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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



1369. Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc. Presi- 

 dent: Titus Evans, University of Iowa, Iowa 

 City, Iowa. Term expires June 1961. Adminis- 

 trator: Samuel N. Turiel, 430 North Michigan 

 Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1954 in State of Washing- 

 ton by federating several regional groups inter- 

 ested in nuclear medicine. Currently has 14 ac- 

 credited chapters. Committee: Radiation Pro- 

 tection. 



Purpose: To bring together physicians and 

 other scientists engaged in the use of nuclear 

 phenomena in the diagnosis and treatment of 

 disease. 



Membership: Open to scientists, including 

 physicians, veterinarians, nurses, physicists, 

 mathematicians, technicians, laboratory person- 

 nel. Members : persons possessing an advanced 

 degree in the medical, biological, or physical 

 sciences, and who have an interest and com- 

 petence in the application of nuclear radiation. 

 In exceptional cases, individuals not qualifying 

 under the above may be accepted by reason of 

 outstanding contributions to nuclear medicine 

 by action of the Executive Committee. Asso- 

 ciate : those persons interested in the utihza- 

 tion of radioisotopes and nuclear phenomena in 

 the management and treatment of disease, and 

 who have obtained a bachelor's degree in 

 science. Total 1,625 members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 1, $10. Editor: George E. Thoma. 



1370. Society of Packaging and Handling Engi- 

 neers. 14 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago 4, 

 111. President: C. L. Lippman, U. S. Steel 

 Company, 120 Montgomery Street. San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif. Term expires January 1962. Ad- 

 ministrative Secretary: Kay Crowley. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Formed as a non-profit organization 

 in June 1945, in Illinois ; incorporated as The 

 Industrial Packaging Engineers Association of 

 America; name changed to present title in 1959. 



Purpose: To further the application of good 

 engineering practices in the industrial packaging 

 and materials handling fields. 



Membership: On an individual or company 

 basis, according to the following classifications : 

 Associate : those persons who are qualified by 

 position or experience to cooperate with pack- 

 aging and/or materials handling engineers, and 

 those persons who, in the opinion of the Board 

 of Directors, will further the objectives and 

 purposes of the Society ; Professional : those 

 persons who are 26 years of age or more, and 

 who by previous technical training or experi- 

 ence, or by present occupation are qualified to 



utilize scientific or engineering principles in the 

 fields of packaging and/or materials handling, 

 graduates from a recognized college or univer- 

 sity with three years of experience acceptable 

 to the Board of Directors, or five years experi- 

 ence acceptable to the Board of Directors, in the 

 fields of packaging and/or materials handling ; 

 Fellow, those who have been members of the 

 Society for a minimum of 5 years, who are at 

 least 2)2) years of age, and who by reason of 

 their special contributions to the fields of pack- 

 aging and/or materials handling are deemed by 

 the Board of Directors to have earned this 

 recognition. Total membership 1,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: National Packaging 

 and Handling Competition ; five Packaging 

 Scholarships at Hofstra University. 



Publications: Trends, bimonthly, current vol- 

 ume : 6, free to members. Editor : Kay Crowley. 



1371. Society of Pelvic Surgeons. President: 

 Waring G. Cosbie, 170 St. George Street, 

 Toronto 5, Canada. Term expires October 

 1960. Secretary: Laman A. Gray, 216 Hey- 

 burn Building, Louisville 2, Ky. Term ex- 

 pires October 1961. 



History: Organized December 1952. 



Purpose: To exchange ideas pertaining to 

 various phases of pelvic surgery and related 

 fields, and to exert influence for the betterment 

 of the teaching and practice of pelvic surgery. 



Membership: Active Members (limited to 45), 

 graduates of recognized medical schools, licensed 

 in United States or Canada, on stafif of recog- 

 nized hospital or having special interest and 

 accomplishment in field of pelvic surgery; 

 Senior, active members at age of 65 are trans- 

 ferred. Total membership 42. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1372. Society of Petroleum Engineers of the 

 American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, 

 and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. President: 

 Wayne E. Glenn, Continental Oil Company, 

 P. O. Box 2197, Houston, Tex. Term expires 

 February 1961. Executive Secretary: Joe B. 

 Alford, 6300 North Central Expressway, Dal- 

 las 6, Tex. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1913 as a Committee 

 on Oil and Gas of the AIME; expanded to be- 

 come the Petroleum Division of AIME in 1922; 

 became the Petroleum Branch of AIME in 

 1949, and, with the reorganization of AIME in 

 1957, became the present society, a largely auto- 

 nomous organization operating within the frame- 

 work of AIME. Now has thirty-six sections in 

 the United States, two in Canada, three in Vene- 

 zuela, one in Saudi Arabia, and one in Sumatra; 



