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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



1355. Society of Experimental Psychologists, 



Inc. Secretary-Treasurer : John L. Kennedy, 

 Department of Psychology, Princeton Uni- 

 versity, Princeton, N. J. Term expires April 

 1962. 



History: Organized 1904 as Experimentalists; 

 name changed to present title 1929 ; incorporated 

 1936. 



Purpose: To advance psychology by an an- 

 nual conference of leading experimental psy- 

 chologists and by an award for an outstanding 

 contribution to research in experimental psy- 

 chology. 



Membership: Limited to persons engaged in 

 the advancement of experimental psychology. A 

 member who has reached the age of sixty auto- 

 matically becomes a Fellow. Not more than 

 three new members elected in any one year. Total 

 membership 75. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Howard Crosby War- 

 ren Medal, established 1936, awarded for con- 

 tributions to the advancement of experimental 

 psychology; capital $1,000, income $25 annually. 

 Howard Crosby Award, established 1946, award- 

 ed with H. C. Warren Medal for contributions 

 to the advancement of experimental psychology ; 

 capital $10,500, award $250. 



1356. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. 



President: T. O. Hall, General Geophysical 

 Company, 750 Houston Club Building, Hous- 

 ton 2, Tex. Term expires November 1960. 

 Business Manager: Colin Campbell, P. O. 

 Box 1536, Tulsa 1, Okla. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in Houston, Texas, in 

 1930, as the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists. 

 Name changed to present title 1936 ; incorporated 

 in Colorado in 1937. Sections : Shreveport, 

 Calgary, Casper, Corpus Christi, Cochabamba, 

 Dallas, Denver, Edmonton, Fort Worth, "Four 

 Corners," Houston, Jackson (Miss.), Billings, 

 Farmington (N. Mex.), Oklahoma City, Pacific 

 Coast, Midland (Tex.), Regina, New Orleans, 

 San Antonio, Lafayette (La.), Tulsa, Salt Lake 

 City, and Caracas. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geo- 

 physics, especially as it relates to exploration 

 and research ; to foster the common scientific 

 interests of geophysicists ; and to maintain a high 

 professional standing among members. 



Membership: Active, eight years experience; 

 Associate, active interest in geophysics ; Stu- 

 dent, resident enrollment in a recognized college 

 or university. Total membership 5,800. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: SEG Foundation, 

 about $20,000 annually in scholarships and fel- 

 lowships. Awards : Annual Best Paper award 



for publication in Geophysics; Honorary Mem- 

 bership for outstanding contribution to geo- 

 physics ; Annual Best Oral Presentations (2) for 

 papers given at annual meeting. 



Publications: Geophysics, bi-monthly, current 

 volume: 25, $10. Editor: Nelson C. Steenland. 



1357. Society of Fire Protection Engineers. 60 



Batterymarch Street, Boston 10, Mass. Presi- 

 dent: James J. Duggan, Union Carbide Chem- 

 icals Company, P. O. Box 8004, South Charles- 

 ton 3, W. Va. Term expires May 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Robert S. Moulton. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized October 1950. Incorpo- 

 rated as a technical section of the National Fire 

 Protection Association under their charter. Sec- 

 tions : Chicago, Maryland, Philadelphia, Mont- 

 real-Ottawa, Boston, San Francisco, Los 

 Angeles, New York. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 fire protection engineering and its allied fields, 

 to maintain a high professional standing among 

 its members, and to foster fire protection engi- 

 neering education. 



Membership: Members, 580, engineering de- 

 gree and eight years experience, or twelve years 

 engineering experience, and, in either case, three 

 years responsible charge ; Associates, 273, en- 

 gineering degree and four years experience, or 

 eight years engineering exprience ; Juniors, 204, 

 one year active practice or study in fire protec- 

 tion engineering, thirty-five years of age or less ; 

 one student chapter. Total membership 1,058. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Year Book, biennially, current 

 volume : 5. Bulletin, bimonthly, current volume : 

 60. Free to members. Editor : R. E. Stevens. 



1358. Society of General Physiologists. Presi- 

 dent: John B. Buck, National Institutes of 

 Health, Bethesda 14, Md. Term expires Sep- 

 tember 1961. Secretary: James W. Green, 

 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 Term expires September 1961. 



History: Organized September 1946. 



Purpose: To encourage communication be- 

 tween biologists who are interested primarily 

 in fundamental physiological principles rather 

 than in application, and in phenomena common 

 to all organisms rather than those limited to 

 special groups. 



Membership: Substantial record of published 

 basic research in general physiology. Total 

 membership approximately 350. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual sponsorship of 

 a physiological symposium ; symposium pro- 

 ceedings published. 



