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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: To federate and to bring into one 

 compact organization through the component 

 societies, the medical profession of the State, 

 and to unite with similar associations in other 

 states to form the American Medical Associa- 

 tion. 



Membership: Must be certified by a com- 

 ponent medical society and be licensed to practice 

 medicine in Tennessee. Anyone classed as a 

 veteran member must have passed his seventieth 

 birthday. Total membership 2,736: active 2,501, 

 associate 40, veteran 195. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Award to the Out- 

 standing Physician of Tennessee. Annual. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 53, $5. Editor : R. H. Kampmeier. 



1462. Tennessee State Society of Anesthesiolo- 

 gists. Mid State Medical Center, 2012 Church 

 Street, Nashville 4, Tenn. President: Mary 

 Frances Poe, 860 Madison Avenue, Memphis, 

 Tenn. Term expires 1961. Secretary: J. 

 Sumpter Anderson, Jr. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1948. 



Purpose: To advance the art and science of 

 anesthesiology, and to stimulate interest and 

 promote progress in the scientific, cultural, 

 economic, and ethical aspects of this specialty. 



Membership: Physicians engaged in the prac- 

 tice of medicine who are especially interested in 

 anesthesiology. Active members 55 ; Junior 

 members 16. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1463. Texas Academy of Science. Department 

 of Geography, University of Texas, Austin 

 12, Tex. President: Gordon K. Teal, Texas 

 Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Tex. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Lorrin Kennamer, Department of Geography, 

 University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized 1892; reorganized and 

 incorporated as a nonprofit organization 1929. 

 Five Sections : Physical, Biological, Social, 

 Geological, and Conservation. Affiliates : Texas 

 Section of the American Association of Physics 

 Teachers, Texas Section of the Mathematical 

 Association of America, and the Texas Chapter 

 of the National Council of Geology Teachers. 



Purpose: To foster and encourage better 

 science teaching and science student activities ; 

 to further the work of scientists ; to facilitate 

 cooperation among scientists. 



Membership: Interest and work in science 

 and nomination by two members. Total mem- 

 bership 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sponsors Junior Acad- 

 emy and Collegiate Academy as well as Science 

 Fairs. Cooperates with the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science to furnish 

 research funds for secondary and collegiate 

 students. 



Publications: Texas Journal of Science, cur- 

 rent volume: 12, $5. Editor: Clark Hubbs, 

 University of Texas, Austin, Texas. 



1464. Texas District Branch Society of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. President: 

 Clarence S. Hoekstra, 8215 Westchester, 

 Dallas, Tex. Term expires May 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: E. Ivan Bruce, Jr., 1014 

 Strand, Galveston, Tex. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1956 in keeping with the 

 policy of the American Psychiatric Association 

 to broaden representation of the membership in 

 APA operations. 



Purpose: To promote the science, art and 

 practice of psychiatry in the State of Texas 

 in cooperation with, and as a constituent part 

 of, the American Psychiatric Association. 



Membership: Open to members, associate 

 members or fellows of the American Psychiatric 

 Association who are practicing in the State of 

 Texas. Total membership 166. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1465. Texas Herpetological Society. President: 

 John E. Werler, Houston Zoological Gardens, 

 509 City Hall, Houston 2, Tex. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Organized November 18, 1938; first 

 field meet April 15-16, 1939, at San Marcos, 

 Tex. 



Purpose: To promote the discovery and dis- 

 semination of knowledge of amphibians and 

 reptiles ; to encourage the study of reptiles and 

 amphibians in Texas ; and to stimulate fellow- 

 ship among herpetologists of Texas and the 

 Southwest. 



Membership: Scientific interest in herpetol- 

 ogy. Total membership 85. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1466. Texas Industrial Medical Association, Inc. 



P. O. Box 472, Pasadena, Tex. President: 

 Noble B. Daniel, 317 State Line, Texarkana, 

 Tex. Term expires April 23, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: J. G. Burdick, Ethyl Corporation, 

 P. O. Box 472, Pasadena, Tex. Term expires 

 April 23, 1961. 



History: Founded April 25, 1955 at Fort 

 Worth with fifteen charter members. Com- 



