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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



bers, 469; Affiliate, 22; Honorary; Guest, phy- 

 sician of United States Armed Services, Public 

 Health Service, or Veterans Administration ; 

 Associate, 1 ; Junior, 22 ; Life, 22. Total mem- 

 bership 535. 



Meetings: Monthly except June, July, and 

 August. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly except June, 

 July, and August, current volume : 54, free to 

 members. Editor : Abbott Skinner. 



1275. Reaction Research Society. P. O. Box 



1101, Glendale 5, Calif. Pfesident: Larry L. 

 Larson, 4535 Ellenwood Drive, Los Angeles 

 41, Calif. Term expires February 1961. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: Jim B. Humphreys, Jr. Term 

 expires December 1961. 



History: Organized January 1943. Tech- 

 nical Sections : Project Goddard, Project 

 Spaceward. 



Purpose: To aid in development of reaction 

 propulsion and its applications, and to promote 

 interest in this new^ science. 



Membership: Open to persons interested in 

 the purpose of this Society. Total membership 

 100. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Static test program; 

 Dean Haddon Awards for workmanship and for 

 journalism. 



Publications : News, irregular, $1.50, free to 

 members. 



1276. Refrigeration Service Engineers Society. 



433 North Waller Avenue, Chicago 44, 111. 

 President: Denver J. Wathen, Sr., 3312 South 

 Toledo Place, Tulsa 5, Okla. Term expires 

 November 1960. Secretary: H. T. McDermott. 

 Term expires November 1960. 



History: Established 1933 as a national organ- 

 ization, subsequently becoming international. 



Purpose: To keep membership currently in- 

 formed on the mechanical advancement of the 

 refrigeration and air-conditioning industry. 



Membership: Members, 11,500. Persons en- 

 gaged in the refrigeration and air-conditioning 

 industry in any capacity. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional actizntics: Conducts study courses 

 on the installation, servicing, maintenance, etc. 

 of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment, 

 awarding a Certificate of Proficiency upon suc- 

 cessful completion of course. 



Publications: Refrigeration Service and Con- 

 tracting, monthly, $3. 



1277. Reno Surgical Society. President: Leo D. 

 Nannini, 190 Mill Street, Reno, Nev. Term 



expires October 1961. Secretary: Donald F. 

 Guisto, 975 Ryland Street, Reno, Nev. Term 

 expires October 1961. 



History: Founded 1948. 



Purpose: To stimulate progress of medical 

 science, particularly surgery, in the Reno area. 



Membership: Requires medical license in 

 Nevada and active practice there for one year, 

 certification by specialty board, membership, 

 American College of Surgeons, or comparable 

 background in surgery or in specialties allied to 

 surgery. Total membership 43. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1278. Research and Engineering Council of the 

 Graphic Arts Industry, Inc. 1411 K Street, 

 N. W., Washington 5, D. C. President: Clif- 

 ford L. Jewett, c/o Minnesota Mining and 

 Manufacturing Co., 900 Bush Avenue, St. 

 Paul 6, Minn. Term expires May 31, 1961. 

 Managing Director: Robert E. Russell. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Incorporated (Illinois) March 22, 



1950. 



Purpose: To coordinate research and develop- 

 ment activities in the graphic arts industry 

 through the holding of discussion meetings and 

 the publishing of reports on programs and activi- 

 ties ; to publish technical reports on selected 

 subjects relating to the graphic arts. 



Membership: Sustaining, an association, a 

 society, a company or corporation, an individual 

 or consultant, etc., endorsing and supporting 

 the policies and activities of the Council ; Asso- 

 ciate, an individual employed by a sustaining 

 member interested in the activities of the Coun- 

 cil ; Affiliate, an association, school, college, 

 laboratory, institute, governmental agency, in- 

 dividual, etc., who is interested in the activities 

 of the Council but who is not otherwise eligible 

 for membership ; Honorary, an individual duly 

 elected who has made an outstanding or note- 

 worthy contribution to the advancement of re- 

 search and engineering in the graphic arts 

 industry. Total membership 288. 



Meetings: Annual, in May; special meetings. 



Publications: Coordinator, quarterly, current 

 volume : 6, free to members. Editor : Robert E. 

 Russell. 



1279. Rho Chi Society. President: Lloyd M. 

 Parks, Dean, College of Pharmacy, Ohio 

 State University, Columbus, Ohio. Term ex- 

 pires August 1962. Secretary-Treasurer : Ed- 

 ward J. Rowe, College of Pharmacy, Butler 

 University, IndianapoHs, Ind. Term expires 

 April 1961. 



