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industry such as research, regulation, production, 

 marketing, and processing. Total membership 

 2,300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Supported a research 

 project on use of potatoes in a weight-reducing 

 diet at Douglass College, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 Honorary Life Memberships are presented to 

 outstanding scientists and outstanding non-tech- 

 nical workers each year. 



Publications: American Potato Journal, 

 monthly, current volume : 2>7, $4. Potato Hand- 

 book, annual, current volume : 6, $2. Editor : 

 John C. Campbell. 



1255. Poultry Science Association. President: 

 T. C. Byerly, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington 25, D. C. Term expires 

 August 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : C. B. 

 Ryan, Texas A & M College, College Station, 

 Tex. Term expires August 1961. 



History: Organized 1908 as the International 

 Association of Instructors and Investigators in 

 Poultry Husbandry; name changed in 1912 to 

 American Association of Instructors and Inves- 

 tigators in Poultry Husbandry ; to present title 

 1926. 



Purpose: The advancement of poultry hus- 

 bandry throughout the United States and the 

 Dominion of Canada, especially as it relates to 

 the professions of research and teaching. 



Membership: Active members shall be college 

 graduates engaged in instruction, investigation, 

 or extension work in the poultry industry, reg- 

 ularly employed by an educational or research 

 institution or a state (or province) or federal 

 governmental department ; Associate members 

 shall be persons not otherwise eligible, but whose 

 contributions of knowledge in the poultry indus- 

 try, as revealed by records of services, are such 

 as to make them desirable members of the 

 Association ; Honorary ; Life. Total membership 

 1,405. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Poultry Science Re- 

 search Prize, awarded to the Active member 

 of the Association who, in the preceding year, 

 has published the most outstanding piece of 

 research. Ralston Purina Teaching Award, 

 $1,000, awarded for the encouragement of 

 teaching methods and contributions to the field 

 of teaching. The Pfizer Extension Teaching 

 Award, $1,000, awarded for outstanding poultry 

 extension work. Borden Award, granted by the 

 Borden Company of New York City, $1,000 and 

 a gold medal, for distinctive contributions to 

 poultry science advancement covering a period 

 of not more than seven years preceding the 

 annual award. American Feed Manufacturers' 

 Association Award, granted by the Nutrition 



Council of the American Feed Manufacturers' 

 Association, $1,000 and a plaque, for distinctive 

 work demonstrating sound research in poultry 

 nutrition supplemented by capacity for research. 

 Institute of American Poultry Industries Award, 

 $1,000 and a plaque, given every other year for 

 outstanding research in the field of marketing. 



Publications: Poultry Science, bimonthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 39. Editor: H. D. Branion, De- 

 partment of Nutrition, Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 



1256. Professional Engineers of Colorado. 



President: E. Vernon Konkel, 730 Kalamath 

 Street, Denver 4, Colo. Term expires March 

 1, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Donald S. Rand, 

 1228 Reed Street, Denver 15, Colo. Term 

 expires March 1, 1961. 



History: Founded as a member state society 

 of National Society of Professional Engineers 

 in November 1948. 



Purpose: The advancement of the public wel- 

 fare and the promotion of professional, social, 

 and economic interests of the professional engi- 

 neer. 



Membership: Members, 500, registration and 

 National Society of Professional Engineers 

 membership. 



Meetings: Monthly except Summer. 



Professional activities: Student Chapters. 

 Armco Scholarship selection. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, free. 

 Editor : L. C. Koerwitz. 



1257. Providence Engineering Society. 195 



Angell Street, Providence 6, R. I. President: 

 Raymond H. Stockhard, University of Rhode 

 Island, Kingston, R. I. Term expires June 

 1961. Secretary: R. E. Costellow, 62 Bayside 

 Avenue, Warwick, R. L Term expires June 

 1961. 



History: Organized in 1894 as the Providence 

 Association of Mechanical Engineers; name 

 changed to present title 1916; incorporated 1923. 

 Maintains close cooperation with local sections 

 of national societies in Rhode Island. 



Purpose: Advancement of the theory and 

 practice of engineering and its allied arts and 

 sciences, promotion of interchange of thought 

 among engineers, and participation in matters 

 afifected with an engineering interest. 



Membership: Senior, engineer, architect, or 

 applied scientist, at least 28 years old, in practice 

 at least five years, a college graduate or equal 

 experience. Associate, at least 20 years old, 

 qualified to cooperate with engineers, architects, 

 or applied scientists. Total membership 1,100. 



Meetings: Monthly, except June-September. 



