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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



1471. Texas Public Health Association. P. O, 



Box 5192, Austin 31, Tex. President: 

 William S. Brumage, State Health Depart- 

 ment, Austin, Tex. Term expires March 8, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Joseph N. Murphy, 

 Jr., P. O. Box 5192 Austin 31, Tex. Term 

 expires March 5, 1961. 



History: Organized 1925; chartered 1932. 

 Sections : Clerical, Dental Health, Health Edu- 

 cation, Health Officers, Laboratory, Engineer- 

 ing, Nursing, Sanitation, Veterinary Public 

 Heahh, Vital Statistics. 



Purpose: To protect and promote the health 

 of the people of Texas. 



Membership: Persons actively engaged in 

 schools, colleges, universities, official and non- 

 official public health agencies as designed by 

 the Governing Council. Persons interested in 

 public health are eligible for associate member- 

 ship. Sustaining membership open to individuals 

 or corporations interested in public health. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Honorary Life Mem- 

 bership, B.T. Bryant Memorial Award, Scholar- 

 ship Award to Texas high school student. 



Publications: Journal, bimonthly, current vol- 

 ume : 12, $3. Editor : JejSf L. Lewis. 



1472. Texas Radiological Society. 1216 Penn- 

 sylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, Tex. Presi- 

 dent: Delphin von Briesen, 1501 Arizona 

 Street, El Paso, Tex. Term expires January 

 21, 1961. Executive Secretary: R. P. 

 O'Bannon, 1216 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort 

 Worth, Tex. Term expires January 21, 1961. 



History: Organized May 1914. 



Purpose: To encourage a high standard of 

 professional competence and ethics ; to acquire, 

 preserve and disseminate information regarding 

 the study and practical application of roentgen- 

 ology, radium therapy, nuclear medicine, and 

 other related branches of medical physics. 



Membership: Degree of Doctor of Medicine 

 and good standing with the state and county 

 medical society, and devote eighty per cent 

 practice to some phase of radiology. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual lecture on 

 radiology at each of the medical schools in the 

 State. 



1473. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists. The 



Medical Towers, Houston 25, Tex. President: 

 Randle J. Brady, 3317 Binz Street, Houston 

 4, Tex. Term expires April 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Eugene L. Slataper, The Medical 

 Towers, Houston 25, Tex. Term expires 

 April 1961. 



History: Organized 1936; incorporated April 

 1948. 



Purpose: To promote the highest standards of 

 anesthesiology ; to cooperate with surgeons and 

 hospitals for betterment of the patient ; to en- 

 courage specialization in anesthesiology; to co- 

 operate with the American Society of Anesthesi- 

 ologists, Inc. in furthering the development and 

 advancement of anesthesiology. 



Membership: Active membership for those 

 doctors of medicine limiting their work to 

 anesthesiology; Associate membership for scien- 

 tists who have attained a position of eminence 

 in this field ; Junior membership for medical 

 doctors in training in field of anesthesiology. 

 Active members 165 ; Junior members 65. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1474. Texas Society of Pathologists, Inc. Austin, 

 Tex. President: O. J. Wollenman, Jr., St. 

 Joseph's Hospital, 1401 South Main Street, 

 Fort Worth, Tex. Term expires 1961. Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer: Vernie A. Stembridge, 

 Pathology Department, Southwestern Medical 

 School, Dallas 35, Tex. Term expires 1963. 



History: Organized 1921 ; incorporated 1954. 

 Oldest state society of pathologists in the United 

 States. 



Purpose: To extend scientific knowledge in 

 pathology, to promote higher standards, to se- 

 cure enactment and enforcement of just laws 

 concerning practice of pathology, to enlighten 

 the public, and to cooperate with other organ- 

 izations in attaining these aims. 



Membership: Open to medical doctors, 

 licensed to practice in Texas, diplomates of 

 American Board of Pathology or members of 

 any national society of pathologists which 

 judges scientific quality of its members. Active 

 members 116; Junior members 6. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Caldwell Award, in 

 honor and memory of Dr. George T. Caldwell, 

 pioneer pathologist in Texas, for outstanding 

 work and achievement. 



1475. Texas Society of Professional Engineers. 



1008 San Jacinto Street, Austin, Tex. Presi- 

 dent: Olaf T. Lodal, 1411 Transit Tower, San 

 Antonio, Tex. Term expires January 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Gus F. White. Term 

 expires January 1961. 



History: Founded 1936, incorporated 1937. 

 Twenty-five local chapters. 



Purpose: To secure for the engineering pro- 

 fession its rightful share of public esteem and 

 for the members of the profession adequate 

 recognition and compensation for their services 

 to society. 



