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New Metallurgists Secretary. The Council of the Institution of Metallurgists announces that Dr. A. D. MERRIMAN, G.C., M.A., M.ED., C.I.MECH.E., F.R.S.E., who has been registrar‐secretary for the past ten years, will retire on December 31, 1957. During Dr. Merriman's tenure of office the Institution has grown from a membership of less than 1,600 to more than 3,500. In a recent appreciation of his services by PROFESSOR F. C. THOMPSON (Manchester University), a past‐president, tribute was paid to his part in firmly establishing the Institution as the professional organisation of metallurgists.