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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Pedodontics ; Periodontics ; Practice Adminis- 

 tration ; Prosthodontics, Complete ; Prostho- 

 dontics, Partial ; Public Health Dentistry ; Re- 

 search ; Roentgenology. 



Purpose: To encourage the improvement of 

 the health of the public and to promote the art 

 and science of dentistry. 



Membership: Active, 77,212, licensed dentist 

 who is a member of constituent or component 

 society, or federal dental service ; Life, 4,875, 

 active members of ADA for thirty-five years, 

 sixty-five years of age, active member in good 

 standing at time of election by House of Dele- 

 gates ; Student, 12,305, undergraduate student 

 of accredited dental school, intern, resident, or 

 graduate student ; Honorary, 2>7, individual who, 

 because of outstanding contributions to the ad- 

 vancement of the art and science of dentistry, 

 has been elected by House of Delegates on 

 nomination of Board of Trustees ; Affiliate, 244, 

 ethical dentist who practices in any country 

 other than United States, who is a member of 

 a recognized dental organization in such country 

 and whose application, for membership is passed 

 on favorably by Board of Trustees ; Associate, 

 23, member of an allied profession who has 

 contributed to the advancement of dentistry. 

 Total membership 94,696. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Awards at National 

 Science Fair : two finalists receive expense paid 

 trips to annual session of Association ; two 

 second-place awards of $50 each. Council on 

 Dental Research supports ten research asso- 

 ciates at the National Bureau of Standards and 

 Standards and three at the National Institutes 

 of Health, $150,635. Bureau of Economic Re- 

 search and Statistics, $50,000 ; Council on Dental 

 Therapeutics' budget for research, $100,685. A 

 laboratory with a stafif of four is maintained at 

 the headquarters. 



Publications: Index to Dental Literature, 

 quarterly and annually, current volume: 11, 

 annual subscription $20, annual bound volume 

 $10. Dental Abstracts, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 5, domestic $8, foreign $9. Editor : Lon W. 

 Morrey. Accepted Dental Remedies, annually, 

 $3 per copy. American Dental Directory, an- 

 nually, $15 per copy. Journal of Oral Surgery, 

 Anesthesia and Hospital Dental Service, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 18, domestic $10, 

 foreign $12. Editor : Fred A. Henry. Journal, 

 monthly, current volume : 60, domestic $7, 

 foreign $8, free to members. Editor : Lon W. 

 Morrey. American Dental Association Specifica- 

 tions for Dental Materials, annually, current 

 volume : 3, $2.25 per volume. Newsletter, semi- 

 monthly, current volume : 13, $2. Dental Health 

 Highlights, monthly, current volume: 16, free. 

 Clipsheet, irregular, current volume : 10, free. 



Library: 13,400 volumes. 



161. American Dental Hygienists' Association, 



Inc. 100 East Ohio Street, Chicago 11, 111. 

 President: Miss Tillie Ginsburg, 604 North 

 16th Street, Milwaukee 3, Wis. Term ex- 

 pires October 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Miss Margaret E. Swanson. Term expires 

 January 1964. 



History: Organized September 11, 1923; in- 

 corporated, 1927. Twelve trustee districts, forty- 

 six constituent associations, seventy-five com- 

 ponent associations. 



Purpose: To cultivate, promote, and sustain 

 the art and science of dental hygiene, to repre- 

 sent and safeguard the common interest of tlie 

 members of the dental hygiene profession, and 

 to contribute toward the health of the public. 



Membership: Any ethical female dental hy- 

 gienist who possesses a certificate or degree in 

 dental hygiene granted by a school of dental 

 hygiene accredited by the Council on Dental 

 Education of the American Dental Association, 

 and who is licensed to practice in any one of 

 the States, districts, territories or dependencies 

 of the United States. Active members, 4,052 ; 

 Students, 1,765; Life. 30, Honorary, 14. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 34, domestic $4, foreign $5. Editor : Miss 

 Belle Fiedler. 



162. American Dermatological Association, Inc. 



President: George C. Andrews, 115 East 61st 

 Street, New York 21, N. Y. Term expires 

 June 20, 1961. Secretary: Wiley M. Sams, 

 308 Ingraham Building, Miami 32, Fla. Term 

 expires April 1963. 



History: Organized September 6, 1876, and 

 incorporated in June 1930. Sections : United 

 States; Canada; Cuba. 



Purpose: The advancement of dermatologic 

 knowledge, teaching, and research. 



Membership: By invitation; full time derma- 

 tologists with Board certification. Active 

 members, 113; Senior. 62; Corresponding, 41; 

 Honorary, 16. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research and Educa- 

 tional Fund, Inc. ; Annual Essay Contest, first 

 prize, $1,000; second prize, $400. 



Publications: AMA Archives of Dermatol- 

 ogy, monthly, current volume: 81. Editor: 

 Herbert Rattner. 



163. American Diabetes Association, Inc. 1 East 



45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. President: 

 Franklin B. Peck, Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Term expires June 1961. Secretary: E. Paul 

 Sheridan, Denver, Colo. Term expires June 



