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subordinate grades must show orientation to- 

 ward eventual P"ull Fellowship within a limited 

 time. Fellows, 1,326; Associate Fellows, 426; 

 Members, 207. Total membership 1,959. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Groedel Medal, award- 

 ed annually ; Personal Workshops, conducted 

 throughout year. 



Publications: American Journal of Cardiology, 

 monthly, current volumes: 5-6, $12. Editor: 

 Simon Dack. 



138. American College of Chest Physicians. 112 



East Chestnut Street, Chicago 11, 111. Presi- 

 dent: J. Jay Flipse, 550 Brickell Avenue, 

 Miami 32, Fla. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Director: Murray Kornfeld. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded 1935; incorporated July 31, 

 1942, in Illinois. Geographic.'\l Sec- 

 tions : Seventy-nine chapters in eighty-nine 

 countries and territories. Councils : Under- 

 graduate Medical Education (Committees on 

 Undergraduate Medical Education, College Es- 

 say, Audiovisual Aids) ; Postgraduate Medical 

 Education (Committees on Postgraduate Medi- 

 cal Education, Motion Pictures, Resident Loan 

 Fund) ; Public Health (Committees on Liaison 

 with State and County Medical Societies, Air 

 Pollution, Indian Affairs, Occupational Di- 

 seases of the Chest with sections on Medical- 

 Legal Aspects of Pneumoconioses, Radiographic 

 Classification of the Pneumoconioses, Prevalence 

 and Nature of Occupational Diseases of the 

 Chest and Educational Aspects of the Pneu- 

 moconioses) ; Pulmonary Research (Committees 

 on Bronchoesophagology, Pulmonary Surgery, 

 Microbiology, Non-Surgical and Drug Therapy, 

 Chemotherapy and Antibiotics, Pulmonary 

 Physiology with sections on Pulmonary Func- 

 tion Testing, Inhalation Therapy, Mechanical 

 Aids to Respiration, Aviation Medicine, Path- 

 ology, Pulmonary Diseases in Children, Al- 

 lergy) ; Cardiovascular Research (Committees 

 on Hypertension, Clinical Cardiovascular Di- 

 sease, Cardiovascular Roentgenology, Cardiology 

 in Children, Cardiovascular Surgery, Electro- 

 cardiography and Vectorcardiography, Rehabili- 

 tation in Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovas- 

 cular Physiology) ; Hospitals (Committees on 

 Chest Diseases in Institutions, Standards and 

 Accreditation, Psychosomatic Aspects of Di- 

 seases of the Chest, Rehabilitation in Pulmonary 

 Diseases, Nurse Graduate Training in Patient 

 Care, Resident Fellowships, Chest Roentgen- 

 ology) ; Tuberculosis. 



Purpose: To further undergraduate and post- 

 graduate medical education and research in 

 diseases of the chest (heart and lungs) through- 

 out the world, and to promote the highest stand- 



ards of scientific endeavor in the specialty of 

 chest diseases in all countries. 



Membership: Eligible physcians in the United 

 States, its possessions, and Canada may apply 

 for Fellowship, Associate Fellowship, and As- 

 ociate Membership. Fellowship and Associate 

 Membership are avilable to eligible physicians 

 in other countries. Total membership 7,116. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Diseases of the Chest, monthly, 

 current volume : 37, $15. Editor : J. Arthur 

 Myers, 1316 Mayo Memorial Building, Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



139- American College of Dentists. 4236 Lindell 

 Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Otto \V. Brandhorst. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized August 20, 1920. Thirty- 

 two sections in the L^nited States. Committees : 

 Conduct, Education, Growth and Aging of the 

 Face, Health Services, Journalism, Professional 

 Relations, Recruitment, Research, World Rela- 

 tions. 



Purpose: To advance the ideals of the dental 

 profession ; to advance the standards and efiic- 

 iency of dentistry ; to encourage graduate study 

 and continuing education of dentists ; to en- 

 courage and promote research ; to increase 

 public understanding and appreciation of oral 

 health service ; to encourage development and 

 use of measures for control and prevention of 

 oral disease ; to cooperate with other groups for 

 the advancement of professional relationships in 

 the public interest. 



Membership: By invitation, based on unusual 

 services. Active and Honorary members. Total 

 membership 2,692. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Teacher Training Fel- 

 lowships, grants-in-aid research, travel grants 

 for research personnel, disaster aid funds for 

 researchers. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 27, $5. Editor : Thomas F. McBride, Ohio 

 State University, Columbus, Ohio. 



140. American College of Foot Orthopedists, 



Inc. President: Murray Bromberg, 56 Broad 

 Street, Bloomfield, N. J. Term expires August 

 28, 1961. National Sectrctary: Joseph R. 

 Cinzio, 242 Lexington Avenue, Passaic, N. J. 

 Term expires August 28, 1962. 



History: Incorporated in Illinois 1950. Com- 

 mittees : Convention ; Editorial and Public Ed- 

 ucation ; Finance ; Nomenclature ; Qualification 

 and Examination Board ; Scientific and Re- 

 search. 



