1998 Assembly of Delegates
Nominees for Mid-Atlantic Regional Director

Name: Taft H. Broome Jr.

Present Position: Professor of Civil Engineering
Organization: Howard University

Address: Civil Engineering Department
Howard University
2300 6th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059-0001
USA

Telephone: (202) 806-7737
FAX: (202) 806-5271
E-mail: tbroome@fac.howard.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Howard University

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Pres, Howard Univ Chap, 1985-86; Chair, prog Comt, Howard Univ Chap, 1984-85; Mem, Prog Comt, Howard Univ Chap, 1978-89; Mem, Sigma Xi Comt Sci & Soc, 1986-90; Mem, Sigma Xi Intl Comt, 1988-90; Mem, Comt Qual & Mem, 1994-96. Other: Mem, AAAS Comt Sci Freedom & Resp, 1984-87; Mem, AAAS Comt Sci Freedom & Resp, 1984-87; Mem, AAAS Judging Panel Sci Freedom & Resp Award, 1992-; Session Chair, Am Astron Soc Conf, 1987, 89,91; Chair, Ethics Comt, Am Assoc Eng Soc, 1984-86; Mem, Council, AAUP, 1989-; VP and Mem, Bd Dir, Nat Assoc Sci Tech & Soc, 1992-97; VP, Eng Coll Mag Assoc, 1989-90; Mem, Sci Advis Bd, The Emeritus Fdn, 1991; Mem Advis Comt (1987-88), Bd Dirs (1989-), Student Pugwash.

Biographical Information: BROOME, TAFT H., JR. CIVIL ENGINEERING. Current Pos: PROF CIVIL ENG, 1988-, HOWARD UNIV. Personal Data: b Danville PA, Nov 6 42. Educ: Howard Univ, BSCE (Civil Eng), 66; Geo Wash Univ, MSE (Struct Eng),68, ScD (Struct Mechanics), 72; Rensselaer Poly Inst, MS (Eng Ethics), 85. Prof Exp: Asst and Assoc Prof Civil Eng, Howard Univ, 1972-87; Dir, Lg Space Structures Inst, Howard Univ, 1983-1990. Concurrent Pos: Res Asst, Geo Wash Univ, 1967-70; Consult, MPR Assoc (Washington DC), 1972; ASEE Summer Fac Fell, NASA/Langley Res Ctr, 1974-76; Consult, Livas Architects (Norfolk, VA), 1976-78; Asst Dean, Sch Eng, Howard Univ, 1979-80; NRC Summer Fac Fell, 1979-80; Visit Prof Civil Eng, Renesselaer Poly Inst, 1980-81; Act Chair, Civil Eng Dept, Howard Univ, 1981-83; Chair, Civil Eng Dept, Howard Univ, 1983-85; Dir, SIMNET, 1986-89; Chair, Howard Univ Senate, 1988-92; Visit Prof Civi Eng, Duke Univ, 1991-92. Honors & Awards: Renessaelar Alum Assoc Fell Award, 1992; Outstand Instr Award, Howard Univ Student Chap ASCE, 1975, 77,78; Faculty Award, Eng Student Coun, 1979; Appreciation Award, Howard Eng, 1977, 79, 82; Service Award, Omega Psi Phi, 1979. Mem: Am Astron Soc; AAAS; Am Academy Mechnics; Am Assoc Eng Soc; AAUP; Am Soc Civil Eng; Am Soc Mech Eng; Am Soc Eng Ed; U.S. Congr Black Caucus; Emeritus Fdn; Eng Coll Mag Associated; Nat Assoc Sci, Tech & Soc; New York Acad Sci; Sigma Xi; Soc Eng Sci; Soc Women Engrs; Student Pugwash; Tau Beta Pi. Res: Dynamics of large (cosmic) space structures & philosophy of engineering and engineering ethics.

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee

Name: Benjamin S. Cooper

Present Position: Executive Director
Organization: Association of Oil Pipe Lines

Address: Association of Oil pipe Lines
1101 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 604
Washington, DC 20005
USA

Telephone: (202) 408-7970
FAX: (202) 408-7983
E-mail: bcooper@aopl.org

Chapter Affiliation: District of Columbia

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Member, Sigma Xi Committee on Long-Range Planning, 1996-; Candidate, Director-at-Large, November 1997 Annual Meeting.

Biographical Information: COOPER, BENJAMIN STUBBS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS. Current Pos: EX DIR, ASSOC OIL PIPE LINES, 97-. Personal Data: b Schenectady, NY, Apr 12, 41; m 62; c 4. Educ: Swarthmore Co, BA(high honors), 63; Univ Va, PhD (nuclear theory), 68. Prof Exp: Asst prof physics, Iowa State Univ, 67-73; Am Phys Soc Cong Sci Fel, 73-74; mem prof staff, US Senate Comt Energy & Nat Resources, 74-91; Staff Dir, US Senate Comt Energy & Nat Resources, 91-97. Concurrent Pos: adj prof physics, Am Univ, 84-88. Mem: Fel, Am Phys Soc; AAAS; Sigma Xi. Res: Theoretical nuclear physics; science and public policy. Mailing Add: Assoc Oil Pipe Lines 1101 Vermont Ave NW Ste 604 Washington DC 20005. Fax: 202-408-7983; E-mail: bcooper@aopl.org

Additional Comments: Sigma Xi has an important opportunity to provide a voice for science and engineering in the national debate on science policy in the United States. U. S. policy for technology development, support for research and the relationship between the public sector and the scientific enterprise are all undergoing fundamental change. The scientific and engineering communities are unprepared to deal with the pace and magnitude of the change underway. Sigma Xi can help: it has a large and distinguished membership, chapters in every part of the country; strong involvement in science, math and engineering education; strong involvement in high-technology industry; the Sigma Xi Center; a national magazine and experience in organizing fora and meetings where discussion and exchange can clarify and develop issues. Raising the scientific literacy of the national debate will require an integrated effort involving other scientific and engineering societies, universities, industry, state government and federal actors in the executive branch and in Congress. Sigma Xi through its chapters could make a strong grass-roots contribution to this effort. Scientists and engineers feel a special stewardship responsibility for the enterprise that has provided so much personal satisfaction. We fulfill that responsibility when we join together to work to ensure the future of the enterprise by providing decision makers with an appropriate appreciation of the value of science to our national life.

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee

Name: Richard William Lo Pinto

Present Position: Professor of Biological Sciences
Organization: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.

Address: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Dickinson Hall, H4440
Teaneck, NJ 07666
USA

Telephone: (201) 692-2297
FAX: (201) 692-7349

Chapter Affiliation: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: President, Fairleigh Dickinson University Sigma Xi, 1972-82, 87-88, 90-present; Sigma Xi Committee on Resolutions, 1997. Other: Co-Chair, Columbia University Seminar on Pollution and Water Resources, 1985-present. Associate Editor, Buletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, 1980-89. Fellow, Center for Technology Studies, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1989. Associate Editor, Columbia University Seminar Series, Vol XX.

Biographical Information: LO PINTO, RICHARD WILLIAM, MARINE BIOLOGY, BIOMONITORING & AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY. Current Pos: PROF BIOL, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIV TEANECK, 70- Personal Data: b New York, NY Nov 7, 42; m 70; c 2. Educ: Iona Col BS, 63; Fordham Univ, MS 65, PhD (physiol ecol), 72. Prof Exp: Res asst water pollution, Osborne Lab Marine Sci, 67-68; consult, develop biol testing, Org Econ Coop Develop, 84-85. Concurrent Pos: Cosult, Hackensack Meadowlands Develop Comn, 71-, Hart Mountain Indust Inc, 76-77; dir, Marine Biol Prog, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Rutherford, NJ, 72 -; asst dir, Meadowlands Regional Study Ctr, 74-75; assoc, Seminar Pollution & Water Resources, Columbia Univ, 75 -; chmn tech adv comt, N NJ Water Quality Prog, 77 -; assoc ed, Bulletin of the NJ Acad Sci, 78 -; consult, US Environ Protection Agency, 84; consult, Orgn Econ Coop & Develop, Paris, 84-85. Mem: Sigma Xi. Res: Bioassay development for marine and fresh water organisms; aquatic toxicology; phytoplankton physiology; microbial ecology; mariculture of plankton feeders. Mailing Add: Dept Biol Sci Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Teaneck NJ 07666-1996

Additional Comments: A 3% annual decline in membership threatens Sigma Xiâs continued viability. As Regional Director I will promote a membership plan parallel to the one I developed as head of a university program which also had suffered from enrollment decline. Within two years this plan tripled enrollment.

Recommended by: Ramapo College and Fairleigh Dickinson University Chapters

Name: Clarence J. Murphy

Present Position: Professor of Chemistry
Organization: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Address: Chemistry Department
East Stroudsburg University
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301-2999
USA

Telephone: (717) 422-3796
FAX: (717) 422-3908
E-mail: cjmurphy@esu.edu

Chapter Affiliation: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Member, Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations, 94-; member, Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee, 80-83; President, Ithaca College Club, 66-67; President, East Stroudsburg University Chapter, 71-73; Secretary, East Stroudsburg University Chapter, 75-91 & 92-; delegate, Ithaca College Club, 67; delegate, East Stroudsburg University Chapter, 67-. Other: Recording Secretary, Pennsylvania Academy Science, 91-; Chair, Lehigh Valley section, American Chemical Society, 74; Pres, Monroe County Hist Assoc, 93-98.

Biographical Information: MURPHY, CLARENCE JOHN, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, POLYMER CHEMISTRY. Current Pos: chmn dept., 69-83, acting dean, arts & sci, 72; PROF CHEM EAST STROUDSBURG UNIV, 69-. Personal Data: b Manchester, NH, Apr 20, 34; m 60, Elizabeth Schuler; c Elizabeth, Kathleen & Constance. Educ: Univ NH, BS, 55, MS, 57; State Univ NY, Buffalo, PhD (organometallic chem) 62. Prof Exp: Res assoc chem, Mass Inst Technol, 60-61; from asst prof to assoc prof & chmn dept, Ithaca Col, 61-69. Concurrent Pos: NSF vis res prof, Cornell Univ, 67-69; res scientist, Lehigh Univ, 81-; prof, St Anselm Col, 86-87. Mem: AAAS, Am Chem Soc; Soc Appl Spectros; Sigma Xi; Hist Sci Soc; Soc Plastics Engrs. Res: Infrared spectroscopy; polymer syntheses using monomers derived from natural products; polymer chemistry; synthesis and characterization of polymers; polymer phase relationships and transitions. Mailing Add: Dept Chemistry E Stroudsburg Univ East Stroudsburg PA 18301-2999. Fax: 717-422-3908; E-Mail: cjmurphy@esu.edu

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee

Name: David Duane Pearson

Present Position: Associate Prof. of Biology
Organization: Bucknell University

Address: Department of Biology
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
USA

Telephone: (717) 524-1135
FAX: (717) 524-3537
E-mail: pearson@bucknell.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Bucknell University

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: President, Bucknell Club Sigma Xi 1986-1992; Secretary/Treasurer, Bucknell Club/Chapter 1993-Present; Delegate to National Meetings 1986-94, 96,97; Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee 1993-1996.

Biographical Information: PEARSON, DAVID D., IMMUNOBIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY. Current Position : ASSOCIATE PROF BIOLOGY, BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, 71-DATE, Asst Prof. 66-71, Herbert L. Spencer Assoc Prof. of Biology 71-77. -Personal data : b Norwich, CT, Aug. 3, 1938; m 74; c 4. Educ: Univ. Conn, BA, 60, MS 63; Univ Kansas, Ph.D. (Zool) , 66. Prof. Exp: Asst Prof Zool, Univ Kansas 65-66. Concurrent pos: USPHS fel immunol, 65-66; consult res, Geisinger Med Ctr, Actg dir res, 73-77. Mem : AAAS, NY Acad Sci. PA Acad Sci., Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Res: Glycoproteins; immunobiology; protein biochemistry; serology; autoimmune disease; oligosaccharides; Mailing Add : Dept. Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Fax: 717-524-3537; E-Mail: Internet: pearson@bucknell.edu.

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee