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officer of the engineer service of the military 

 forces of the United States, or whose past or 

 present service in the military or naval forces 

 of such country corresponds to that service in 

 the military forces of the United States which 

 is required to qualify a citizen of the United 

 States for military membership. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Military Engineering 

 Achievements, Annual Medal Awards : George 

 W. Goethals Medal, outstanding military engi- 

 neering-at-large ; Wheeler Medal, Army engi- 

 neers ; Moreell Medal, Navy engineers ; Newman 

 Medal, Air Force engineers ; Colbert Medal, 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey; Bliss Medal, mili- 

 tary engineering education. ROTC Award of 

 Merit, authorized in 1948 to be awarded annually 

 to outstanding engineering students in the 

 ROTC. 



Publications: Military Engineer, bi-monthly, 

 current volume : 52, $6 to members, $8 to sub- 

 scribers, $10 foreign. Editor : F. H. Kohloss. 



1345. Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. 



485 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. 

 President: Harry E. Chesebrough, Chrysler 

 Corporation, P. O. Box 1518, Detroit 31, 

 Mich. Term expires January 1961. Secretary: 

 Joseph Gilbert. Term indefinite. 



History: Informally organized 1904; formally 

 organized 1905 as the Society of Automobile 

 Engineers ; incorporated 1909 ; merged with the 

 American Society of Aeronautic Engineers and 

 the Society of Tractor Engineers under present 

 title in 1916. Geographic Divisions and Chap- 

 ters : Atlanta, Baltimore, British Columbia, 

 Buffalo, Central Illinois, Chicago, Cincinnati, 

 Cleveland, Dayton, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Ha- 

 waii, Indiana, Kansas City, Metropolitan, Mid- 

 Continent, Mid-Michigan, Milwaukee, Mohawk- 

 Hudson, Montreal, New England, Northern 

 California, Northwest, Ontario, Oregon, Phila- 

 delphia, Pittsburgh, Rockford-Beloit, St. Louis, 

 Southern California, Southern New England, 

 Spokane-Intermountain, Syracuse, Texas, Texas 

 Gulf Coast, Twin City, Virginia, Washington, 

 Western Michigan, Wichita, Alberta Group, 

 Colorado Group, Salt Lake Group, South Texas 

 Group, Williamsport Group. Technical and 

 Scientific Committees : Aerospacecraft, Aero- 

 space Powerplant, Air Transport, Body, Com- 

 puters, Engineering Materials, Farm, Construc- 

 tion and Industrial Machinery, Fuels and 

 Lubricants, Nuclear Energy, Passenger Car, 

 Powerplant, Production, Science-Engineering, 

 Transportation and Maintenance, Truck and 

 Bus. 



Purpose: To promote the arts, sciences, 

 standards and engineering practices connected 



with the design, construction, and utilization of 

 self-propelled mechanisms, prime movers, com- 

 ponents thereof, and related equipment. 



Membership: Members, 15,689; Associates, 

 5,396; Juniors, 3,716. Total membership approx- 

 imately 25,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Horning Memorial 

 Award, medal and cash award annually to author 

 of best paper relating to the mutual adaptation 

 of fuels to internal combustion engines, pre- 

 sented before the Society during the calendar 

 year ; in absence of an eligible paper, award 

 may be presented in recognition of distinguished 

 active service in the field of mutual adaptation 

 of fuels and engines, provided recipient presents 

 a Horning Memorial Lecture on an appropriate 

 subject at a meeting of the Society. Manly 

 Memorial Medal, medal and cash award annually 

 to the author of the best paper relating to 

 theory or practice in the design or construction 

 of or research on aerospace engines, their parts, 

 components, or accessories, presented at a meet- 

 ing of the Society or any of its Sections during 

 the calendar year. Wright Brothers Medal, 

 medal and cash award annually to the author 

 of the best paper on aerodynamics or structural 

 theory or research, airplane design or construc- 

 tion, or any other aeronautic subject, presented 

 at a meeting of the Society during the calendar 

 year. L. Ray Buckendale Lecture, cash award 

 and certificate for an annual lecture and mono- 

 graph by a distinguished authority in the tech- 

 nical areas of commercial or military ground 

 vehicles, directed toward filling the needs of 

 young engineers and students for up-to-date 

 practical knowledge. Russell S. Springer Award, 

 certificate and cash award annually to youngest 

 member of the Society under ZZ years of age 

 who is sole author of a paper published in SAE 

 Transactions; if no sole author is eligible, 

 award is made to youngest author of a two- 

 authored paper. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume : 68, $3 to members, $10 to non-members. 

 Editor: Kathleen Napier. Handbook, annual 

 $3.50 to members; $12 to public libraries, uni- 

 versity libraries, and United States government 

 bureaus; $20 to non-members. Editor :_ Maxine 

 Barends. Journal, monthly, current volume : 68, 

 $5 to members, $12 to non-members. Editor: 

 Norman G. Shidle. 



1346. Society of Biological Psychiatry. Presi- 

 dent: William Horsley Gantt, Phipps Clinic, 

 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5, Md. 

 Term expires June 1961. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: George N. Thompson, 2010 Wilshire 

 Boulevard, Los Angeles 57, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires June 1961. 



