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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Formed 1955 as a merger of the 

 Engineer's Club of Wichita (organized 1925) 

 and the Wichita Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers (organized 1946). 



Purpose: To represent the body of profes- 

 sional engineers residing in the area served by 

 the Society, and to carry out the purposes 

 expressed by the national and state societies. 



Membership: Limited to registered engineers, 

 and those who become registered engineers 

 within eight years after joining the Society. 

 Total membership approximately 200. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



1564. Wildlife Disease Association, c/o Ameri- 

 can Institute of Biological Sciences, 2000 P 

 Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. Presi- 

 dent: Carlton M. Herman, Patuxent Wildlife 

 Research Center, Laurel, Md. Term expires 

 March, 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert 

 Holdenried, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md. 

 Term expires March 1962. 



History: Organized March 1951 as an in- 

 formal group. Constitution ratified March 1959 

 as a formal society. Committees : Rabies in 

 Wildlife, Serum Exchange, Leptospirosis in 

 Wildlife. 



Purpose: The distribution of knowledge con- 

 cerning parasites, diseases, physiology and other 

 factors related to health and survival of wild- 

 life, and the direct and indirect relations of 

 such factors to domestic animals and man. 



Meinbership: Persons in the fields of conser- 

 vation, public and veterinary health, wildlife 

 management, pathology, physiology, ecology, 

 and many other diverse professional occupations. 

 Total membership 850. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, irregular, current 

 volume : 24, free to members. Editor : Robert 

 Holdenried. Wildlife Disease, irregular, current 

 issues : 4 and 5, free to members. Co-Editors : 

 Carlton Herman and David E. Davis. 



1565. Wildlife Management Institute. 709 Wire 

 Building, Washington 5, D. C. President: 

 Ria N. Gabrielson. Term indefinite. Vice- 

 President: C. R. Gutermuth. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated in State of New York, 

 May 8, 1946. 



Purpose: To promote research and scientific 

 activities in wildlife restoration, conservation, 

 and management, including maintenance of re- 

 search projects ; to develop new and improved 

 methods thereof, and demonstrate such methods 

 for the guidance of others ; to gather basic 

 technology and disseminate it by publications 

 and publicity of all kinds and by personal con- 

 tact, through fieldmen ; to provide and maintain 



advisory consulting services ; to promote and 

 encourage education. 



Membership: Interest in the Institute's objec- 

 tives. Total membership 674. 



Meetings: Annual. The Institute sponsors the 

 annual North American Wildlife Conferences. 



Professional activities: The Institute supports 

 scholarships, and fellowships, and makes re- 

 search grants in the field of natural resources, 

 and helps to support Cooperative WildHfe 

 Research Units at Land Grant Colleges in 

 seventeen regions of the United States. 

 Field representatives serve as liaison men 

 between state and federal agencies and give 

 lectures and talks on all phases of wildlife 

 restoration and management in relation to sound 

 land-use practices. The Institute operates 

 waterfowl research stations at Delta, Manitoba, 

 and Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, sold on a 

 cost basis, free to members. Editor : J. B. 

 Trefethen. Outdoor News Bulletins, biweekly. 

 Editor : Daniel A. Poole. 



Library: 2,000 volumes 



1566. Wildlife Society. President: E. L. 

 Cheatum, Division of Game, Conservation 

 Department, Albany 1, N. Y. Term expires 

 March 1961. Executive Secretary: J. P. 

 Linduska, Remington Farms, Chestertown, 

 Md. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1937 as the Society of 

 Wildlife Specialists ; formally organized under 

 its present title in St. Louis, Mo.. February 

 1937; incorporated 1948, in the District of 

 Columbia. 



Purpose: The development of all types of 

 wildlife management along sound biological 

 lines ; the establishment of professional solidarity 

 among conservation biologists ; the maintenance 

 of the highest possible professional standards. 



Membership: Interest in wildlife. Approxi- 

 mately 3,000 members, including 113 Life mem- 

 bers and 21 Honorary members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two publications 

 awards. Conservation Education Award. Aide 

 Leopold Award for outstanding service to con- 

 servation. 



Publications: Journal of Wildlife Manage- 

 ment, quarterly, current volume : 24, $6, free to 

 members. Editor: C. M. Kirkpatrick, Depart- 

 ment of Forestry, Purdue University, Lafayette, 

 Ind. Wildlife Monographs, irregular. Editor: 

 Louis Krumholz. Newsletter, quarterly, free to 

 members. Editor : Thomas Evans. 



1567. Wilmington Organic Chemists' Club. 



Chairman: John F. Walker, Hercules Re- 



