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SUMMARIZED PROCEEDINGS FOR 1936 



The Association held two meetings in the calendar year 1936, a meeting 

 at Rochester-Ithaca, N. Y., June 16-20, and the annual meeting at Atlantic 

 City, N. J., Dec. 28, 1936 - Jan. 2, 1937. The Association had previously 

 held one meeting at Rochester, in August, 1892, one meeting at Ithaca, in 

 June-July, 1906, and one meeting in Atlantic City, in December, 1932. A 

 large portion of the Rochester-Ithaca program was presented at Rochester 

 on June 16-18, after which the Association joined with the Society of the 

 Sigma Xi at Ithaca in celebration of the semi-centennial of its founding. 

 The Pacific Division held a meeting at Seattle, Washington, June 15-20, 

 and the Southwestern Division held a meeting at Flagstaff, Arizona, April 

 27-30. 



At the Rochester-Ithaca meeting 514 persons were registered and 230 ad- 

 dresses and papers were on the programs ; at the Atlantic City meeting 2375 

 persons were registered and 1450 addresses and papers were delivered or 

 read ; at the Seattle meeting of the Pacific Division 779 persons were regis- 

 tered and 449 addresses and papers were delivered or read ; and at the 

 Flagstaff meeting of the Southwestern Division 116 addresses and papers 

 w r ere delivered or read. At the close of the fiscal year 1936 (Sept. 30) the 

 membership of the Association was 18,242 ; the membership of the Pacific 

 Division was 2004 ; and the membership of the Southwestern Division was 



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Officers of the Association for 1936 



President. Edwin G. Conklin (zoology), Princeton University. 



Retiring President. Karl T. Compton (physics), Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology. 



Permanent Secretary. Henry B. Ward, Washington, D. C. 



General Secretary. Otis W. Caldwell. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant 

 Research. 



Treasurer. John L. Wirt, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary oj the Council. Charles A. Shull, University of Chicago. 



Executive Assistant. Sam Woodley. Washington, D. C. 



Auditor. W. J. Humphreys, U. S. Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C. 



Director oj Press Service. Austin H. Clark, National Museum, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Director oj the Annual Science Exhibition. F. C. Brown, Washington, D. C. 



Members oj the Executive Committee (page 95) 



Members oj the Finance Committee (page 95) 



