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May, 1930] SOCIETY NOTES 583
The Projection Committee. — This committee held two meetings at the Belvedere Hotel on March 18th and April 18th, respectively, and Chairman Townsend has assigned to the various committee members definite problems for research. The subject of remote volume control was discussed at great length and an interesting report from this committee at the Spring Meeting is assured.
Membership and Subscription and Publicity Committees. — A joint meeting of the above committees was held in the offices of the General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y., on March 24th. Mr. Cowling reviewed the results of an extensive campaign for membership in the past two years and intimated that in future emphasis would be placed on the matter of getting subscriptions rather than the solicitation of memberships. It is planned to circulate to prospective subscribers copies of a four-page folder.
Mr. W. Whitmore, chairman of the Publicity Committee, outlined detailed plans for supplying the press with reports of the Spring Convention.
Officers of the Society. — The following notes have been prepared in order to better acquaint the members with the various officers whose photographs appear on pages 576 and 577.
J. I. Crabtree (President}. — In charge of departments of Photographic Chemistry and Motion Picture Film Developing, Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, N. Y. Served as member of Board of Governors and chairman of Papers and Publications and Progress Committees, and has contributed many articles to the Society's publications.
L. C. Porter (Past President). — Lamp development manager, General Electric Company, Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio. Served as chairman of Standards and Nomenclature, and Papers and Publications Committees and as president during the years 1921-1923 and 1928-1929.
H. P. Gage (Vice-President). — Research Department, Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y. Is best known as co-author of the book, "Optic Projection/'
K.C.D. Hickman (Vice-President). — Research chemist, Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, N. Y. Served as chairman of Membership, and Reciprocal Relations Committees and is author of several papers presented before the Society.
/. H. Kurlander (Secretary). — Projection engineer, Westinghouse