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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Professional Engineers, 633; 

 Engineers in Training, 40 ; Certified Land Sur- 

 veyors, 16. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: The Virginia Engineer, quar- 

 terly, current volume: 10, $1. Editor: P. B. 

 Mansfield. 



1516. Virginia State Dental Association. Presi- 

 dent: William T. McAfee, 705 Colonial 

 American National Bank Building, Roanoke, 

 Va. Term expires May 2, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Myron E. Henderson, 415 Shenan- 

 doah Building, Roanoke, Va. Term expires 

 May 2, 1961. 



History: Organized 1870; successor to Vir- 

 ginia Society of Surgeon Dentists, founded in 

 1842. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 dentistry ; to foster fraternal relations and 

 intercourse among dentists ; to safeguard the 

 material interests of the profession and the 

 public. 



Membership: Graduate of an accredited 

 dental school, and approved by the State Board 

 of Dental Examiners. Total membership 1,170. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly. Editor: H. 

 L. Kennett, Shenandoah Building, Roanoke, Va. 



1517. Washington Academy of Sciences. 1530 

 P Street, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. Presi- 

 dent: Philip Abelson, c/o Geophysical Labor- 

 atory, Carnegie Institution, 2801 Upton Street, 

 N. W., Washington 8, D. C. Term expires 

 January 1962. Secretary: Heinz Specht, Na- 

 tional Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Md. 

 Term expires January 1962. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Mary L. Fell. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized February 18, 1898, 

 through a joint commission of scientific socie- 

 ties consisting of the Anthropological, Bio- 

 logical, Chemical, National Geographic, and 

 Philosophical Societies. Since that time, twenty- 

 one other societies have been affiliated. 



Purpose: The promotion of science. 



Membership: By reason of original research 

 or scientific attainments. Active Residents, 

 756 ; Retired Residents, 58 ; Active Nonresidents, 

 197 ; Retired Nonresidents, 55 ; Honorary, 6 ; 

 Life, 3. Total membership 1,075. 



Projessional activities: Sponsors the Wash- 

 ington Junior Academy of Sciences to promote 

 scientific activities, such as trips, conferences, 

 and meetings ; largest financial contributor to 

 local science fairs ; Joint Board on Science 

 Education established in 1955 by the Academy 

 and the District of Columbia Council of Engi- 



neering and Architectural Societies to coordinate 

 the educational activities of the various technical 

 societies represented by the founders, and to 

 initiate and sponsor programs not feasible for a 

 less representative group ; Awards, in the form 

 of scrolls, to the nominees of the Awards Com- 

 mittee for noteworthy discovery, accomplish- 

 ment, or publication in the physical, biological, 

 mathematical, and engineering sciences and the 

 teaching of science ; certificates of merit to high 

 school students who have shown promise of 

 original research ; grants to assist high school 

 science students to purchase equipment needs for 

 worthwhile experiments. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 50, $7.50. Editor : Chester Page. 



1518. Washington Psychiatric Society. Presi- 

 dent: Marvin Adland, Chestnut Lodge, Rock- 

 ville, Md. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: 

 Leon Yochelson, 3000 Connecticut Avenue, N. 

 W., W^ashington 8, D. C. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1949. Affiliated with the 

 American Psychiatric Association in May 1949, 

 and in 1953 the Society became a District 

 Branch of The American Psychiatric Associa- 

 tion. 



Purpose: To represent psychiatry and to 

 foster the progress of psychiatry in the Wash- 

 ington area. 



Membership: Active, physicians who have 

 specialized in psychiatry, or whose professional 

 interests have been primarily psychiatric for at 

 least three years ; Associates, with practice or 

 training in psychiatry but who do not meet 

 above requirements ; Honorary. Total member- 

 ship 279. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Annual Essay Prize of 

 $100 for the best psychiatric paper by a psychi- 

 atric resident. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, free to 

 members. 



1519. Washington Society of Engineers. Presi- 

 dent: Charles Pierce, Assistant Director, U. S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington 25, 

 D. C. Term expires December 31, 1960. Sec- 

 retary: William R. Ganser, Jr., 6526 Abbing- 

 ton Drive, Washington 21, D. C. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized 1905; incorporated 1909. 



Purpose: The advancement of engineering 

 knowledge and practice and the maintenance of 

 high professional standards among its members. 



Membership: Members, persons who are 

 actively engaged in the practice of any of the 



