Candidates for membership are usually recommended to the Board by two 

 fellows. They should have previously convinced themselves that their can- 

 didate wishes to join the I. I.E. However, candidates for membership can just as 

 well come forward directly or can be suggested by one of the members. In 

 that case the Board should be requested to seek recommendation among the 

 fellows before or at the next General Assembly. After subsequent approval of 

 the Board, candidates for membership are elected by the General Assembly by 

 a majority of votes. In order to maintain certain standards it was decided at 

 the General Assembly in Providence in 1956 that candidates for membership 

 should have been active in the field of developmental biology for at least 

 10 years or, if for a shorter period, should have made important contributions 

 in the field. 



A list of names of fellows and members is to be found in the Supplement 

 to the eight issue of the General Embryological Information Service, 1960, 

 p. 17 ff. 



The Adjunct Secretary-Treasurer, 

 P. D. NIEUWKOOP 



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