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SCIEXTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



cal Society ; name changed to present title April 

 2, 1906. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, the protection of public health, and the 

 betterment of the medical profession. 



Membership: Members must be duly licensed 

 to practice medicine in the state of South Da- 

 kota. Regular members, 406 ; government em- 

 ployees, 31 ; honorary. 24. Total membership 

 461. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Spafiford Memorial 

 Fund, for fellowships at the University of South 

 Dakota ; South Dakota Medical School Endow- 

 ment Association, for furtherance of medical 

 education in South Dakota, capital $40,000. 



Publications: South Dakota Journal of Medi- 

 cine and Pharmacy, monthly, current volume : 

 13, free to members, $2. Editor: Robert Vande- 

 mark. The Grab Bag, irregular, current volume : 

 12, free. Editor : John C. Foster. 



1407- South Louisiana Geological Survey. 



President: Troy A. Freund, Bel Oil Corpora- 

 tion, P. O. Box 1442, Lake Charles, La. Term 

 expires February 1961. Secretary: James 

 Smith, Schlumberger Well Surveying Cor- 

 poration, Box 500, Rt. 3. Lake Charles, La. 

 Term expires February 1961. 



History: Organized 1936. Member of Ameri- 

 can Association of Petroleum Geologists and 

 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology 

 as it relates to South Louisiana, and to promote 

 fellowship and cooperation among geologists, 

 petroleum engineers, and others interested in 

 geological problems. 



Membership: Open to all persons actively en- 

 gaged in the geological profession, or persons 

 having an interest in geology. Total member- 

 ship 96. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



1408. South Texas Geological Society. Presi- 

 dent: John S. Rives, 1610 Milam Building, 

 San Antonio, Tex. Term expires December 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Charles E. Kim- 

 mell, 614 Petroleum Commerce Building, San 

 Antonio, Tex. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized April 1929. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology, 

 especially as it relates to oil and gas, and other 

 natural resources of South Texas ; and to foster 

 fellowship among its members. 



Membership: Members must be eligible for 

 membership in the American Association of 

 Petroleum Geologists. Active, 317; Honorary, 

 4; Courtesy. IS; Press, 12. Total membership 

 348. 



Meetings: Bimonthly, except July and August. 



Professional activities: Cash award to best 

 earth science exhibit, San Antonio, Texas, High 

 Schools Science Fair. 



1409. Southeastern Allergy Association. Presi- 

 dent: Susan C. Dees, Duke Hospital, Durham, 

 N. C. Term expires October 1961. Secretary: 

 Katharine Baylis Madnnis, 818 Albion Road, 

 Columbia, S. C. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 1945. Sec- 

 tions: Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and 

 West Virginia. 



Purpose: To bring together those physicians 

 in the southeast who are interested in allergy. 



Membership: Open to those with an interest 

 in allergy who are resident in the southeastern 

 states. Total membership approximately 75. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1410. Southeastern Geological Society. Presi- 

 dent: Harbans S. Puri, P. O. Box 841. Talla- 

 hassee, Fla. Term expires 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: William D. Reves, P. O. Box 841, 

 Tallahassee, Fla. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1944. Sections: Alabama, 

 Florida, Georgia. Affiliated with American As- 

 sociation of Petroleum Geologists and member 

 society of Gulf Coast Association of Geological 

 Societies. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology, 

 especially as it relates to petroleum and natural 

 gas in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama ; to pro- 

 mote professional and social relationships of 

 members ; and to provide a meeting place for 

 presentation and discussion of subjects of mutual 

 interest. 



Membership: Active, open to persons engaged 

 in practice of the geological profession and eligi- 

 ble for membership in .\merican Association of 

 Petroleum Geologists : Associate, those inter- 

 ested in geological endeavors, but not eligible 

 for AAPG membership. Total membership 134. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



1411. Southeastern Surgical Congress. 340 



Boulevard. X.E.. .Atlanta 12, Ga. President: 

 Willard H. Parsons, 1600 Monroe Street, 

 Vicksburg, Miss. Term expires March 1961. 

 Secretary-Director: A. H. Letton. Term ex- 

 pires March 1963. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1930. 

 Territory comprises the twelve southeastern 

 states and the District of Columbia. 



Purpose: To establish and maintain an asso- 

 ciation of surgeons and allied specialists for the 

 benefit of humanity by advancing the education 



