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Professional activities: Rudolf Schindler 

 Award, for unusual contributions to the field 

 of gastroscopy, given annually. 



Publications: Bulletin of Gastroscopy and 

 Esophagoscopy, quarterly, current volume : 6, 

 %S. Editor : Roy L. Sexton. 



183. American Genetic Association. 1507 M 

 Street, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. President: 

 Samuel L. Emsweller, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Beltsville, Md. Term expires 

 January 1961. Secretary: W . Ralph Single- 

 ton, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 

 Va. Term expires January 1962. 



History: Organized December 29, 1903, at St. 

 Louis, Mo., under the auspices of the Associa- 

 tion of American Agricultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations, as the American Breeders 

 Association ; reorganized and incorporated in 

 1913 under the present title. 



Purpose: To encourage the study of the laws 

 of heredity, and to promote their application in 

 the improvement of plants, animals, and human 

 racial stocks. 



Membership: Members, interest in heredity as 

 a science, sponsored by a member ; Honorary ; 

 Patrons, persons who have contributed $1,000 

 or more to the objects of the Association. Total 

 membership 4,102. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Meyer Medal, for 

 distinguished service in plant introduction. 



Publications: Journal of Heredity, bimonthly, 

 current volume : 50, $6, free to members and 

 on exchange with a limited number of genetic 

 and biological publications. 



184. American Geographical Society. Broadway 

 at 156th Street, New York, X. ^■. President: 

 Walter A. Wood. Term expires 1962. Di- 

 rector: Charles B. Hitchcock. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1851 ; incorporated 1852 

 as the American Geographical and Statistical 

 Society; name changed to present title 1871. 

 Departments : Cartography, Cultural Geog- 

 raphy, Economic Geography, Glaciology, Plant 

 Geography, Medical Geography. 



Purpose: To collect and disseminate geo- 

 graphical information ; to establish in the chief 

 city of the United States a place where may be 

 obtained accurate information on every part of 

 the globe ; and to encourage such exploring 

 expeditions as are likely to result in valuable 

 discoveries in geography and the related sci- 

 ences. Society functions primarily as a research 

 institution. 



Membership: Fellowship in the Society open 

 to individuals with an interest in exploration 

 and travel, research, and the dissemination of 



geographical knowledge. Total membership 

 approximately 4,000. 



Meetings: Annual dinner-address ; lectures. 



Professional activities: Cullum Geographical 

 Medal, founded by Major-General George W. 

 Cullum, awarded to individuals distinguishing 

 themselves by geographical discoveries or in the 

 advancement of geographical science ; Charles 

 P. Daly Medal, founded by Charles P. Daly, 

 awarded for valuable or distinguished geo- 

 graphical service or labors ; David Living- 

 stone Centenary Medal, founded by Hispanic 

 Society of America, awarded for scientific 

 achievement in field of geography of the 

 Southern Hemisphere ; S. F. B. Morse Medal, 

 founded by Samuel F. B. Morse, March 

 1872, awarded for exceptionally distinguished 

 geographical research ; George Davidson Medal, 

 founded by EUinor Cambell Davidson in 

 1946, awarded for exceptional achievement 

 in research or exploration in the Pacific area ; 

 Isaiah Bowman Memorial, awarded for pres- 

 entation and publication of original lectures 

 in geography or for geographical research. A 

 grant of $2,500 was made by The Asia Founda- 

 tion to assist in providing copies of The Geo- 

 graphical Reviciv to selected Asian libraries, 

 and to permit the award of small stipends to 

 Asian students and scholars currently in the 

 United States to enable them to do research at 

 the Society. 



Publications: Geographical Review, quarterly, 

 $9.50, free to Fellows. Focus, monthly except 

 July and August, $1, free to Fellows. Current 

 Geographical Publications, monthly, $8. Soviet 

 Geography : Review and Translation, monthly 

 except July and August, $6. 



Library: 144,298 volumes; 274,045 maps; 

 3,838 atlases ; 39,939 photographs. 



185. American Geological Institute. 2101 Con- 

 stitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 25, D. C. 

 President: Ian Campbell, Department of 

 Mines, Ferry Building, San Francisco, Calif. 

 Term expires November 1961. Executive 

 Director: Robert C. Stephenson. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized November 1948, under 

 N'ational Academy of Sciences-National Re- 

 search Council. 



Purpose: To serve as a coordinating organi- 

 zation in fields of geology and solid earth geo- 

 physics to meet need for representation on mat- 

 ters relating to public education, and to public, 

 government, and professional relations. 



Membership: Requires membership in one of 

 supporting member societies. Total institutional 

 membership 14. 



Meetings: Annual, of Executive Committee 



