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University, Kent, Ohio. Term expires April 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Kenneth B. 

 Hobbs. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 31, 1891, as 

 Ohio State Academy of Science. Incorporated 

 March 1892 with 59 charter members. Name 

 changed to present title in 1914. Field meetings 

 each summer until 1901. Natural History Sur- 

 vey organized 1893. Sections organized in 1908. 

 Sections : Zoology, Plant Sciences, Geology, 

 Medical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, 

 Geography, Chemistry, Science Education, 

 Anthropology and Sociology, Conservation, 

 Genetics. Scientific Committees : Ohio Flora, 

 Training and Certification of Science Teachers, 

 Academy History, Trustees of Research Funds. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in science, to 

 promote research, to improve science instruc- 

 tion, to disseminate scientific knowledge, to 

 recognize merit in science. 



Membership: Members, those with an interest 

 in science ; Fellows, activity in research or 

 teaching; 1,400 Members and Fellows, 5 Hon- 

 orary Fellows, 30 Corporation and Institution 

 Members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Preparation of "Vas- 

 cular Flora of Ohio," District and State Science 

 Days with scholarship awards, plaque awards 

 to outstanding schools for science education, in- 

 dividual awards to outstanding science teachers. 



Publications: Ohio Journal of Science, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 60, $6, $3 to members. 

 Editor : Henry L. Plaine. News, three times 

 yearly, current volume: 12, no charge. Editor: 

 Clara Kenney. 



1168. Ohio Forestry Association, Inc. Southern 

 Hotel, Columbus 15, Ohio. President: W. H. 

 Hildebrand, The Mead Corporation, Chilli- 

 cothe, Ohio. Term expires January 1961. 

 Executive Director: William Laybourne. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 11, 1903; in- 

 corporated October 18, 1951. Committees: 

 Conservation Awards, Conservation Education 

 Guidebook. Convention and Summer Tour, 

 Forest Industr3^ Paul Bunyan Forestry Exposi- 

 tion. Forestry Training Camp, School Forest, 

 Free Farm, Woodland Owner's, Christmas Tree 

 Growers' Council, Public Relations Advisory, 

 Program of Work. 



Purpose: To encourage and promote the sound 

 use of Ohio's natural resources. 



Membership: Active, 290, interest in purpose 

 of association ; Sustaining, 26 ; Contributing, 

 62 ; Participating, 74 ; Subscribing, 688. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Youth Conservation 

 Education - Forestry Training Camp, Conserva- 

 tion Chart and Guidebook. Annual Conserva- 

 tion Awards. School Forest Survey Program. 



Publications: Resources and People, monthly, 

 current volume : 9, free to members. Editor : 

 \\'illiam Laybourne. Forestry Marketing Bul- 

 letin, monthly, current volume: 105, free to 

 members. Editor : Robert Paton. Christmas 

 Tree Growers' Council Bulletin, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume : 24, free to members. Editor : 

 Robert Paton. 



1169. Ohio Psychiatric Association. President: 

 Roger M. Gove, 301 Bennis Boulevard, Co- 

 lumbus 4, Ohio. Term expires May 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Irwin N. Perr, 12200 

 Fairhill Road, Cleveland 20, Ohio. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. 



History: Organized in 1951 as a District 

 Branch of American Psychiatric Association. 



Purpose: To further the study of subjects 

 pertaining to the nature, treatment, and pre- 

 vention of mental disorders ; to further the in- 

 terests, the maintenance, and the advancement 

 of standards of hospitals for mental disorders, 

 of out-patient clinics, and of all other agencies 

 concerned with the medical, social, and legal 

 aspects of these disorders ; to further psy- 

 chiatric education and research ; and to apply 

 psychiatric knowledge to other branches of 

 medicine, to other sciences, and to the public 

 welfare. 



Membership: .Associate, one year of experi- 

 ence in a mental hospital or equivalent ; Full 

 Member, three years of experience in a mental 

 hospital or equivalent ; Fellow, six years of 

 experience in a mental hospital or equivalent ; 

 open only to doctors of medicine. Active mem- 

 bers : 232. 



Meetings : Annual. 



1170. Ohio Psychological Association. Arps 

 Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 

 President: John E. Horrocks. Term expires 

 April 30, 1961. Corresponding Secretary: 

 Richard R. Clampitt, P. O. Box 3646, Colum- 

 bus 14, Ohio. Term indefinite. 



History: Developed from Ohio Association 

 for Applied Psychology, organized in 1938, 

 affiliated with American Association for Applied 

 Psychology in 1940. Present association organ- 

 ized in 1945; incorporated April 1949. Affiliated 

 with American Psychological Association in 

 1946. Regional Organizations : Akron Psy- 

 chological Association, Central Ohio Psycho- 

 logical Association. Cincinnati Psychological As- 

 sociation, Miami Valley Psychological Associa- 



