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SCIEXTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



1162. Northwest Geological Society. President: 

 Julian D. Barksdale, Department of Geology, 

 University of Washington, Seattle 5, Wash. 

 Term expires October 1960. Executive Sec- 

 retary: Glenn Boyd, 1007 Smith Building, 

 Seattle 55, Wash. Term expires October 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: Exchange of information on in- 

 formal basis. 



Membership: Requires professional interest in 

 geology, especially water, minerals, oil, and gas. 

 Total membership approximately 60. 



Meetings: Monthly except summer. 



Purpose: To afford a forum for reading and 

 discussion of scientific papers, and to foster 

 friendship among members. 



Membership: Active Members, 169, physicians 

 whose primary work is teaching, research, or 

 practice of pediatrics ; Affiliate Members, 18, 

 physicians who devote seventy-five per cent of 

 time to practice, teaching, or research in 

 pediatrics, who have not completed two years 

 in institutions approved by American Board of 

 Pediatrics : Honorary Members, 5, distin- 

 guished physicians and scientists ; Emeritus 

 Members, 5, retired from practice. Total mem- 

 bership 197. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1163. Northwest Scientific Association. Presi- 

 dent: John R. Roberts, Pacific University, 

 Forest Grove, Oreg. Term expires December 

 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : Willis B. 

 Merriam, Washington State University, Pull- 

 man, Wash. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized 1923; incorporated 1928. 

 Geographic Sections: British Columbia, Idaho, 

 Montana, Oregon, Washington. Sections : 

 Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Forestry, 

 Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, 

 Social Science, Soil Conservation, Zoology. 



Purpose: To promote scientific research and 

 disseminate scientific knowledge. 



Membership: Open to anyone interested in the 

 purpose of this Association. Institutional : Uni- 

 versities, colleges, junior colleges, and other 

 educational institutions ; Honorary Life, for 

 unusual service to this Association and unusual 

 attainment in its field ; Sustaining, individuals, 

 organizations, and businesses ; Honorary 

 Trustees, interest in science and ability in public 

 affairs. Total membership 550. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Grants in aid from 

 Howard Flint Memorial Fund and American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science Re- 

 search Grant, annual, to encourage research 

 and presentation of research papers in all the 

 sciences, maximum grant $500. 



Publications: Northwest Science, quarterly, 

 current volume : 34. Editor : Joseph W. Mills. 



1164. Northwestern Pediatric Society. Presi- 

 dent: James Du Shane, Mayo Clinic, Roches- 

 ter, Minn. Term expires September 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: George U. Lund, 4959 

 Excelsior Avenue, St. Louis Park 16, Minn. 

 Term expires September 1962. 



History: Organized 1912. Sections: Canada, 

 Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, 

 Wisconsin. 



1165. Odontological Society of Western Penn- 

 sylvania. 206 Jenkins Building, Pittsburgh 22, 

 Pa. President: E. H. GlotfeUy, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. Term expires December 1961. Secretary: 

 Homer D. Butts, Jr. Union Trust Building, 

 Pittsburgh 22, Pa. Term expires December 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1881; incorporated; nine 

 county sections. Society is a component of Penn- 

 sylvania Dental Association and a constituent 

 of American Dental Association. 



Purpose: To advance the dental profession in 

 education and science ; to encourage dental and 

 oral research and to disseminate in the profes- 

 sion knowledge of dental discoveries and inven- 

 tions ; to enlighten the public in relation to oral 

 liygiene. 



Membership: Open to licensed and ethical 

 ])ractitioners. Total membership 1,364. 



Meetings: Annual; monthly, except June, 

 July, and August. 



Publications: Odontological Bulletin, monthly 

 except July and August, $1 to members. Editor : 

 Marvin Sniderman. 



1166. Ogden Surgical Society. President: Jun- 

 ior Edward Rich, Eccles Building, Ogden, 

 Utah. Term expires May 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Anthony J. Lund, 385 24th Street, 

 Ogden, LTtah. Term expires May 1965. 



History: Organized in 1945. 



Purpose: To bring new and better medical 

 care to the Rocky Mountain area. 



Membership: Open to physicians and sur- 

 geons, licensed in LItah and members of the 

 Weber County Medical Association. Total mem- 

 bership 114. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1 167. Ohio Academy of Science. 505 King Ave- 

 nue, Columbus 1, Ohio. President: Glenn H. 

 Brown, Chemistry Department, Kent State 



