1999 Assembly of Delegates
Nominees for Nominating Committee - Mid-Atlantic Region

November 5-7, 1999, Minneapolis, MN
In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, November 4-5, 1999

Name: Peter O. Cervenka

Present Position: Research Physicist
Organization: U.S. Navy

Address: Commanding Officer
Carderock Division
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Att: Dr. P. Cervenka (Code 7230)
9500 MacArthur Boulevard
West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700 USA

Telephone: 301-227-1903
FAX: 301-227-2919
E-mail: cervenka@oasys.dt.navy.mil

Chapter Affiliation: David W. Taylor

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Member, 1986-; President-elect, David W. Taylor Chapter, 1996-97, 1998-99; President, David W. Taylor Chapter, 1997-98, 1999-2000; Member, Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Comt, 1997-. Other: Member, SPIE (Int'l Soc. of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers), 1980-; Member, Optical Society of America, 1980-; Former President, Student Section, Am Inst Phys.

Biographical Information: Born in Larnaca, (Cyprus), Dr. Cervenka earned a M.S. and a PhD, both in physics, at the University of Southern California. He then worked as Senior Engineer and Team Leader for the Computer Sciences Corp. where he was in charge of designing, building and testing a number of airborne laser projects. He then joined the Phoenix Corp. in Falls Church, Virginia, as Senior Research Scientist where he was responsible for the design of the Variable Volume Hydrogen Maser for NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, for which he holds a patent. Dr. Cervenka then accepted employment at Cerberonics, Inc. in Bayley's Crossroads, Virginia as Senior Physicist where he was technical consultant to the Naval Air Systems Command on matters of integrated logistics support (ILS) and technical training of Navy personnel. In 1980, he joined the US Naval Research Lab as senior scientist in the Electro-Optical Technology Program Office where he consulted with Navy managers and congressional staffers on matters of lasers and electro-optics research and development. Later on, he became Senior Researcher with the Electro-Optics Systems Development Group (EOSDG) at NRL. In 1983, he moved to the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in West Bethesda, where he has been ever since; he was, during the mid-1990s, Head of the Infrared Signature Branch. Concurrently, he has, every year since 1989, taught a summer course on infrared technology and applications at MIT as part of the "MIT Professional Summer." His research interests include optics, spectroscopy, lasers, as well as electro-optics technology and applications.

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee

Name: Daniel I. Rubenstein

Present Position: Professor & Chair
Organization: Princeton University

Address: Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
USA

Telephone: 609-258-5698
FAX: 609-258-6818
E-mail: dir@princeton.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Princeton

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Member, Sigma Xi Comt Membership, 95-96; Member, Sigma Xi, Comt. Qualifications & Membership, 96-2000.

Biographical Information: Dan Rubenstein is Professor of Biology and Chair of Princeton University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1972 and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1977 before receiving NSF-NATO and King’s College Junior Research Fellowships for post-doctoral studies at Cambridge University. Since coming to Princeton he has received NIH and NSF research grants, the prestigious Presidential Young Investigator Award and has been elected Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society. He has co-edited two books, "Current Problems in Sociobiology" and "Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution" and has published over 70 articles.

Rubenstein studies how environmental variation and individual differences shape social behavior, social structure, and the dynamics of populations. He has special interests in all species of wild horses, zebras and asses, and has done field work on them throughout the world. He has recently extended his work to measuring the effects of environmental change, including the changes wrought by management and by global warming, on behavior. Studies are underway measuring the impact of wildlife and livestock on African grassland ecosystems and of wild horses on a frontline barrier island habitat so that effective conservation and management strategies and policies can be developed.

Rubenstein is also active in working with elementary and secondary school teachers to improve the teaching of science in American schools. He co-sponsored the development of the Sigma Xi supported Science Advisor Program. This program provides 61 local school districts in the Princeton, NJ area with resident scientists from industry or academia who builds teacher confidence by supplying insights, sources of content and leading workshops on how to meld 'hands-on' and 'minds-on' learning.

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee

Name: Linda Marie Sweeting

Present Position: Professor of Chemistry
Organization: Towson State University

Address: Department of Chemistry
Towson University
Baltimore, MD 21252-7079
USA

Telephone: (410) 830-3113
FAX: (410) 830-4265
E-mail: lsweeting@towson.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Towson Chapter

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, 1988-89; Member, Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations, 1990-93; President of Towson Chapter, 1987-8, 1991-2, 1998-9; Secretary of Towson Chapter, 1979-81, 1995-98; Immediate Past President of Towson Chapter, 1999-2000; Member, Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee, 1987-90, 1998- . Other: American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committeee, 1983-89; American Chemical Society Task Force on Ethical Codes, 1990-93; Experimental NMR Conference, Executive Committee 1985-87, Local Arrangement Chair 1986.

Biographical Information: LINDA MARIE SWEETING. Chemist; b. Toronto, Ont., Can., Dec. 11, 1941; came to U.S., 1965, naturalized, 1979; d. Stanley H. and Mary (Robertson) S. BSc, U. Toronto, 1964, MA, 1965; PhD, UCLA, 1969. Asst. prof. chemistry Occidental Coll., L.A., 1969-70; asst. prof. chemistry Towson (Md.) State U.,1970-75, assoc. prof., 1975-85, prof., 1985 -; guest worker NIH, 1976-77; program dir. chem. instrumentation NSF, 1981-82; vis. scholar Harvard U., 1984-85; contractor U.S. Army MRICD, 1991-93. Bd. dirs. Chamber Music Soc. Balt., 1985-91. Exec. com. Exptl. NMR. Conf. 1985-87, local arr. chair 1986. Mem. Md. Acad. Scis. (mem. sci. council 1975-83, 89-94), Assn. for Women in Sci. (treas. 1977-78, Woman of Yr. 1989), Am. Chem. Soc. (mem. women chemists Com. 1983-89), AAAS, Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi (sec. TSU Club1979-81, Towson chpt. pres. 1987-88, 91-92, 98-99, sec. 1995-98, mid-Atlantic nominating com. 1987-90, regional dir. 1988-89, Sigma Xi Com Nominations, 1991-94).

Additional Comments: I will be looking for creativity and a commitment to Sigma Xi in the nominees for president. Both are needed for the growth of the Society, not just in numbers but in impact.

Recommended by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Nominating Committee

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