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with six subsections in the United States, and 

 twenty-seven student chapters. Technical 

 Committees : Education, General Editorial, 

 Production Review, Program, Symbols, Trans- 

 actions Editorial. 



Purpose: To furnish a medium of cooperation 

 among those interested in the petroleum-natural 

 gas industry, and to promote the advancement of 

 this branch of mineral technology through meet- 

 ings to stimulate the preparation, reading, dis- 

 cussion, and circulation of papers. 



Membership: Member, 6,723, must be at least 

 twenty-seven years old, and have had at least 

 six years employment in engineering or applica- 

 tion of the sciences to any branch of the mineral 

 industry, must have held positions in respon- 

 sible charge of engineering or technical work 

 for three years ; graduation from a technical 

 college not required but is considered equivalent 

 to two years employment. Associate Member, 

 1,861, must be interested in petroleum engineer- 

 ing or application of the sciences to the petro- 

 leum industry, technical training or experience 

 not required. Junior Member, 4,889, must be 

 under thirty years of age, qualified to hold a 

 subordinate engineering position. Student Mem- 

 ber, 980, must be a full-time student in good 

 standing in an approved school. Total member- 

 ship 14,453. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Anthony F. Lucas 

 Gold Medal, an Institute award, for distin- 

 guished achievement in improving technique of 

 finding and producing petroleum ; John Frank- 

 lin Carll Award, for distinguished contribution 

 to petroleum engineering; Cedric K. Ferguson 

 Medal, for outstanding technical paper by a 

 Junior Member ; Certificate of Service, for out- 

 standing contribution to the Society; local sec- 

 tional sponsorship of scholarships in petroleum 

 engineering, student paper contests, etc. 



Publications: Journal of Petroleum Tech- 

 nology, monthly, current volume: 12, free to 

 members, $8 to non-members. Petroleum Trans- 

 actions, AIME, annual, current volume: 216, 

 $4.90 to members, $7 to non-members. Editor : 

 R. William Taylor. 



1373. Society of Photographic Scientists and 

 Engineers. P. O. Box 1609, Main Post Office, 

 Washington, D. C. President: George T. 

 Eaton, Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak 

 Company, Rochester 4, N. Y. Term expires 

 May 1961. Managing Secretary: Edward S. 

 Cobb. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized June 1948, incorporated 

 in the District of Columbia. Chapters : Bing- 

 hamton, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Monmouth, 

 New York, Rochester, Southern California, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Purpose: The advancement and diffusion of 

 knowledge of the science of photography and its 

 applications to the field of photographic engi- 

 neering in industry, education, and research, 

 without restriction by specific use or by the 

 dimensions of materials, including the under- 

 standing, production, and improvement of the 

 materials. 



Membership: Honorary, 5, a person who has 

 performed eminent service in the advancement 

 of photographic science or engineering; Fellow, 

 13, a person who has contributed outstandingly 

 to the technical or scientific progress of photo- 

 graphic science and engineering ; Senior, 3, a 

 person who has made or performed outstanding 

 contributions and service to the Society; Reg- 

 ular, one with professional standing in the field 

 of engineering or science, or administrative re- 

 sponsibilities in the technical photographic op- 

 erations, or a teacher of technical photography 

 in a school of recognized standing; Associate, 

 one who is over twenty-one years of age and is 

 engaged in or interested in work relating to some 

 technical aspect of photography ; total Regular 

 and Associate members, 2,300; Students, 105; 

 Sustainers, 53. Total membership 2,479. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Volunteer Satellite 

 Tracking Project conducted under the auspices 

 of National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 

 tion. Society is represented in American Stand- 

 ards Association, the Inter-Society Color Coun- 

 cil, and the National Academy of Sciences- 

 National Research Council. 



Publications: Photographic Science and Engi- 

 neering, bimonthly, current volume : 4, free to 

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

 Howard James. 



1374. Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. 65 

 Prospect Street, Stamford, Conn. President: 

 George W. Martin, 178 Sargeant Street, Hol- 

 yoke, Mass. Term expires January 1961. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: Thomas A. Bissell. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized December 1941, incor- 

 porated August 1942. Committees : Education, 

 Technical Advisory, Inter-Society Relations, 

 Meetings, Publications, Administrative, Sections, 

 Membership. Fifteen Professional Activities 

 Groups : Plastics in Buildings, Plastics in Elec- 

 trical Insulation, Extrusion, Reinforced Plastics, 

 Injection Molding, Metal Mold Design and Con- 

 struction, Castings and Plastics Toolings, Form- 

 ing, Finishing, Thermosetting Molding, Vinyl 

 Plastics, Polymer Structure and Properties, 

 Fabricating, Standards for Reporting Prop- 

 erties, Plastics in the Automotive Industry. 



Purpose: To promote in all lawful ways the 



