2003 Assembly of Delegates:
Northeast Geographic Region Associate 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: J. Zachary Jacobson

Present Position: Senior Mathematician
Organization: Health Canada

Address: Applied Research and Analysis Directorate
Health Canada
Jeanne Mance Bldg, Tunney's Pasture
Mail stop 1905C
Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0K9
CANADA

Telephone: 613-946-9056
E-mail: zack@sigmaxi.org

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 whereever 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, Int'l Soc. Study of Time, Canadian Psychological Assoc., Assoc. Internal Management Consultants.

Biographical Information: JACOBSON, JACOB ZACHARY. Experimental Psychology. Current. Pos. , Senior Mathematician, Applied Research and Analysis Unit [Internal consulting to Health Canada 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.: Queen's University, post-doc, 71-74; Ass't. 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: stochastic modeling of infectious disease outbreaks, temporal physics, neural networks, speech perception, colour vision, cognitive visual masking, memory models. Mailing address: [as above]

Name: Albert David Notation

Present Position: Chair, Department Chemistry & Physics
Organization: Quinnipiac University

Address: Box 343
Department of Chemistry & Physics
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT 06518
USA

Telephone: 203-582-5223
FAX: 203-582-8706
E-mail: notation@quinnipiac.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Quinnipiac

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Founding member, Quinnipiac Chapter, 1980. President, Quinnipiac Chapter 2000-; Program Chair, Quinnipiac Chapter, 1983-; Delegate, Sigma Xi Annual Meeting, 1989-97; Recording Secretary, NE Regional Assembly, 1993, 94, 96; Alternate, Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations, 1996.

Biographical Information: ALBERT DAVID NOTATION. Chair, Dept. Chemistry & Physics, Quinnipiac University, 94-. Discipline: Organic Chemistry. Subject Speciality: Endocrinology. Married, two children. Prof Exp:Training Fellow, USPHS, Dept. Biochemistry, Univ. Minnesota Med School, 1964-66; Asst prof & Instr in USPHS Training Program, Dept. Biochemistry, Univ Minnesota Med School, 67-71; Asst Prof, Dept OBGYN, Univ Minnesota Med School, 71-77; Assoc Prof Chemistry, Quinnipiac College, 77-80; Prof Chemistry, Quinnipiac Univ, 80-; Chair, Dept, Chemistry & Physics, Quinnipiac Univ, 94- 2003; Radiation Protection Officer, Quinnipiac Univ, 77-. Educ: Univ Saskatchewan, MSc BE, 53-58; PhD, McMaster UNiv, 60-64. Mem: American Chemical Society (Section Chair); Chemical Institute of Canada; AAAS; Society for the Study of Reproduction; Endocrine Society; Sigma Xi (72-). Res: Recently I've been interested in non-estrogen metabolites of estradiol that could be might have significance in clinical diagnoses. I have a number of publications concerning steroid hormone metabolism, particularily steroid sulfate cleavage studies.