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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



and Board of Directors only ; no meetings of 

 this Institute as a whole. 



Publications: GeoTimes, eight annually, cur- 

 rent volume : 4, $2. Editor : Robert C. Stephen- 

 son. Directory of Geoscience Departments in 

 Colleges and Universities of the United States 

 and Canada, triennial, $2. Editor : Bonnie C. 

 Henderson. Survey of Geology-Geophysics Stu- 

 dents in Colleges and Universities of the United 

 States and Canada, annual, $0.50. Editor: Bon- 

 nie C. Henderson. GeoScience Abstracts, month- 

 ly, current volume: 2, members $15, educational 

 institutions $35, non-member public libraries 

 $35, others $65. Editor : Anne C. Sangree. 

 International Geology Review, monthly, current 

 volume: 2, members $15, educational institu- 

 tions $15, non-member public libraries $55, 

 others $55. Editorial Board. Izvestiya (transla- 

 tion from Russian of Izvestiya of Academy of 

 Sciences of U. S. S. R., Geology Series), month- 

 ly, current volume : 58, members $27, educa- 

 tional institutions $27 ; non-member public 

 libraries and all others $45. Editorial Board. 

 Doklady (translation from Russian of Doklady 

 of Academy of Sciences of U. S. S. R., Earth 

 Science Sections), bimonthly, current volume: 

 124, members and educational institutions $27, 

 non-member public libraries and all others $45. 

 Editorial Board. Managing Editor for Geo- 

 Science Abstracts, International Geology Re- 

 view, Izvestiya, and Doklady : Martin Russell. 



186. American Geophysical Union. 1515 Massa- 

 chusetts Avenue, N.VV., Washington 5, D. C. 

 President: Lloyd V. Berkner, Associated Uni- 

 versities, Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York 

 19, N. Y. Term expires June 30, 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Waldo E. Smith. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized tentatively June 1919 as 

 American Section of proposed International 

 Geophysical Union ; later designated as Ameri- 

 can Geophysical Union by approval of Executive 

 Board, National Research Council, December 

 20, 1919. Union was made committee of Execu- 

 tive Board, National Research Council, February 

 4, 1920; since April 24, 1921, Executive Com- 

 mittee on Geophysics of the National Research 

 Council. Union is American National Commit- 

 tee of International Union of Geodesy and Geo- 

 physics. Sections : Geodesy ; Geomagnetism and 

 Aeronomy ; Hydrology ; Meteorology ; Oceanog- 

 raphy ; Seismology ; Tectonophysics ; Volcan- 

 ology. Geochemistry, and Petrology. Branches : 

 Revision of the Statutes and By-laws in 1945 

 authorized organization of regional branches 

 of the Union. Branches have been organized in 

 the North Central region. Pacific Northwest, 

 and Pacific Southwest. 



Purpose: To assist in carrying out the ob- 

 jectives of the International Union of Geodesy 

 and Geophysics, which are : To promote the 

 study of problems concerned with the figure and 

 physics of the earth ; to initiate and coordinate 

 researches which depend upon international co- 

 operation and to provide for their scientific dis- 

 cussion and publication ; to facilitate special 

 researches, such as comparison of instruments 

 used in different countries ; and to promote and 

 coordinate the study of the various branches of 

 geodesy and geophysics in the United States 

 and outlying territories. 



Membership : In addition to the regular mem- 

 bership by subscription, which totaled about 

 6,300 in 1960. there are ex officio members 

 temporarily appointed, including the Chairman 

 of the Division of Earth Sciences of the Na- 

 tional Research Council, and the American offi- 

 cers of the International Union of Geodesy and 

 Geophysics and of its sections. The require- 

 ment for membership is active work in those 

 fields of science relating to geophysics, or inter- 

 est in geophysical research and its practical 

 applications. There is also a student member 

 classification. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: William Bowie Medal, 

 awarded annually for distinguished attainment 

 in and outstanding contribution to the advance- 

 ment of cooperative research in fundamental 

 geophysics. 



Publications: Journal of Geophysical Research, 

 monthly, current volume : 65, $20. Editors : 

 Philip H. Abelson and James A. Peoples. Trans- 

 actions, quarterly, current volume: 41, $4. Edi- 

 tor: Waldo E. Smith. Izvestiya (English trans- 

 lation). Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., Geo- 

 physics Series, monthly, $25. Geodesy and 

 Cartography (English translation), U.S.S.R., 

 monthly, $20. 



187. American Geriatrics Society. 2907 Post 

 Road, Greenwood (Warwick), R. I. Presi- 

 dent: Edward L. Bortz, Lankenau Medical 

 Building, Philadelphia 31, Pa. Term expires 

 June 22, 1961. Executive Secretary: Richard 

 J. Kraemer. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1942 at Atlantic City, N. J. 

 Purpose: To encourage and promote the study 

 of geriatrics. 



Membership: Graduate of a recognized medi- 

 cal school and holding an M.D. degree; member 

 of a State or national medical society. Member- 

 ship exists throughout the United States, 

 Canada, and several foreign countries. Total 

 membership approximately 7,500. 



Meetings: Annual Spring meeting; sometimes 

 a Symposium is held in the Fall. 



