UNITED STATES 



403 



1548. Western Association of Physicians. Pres- 

 ident: Clement A. Finch, Department of 

 Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 

 5, Wash. Term expires February 1, 1961. 

 Secretary: Wade Volvviler. Term expires 

 February 1, 1962. 



History: Established 1956. 



Purpose : To bring together, for the purpose of 

 discussion and presentation of observations and 

 ideas, persons playing an active and outstanding 

 role in clinical research. 



Membership: Outstanding and consistent per- 

 formance in academic and investigative medicine 

 and above thirty-eight years of age. Total 

 membership 66. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1549. Western Association of State Game and 

 Fish Commissioners. President: Fred A. 

 Thompson, New Mexico Game and Fish 

 Department, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Term ex- 

 pires June 1961. Secretary: Ben Glading, 

 California Department of Fish and Game, 

 722 Capital Ave., Sacramento, Calif. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1921. 



Purpose: To further game and fish interests 

 of the West. 



Membership: Western States and Provincial 

 game and fish official organizations. Total mem- 

 bership 15. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings of Conferences, 

 annual, current volume : 39, $2. Editor : Ben 

 Glading. 



1550. Western Industrial Medical Association. 



President: Verne G. Ghormley, 3032 Tulare 

 Street, Fresno, Calif. Term expires October 

 1960. Secretary: B. M. Brundage, Medical 

 Division, Atomics International, P. O. Box 

 309, Canoga Park, Calif. Term expires Octo- 

 ber 1960. 



History: Organized April 25. 1940. Sections: 

 Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, 

 Utah, Washington. Affiliated with Industrial 

 Medical Association. 



Purpose: To foster the study and discussion 

 of the problems peculiar to the practice of 

 industrial medicine and surgery ; to develop 

 methods adapted to the conservation of health 

 among workers in industries ; to promote a 

 more general understanding of the purposes 

 and results of the medical care of employees. 



Membership: Active, 320, practice in field of 

 industrial medicine for at least three years ; 

 Fellows, 42 ; Honorary 3 ; Associate, 25. Total 

 membership 390. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1551. Western Missouri District Branch of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. President: 

 Harold Meyers, 751 East 63rd Street, Kansas 

 City, Mo. Term expires April 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Robert S. Terrill, 208 Nichols Road, 

 Kansas City 12, Mo. Term expires April 1961. 



History: Founded 1954. 



Purpose: To deal at local level with problems 

 of national organization. 



Membership: Membership in American Psy- 

 chiatric Association. Total membership 48. 



Meetings: Three times a year. 



Publications: Newsletter, triannually, current 

 volume: 1, free to members. Editor: G. Wilse 

 Robinson, Jr. 



1552. Western New York Psychiatric Society. 



President: Clarence A. Vallee, 220 Berryman 

 Drive, Buffalo 26, N. Y. Term expires 1961. 

 President-elect: Samuel Feinstein, Buffalo 

 State Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y. Secretary: 

 John Robinson, 28 Fairlawn Road, Buffalo 26, 

 N. Y. Term expires 1961. 



History: District Branch of the American 

 Psychiatric Association. 



1553. Western New^ York Society of Industrial 

 Medicine and Surgery. President: James H. 

 McDonough, Medical Director, Rome Cable 

 Corporation, Rome, N. Y. Term expires 

 .\pril 1, 1961. Secretary: George A. Hardie, 

 343 State Street, Rochester 4. N. Y. Term 

 expires April 1, 1961. 



History: Organized in 1955; component 

 society of the Industrial Medical Association. 



Purpose: To foster the study and discussion 

 of the problems peculiar to industrial medicine 

 and surgery. 



Membership: Active Members shall be doctors 

 of medicine who are members of their local 

 county medical societies and/or active members 

 of the American Medical Association. Fellows, 

 40; Members, 107; Associate Members, 3; Re- 

 tired, 1. Total membership 151. 



Meetings: Three times a year. 



1554. Western Orthopedic Association. 354 21st 

 Street, Oakland 12, Calif. President: Eraser 

 L. MacPherson, Suite 610, Medico-Dental 

 Building, San Diego, Calif. Term expires 

 October 27, 1960. Executive Secretary: Vi 

 Mathiesen. Term indefinite. 



History: Formed by the San Francisco 

 Orthopedic Club and the Los Angeles Ortho- 

 pedic Club in 1932. Sixteen Chapters in the 

 states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 

 Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, 

 Montana, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyom- 



