2000 Assembly of Delegates
Nominees for Comprehensive Colleges and Universities Directors

November 10-12, 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico
In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, November 9-10, 2000

Name: David Bruce Campbell

Present Position: Associate Professor, Biology Department
Organization: Rider University

Address: Biology Department
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
USA

Telephone: 609-895-5418
FAX: 609-895-5782
E-mail: campbell@rider.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Rider University Chapter

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Mid-Atlantic Regional Director and Member of Board of Directors, 1998-2001; Chair, Sigma Xi Committee on Programs, 1998 - ; Member, Sigma Xi Committee on Regions, 1998-2001; Rider University Chapter President, 1987-1996; delegate to three annual meetings. NSF - Graduate Fellowship Awards in Biology Committee, 1985-1989; NSF representative to Federal Task Force on Environmental Education, 1999-2000.

Biographical Information: Campbell, David B. MARINE BIOLOGY. b. Newport, RI May 15, 1953. m. C. Shannon Briscoe. c. Cassandra & Liam. Educ: Univ. R.I., B.S. Zoology, '75; Fla. Inst. Tech., M.S. Marine Biology '78; Univ. R.I. Ph. D. Biol. Sci. '83. Prof. Exp.: Visiting Asst. Prof., Univ. New Hampshire, 1983-1986; Asst. Prof., Rider Univ. 1986-1989; Assoc. Prof., Rider Univ., 1989-present; Chair, Biology Dept., 1993-1997. Coordinator/faculty for Field Marine Science courses, Shoals Marine Lab., Cornell Univ., 1985-present; Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education, 1998-2000. Honors & Awards: Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1994; Who's Who in Science & Engineering, 1994-; State of NH Governor's Award for Outstanding Voluntary Service (group recipient), 1985. Research: Behavioral ecology of marine invertebrates.

Additional Comments: Campbell's Web site: http://www1.rider.edu/~wwwbio/campbell_home.html

Recommended by: Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Nominating Committee

Name: Mary Elizabeth Strasser

Present Position: Professor
Organization: California State University, Sacramento

Address: Dept. of Anthropology
CSUS
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6106
USA

Telephone: (916) 278-6567
FAX: (916) 278-6339
E-mail: strasser@saclink.csus.edu

Chapter Affiliation: California State University at Sacramento

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Chapter: Treasurer since 1992, represented the Chapter as a judge at the California Central Valley Science and Engineering Fair, identified and arranged for speakers to be hosted by the Chapter, represented the Chapter at Annual Meetings. Society: Member of the Nominating Committee of the Southwest Region of Sigma Xi (1996-1999). Chair of the Nominating Committee for the Southwest Region of Sigma Xi (1997-98). Served as a teller at the Annual Meeting of Sigma Xi (1997). Other: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Member of the Romer Prize Committee, involves reviewing papers submitted by competing students before the meeting, attending all student talks to judge their presentations, and convening with the Committee to choose the winner (1995-2000). American Association of Physical Anthropologists: Reviewer for abstracts for Annual Meetings (1990 - 1998) and periodically chair sessions (1985-2000).

Biographical Information: Education: BA (1977) and MA (1980) from University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. (1989) from City University of New York. Honors and Fellowships include: CUNY Mina Rees Dissertation Award in the Sciences (1984), Pre-doctoral Fellow at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian (1984-85), Post-doctoral Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1989-1990), Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History (1993-present), Research Associate at UC Davis (1991-98). Research interests include: vertebrate evolution, evolutionary biology of primates, systematics and taxonomy of primates, functional morphology of locomotor system, locomotor behavior and ecology of non-human primates.

Additional Comments: California State University, Sacramento: University Creative and Scholarly Activities Committee (Member, 1991-present; Chair 1997-1998), University General Education Course Review Committee (Member, 1996-present), a variety of departmental committees. Review grant proposals for the National Science Foundation, The Leakey Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, among others. Regularly review manuscripts for publication in leading journals in field or for book publishing houses. Serve annually as a judge for the Campus Student Research Competition to choose students to compete in the CSU system-wide competition.

Recommended by: Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Nominating Committee

Name: Courtney Young

Present Position: Department Head
Organization: Metallurgical Engineering

Address: Montana Tech
Butte, MT 59701
USA

Telephone: 406-496-4158
FAX: 406-496-4133
E-mail: cyoung@mtech.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Montana Tech of the University of Montana Chapter

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Member since 1993; Montana Tech Chapter President 1996-98; Delegate, 1998-2000; Poster Presenter, 1998 Annual Meeting; Northwest Regional Young Investigator Award Winner, 1997 and 1999; Local Chapter Invited Speaker, 1995. Other: Member - Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), 1990; The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), 1988; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), 1982. Officer - SAS Snake River Section, Secretary/Treasurer, 1995-1998; SME Montana Section, Interim Chair, 1995-1997; SME Montana Section Representative, 1997. Committee Member - TMS Practice, Educator, and Leadership Award, 2001-2003; SME Wadsworth Award, 2000-2002; SME Processing Fundamentals, Chair, 1999; TMS Student Affairs, 1999-Present; SME Accreditation and Curricular Issues, 1998-Present; SME Student Affairs, 1997-Present; TMS and SME ABET, 1996-Present. Organizer/Editor - 4 symposia including latest of "Cyanide: Social, Industrial and Economic Considerations," TMS Annual Meeting, 2001 and "Minor Elements," SME Annual Meeting, 2000. Session Chair - TMS and SME Annual Meetings since 1995.

Biographical Information: Education: Ph.D., Metallurgical Eng., U of Utah, 1995; M.S., Mining & Minerals Eng., Virginia Tech, 1987; B.S., Mineral Processing Eng., Montana Tech, 1984. Experience: Academic - Department Head, Metallurgical Eng., Montana Tech, 1998-Present; Associate Prof., Montana Tech, 1996-Present, Assistant Prof., Montana Tech, 1995; Research Assistant Prof., Montana Tech, 1993-1994. Industrial - Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Mineral Processing (CAMP), 1994-Present, East-West Consultants, Inc., Butte, MT, 1982-1984; Duval Corporation, Tucson, AZ, 1983; Chevron Resources, Panna Maria Operations, Hobson, TX, 1982. Consulting - 12 projects since 1994. Professional Recognition - SME/MPD Young Engineer Award, 1998; SME Future Leader Intern, 1998; TMS Young Leader Intern, 1997; ASARCO Distinguished Professor, 1996-Present. Reviewer - Associate Editor for Intern. J. Miner. Proc., current; Key Reader for Metall. and Mat. Trans.,B, 1996-1998; total of 51 publications and 14 proposals for other sources. Publications - 25 including latest in Miner. Metall. Process, 2000 and Minor Elements, 2000. Presentations - 42 including latest at TMS Annual Meetings, 2000 and 2001. Invited Seminar Speaker - 10 including latest at USGS Section Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2000, and U of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 2000. Research - Activities amount to nearly $500,000 in past 5 years. Current Research: Federal - EPA/DOE Mine Waste Technology Program (MWTP), "Selective Recovery from ARD" and "Comparing Synthetic and Natural Photolytic Processes in ARD." Industrial - CAMP, 9 projects; MSE-TA - "Improving Separation in Ferrihydrite Precipitation Process." Institutional - Undergraduate Research Program. Past Research: Federal - NSF REU "Solution Extraction of Gold Bisulfide"; EPA/DOE MWTP, "Photo-assisted Electrochemistry of Application to: Berkeley Pitlake ARD (Part III), Metal-Complexed Cyanide (Part II), Cyanide and Nitrate (Part I)." Industrial - MSE-TA, Inc., "Recycling Strategies for SPL" and "Upgrading Spent Lime to a Commodity"; CAMP, "Smelter Gypsum as Cement Feed Stock", "Mineralogy of Concentrates for Silver Upgrading", "Fungi Development for ARD Remediation", and "Silver Losses in Flotation Tailings." Institutional - Undergraduate Research Program; Foundation Mini-Grant Project; Seed Grant.

Recommended by: Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Nominating Committee

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