2001 Assembly of Delegates:
Canadian/International Constituency Group Representative

November 9-11, 2001, Raleigh, North Carolina
In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, November 8-9, 2001

Recommended for Position of: Canadian/International Constituency Group Representative - Committee on Nominations

Name: David Dalman Cass

Present Position: Professor of Botany & 3M Teaching Fellow
Organization: University of Alberta

Address: CW-405 Biological Sciences Bldg.
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9
CANADA

Telephone: 780-492-3248
FAX: 780-492-9234
E-mail: d.cass@ualberta.ca

Chapter Affiliation:     University of Alberta

Candidate's Statement: I was initiated into the Sigma Xi Chapter at the University of Oklahoma in 1966.  There was a substantial hiatus in my Sigma Xi participation until 1992 (I had no local chapter during this period) when a number of us at the University of Alberta decided the time was right to establish a chapter here.  That involvement had a huge impact on my interest in Sigma Xi.  It was apparent that a voice for scientific research and related issues was very much needed at our university and in the Province of Alberta.  The University of Alberta Sigma Xi Club was established in 1993 and we became a chapter just 2 years later.  I served as the first president of our chapter and was president when we achieved chapter status.  We have over 100 members and an active lecture series which meets monthly during the academic year.  We have established a "Technician of the Year Award" which recognizes persons who have provided outstanding technical support of research over the years.  That award is made annually at our general meeting.  I continued on the chapter executive for a number of years after I was president, but have since relinquished my position.  In my opinion, the University of Alberta Sigma Xi Chapter is "alive and well"; I am proud of it.  I have served the entire society by agreeing to be on the nominating committee for the past 2 years and have found that experience to be quite interesting. 

Sigma Xi and Other Activities:  Sigma Xi:  Founding member and First President, University of Alberta Chapter (1993-95); Member, Executive Committee, University of Alberta Chapter (1999- ).  Other: Editorial Board, two international journals dealing with plant development.

Biographical Information: CASS, DAVID D.  EXPERIMENTAL POLLINATION & GAMETE FUSION ANGIOSPERMS.  Current Pos: from asst prof to assoc prof, 69-80, chmn dept, 79-84, PROF BOT, UNIV ALTA, 80-.  Personal Data: b Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 1, 38; m 66.  Educ: Butler Univ, BS, 61; Univ Okla, PhD(bot), 67.  Prof Exp: USPHS fel, Univ Calif, Berkeley, 66-68, lectr biol, 68-69.  Honors & Awards: Faculty Science Award for Teaching Excellence, Univ Alberta, 88; A. C. Rutherford Award for Outstanding Teaching (undergraduates), Univ Alberta, 90; 3M Teaching Fellowship (Canada), 96; Univ Alberta Board of Governors Award of Distinction, 97.  Mem: Can Bot Asn (secy, 78-80); Int Soc Plant Morphologists; Soc Econ Bot; Bot Soc Am; Can Soc Cell Biol; Sigma Xi.  Res: Experimental pollination; gamete fusion in angiosperms; cell biology of isolated cereal grain male gametes; histochemistry; fluorescence microscopy; scanning and transmission microscopy. 

Recommended for Position of: Canadian/International Constituency Group Representative - Committee on Nominations

Name: Andrew  Scott  Hardie

Present Position: Independent Consultant

Address: Mabrook
Summerhill Lane
Haywards Heath,   RH16 1RL
UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone:  +441444458444
FAX:  +441444458444
E-mail: ash@cellar.demon.co.uk

Chapter Affiliation: Prague Institute Of Advanced Studies

Candidate's Statement: I believe Sigma Xi must transform itself into an organisation for the global Information Society era. The investments it has made in IT over the past three years are only the beginning. The primary economic driver is now innovation, the creation of knowledge. Knowledge is global and Sigma Xi needs to become a global knowledge organisation. Linking with the Global Knowledge Park project could provide valuable synergy towards this goal.  I also believe Sigma Xi needs to improve its presence in Europe, especially now, as the European Union enlarges. PIAS is ideally placed to assist. I stand ready to help with these two important tasks and to help guide Sigma Xi into the new era of commercial globalization where strong leadership, vision and clear communication of that vision are essential.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Fellow of the British Computer Society, 2001; Chartered Engineer and Eur. Ing., 2000; Senior Fellow Prague Institute for Advanced Studies, 2000; Fellow of the Institute of Analysts and Programmers, 1998; Fellow of the Institute for the Management of Information systems, 1996; Member of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee, 1988; Member of IEEE, 1988; Member of the AOC, 1987; Member of AFCEA, 1986.

Biographical Information: Born in England in 1950, Andrew Hardie was educated at Eastbourne College and King's College, London. After twenty years in industrial and military electronics and then central government information systems and communications, Andrew became an independent information systems consultant in 1990 and has specialised in working for parliaments, especially the House of Commons, local government and international NGOs. In 1997, Andrew was responsible for the information systems that ran Tony Blair¹s election campaign office. Recently, Andrew completed a major project for the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast and is currently working with the International European Movement in Brussels and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on an integrated information system to support the parliamentary assembly. Andrew is a regular speaker at conferences and an active participant in democratic and civil society development, especially in southern and eastern Europe. At the Prague Institute of Advanced Studies, Andrew is the information architect for the EU-Pronet multi-media national information project, the pilot for the Global Knowledge Park project, and represents PIAS on the European Parliamentary Technology Assessment organisation.

Recommended for Position of:    Canadian/International Constituency Group Representative - Committee on Nominations

Name:    J. Zachary Jacobson

Present Position:    Principal Consultant
                  Organization:   Government of Canada

Address: C-A-C
10th floor
112 Kent St.
  Ottawa, On  K1A 0S5
  CANADA      

Telephone: 1 613 947-2416
FAX: 1 613 952-8295
E-mail: zack@dgs.dnd.ca

Chapter Affiliation: Ottawa Chapter

Candidate's Statement: I favour an internationally active and aware Sigma Xi.  At the local level, our strength is our Chapters, and we must foster those.  I feel our long term goal must be to shore up the Chapters we have and to add new Chapters where ever in the world it is reasonable and possible to do so.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma-Xi record:  Member since 1984.  Ottawa Program Chair, 87-93.  Pres. Ottawa Chapter, 93-95.  Northeast Regional Director, 94-01. Member, Committee on Regions, 93-01 (Chair, 2000-01).  President, Sigma Xi Fund of Canada, 2001-. Memberships:  Sigma Xi, AAAS, Int¹l Soc. Study of Time, Canadian Psychological Assoc., Assoc. Internal Management Consultants.

Biographical Information: JACOBSON, JACOB ZACHARY.  Experimental Psychology.  Current. Pos. , Consultant, Consulting and Audit Canada (Internal consulting to Government on scientific matters.) 81 - .  Personal data: b. Halifax. N.S., Feb. 7, 1943. m 69, Janet Diane Gordon. c Katherine Rachel Jacobson Lang (b Feb. 25, 73).  Educ. Dalhousie, B.Sc. (physics, math) 64.  University of Waterloo, M.A. (visual perception) 67; Ph.D., (cognitive psychology) 72.   Prof. experience.: Queen¹s University,  post-doc, 71-74; Ass¹t. Prof, Psychology,  94-77; Math & Statistics, 77-79.  Alberta Treasury,  Survey Methodologist, Alberta Bureau Statistics, 79-81, Alberta Treasury, Director, Research, Planning, Systems, 1981.  Concurrent positions:   Univ. of Alberta, adjunct prof. of Psychology, 80-81. Carleton University, adjunct prof of Psychology, 84 - .Presently active in Carleton U.--U. of Ottawa Cognitive Science program.  Res: temporal physics,  neural networks, speech perception, colour vision,  cognitive visual masking, memory models.  Mailing address:  C-A-C, 10th floor, 112 Kent St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada  K1A 0S5.