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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: World Medical Journal, bi- 

 monthly, $7.50. Editor : S. S. B. Glider. World 

 Medical Periodicals, $6.50. Editor : Hugh Clegg. 



Wyoming Academy of Science. See Colorado- 

 Wyoming Academy of Science. 



1582. Wyoming Engineering Society. P. O. 



Box 2285, Airport Station, Cheyenne, Wyo. 

 President: C. R. MacDougall, Cheyenne, Wyo. 

 Term expires February-March 1961. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: Malcolm D. Martin, Chey- 

 enne, Wyo. Term expires February-March 

 1961. 



History: Organized March 1918. 



Purpose: To promote the prestige of the 

 engineering profession in Wyoming; to stan- 

 dardize engineering practice and facilitate co- 

 operation ; to promote good fellowship among 

 the members. 



Membership: Members, persons with a degree 

 in engineering, and/or four years experience in 

 engineering work (equivalent to degree), who 

 hold a Wyoming engineer's or surveyor's license ; 

 Associate Members, persons who are members 

 or representatives of contracting firms engaged 

 in engineering work, firms or individuals sup- 

 plying engineering materials ; Junior Members, 

 engineering students with one year of training, 

 or anyone doing engineering work but not quali- 

 fied by experience. Total membership 500 . 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two scholarships 

 awarded annually to University of Wyoming 

 engineering students. 



1583. Wyoming Geological Association. P. O. 



Box 545, Casper, Wyo. President: James A. 

 Barlow, Jr., 253 North Center Street, Casper, 

 Wyo. Term expires October 1960. Secretary: 

 Marvin A. Buskala, P. O. Box 200, Casper, 

 Wyo. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized February 1945; incor- 

 porated December 1950. 



Purpose: To aid the industrial and productive 

 interests of the state through scientific advance- 

 ment in the science of geology as it relates to the 

 development of petroleum and natural gas. 



Membership: Open to geologists and indi- 

 viduals engaged in the exploration for oil and 

 gas who meet membership requirements of the 

 American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 

 Total membership, 550. 



Meetings: Weekly. 



Professional activities: Annual Scholarship, 

 University of Wyoming. Grants and Aid Fund, 

 University of Wyoming. 



1584. Wyoming Historical and Geological 

 Society. President: Bruce Payne, 110 South 

 River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Term ex- 

 pires February 11, 1961. Secretary: J. 

 Campbell Collins, 74 West Ross Street, 

 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Term expires February 

 11, 1961. 



History: Organized February 11, 1858, to 

 commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 

 burning of local anthracite coal in the open 

 grate. 



Purpose: The collection and maintenance of 

 a library and museum, with special reference 

 to literary, scientific, and historical material 

 relating to Wyoming Valley and vicinity. 



Membership: Annual members, 550; Life, 100. 



Meetings: Irregular. 



Library: Approximately 20,000 volumes, 

 30,000 pamphlets, and 40,000 original manu- 

 scripts and photostats. 



1585. Wyoming State Medical Society. P. O. 



Box 2266, Cheyenne, Wyo. President: Francis 

 A. Barrett, 1616 East 19th Street, Cheyenne, 

 Wyo. Term expires September 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Arthur R. Abbey. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized 1902. 



Purpose: To improve the services rendered 

 to the people of Wyoming by the medical pro- 

 fession. 



Membership: Limited to doctors of medicine, 

 licensed to practice in the State of Wyoming by 

 the State Board of Medical Examiners, who are 

 also members of their county medical society. 

 Total membership 265. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Rocky Mountain Medical 

 Journal, monthly, free to members. Editor : 

 Frank Barrett. 



1586. Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Associa- 

 tion, Inc. Red Lodge, Mont. President: 

 George Darrow, 315 Securities Building, 

 Billings, Mont. Term expires July 1961. Sec- 

 retary: George McGill, Department of Ge- 

 ology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 

 Mass. Term expires July, 1961. 



History: Established 1936. 



Purpose: To increase the number and quality 

 of teachers of earth science ; to recruit men 

 qualified for future leadership and to advance 

 the frontiers of earth science through research. 



Membership: Open to those who by knowl- 

 edge, experience, honorable standing and dem- 

 onstrated interest in science are qualified to 

 make effective contributions to education and 



