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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Corresponding Member, 7 ; Emeritus Member, 

 120 ; Honorary Member, 3. Total membership 

 6,255. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Eli Lilly and Company 

 Research Award in Bacteriology and Immunol- 

 ogy, in recognition of outstanding work by 

 young men and women, $1,000, annually. Cash 

 awards of $125 and $75 at National Science 

 Fair for best microbiology exhibits. 



Publications : Journal of Bacteriology, month- 

 ly, current volume : 79. Editor : J. R. Porter. 

 Bacteriological Reviews, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 23. Editor : H. W. Scherp. Price of two, 

 $16. Reviews available to non-members at $4. 

 Applied Microbiology, bi-monthly, current vol- 

 ume 8, $10. Editor: H. B. Woodruff. Bacteri- 

 ological News, quarterly, current volume : 26. 

 Editor : R. W. Sarber. 



1343- Society of American Foresters. 425 Mills 

 Building, 17th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, 

 N. W., Washington 6, D. C. President: 

 Charles A. Connaughton, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, 630 Sansome Street, San 

 Francisco 11, Calif. Term expires December 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Henry Clepper. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 1900. Twenty- 

 two geographic Sections, seventy local chapters, 

 and nine subject Divisions: Forest Economics, 

 Forest Management, Forest Recreation, Forest 

 Utilization, Forest-Wildlife Management, For- 

 estry Education, Range Management, Silvicul- 

 ture, and Watershed Management. 



Purpose: To represent, advance, and protect 

 the interests and standards of the profession of 

 forestry ; to provide a medium for exchange of 

 professional thought ; and to promote the science, 

 practice, and standards of forestry in America. 



Membership: Open to individuals with a 

 professional education in forestry at an accred- 

 ited college or university. Total membership 

 12,855. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sir William Schlich 

 Memorial Medal, and Gifford Pinchot Medal; 

 Award for achievement in biological research 

 leading to advancement of forestry. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 58, $9. Editor: Arthur B. Meyer. Forest 

 Science, quarterly, current volume : 6, $6. 

 Editor : John W. Duffield. 



1344. Society of American Military Engineers. 

 808 Mills Building, Washington 6, D. C. 

 President: A. M. Minton, Director of Civil 

 Engineering, Headquarters, U. S. Air Force, 

 Washington 25, D. C. Term expires May 



1961. Executive Secretary: F. H. Kohloss. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1919, founded January, 

 1920; incorporated December 1925 in the 

 District of Columbia; 114 local posts (chapters) 

 and 60 student posts (chapters) in colleges. 



Purpose: To promote the national defense by 

 the advancement of knowledge of the science 

 of military engineering ; to increase the engineer 

 potential of the nation for the national security. 



Membership: Total individual membership 

 30,000. Military Engineer Member : a citizen of 

 the United States, who holds a commission as 

 an officer in the engineer services of the military 

 forces of the United States, or has an honorable 

 discharge from such engineer service, or is in 

 the military forces of the United States, or has 

 an honorable discharge therefrom and is a 

 graduate of an engineering college of recognized 

 standing, or has been in the active practice of the 

 engineering profession for eight years, or holds 

 a legally authorized license to practice pro- 

 fessional engineering. Military Member : a 

 citizen of the United States or its possessions 

 who is serving in the military forces of the 

 United States, or who has been honorably dis- 

 charged from such forces, who has completed 

 at least two years in the Reserve Officers' 

 Training Corps, who is not included as Military 

 Engineer. Engineer Member : person not elig- 

 ible for either of two previous types of member- 

 ship, who has graduated in engineering from 

 a school of recognized standing, or who has 

 been in active practice of the engineering pro- 

 fession for not less than eight years, or who 

 holds a license to practice professional engineer- 

 ing issued by a legally authorized body, or who 

 is a voting member of a professional engineering 

 society, and who is a citizen of the United States 

 or its possessions. Affiliate Member : citizen of 

 the United States or its possessions, interested 

 in military engineering affairs and in prepared- 

 ness for national defense, who is ineligible for 

 previous types of membership. Sustaining Mem- 

 ber : a domestic firm, company, or corporation, 

 or a division thereof, and other similar domestic 

 organization which is interested in advancing the 

 knowledge of the science of military engineering, 

 in increasing the potential of the United States 

 for national security, and in furthering the ob- 

 jectives of the Society. Student Member: Under- 

 graduate student who is pursuing engineering 

 courses or who is duly enrolled as a member of 

 the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Honorary 

 Member : person who has rendered distinguished 

 services to the Society, or who has otherwise 

 attained distinction deserving of recognition by 

 the Society. Foreign Member : national of 

 country other than the United States who has 

 the technical qualifications for becoming an 



