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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



1489. United States Livestock Sanitary Associa- 

 tion. President: James R. Hay, 600 South 

 Michigan Avenue, Chicago 5, 111. Term ex- 

 pires October 21, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Ralph A. Hendershott, 33 Oak Lane, Trenton 

 8, N. J. Term expires October 21, 1960. 



History: Organized September 25, 1897; in- 

 corporated 1940. Committees : Brucellosis ; 

 Tuberculosis; Anaplasmosis ; Rabies; Biologies; 

 Hog Cholera Eradication ; Livestock Markets, 

 Yards and Transportation; Exotic Diseases; 

 Laws and Regulations ; Public Health ; Parasitic 

 Disease. 



Purpose: To assist in the production of 

 healthy livestock through control and eradication 

 of infectious communicable diseases. 



Membership : Anyone interested in : control of 

 diseases of livestock; marketing, transporting, 

 selling, and raising of livestock; meat and milk 

 hygiene. Total membership 1,063. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 64, $5, free to members. Editor : R. A. 

 Hendershott. 



Meetings: United States Pharmacopoeial Con- 

 vention meets once a decade, in year ending in 

 zero, at Washington, D. C. 



Publications: Pharmacopoeia of the United 

 States of America, every five years, with sup- 

 plements as required, current volume: 16. 



1492. United States Rocket Society, Inc. P. O. 



Box 271, Pittman, Nev. President: R. L. 



Farnsworth. Term indefinite. Secretary: E. 

 H. Farnsworth. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1920; incorporated March 

 31, 1952. 



Purpose: To disseminate rocket information 

 and general matters of astronautical value ; to 

 develop a long-range program of actual flight 

 technique. 



Membership: Open to any interested person 

 over eighteen, except citizens of communist 

 countries. Total membership 570. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Rockets, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 10, $2. Editor: R. L. Farnsworth. 



1490. United States National Committee, Inter- 

 national Commission on Irrigation and 

 Drainage. P. O. Box 7826, Denver 15, Colo. 

 Chairman: C. R. Maierhofer. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Stephen H. Poe. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1952 under sponsorship of 

 Irrigation and Drainage Division of American 

 Society of Civil Engineers. 



Purpose: To promote advances in the science 

 of irrigation, drainage, and flood control. 



Membership: Anyone interested and active in 

 irrigation, drainage, and flood control. Total 

 membership 300. 



Meetings: International congresses triennially. 



Publications: Bulletin, annual, $2.50. Editor: 

 I. K. Mahajan. Transactions, triennially, price 

 varies. 



1491. United States Pharmacopoeial Conven- 

 tion, Inc. 46 Park Avenue, New York 16, N. 

 Y. President: Arthur C. DeGraflf, 850 Park 

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

 1970. Director of Revision: Lloyd C. Miller. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized January 1, 1820; incor- 

 porated 1900, in Washington, D. C. 



Purpose: The revision and publication of the 

 United States Pharmacopoeia. 



Membership: Accredited delegates of medical 

 and pharmaceutical associations and colleges, 

 and certain governmental agencies, to decennial 

 meetings. Total membership 203. 



1493. Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and 

 Letters. President: H. Tracy Hall, Brigham 

 Young University, Provo, Utah. Term 

 expires April 1961. Secretary: Wilmer W. 

 Tanner, Department of Zoology and Ento- 

 mology, Brigham Young University, Provo, 

 Utah. Term expires April 1965. 



History: Organized April 3, 1908 as Utah 

 Academy of Sciences ; name changed to present 

 title 1933; incorporated April 1959. Divisions: 

 Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social 

 Sciences, Arts and Letters, Junior Academy. 



Purpose: To promote investigation and to 

 diflfuse knowledge in all branches of science. 



Membership: Open to those interested in aims 

 of the society. Total membership 450. 



Meetings: Semiannual, in autumn and spring. 



Professional activities: Distinguished Service 

 Awards; Research Funds; NSF-supported 

 travelling lectures to high schools ; State Science 

 Fair. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume: 2)7, $3. Editor: Gladys L. Harrison. 



1494. Utah Engineering Council. President: 

 Milton B. Thacker, P. O. Box 898, Salt Lake 

 City 10, Utah. Term expires December 31, 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Arty W. Clark, 

 74 West 47th South, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Founded in 1948 by seven member 

 societies. 



