Nominees for Elections

2012 Sigma Xi Assembly of Delegates
November 3, 2012

Online Voting for Society Leaders began on November 5, 2012 following the Assembly of Delegates. Voting will take place online for President-elect (term begins December 6, 2012), President-elect designeee (term begins July 1, 2013), Directors (terms begin July 1, 2013), Associate Directors (terms begin July 1, 2013) and Society Nomination Committee members (terms begin at the conclusion of the voting period). The electronic polls will remain open for 30 days and members must cast their ballot by close of business December 4, 2012. All sustaining members of Sigma Xi will receive instructions on how to cast their vote for the open elected positions in their regions and /or constituencies. Results of the elections will be announced on the Society’s website and in other membership communications.

Candidates for all offices are listed below:

1. Election of Officers.
   • President-elect: to serve from December 6, 2012 to June 30, 2013
     • Linda Meadows, The Ohio State University
     • Antonio Pita-Szczesniewski, Swiss Chapter
   • President-elect Designee: to serve from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
     • George Atkinson, Indiana University
     • Thomas Kvale, University of Toledo

2. Election of Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years beginning July 1, 2013.
   • North Central Director
     
     • Kimberly Houchens, University of Michigan
     • Mark Peeples, The Ohio State University
     • Daniel Reaume, General Motors R&D Center
     • Carlo Segre, Illinois Institute of Technology
   • Southwest Director
     
     • Paul Herrmann, Loma Linda University
     • Semant Jain, Rice University-Texas Medical Center
     • Bert Little, Tarleton State University
     • Jonathan Maul, Texas Tech University
     • Pratheesh Sathyan, Texas A & M University
     • Paul Stein, University of California-Irvine
   • Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Director
     
     • Bruce Bejcek, Kalamazoo
     • Lawrence Duffy, Alaska
     • William Koch, National Institute of Standards and Technology
     • Stanley White, Orange County
   • Comprehensive Colleges and Universities Director
     • Julio Turrens, University of South Alabama

3. Election of Associate Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years beginning July 1, 2013.
   • Mid-Atlantic Geographic Regional Associate Director
     • Richard Bradley, University of Virginia
     • Edward Fink, University of Maryland
     • Pamela Flattau, District of Columbia
   • Baccalaureate Colleges Associate Director
     • Christopher Fasano, Knox College
     • Amy Stockert, Ohio Northern University
   • Canadian & International Constituency Associate Director
     • Digvir Jayas, Manitoba
     • Frederico Rosei, McGill-Montreal
   • Northeast Geographic Regional Associate Director
     • Phillip Barnes, Yale University
     • Kestutis Bendinskas, SUNY- Oswego
     • Subrata Saha, SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn

4. Election of members to the Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years at the conclusion of election of the election on December 5, 2012.
   • Mid-Atlantic Region Representative for Committee on Nominations (to fill unexpired term, 2 years)
     • David Campbell, District of Columbia
     • Francis Dane, Hollins University
     • John Nemeth, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
     • Christopher Osgood, Tidewater Virginia
     • Jacques Read, George Washington University
     • James Smith, West Virginia University
   • Membership-at-Large Representative for Committee on Nominations
     • Peter Burke, Membership-at-Large
     • Jane Gilman, Membership-at-Large
     • Henry Godfrey, Membership-at-Large
     • Deborah Hutchinson, Membership-at-Large
     • Vijay Kowtha, Membership-at-Large
     • Raj Rajagopalan, Membership-at-Large
     • Alfred Skolnick, Membership-at-Large
     • Marija Strojnik, Membership-at-Large
     • Peter Wiernik, Membership-at-Large
     • Yu Yuan, Membership-at-Large
   • Research & Doctoral Universities Representative for Committee on Nominations
     • Frank Abrams, North Carolina State University
     • Alejandro Espinoza-Orias, Rush University
     • Edna Kaneshiro, University of Cincinnati
   • Northwest Representative for Committee on Nominations
     • Scott Burns, Columbia-Willamette
     • John Kelley, Alaska
   • Southeast Representative for Committee on Nominations
     • Edward Bennett, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
     • Dennis Collins, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
     • Olanrewaju Johnson, University of South Carolina
     • David McBride, University of Missouri
     • David Mills, Louisiana Tech University
     • Stephen Mullis, Tifton
     • Amit Pandey, Oak Ridge
     • Robert Pinschmidt, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org