question: What type of organization is this body that Albert Baird Hastings became an elected member in 1937?
answer: nonprofit, non-governmental organization
context: Title: Albert Baird Hastings
  Passage: Albert Baird Hastings (1895-1987) was an American biochemist and physiologist.  He spent 28 years as the department chair and Hamilton Kuhn Professor of Biological Chemistry at Harvard University.  After retiring from Harvard, Hastings moved to the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation (now the Scripps Research Institute), where he became the director of the division of biochemistry and helped to establish the institution's emerging program in basic research.  In 1966, he became one of the first faculty members at the University of San Diego's new medical school.  His research focused on the biochemical underpinnings of physiology and included characterizing acid-base homeostasis in blood and pioneering the use of radioactive tracers for studying metabolism.  Hastings received a number of honors and awards for his work, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1937 and the President's Medal for Merit in 1948 following his wartime service on the Committee for Medical Research.  Hastings died of heart failure in 1987 at age 91.
  Title: National Academy of Sciences
  Passage: The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.  NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
  Title: Charles James Murray
  Passage: Charles James Murray (1851 – 25 September 1929) was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat.  He was the son of Charles Augustus Murray, and was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings in 1880, a position he resigned in 1883.  He was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry in 1895 until his defeat at the 1906 general election.
citations: Albert Baird Hastings National Academy of Sciences