2003 Assembly of Delegates:
Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Group Director

November 13-16, 2003
Hyatt Regency Los Angeles at Macy's Plaza
Los Angeles, California

In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, Science and Engineering: Keys to International Understanding, November 12-13
And the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, November 14-15

Name: John J. Kelley

Present Position: Professor of Marine Science
Organization: University of Alaska, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Address: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775
USA

Telephone: 907-474-5585
FAX: 907-474-7204
E-mail: ffjjk@uaf.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Alaska

Candidate's Statement: Sigma Xi is the one international organization which offers a unique opportunity for the promotion of multidisciplinary companionship in science and engineering and interaction with society. The achievement of Sigma Xi's goals is a continual process with the activities of the chapters being the most essential element. Effective leadership of the Area Groups including Industries, State and Federal Laboratories is required to help implement communication of shared experiences and concerns among the chapters nationally.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi Alaska Chapter Secretary-Treasurer, 2002-present; Sigma Xi: Alaska Chapter President, 1987-89; 1996-98; American Geophysical Union: 1960-present; The Explorers Club(fellow):1966-present; Arctic Institute of North America(fellow):1962-present; The Oceanography Society:1997-2001,Rotary Club, 1980-present, Mentor, Packard Grant Global Networking Effort, 2001-present. U.S. National Committee Member to the International Polar Year, 2003-2005.

Biographical Information: Dr. John J. Kelley, b.1933 received B.S. in Geophysics/Geochemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1958; Ph.D.,Nagoya University, Japan,1973. University of Washington, Dept. of Atmos. Sci, 1959-1968, University of Alaska, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (Institute of Marne Science)1968-present, Professor. Served U.S. Army 1953-55, Program Mgr. Meteorology/Oceanography, Polar Programs 1974-76. Director, Arctic Research Lab. 1977-80, Chm. North Slope Borough Science Advisory Comm. 1980-present, Director, Polar Ice Coring Office (NSF) 1989-1997. Research/academic interests: trace gases in atmospheric and sea, fate and transport of contaminants, riverine fisheries acoustics and bioacoustics.

Name: Donald Jesse McGraw

Present Position: Associate Provost
Organization: University of San Diego

Address: Office of Provost
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
USA

Telephone: 619-260-4553
FAX: 619-260-2210
E-mail: mcgraw@sandiego.edu

Chapter Affiliation: San Diego

Candidate's Statement: This Constituency Group is a crucial one as it covers so many types of entities within Sigma Xi that need representation unlike any single chapter or grouping of chapters (e.g., regional representatives). This is so because of the great variety of voices present within the organizations that are included here: these members bring typically different views to the Society than those offered by the academic community alone. Ideas that may not arise from the academy may be central to a Society member in a federal laboratory, say, or in an industry. Such ideas and visions and the direction that could come from them may well be of immense value to the thinking of the leadership of Sigma Xi locally, nationally and internationally. The San Diego Chapter is a geographic one and perforce includes all of the types of institutions covered by this Constitutency Group. We in San Diego have had the opportunity of leadership from and dialog with each of these types of institutions. A vibrant Chapter aware of the needs of all types of members of the Society, we can bring to the table these polyglot visions, this 'hybrid vigor,' that is so much a part of our type of Chapter. I have worked in industry, four federal agencies, NGOs and a number of colleges and universities and have been nurtured in the perfect type of Chapter to best represent the desires, expectations, and hopes of those who are this Constituency Group's members.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Associate Director, Southwest Region, 2000-03; Member, Committee on Qualifications & Membership, 01-03; Secretary of San Diego Chapter, 1996-1997; Vice President of San Diego Chapter, 1997-1998; President of San Diego Chapter, 1999-2000. Other: Board Member, Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, CA; President's Advisory Comt, San Diego Zoological Society.

Biographical Information: MCGRAW, DONALD, JESSE, BIOLOGIST, HISTORIAN OF SCIENCE, WRITER. Personal Data: b. Altadena, Calif., Oct. 27, 1943; s. Jesse E. and Mary L. (Hajostek) McG; m. Laura Lee Hansen, July 13, 1968; children: Adrienne, Holly, Rachel. Educ: BS in Biol. Scis., Calif. State Poly. Coll., 1965; MS, Utah State U., 1967; PhD, Oreg. State U., 1976. Registered microbiologist Am. Acad. Microbiology. Prof Exp: Research asst. microbiology Utah State U., 1965-66, teaching asst. food and aquatic microbiology, 1966-67; grad. teaching asst. gen. biology Oreg. State U., 1970-72, instr., 1972-73; tchr. phys. and biol. scis, U.S. Bur. Indian Affairs Boarding Sch., Shonto, Ariz, 1974-75; asst. prof. biology Franklin Coll., Ind., 1975-1978; adj. prof. biology Ind. Central U., Indpls., 1977-78; adj. asst. prof. Ind. U.-Purdue U., Columbus, 1978; mem. faculty Yavapai Community Coll., Prescott, Ariz., 1978-79; assoc. dir. Ute research Lab., Ft. Duchesne, Utah, 1980-81, dir., 1981-82; vis. prof. biology Bard Coll., N.Y., Spring 1984, Coll. St. Thomas, Minn., 1985-87; adj. asst. prof. biology, U. San Diego, 1988-01 ; ADJ PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY ( 01- ) & ASSOC. PROVOST U. SAN DIEGO (1988-). Concurrent Pos: ranger-naturalist U.S. Nat. Park Svc., summers, 1970-79, 83-86, vol., 1989-; writer, 1968-; adj. faculty Southwestern Coll., 1989-92. Contbr. numerous articles (80+) on history of microbiology and history of antibiotics to sci. publs. Commr. San Diego County Columbian Quincentenary Commn. 1990-93, chmn. edn. com., 1990-93; mem. pres.'s adv. com. San Diego Zool. Soc., 1995-97. Honors & Awards: Recipient Disting. Alumnus award, Calif. State Poly. U., 1991, Monrovia High Sch., 1991; Eli Lilly doctoral grantee Oreg. State U., 1973-74. Mem. AAAS, History of Sci. Soc., Cabrillo Hist. Assn. (bd. dirs. 1989-94, vice chair 1992, chair, 1993, 94), Alpha Scholastic Honor Soc. of Franklin Coll. (pres. 1976-78), Sigma Xi, Beta Beta Beta. Author: Andrew Ellicott Douglass and the Role of the Giant Sequoia in the Development of Dendrochonology, Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston NY, 2001.

Name: Ronald S. Weinberg

Present Position: Biophysicist
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Address: Classification Office
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
PO Box 808, L-302
Livermore, CA 94551
USA

Telephone: 925-424-4818
FAX: 925-422-1288
E-mail: weinberg1@llnl.gov

Chapter Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Candidate's Statement: One of the most important goals for Sigma Xi is to ensure an adequate supply of well-trained scientists for future generations. As consituency Director, I continue to work toward that end by encouraging emerging scientists to explore the fertile ground that exists within our diverse Laboratories. Sigma Xi has always valued and will continue to recognize and promote scientific excellence and awareness of the important and varied missions of our respective constituency members.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi Constituency Group Director, (2001- ); President, LLNL Chapter (2000-2001); member, Sigma Xi's Committee on Qualifications & Membership, 1998-2002; Currently serves on Sigma Xi Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Awards Committee. Also serves on Board of Directors, University of Wyoming Alumni Association; member, Alameda County (Calif) Health Advisory Board; member, City of Livermore Public Arts Commission.

Biographical Information: Ron Weinberg is a Biophysicist currently serving in the Classification Office at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He holds a Master's Degree from the University of Wyoming and was a Doctoral Candidate in Biophysics at the University of Kentucky. He worked in Biophysics research for Oak Ridge, where he worked on his Doctoral dissertation dealing with radioistope uptake studies in developing avian embryos. He has also extensively studied radiation repair mechanisms at the cellular level.