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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: Standardization of nomenclature; 

 surveys and compilation of statistical data; 

 preparation of bibliographies on foot ortho- 

 pedics ; standardization of diagnostic procedures 

 and continuing research. 



Membership: Requires membership in Amer- 

 ican Podiatry Association, at least two years' 

 active practice of podiatry, and presentation 

 of twenty-five case histories and passage of 

 written examination. Point system maintained 

 to retain Fellowship and attain Diplomate status. 

 Total membership 120 Fellows. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, Quarterly, current 

 volume : 3, free to members. Editor : Joseph R. 

 Cinzio. 



141. American College of Gastroenterology, 

 Inc. 22, West 60th Street, New York 23, 

 N. Y. President: Joseph Shaiken, 836 North 

 12th Street, Milwaukee 3, Wis. Term expires 

 October 1960. Executive Director: Daniel 

 Weiss. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated 1932 as Society for 

 the Advanvement of Gastroenterology ; name 

 changed in 1934 to National Society for 

 the Advancement of Gastroenterology ; name 

 changed in 1938 to National Gastroenterological 

 Association; name changed to present title 1954. 



Purpose: Promotion and maintenance of 

 highest standards of medical education, practice, 

 and research in gastroenterology. 



Membership: Requires graduation from ac- 

 credited school and membership in county med- 

 ical society and in American Medical Associa- 

 tion. Associate Fellows, Board eligible ; Fellows, 

 American Board Diplomates ; Boards concerned 

 are American Specialty Boards approved by 

 Council on Medical Education of American 

 Medical Association ; those affecting this Col- 

 lege generally are American Board of Internal 

 Medicine, American Board of Pathology, 

 American Board of Proctology, American Board 

 of Radiology, and American Board of Surgery. 

 Honorary Fellows, 29 ; Life Fellows, 36 ; 

 Fellows, 2i76; Associate Fellows, 201 ; Members, 

 249. Total membership 891. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Postgraduate course 

 in gastroenterology ; Ames Award, for best 

 paper published in Journal ; Henry G. Rudner, 

 Sr., Award, for best original research work 

 in field. 



Puhlications: American Journal of Gastro- 

 enterology, monthly, current volume : 34, $8. 

 Editor : Samuel Weiss. 



142. American College of Hospital Adminis- 

 trators. 840 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 

 11, 111. President: Melvin L. Sutley, 1601 

 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia 30, Pa. 

 Term expires 1961. Exectttizv Director: 

 Dean Conley, 6253 North Sheridan Road, 

 Chicago 40, 111. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1933. Eighteen Geo- 

 graphical divisions throughout the United States 

 and Canada. 



Purpose: To elevate the standards of hospital 

 administration ; to establish a standard of 

 competence for hospital administration to dev- 

 elop and promote standards of education and 

 training for hospital administrators ; to educate 

 hospital trustees and the public to understand 

 that the practice of hospital administration calls 

 for special training and experience ; to provide 

 a method for conferring Fellowships in hospital 

 administration on those who have done or are 

 doing noteworthy service in the field of hospital 

 administration. 



Membership: Almost without exception, af- 

 filiation with a hospital approved by the Joint 

 Commission on Hospital Accreditation is nec- 

 essary ; candidates must be engaged in hospital 

 administration as a career in the United States, 

 Canada, or other countries, in a responsible 

 position in an approved hospital either as the 

 administrator, assistant administrator, adminis- 

 trative assistant, or in a post of camparable 

 responsibility, or may also be members of the 

 faculty of approved courses in hospital admin- 

 istration ; baccalaureate degree from an accep- 

 table educational institution or its equivalent in 

 education, experience, or both ; those who have 

 baccalaureate degrees must have had at least 

 three years of successful experience in a respon- 

 sible administrative position in an acceptable 

 hospital, while graduates of approved courses 

 in hospital administration who have received 

 their master's degree must have had a minimum 

 of one year's experience in a responsible admin- 

 istrative position in an acceptable hospital in 

 addition to the year of administrative residency. 

 Fellowship, awarded to men and women who 

 have been Members of the College in good 

 standing for at least five years, have been 

 found technically eligible for advancement to 

 Fellowship, have submitted an acceptable Fellow- 

 ship Project, which may be a thesis, four case 

 reports, a bibliography of four published articles, 

 or any combination of case reports and bibli- 

 ography totaling four, and must comply in all 

 other respects with the constitutional provisions 

 of the College for Fellowship ; Membership, 

 granted to those persons who have been Nom- 

 inees in good standing in the College for at 

 least two years and who have fulfilled technical 

 requirements for advancement, which include 



