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History: Organized and incorporated in Mich- 

 igan May 1922. Sixty-three active chapters lo- 

 cated at various schools and colleges of phar- 

 macy. 



Purpose: To promote the pharmaceutical sci- 

 ences through encouragement and recognition of 

 intellectual scholarship. 



Membership: Active Members, undergradu- 

 ates, completion of at least 60 per cent of pre- 

 scribed curriculum toward B. S. in pharmacy, 

 and in highest 20 per cent of class; Graduates, 

 completion of fifteen hours toward advanced 

 degree ; Faculty, on staff of school of pharmacy ; 

 Alumni ; Honorary. Total membership over 

 11,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Rho Chi Cumulative 

 Research Fund, capital amount $16,400. Rho Chi 

 Chapter Award, a cash prize. 



Publications: Report, annual, current volume: 

 25, free. Editor : Edward J. Rowe. 



1280. Rhode Island Medical Society, 106 Fran- 

 cis Street, Providence 3, R. I. President: 

 Earl J. Mara, 260 Lonsdale Avenue, Paw- 

 tucket, R. I. Term expires May 3, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: John E. Farrell. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded 1812. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine and the betterment of public health; 

 to promote friendly intercourse among phy- 

 sicians ; to enlighten and direct public opinion 

 in regard to the problems of medicine. 



Membership: Active members, doctors of 

 medicine in good standing in the county or 

 district component medical societies. Total 

 membership 961. 



Meetings: Annual, in May; interim meeting 

 in Fall. 



Professional activities: Fiske Fund Prize Es- 

 say, approximately $300, awarded for the best 

 essay on a subject announced by the Trustees 

 of the Fund; Dr. Charles V. Chapin Memorial 

 Award, given by the City of Providence to the 

 Chapin Orator selected by the Society annually ; 

 Dr. Charles V. Chapin Oration Lecture. 



Publications: Rhode Island Medical Journal, 

 monthly, current volume: 43, $2. Editor: John 

 E. Donley. 



Library: 43,000 volumes. 



1281. Rhode Island Society for Neurology and 

 Psychiatry; Rhode Island District Branch, 

 American Psychiatric Association. President: 

 David Fish, 355 Thayer Street, Providence 6, 

 R. I. Term expires April 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Joseph M. Zucker, 222 Gano 



Street, Providence 6, R. L Term expires April 

 1961. 



History: Rhode Island Society for Neurology 

 and Psychiatry founded October 1924; Rhode 

 Island District Branch, American Psychiatric 

 Association, established in accord with new 

 policies of that Association. 



Purpose: To promote better understanding and 

 treatment of nervous and mental disorders. 



Membership: Open to physicians in practice 

 of neuropsychiatry and members of American 

 Psychiatric Association. Above named Society 

 has 50 members ; above named District Branch, 

 45 ; most members belong to both organizations. 



Meetings: Four times a year. 



1282. Richmond Academy of Medicine, Inc. 



1200 East Clay Street, Richmond 19, Va. 

 President: Robert V. Terrell, Medical Arts 

 Building, Richmond. Va. Term expires Jan- 

 uary 1961. Executive Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Mrs. Patty Rose Boatwright. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1866 as the Richmond 

 Academy of Medicine ; name changed 1890 to 

 the Richmond Academy of Medicine and Sur- 

 gery; name changed to present title 1923 ; incor- 

 porated 1927. Section : History of Medicine. 



Purpose: To promote the scientific practice 

 of medicine and surgery ; to foster and encourage 

 research in medicine, surgery, and the allied 

 sciences. 



Membership: Active members, legally regis- 

 tered white physicians, residing and practicing 

 in the city of Richmond, or in the county of 

 Henrico or Chesterfield, of good moral and 

 professional standing, and who do not practice 

 or claim to practice any exclusive system of 

 medicine ; regular physicians employed ex- 

 clusively in the teaching of medicine, hospital 

 practice or hospital administration, located in the 

 territory embraced by the Academy, shall also 

 be eligible for active membership, whether reg- 

 istered or not. Active members, 546; Associate 

 members, 20; Courtesy members, 2; Non-resi- 

 dent, 55; Life, 37. Total membership 660. 



Meetings: Semimonthly, except during June, 

 July, and August. 



Professional activities: J. Shelton Horsley 

 Memorial Lectureship, for the purpose of pre- 

 senting each spring an outstanding lecturer in 

 the field of surgery. 



Library: 1,600 volumes. 



1283. Rochester Academy of Science. 657 East 

 Avenue, Rochester 7, N. Y. President: Joel T. 

 Johnson, 118 Pontiac Drive, Rochester 17, 

 N. Y, Term expires June 1, 1961. Corre- 

 sponding Secretary: Mrs. D. E. Jensen, 199 



