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Term expires June 1961. Secretary: Nathan 

 Borowsky, 69-55 178th Street, Flushing 65, 

 N. Y. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized approximately 1904. 



Purpose: To promote and improve physics 

 teaching ; to develop a proper professional atti- 

 tude ; to establish mutual acquaintance and good 

 fellowship among science teachers of New York 

 City. 



Membership: Full members, 103, members in 

 Federation of Science Teachers Association of 

 New York City; Associate, ZJ, members in 

 one of the other member organizations of the 

 Federation. Total membership 140. 



Meetings: Seven a year. 



Professional activities: Physics Award, to 

 stimulate scholarship in and the study of phys- 

 ics, awarded to students in graduating class in 

 high schools with the highest accomplishment 

 in physics. 



1246. Physiological Society of Philadelphia. 



President: Domingo M. Aviado, University 

 of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia 

 4, Pa. Term expires October 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Robert E. Forster, Jr., Graduate 

 School of Medicine, University of Penn- 

 sylvania, Philadelphia 4, Pa. Term expires 

 October 1961. 



History: Founded October 10, 1904 as the 

 Society of Normal and Pathological Physiology; 

 name changed to present title December 15, 

 1919. 



Purpose: To encourage communications 

 among investigators working in the five medical 

 schools in Philadelphia, as well as those working 

 in the various research institutes. 



Membership: Members, 700, actively engaged 

 in scientific research having direct or indirect 

 bearing upon physiology, pharmacology and 

 biochemistry. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through May. 



Publications: Proceedings, annually, current 

 volume : 34, free to members. 



1247. Pi Tau Sigma. President: D. S. Clark, 

 School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue 

 University, Lafayette, Ind. Term expires 

 October 1962. Executive Secretary: J. W. 

 Bayne, Department of Mechanical Engineer- 

 ing, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Term 

 expires October 1962. 



History: Organized 1915. Seventy active 

 chapters distributed among three geographical 

 divisions : East, Central, West. 



Purpose: To foster the high ideals of the 

 engineering profession, to stimulate interest in 

 coordinate departmental activities, to promote 



the professional welfare of its members, and to 

 develop in students of mechanical engineering 

 the attributes necessary for effective leadership 

 and the assumption of the responsibilities of 

 citizens in a democracy. 



Membership: Open to senior mechanical 

 engineering students in highest third of class, 

 and to junior students in highest quarter; 

 Outstanding engineers and teachers are initiated 

 as honorary members. Total membership ap- 

 proximately 29,000, of which 2,000 are under- 

 graduates. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Awards to the two 

 outstanding young mechanical engineers an- 

 nually at the winter meeting of the American 

 Society of Mechanical Engineers. Gold Medal 

 Award given within ten years after first me- 

 chanical engineering degree. Richards Memorial 

 Award, to honor an outstanding mechanical 

 engineer after twenty to twenty-five years 

 after first mechanical engineering degree, $250. 



Publications: The Story of Pi Tau Sigma, 

 every three years, current volume: 1958. Editor: 

 David S. Clark, Purdue University, Lafayette, 

 Ind. The Condenser, annually, current vol- 

 ume : 2)2i. Editors : D. S. Clark and G. B. Thorn, 

 Newark College of Engineering, Newark, N. J. 



1248. Pittsburgh Geological Society. President: 

 A. S. Gate, Pennsylvania Topographical & 

 Geological Survey, State Office Building, 

 Pittsburgh 22, Pa. Term expires 1961. Secre- 

 tary: T. W. Angerman, Huntley & Huntley, 

 Inc., 1208 Empire Building, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. 

 Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized April 18, 1945. 



Purpose: To stimulate geologic thought; to 

 advance and disseminate geologic knowledge ; to 

 provide a forum for geologic problems. 



Membership: Interest in purposes of the So- 

 ciety. Total membership approximately 200. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



1249. Pittsburgh Pediatric Society. 125 DeSoto 

 Street, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. President: Bernard 

 I. Michaels, 3500 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh 13, 

 Pa. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: 

 Treasurer: James J. Reilly, 2231 Laketon 

 Road, Pittsburgh 21, Pa. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized September 1935. Com- 

 prises tri-state area : western Pennsylvania, 

 eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. 



Purpose: To advance pediatrics among mem- 

 bers and others in the medical profession in the 

 Pittsburgh area. 



Membership: Active, 139, resident of the Tri- 

 State area, who are members of respective 



