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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



ing undergraduate student in biological sciences 

 at each institution with active chapter. 



Publications: Biologist, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 42, $1.50, free to members. Editor: M. 

 H. Hatch. 



1230. Philadelphia Allergy Society. President: 

 Charles H. Classen, Rosemont, Pa. Term 

 expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Sonia 

 Stupniker, 6900 Rising Sun Avenue, Philadel- 

 phia 11, Pa. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1935. 



Purpose: To stimulate clinical and scientific 

 research in allergy, and to promote favorable 

 conditions for such research. 



Mcvibcrship: Open to persons with interest 

 in allergy diagnosis and treatment. Total mem- 

 bership 90. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Lillian K. Snyder 

 Fund for best paper submitted on allergy at 

 scientific meeting, capital $500. 



1231- Philadelphia Anthropological Society. 



University of Pennsylvania Museum, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. President: Edward Harper, 

 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Term 

 expires September 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Robert J. Smith, P. O. Box 14, Bennett Hall, 

 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, 

 Pa. Term expires September 1961. 



History: Organized informally 1912; reorgan- 

 ized 1930. 



Purpose: To bring together persons with 

 anthropological interests, in the Philadelphia 

 area, for continued education and spread of 

 anthropological knowledge. 



Membership: Open to persons with interest 

 in purpose of this Society. Total membership 

 170. 



Meetings: Monthly during academic year. 



Professional activities: Honorary Publication 

 Fund, for outstanding members. 



Publications: Bulletin, three annually, cur- 

 rent volume: 13, free to members. 



1232. Philadelphia Astronautical Society. 780 



North 26th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Presi- 

 dent: Robert Boritz. Term indefinite. Secre- 

 tary: Robert Sinusas. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 1953. Commit- 

 tees : Propellant Development, Rocket Motor 

 and Body Development, Electronics. 



Purpose: To promote theoretical and experi- 

 mental investigations in rocketry and the astro- 

 nautical sciences ; to promote astronautics 

 through lectures, discussions and publications. 



Membership: Membership open, but prefer 

 persons with scientific or technical backgrounds. 

 Active members, 18; Associate, 17. Total 

 membership 35. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Publications: P.A.S. Bulletin, irregular. 

 Editor : Jean Bogert. Book Review Editor : 

 Rinehart S. Potts, c/o Aero Service Corpora- 

 tion, 210 East Courtland Street, Philadelphia 20, 

 Pa. 



1233- Philadelphia Botanical Club. Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Pres- 

 ident: Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne, Pa. 

 Term expires January 1961. Secretary: 

 Walter M. Benner, 5636 Loretta Avenue, 

 Philadelphia 24, Pa. Term expires January 

 1961. 



History: Organized December 1891. 



Purpose: Cultivation of local botany. 



Membership: Open to persons interested in 

 botany. Active members, 110; Corresponding, 3. 

 Total membership 113. 



Meetings: Monthly, except June, July, and 

 August. 



Publications: Bartonia, irregular, current vol- 

 ume : 29, free to members. Editor : Edgar T. 

 Wherry. 



1234. Philadelphia County Medical Society. 



President: David A. Cooper, 1520 Spruce 

 Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 William F. Irwin, 301 South 21st Street, 

 Philadelphia 3, Pa. Term indefinite. 



History: Instituted 1849; incorporated 1877. 

 Sections : Eye, Anesthesiology, Clinical Path- 

 ology, Rheumatoid and Arthritic Diseases. 

 Forty-two committees devoted to the study of 

 problems of medical care. 



Purpose: Advancement of knowledge on all 

 subjects connected with healing arts; organiza- 

 tion of medical profession in connection with 

 state and national organizations ; elevation of 

 character and protection of rights and interests 

 of those engaged in the practice of medicine ; 

 study of means to render the medical profession 

 most useful to the public. 



Membership: Active members, 3,100, licensed 

 to practice in Pennsylvania, and citizens of the 

 United States ; Associate, 341, former active 

 members elected to associate membership by 

 reason of age and continuous years of active 

 membership ; Affiliate, 263, dentists, non-practic- 

 ing physicians and full-time physicians in gov- 

 ernment service. Total membership about 3,600. 



Meetings: Annual meeting in November; 

 stated meetings January, May and October. 



