UNITED STATES 



379 



Structural Engineers Association of Southern 

 California, Los Angeles. 



Purpose: To promote the highest standards of 

 structural engineering, to the end that the prac- 

 tice of structural engineers shall serve and 

 advance the best interests of the client, the 

 community, and the public. 



Membership: All members of the local asso- 

 ciations are members of the state association, 

 and most are licensed civil or structural engi- 

 neers in the state. Total membership approxi- 

 mately 1,200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1438. Structural Engineers Association of Ore- 

 gon. 717 Board of Trade Building, Portland 

 4, Oreg. President: Lloyd A. Pajunen, 4129 

 South East McLoughlin Boulevard, Portland 

 2, Oreg. Term expires September 1961. Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer: Miles R. Abel, 9670 South 

 West Eagle Lane, Beaverton, Oreg. Term 

 expires September 1961. 



History: Organized November 1949; active in 

 building code changes, discussions of legislative 

 matters affecting structural engineering, earth- 

 quake studies, studies of all types of engineering 

 materials singly, or in manufactured or con- 

 structed forms. 



Purpose: To provide an active association for 

 better acquaintance and understanding among 

 engineers ; to encourage practice in accordance 

 with ethical standards ; to promote the highest 

 standards of structural engineering to the end 

 that the best interests of the client, the com- 

 munity, the public, and the profession will be 

 served ; and to cooperate with other professional 

 organizations. 



Membership: Corporate Member, 55, regis- 

 tered engineer in Oregon, in responsible charge 

 of design, construction, or research relating to 

 structures of major importance, or engaged in 

 teaching the profession of structural engineer- 

 ing ; Affiliate Member, 12, not registered in Ore- 

 gon, regularly engaged in a business relative 

 to structural engineering, or regularly employed 

 in the field of structural engineering ; Life Mem- 

 ber, corporate member who has brought dis- 

 tinction, eminence, and esteem to his profession 

 and to the Association by virtue of his wide 

 reputation, outstanding professional accomplish- 

 ments, and his long and devoted professional life. 

 Total membership 67. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of North- 

 west Structural Engineers Associations Confer- 

 ence every third year. 



1439. Structural Engineers Association of South- 

 ern California. President: Jack N. Sparling, 

 812 West 8th Street, Los Angeles 17, Calif. 



Term expires December 31, 1960. Executive 

 Secretary: Don Wiltse, 2808 Temple Street, 

 Los Angeles 26, Calif. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1929. 



Purpose: x\ctivity in technical matters in field 

 of structural engineering. 

 Membership: Total membership 723. 

 Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Stanford University 

 scholarships. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, free to mem- 

 bers. Editor : Don Wiltse. 



1440. Student American Medical Association. 



430 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. 

 President: William Waddell, 120 Newell 

 Street, Durham N. C. Term expires May 7, 

 1961. Executive Director: Russell F. Stau- 

 dacher. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 29, 1950; in- 

 corporated November 23, 1951. 



Purpose: To advance the profession of medi- 

 cine, to contribute to the welfare and education 

 of medical students, and to prepare members to 

 meet the social, moral, and ethical obligations 

 of their profession. 



Membership: Limited to students, interns, and 

 residents. Total membership 50,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual competition 

 for scientific exhibits and papers, and for medical 

 photography. 



Publications: New Physician, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 9, free to members. Editor : Ed- 

 ward R. Pinckney. 



1441. Suffolk County (New York) District 

 Branch Society of the American Psychiatric 

 Association. President: Edward H. Malone. 

 South Oaks, Amityville, N. Y. Term expires 

 June 1961. Executive Secretary: Henry Tan- 

 ner, Northport Veterans Administration Hos- 

 pital, Northport, N. Y. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1955; absorbed the 

 Long Island Psychiatric Society. 



Purpose: To promote the aims of the Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association ; to disseminate 

 factual information relating to psychiatry and 

 mental health ; to foster and encourage coopera- 

 tion between the Society's physicians and the 

 other physicians and agencies in Suffolk Coun- 

 ty; to promote scientific meetings and confer- 

 ences within the Society, or in conjunction with 

 other professional groups ; to improve the stand- 

 ards of psychiatric professional skill in the com- 

 munity. 



