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Education, Long Term Illness and Rehabilita- 

 tion, Nutrition. 



Purpose: To serve as forum for discussion of 

 health issues, plan for and coordinate all health 

 services of five-county area, conduct a health 

 education program, work for legislation and 

 quality standards in health services and promote 

 research through studies and reports. 



Membership: Public or private agency whose 

 program is primarily health or disease centered 

 and is extended to the Cincinnati area. Agency 

 members, 100 ; individual, 30. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Neoplastic Disease 

 Registry, Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincin- 

 nati 29, Ohio. Health Award to persons of out- 

 standing achievement in health field. 



Publications: Headlines on Health, monthly, 

 current volume : 18, free. Editor : Marvin 

 Strauss. Annual Report, current volume : 42, 

 free. Editor : Sewall Milliken. 



1263. Puerto Rico Science Teachers Association. 



Department of Education, Hato Rey, P. R. 

 President: Josefina Martinez, Lares High 

 School, Lares, P. R. Term indefinite. Secre- 

 tary: Nereida Planell, Central High School, 

 Santurce, P. R. Term indefinite. Consultant: 

 Maria A. Ruiz. 



History: Organized 1946. The Association is 

 an affiliate of the National Science Teachers 

 Association. Sections : Urban and Rural Junior 

 High School Teachers ; Senior High School 

 Teachers ; University of Puerto Rico, Teachers 

 of Science; College of Agriculture and Mechani- 

 cal Arts, Teachers of Science. 



Purpose: To promote better science teaching 

 through better facilities. 



Membership: Total membership 200. 



1264. Quebec District Branch of the American 

 Psychiatric Association. President: Gerald 

 J. Sarwer-Foner, 613 Cote Saint Antoine 

 Road, Montreal 6, Province of Quebec, 

 Canada. Term expires July 1, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Harry Grauer, 900 Sherbrooke 

 Street, West, No. 14, Montreal, Province of 

 Quebec, Canada. Term expires July 1, 1961. 



History: Formed at the time of the organiza- 

 tion of the Assembly of District Branches of 

 the American Psychiatric Association. 



Purpose: To promote professional and scien- 

 tific interests of the members of the American 

 Psychiatric Association living in the Province 

 of Quebec, and to provide representation at the 

 Assembly of District Branches. 



Membership: Qualified psychiatrist living in 

 the Province of Quebec and a Fellow, Member, 



or Associate Member of the American Psy- 

 chiatric Association. Total membership 70. 



Meetings: Monthly during academic year 

 (September- June) in conjunction with the scien- 

 tific meeting of the Section of Psychiatry of the 

 Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society. 



Professional activities: Loan fund for needy 

 residents in psychiatric training in the Province 

 of Quebec. 



1265. Queens County Psychiatric Society. Presi- 

 dent: Benjamin J. Becker, 111-04 76th Drive, 

 Forest Hills 75, N. Y. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary: Paul J. Tomlinson, 80-45 

 Winchester Boulevard, Queens Village, N. Y. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1957; constitution ap- 

 proved by American Psychiatric Association in 

 May 1958 ; Society is District Branch, American 

 Psychiatric Association, and Section on Neurol- 

 ogy and Psychiatry, Queens County Medical 

 Society. 



Purpose: To foster progress of psychiatry; to 

 represent that specialty in the County of Queens, 

 City of New York; to assist American Psychi- 

 atric Association in promoting its aims and 

 objectives. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association, and residence or 

 practice in Queens County. Full members, 60. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional actiznties: Directory of psychia- 

 trists in Queens County; scientific lectures. 



1266. Radiation Research Society. Argonne 

 National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, 

 Argonne, III. President: H. L. Friedell, De- 

 partment of Radiology, Western Reserve Uni- 

 versity, Cleveland, Ohio. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: E. L. Powers. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized and incorporated in the 

 District of Columbia in 1952. 



Purpose: To promote original research in the 

 natural sciences relating to radiation ; to faciH- 

 tate integration of different disciplines in the 

 study of radiation effects ; to promote the dif- 

 fusion of knowledge in these fields. 



Membership: Full members, 596, those who 

 have made meritorious contributions to the ad- 

 vancement of radiation physics, chemistry or 

 biology by independent, original research, or 

 some other special service to the cause of the 

 natural and life sciences; Associate, 164, grad- 

 uate students and others engaged in work related 

 to above subjects and others interested in the 

 field; Emeritus, 10. Total membership 770. 



Meetings: Annual. 



