UNITED STATES 



401 



1538. West Virginia Science Teachers Associa- 

 tion. President: William V. Brook, 1517 6th 

 Avenue, Huntington 1, W. Va. Term expires 

 April 1962. Executive Secretary: Rosa I. 

 Craig, P. O. Box 602, Sutton, W. Va. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1950; affiliate. National 

 Science Teachers Association, West Virginia 

 Academy of Science, and West Virginia Edu- 

 cation Association. 



Purpose: To encourage active interest in 

 science ; to exchange information regarding 

 teaching of science ; to prepare and distribute 

 articles, reports, and aids to science teachers. 



Membership: Active members, 69, those be- 

 longing to National Science Teachers Associa- 

 tion. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: "Atoms, Bees, Crystals," free 

 to members. Editor : Mrs. Mabel H. Gorman. 



1539. West Virginia Society of Anesthesiolo- 

 gists. President: Logan W. Hovis, 4604 

 River Road, Vienna, W. Va. Term expires 

 September 1, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Harry S. Weeks, 301 Betty Avenue, Wheel- 

 ing, W. Va. Term expires September 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1948 as a component of 

 the American Society of Anesthesiology. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 anesthesiology in West Virginia. 



Membership: Doctors of Medicine who are 

 licensed by the Medical Licensing Board of 

 West Virginia, who are members in good 

 standing of their county medical societies or 

 equivalent organizations, and who are engaged 

 in or especially interested in the practice of 

 anesthesiology. Total membership 38. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1540. West Virginia Society of Osteopathic 

 Medicine. 313 Berman Building, Charleston, 

 W. Va. President: Albert Molisky, 748 Main 

 Street, Follansbee, W. Va. Term expires 

 May 1961. Executive Secretary: G. D. Brooks. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Formed 1920 as West Virginia 

 Society of Osteopathy; name changed in 1958 

 to present title. Five subdivisions. 



Purpose: To encourage mutual understanding 

 and cooperation between public health agencies 

 and osteopathic medicine for the improvement 

 of public health, by elevating and maintaining 

 high standards of osteopathic hospitals and insti- 

 tutions within the state, and by advancing the 

 professional knowledge of surgery, obstetrics, 

 and the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of 

 disease in general ; by stimulating original 



research and investigation and by collecting and 

 disseminating the results of such work for the 

 education and iinprovement of the profession and 

 the ultimate benefit of humanity. 



Membership: Graduates of a school or college 

 of osteopathy in good standing at the time of 

 graduation, and who are lawfully licensed to 

 practice osteopathy and surgery in the State of 

 A\'est Virginia ; persons may be elected to Asso- 

 ciate or Honorary Membership. Total member- 

 ship 93. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Professional activities: Support osteopathic 

 scholarships, research and student loans. 



Publications: West Virginia Bulletin, monthly, 

 free to members. Editor : Gilbert Brooks. 



1541. West Virginia State Dental Society. P. O. 



Box 1946, Charleston 27, W. Va. President: 

 John Y. Parsons, 1041 Fourth Avenue, Hunt- 

 ington, W. Va. Term expires July 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: C. T. McHenry. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded in 1907; eleven component 

 societies. 



Purpose: To promote the usefulness of the 

 science and art of dentistry, to encourage high 

 standards in dental education and practice, to 

 aid in the passage of just laws governing the 

 practice of dentistry in the state, and, when 

 requested, to assist the State Board of Dental 

 Examiners in its efforts to enforce fully the 

 provisions of the State Dental Practice Act. 



Membership: Active Members, 490, open to 

 ethical dentists regularly licensed to practice 

 dentistry in West Virginia, or graduate dentists 

 holding rank as members of the faculty of a 

 recognized dental school within the State, or 

 graduate dentists serving on the stafifs of regu- 

 larly constituted government agencies in West 

 Virginia, and who are members in good standing 

 of a component society holding a charter from 

 this Society. Life Members, 67. Total member- 

 ship 557. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: West Virginia Dental Journal, 

 quarterly, current volume: 34, $1. Editor: H. 

 Roy Green, 701 Hawley Building, Wheeling, W. 

 Va. 



1542. West Virginia State Medical Association. 



401 Atlas Building, Charleston, W. Va. Presi- 

 dent: John W. Hash. 1102 Virginia Street, 

 East, Charleston 1, W. Va. Term expires 

 August 1961. Executive Secretary: Charles 

 Lively. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1867; incorporated 1926. 



Purpose: To federate the medical profession 



of the state ; to extend medical knowledge and 



