jestadt, De Puy-Sorkness Clinic, 

 Jamestown, N. Dak. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1946. 



Purpose: To advance the practice of radiology 

 in North Dakota by exchange of ideas. 



Membership: Diplomates, American Board of 

 Radiology. Total membership 13. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Student Loan Fund, 

 University of North Dakota Medical School ; 

 North Dakota Society of X-ray Technicians. 



1142. North Dakota Society of Obstetrics and 

 Gynecology. P. O. Box 1388, Fargo, N. Dak. 

 President: John S. Gillam. Term expires 

 September 16, 1961. Secretary: G. Wilson 

 Hunter. Term expires September 16, 1961. 



History: Organized 1938. 



Purpose: To develop obstetrics and gyne- 

 cology in North Dakota. 



Membership: Requires membership. State 

 medical association. Total membership 72. 



Meetings: Two annually. 



Professional activities: L. W. Larson Lecture- 

 ship on Female Cancer, and James H. Hanna 

 Lectureship in Obstetrics, each $300 annually; 

 funds for securing nationally known speakers 

 for meetings. 



1143. North Dakota State Medical Association. 



P. O. Box 1198, Bismarck, N. Dak. President: 

 C. M. Lund, Williston Clinic, Williston, N. 

 Dak. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: 

 William Buckingham, Elgin, N. Dak. Term 

 expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Lyle 

 A. Limond. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized June 1882 as Medical 

 Society of the Territory of Dakota ; name 

 changed to North Dakota Medical Society 1887, 

 and to present title May 1904. Ten district 

 societies. 



Purpose: Promotion of the scientific and 

 ethical practice of medicine. 



Membership: Physicians who are members of 

 district medical societies and practicing non- 

 sectarian medicine. Total membership 447. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal-Lancet, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 80, $5. Editor : J. Arthur Myers. 



1144. North Dakota Water and Sewage Works 

 Conference. President: Frank Orthmeyer, 

 1705 North 5th Street, Bismarck, N. Dak. 

 Term expires November 1960. Secretary- 



