UNITED STATES 



395 



History: Organized at Williamsburg, Va., in 

 May 1923, as a development of the Association 

 of Virginia Biologists. Sections : Agricultural 

 Sciences; Astronomy, Mathematics and Phys- 

 ics ; Bacteriology ; Biology ; Chemistry ; Edu- 

 cation; Engineering ; Geology ; Medical Science; 

 Psychology ; Science Teachers ; Statistics. 



Purpose: To encourage scientific research in 

 Virginia and to arouse public interest in science ; 

 to develop, discover and encourage scientific in- 

 terest and ability among the youth of the State, 

 by means of a Junior Academy of Science, by 

 science clubs and by science talent searches ; to 

 cooperate v^^ith the industries in their science 

 problems and with other scientific organizations 

 having aims similar to those of the Academy. 



Membership : Types of membership are : 

 Patrons, Life, Business, Sustaining, Contribut- 

 ing, Regular, and Student. Membership is 

 almost entirely made up of professional scientists 

 in educational institutions, industry, agricultural 

 experimental stations, business, and engineering. 

 Total membership 1,050, 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research Funds of the 

 Virginia Academy of Science, capital $20,000, 

 income about $600, for the encouragement of 

 scientific research in Virginia. Grants are made 

 from the Academy Trust Fund, supplemented 

 by American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science and gifts to members to carry on 

 scientific investigation. J. Shelton Horsley 

 Research Award, for a highly meritorious re- 

 search paper, certificate and $100. 



Publications: Virginia Journal of Science, 

 quarterly, current volume : 10. 



1512. Virginia Pharmaceutical Association. 1105 

 East Clay Street, Richmond 19, Va. Presi- 

 dent: Roy P. Rhodes, 1749 Park Avenue, 

 Lynchburg, Va. Term expires June 14, 1961. 

 Managing Director: J. O. Hubbard, Jr. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1882; incorporated 1886. 



Purpose: To promote the progress and raise 

 the standards of pharmacy in the State. 



Membership: Active, must be a pharmacist, 

 faculty member in a pharmacy school, represent- 

 ative of a drug manufacturer or drug whole- 

 saler ; Associate, those who are concerned with 

 pharmacy but are not pharmacists. Total mem- 

 bership approximately 1,300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Virginia Pharmacist, monthly, 

 current volume : 44, $2. Editor : J. O. Hubbard, 

 Jr. 



1513- Virginia PubUc Health Association. Pres- 

 ident: William A. Dorsey, 108 West Gary 

 Street, Richmond, Va. Term expires May 



1961. Secretary: Ruth Sumner, 1964 Lewis 

 Mountain Road, Charlottesville, Va. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: To assist in protecting and promot- 

 ing public health in Virginia, to provide for 

 the scientific advancement of its members, and 

 to extend and develop the public health move- 

 ment. 



Membership: Active Member any person pro- 

 fessionally engaged or actively employed in 

 public health work in Virginia and who is a 

 member or fellow of American Public Health 

 Association ; Member, any person who is not 

 eligible for active membership but who is ac- 

 tively engaged in the field of public health, either 

 in a voluntary or paid capacity. Total member- 

 ship 490. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, semiannual, current 

 volume : 6, free to members. Editor : S. D. 

 Sturkie. 



1514. Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists. 



1200 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va. Pres- 

 ident: W. N. Holland, Lynchburg General 

 Hospital, Lynchburg, Va. Term expires 

 Spring 1961. Secretary: Campbell Harris, Jr. 

 Term expires Spring 1961. 



History: Organized 1949. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 anesthesiology and to stimulate interest and 

 promote progress in the scientific, cultural and 

 economic aspects of this specialty. 



Membership: Active, 45, physicians who are 

 in the practice of or interested in the specialty 

 of anesthesiology, licensed to practice in Vir- 

 ginia, and members in good standing of local 

 county medical society; Junior, 10. 



Meetings: Semiannual, spring and fall in 

 conjunction with State medical society. 



1515. Virginia Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers, Inc. 609 Shirley Avenue, Norfolk 17, 

 Va. President: Guilford L. Mattern, 1615 

 Franklin Road, S. W., Roanoke, Va. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 C. D. Moore, Jr. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Founded 1948. Afiiliated with 

 National Society of Professional Engineers. 

 Chapters : Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Lynch- 

 burg, Northern Virginia, Peninsula, Richmond, 

 Roanoke, Tidewater. Functional Section for 

 Engineers in Private Practice. 



Purpose: The promotion and protection of the 

 profession of engineering as a social and eco- 

 nomic influence. 



