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to promote better and more adequate techniques 

 and facilities for the diagnosis and treatment 

 of persons with cerebral palsy ; to cooperate 

 with governmental and private agencies con- 

 cerned with the welfare of the handicapped; to 

 promote the employment of persons with cere- 

 bral palsy ; to solicit, collect and otherwise raise 

 funds and other property for the above purposes 

 and for endowing and supporting facilities for 

 the care, treatment and study of persons with 

 cerebral palsy ; to establish affiliates and to 

 cooperate with them for the above purposes. 



Membership: Representative Directors, indi- 

 viduals who are local or state presidents ; 

 Directors-at-Large, civic or philanthropic 

 leaders. Total membership 330. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Funds allotted each 

 year from the United Cerebral Palsy Research 

 and Educational Foundation to universities, 

 hospitals, and other institutions for fundamental 

 and applied research ; for post-doctoral fellow- 

 ships in medical research and special education ; 

 for clinical and medical student fellowships ; 

 for scholarships to train occupational, physical, 

 speech and hearing therapists ; and for summer 

 workshops in special education and vocational 

 training. 



Publications: Crusader. Editor; Flora Kaiser. 



i486. United Engineering Trustees, Inc. 29 



West 39th Street, New York 18, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: Andrew Fletcher. Term expires October 

 1960. Secretary: S. W. Marras. Term expires 

 October 1960. 



History: Established and incorporated in 1904 

 by the joint action of four national engineering 

 societies : American Society of Civil Engineers, 

 American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and 

 Petroleum Engineers, The American Society of 

 Mechanical Engineers, and American Institute 

 of Electrical Engineers, which are known as 

 Founder Societies. Former name was Engi- 

 neering Foundation, Inc. In 1958 the American 

 Institute of Chemical Engineers became a fifth 

 Founder Society. Departments : Engineering 

 Societies Library, Engineering Foundation, Real 

 Estate Activities. 



Purpose: The advancement of the engineering 

 arts and sciences in all their branches, including 

 the maintenance of a free public engineering 

 library. 



Membership: A federation of the above five 

 national engineering societies. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Administers trust 

 funds for Engineering Societies Library, Engi- 

 neering Foundation, John Fritz Medal Board 

 of Award, Daniel Guggenheim Medal Board of 



Award ; acts as treasurer for Engineers' Council 

 for Professional Development ; custodian of 

 grants to various research projects of Engineer- 

 ing Foundation. 

 Library: 177,000 volumes. 



1487. United Epilepsy Association, Inc. Ill 



West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: Carl Marks, 20 Broad Street, New York 

 5, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. Executive 

 Director: Meade P. Brown, 140 Kilburn Road, 

 Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Chartered by the Board of Regents 

 April 21, 1944, as the Association to Control 

 Epilepsy ; provisional charter amended by the 

 Regents in 1945, name changed to The National 

 Association to Combat Epilepsy ; absolute 

 charter granted May 23, 1952; name changed 

 to Epilepsy Association of New York October 

 1952; name changed to present title October 

 1954. Chapters : Long Island, Brooklyn, West- 

 chester. Professional Advisory Council : a 

 standing technical scientific committee, with a 

 subcommittee on research and training grants. 



Purpose: To support research in the field of 

 epilepsy; to stimulate the development of 

 clinical facilities for diagnosis and treatment of 

 epilepsy ; to conduct public and professional 

 information programs ; to establish voluntary 

 health agencies in all communities ; to deal with 

 epilepsy as a major health problem. 



Membership: Individual members enrolled in 

 chapters. Total membership approximately 700. 



Professional activities: Symposia; support of 

 laboratories for research in brain and central 

 nervous system functions ; training grants. 



Publications: Epilepsy News, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume : 6. Editor : Nancy Davids. 



1488. United Inventors and Scientists of 

 America. President: David Resnick, 27\2y2 

 West 7th Street, Los Angeles 57, Calif. Term 

 expires January 1961. Secretary: Mrs. Julia 

 Dunmar, 449^^ North Stanley Street, Los 

 Angeles 36, Calif. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Organized and incorporated October 

 8, 1942. 



Purpose: To emphasize the significant role of 

 the inventor in the advancement of human 

 welfare and to encourage new inventions ; to 

 encourage creative thinking among young 

 people ; to develop the inventiveness of the 

 future inventors of the country ; to focus interest 

 on achievements of junior inventors. 



Membership: Any individual holding a patent 

 or having a patent pending. Total membership 

 735. 



Meetings: Semiannual, in January and July. 



