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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Organized 1946. 



Purpose: To disseminate scientific knowledge 

 concerning anesthesiology. 



Membership: Qualified doctors of medicine. 

 Total membership approximately 750. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1425. Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons. 



President: Hugh Trout, Jr., Jeflferson Hos- 

 pital, Roanoke, Va. Term expires April 1961. 

 Secretary: G. V. Brindley, Jr., Scott and 

 White Clinic, Temple, Tex. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized April 1927. 



Purpose: To continue the advance in medicine 

 and surgery. 



Membership: Open to physicians engaged in 

 the practice of surgery, in good standing in their 

 state associations, who reside or practice in the 

 "south." Senior Members, 27 ; Members, 48. 

 Total membership 75. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1426. Southern Society of Orthodontists. Presi- 

 dent: Charles E. Harrison, 362 Sixth Street 

 South, St. Petersburg, Fla. Term expires No- 

 vember 1961. Secretary: William H. Oliver, 

 1915 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. Term ex- 

 pires November 1961. 



History: Organized February 1921 ; incor- 

 porated. Society is a component of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Orthodontists. Committee : 

 Research. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 orthodontics ; to encourage and sponsor re- 

 search ; to strive for higher standards of ex- 

 cellence in orthodontic education and practice ; 

 and to contribute to dental health service. 



Membership: Active, 224, individuals in good 

 standing in local, state, and national organiza- 

 tions with accepted adequate training, now en- 

 gaged in exclusive practice or teaching of ortho- 

 dontics, with five years of specialization. Asso- 

 ciate, 59, same as active except a requirement 

 of only eighteen months specialization. Total 

 membership 283. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Membership: Members, 42, Board certification 

 in surgery, unanimous vote of the membership. 

 Meetings: Annual. 



1428. Southern Surgical Association. President: 

 Francis M. Massie, Lexington Clinic, 1221 

 South Broadway, Lexington, Ky. Term ex- 

 pires December 1960. Secretary: J. D. Martin, 

 Jr., Emory University, Atlanta 22, Ga. Term 

 expires December 1963. 



History: Organized as the Southern Surgical 

 and Gynecological Association, 1887 ; name 

 changed to present title, 1916. 



Purpose: To further the study and practice 

 of surgery, especially in the southern States. 



Membership: Members, 344, specialists in 

 surgery with ten years' surgical experience. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: An annual award of 

 an Arthur M. Shipley medal for an outstanding 

 paper presented by a newly elected member. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 71. Editor: George D. Lilly. 



1429. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. 



Department of Botany, Oklahoma State Uni- 

 versity, Stillwater, Okla. President: Howard 

 McCarley, Department of Biology, South- 

 eastern State College, Durant, Okla. Term 

 expires April 1962. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 U. T. Waterfall. Term expires April 1962. 



History: Organized May 25, 1953. Commit- 

 tees : Conservation, Survey of Museums and 

 Herbarium Collections, Survey of Handbooks 

 and Manuals in Progress. 



Purpose: To promote the field study of plants 

 and animals, living and fossil, in the Southwest- 

 ern United States and Mexico ; and to aid the 

 scientific activities of its members. 



Membership: Members, 300, interest in the 

 natural history of the Southwest. Membership 

 includes college and university faculty members 

 in the biological sciences. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : Southwestern Naturalist, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 5, $5. Editor : Don Tinkle. 



1427. Southern Surgeons Club. President: 

 David R. Murphy, Jr., 442 LaFayette Street, 

 Tampa, Fla. Term expires 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Felda Hightower, Bowman Gray 

 School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N. C. 

 Term expires 1963. 



History: Organized October 1940. 



Purpose: Interchange of ideas and presenta- 

 tion and discussion of advances in the medical 

 sciences which have surgical significance. 



1430. Southwestern Federation of Geological 

 Societies. P. O. Box 1819, Abilene, Tex. 

 Chairman Executive Committee: W. N. Tin- 

 dell. Term expires January 1, 1961. Secre- 

 tary: W. G. McCampbell, Jr., P. O. Box 1287, 

 Roswell, N. Mex. Term expires January 1, 

 1961. 



History: Organized in 1958 as a Federation of 

 the following nine Geological Societies : Abilene, 

 Dallas, Fort Worth, San Angelo, Lubbock, 



