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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



1335. Society for the Psychological Study of 

 Social Issues. President: Morton Deutsch, 

 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N. 

 J. Term expires September 1961. President- 

 elect: Isidor Chein, New York University, 

 New York, N. Y. Term September 1961— 

 September 1962. Administrative Secretary: 

 Dorothy S. Jochem, Institute for Social Re- 

 search, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1936; division, American 

 Psychological Association. Committees : Cross- 

 National Research, Desegregation and Integra- 

 tion, Education, International Relations, Juvenile 

 Delinquency, Man-in-Space, Mental Health in 

 the Schools, Uses and Abuses of Ability Testing. 



Purpose: To achieve greater effectiveness and 

 freedom for psychology in its efforts to make 

 society intelligible, to advance scientific knowl- 

 edge regarding social change and other social 

 processes, and to encourage application of 

 findings of psychology to problems of society. 



Membership: Two years of graduate training 

 in social psychology or related fields, or equiv- 

 alent in professional experience. Total member- 

 ship approximately 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Kurt Lewin Memorial 

 Award, to honor those who further, in their 

 work, the development and integration of psy- 

 chological research and social action; grants-in- 

 aid research programs. 



Publications: Journal of Social Issues, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 16, $4. Editor : Robert 

 Chin, Boston University, Boston, Mass. News- 

 letter, quarterly, free to members. Editor : 

 Elizabeth M. Douvan. 



1336. Society for the Study of Blood. New 



York Academy of Medicine, 2 East 103rd 

 Street, New York, N. Y. President: Leon 

 Sussman, 2)6 East 38th Street, New York, 

 N. Y. Term expires May 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Ralph L. Engle, Jr., New York 

 Hospital, 525 East 68th Street, New York 21, 

 N. Y. Term expires June 1963. 



History: Organized 1945. 



Purpose: To further research and disseminate 

 knowledge concerning the allied fields of 

 hematology, blood grouping, and transfusion. 



Membership: Open to individuals with an 

 active interest in the field of hematology. Total 

 membership 153. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



1337. Society for the Study of Development 

 and Growth. President: Edgar Zwilling, 

 Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. Term 

 expires November 1960. Executive Secretary: 



William P. Jacobs, Princeton University, 

 Princeton, N. J. Term expires November 

 1960. 



History: Founded August 1939. 



Purpose: To hold an annual symposium on 

 problems of development and growth. 



Membership: Evidence of the candidate's 

 contribution to the study of development and 

 growth. Total membership 319. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1338. Society for the Study of Evolution. Pres- 

 ident: Alfred E. Emerson, University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1960. Secretary: Herbert H. Ross, Illinois 

 Natural History Survey, Urbana, 111. Term 

 expires December 1961. 



History: Organized March 1946 as an out- 

 growth of the Society for the Study of Specia- 

 tion, organized 1940, and the National Academy 

 of Sciences-National Research Council's Com- 

 mittee on Common Problems of Genetics, Pale- 

 ontology and Systematics, 1943. 



Purpose: To promote the study of organic 

 evolution and the integration of the various 

 fields of science concerned with evolution. 



Membership: Open to individuals with an 

 interest in the study of evolution. Total mem- 

 bership 1,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Evolution, quarterly, current 

 volume : 14, $8. Editor : I. Michael Lerner, 

 University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 



1339. Society for Vascular Surgery. President: 

 Julian Johnson, 555 Dulles Building, 3400 

 Spruce Street, Philadelphia 4, Pa. Term ex- 

 pires June 1961. Secretary: George H. 

 Yeager, 314 Medical Arts Building, Baltimore 

 1, Md. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized June 8, 1947. 



Purpose: To promote scientific advancements 

 in the field of vascular surgery ; to promote and 

 encourage research, teaching and practice in the 

 field. 



Membership: Limited to diplomates of Ameri- 

 can Board of Surgery or Royal College with 

 special interest and training in vascular surgery 

 who have contributed to the literature on the 

 subject. Active Members, 138; Senior Members, 

 33 ; Foreign Corresponding Members, 5. Total 

 membership 176. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1 340. Society of Actuaries. President : James E. 

 Hoskins, 1124 Farmington Avenue, West 

 Hartford 7, Conn. Term expires September 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Arthur A. 



