Nominees for Elections

2006 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference

November 2-5, 2006
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

During the Annual Meeting, delegates elect members of Sigma Xi's Board of Directors. Members of the Executive Committee (President, Treasurer, etc.) are elected in a vote by all delegates. Since the Board of Directors includes each Regional and Constituency Director, members of the Board of Directors are elected in Regional and Constituency Meetings on a rotating basis.

Candidates for all offices are listed below:

1. Agenda Item #8A. Election of Officers.
   • President-elect: to serve from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
     • Henry Petroski, Duke University Chapter
     • Ann H. Williams, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapter

2. Agenda Item #8B. Election of Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from July 1, 2007.
   • Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Group
     • C. Clifton Chancey, University of Northern Iowa Chapter
     • Richard W. LoPinto, Fairleigh Dickinson University Chapter
     • Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University Chapter
   • Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Group
     • Linda H. Mantel, Columbia-Willamette Chapter
     • Kelly O. Sullivan, Tri-Cities, Washington Chapter
     • Andrew J. Velkey II, Tidewater Virginia Chapter
   • North Central Geographic Region
     • Paul DeYoung, Hope College Chapter
     • Linda K. Meadows, Ohio State University Chapter
     • Michael P. Polis, Oakland University Chapter
   • Southwest Geographic Region
     • William R. Klemm, Texas A&M University Chapter
     • Martha A. Mann, University of Texas, Arlington Chapter
     • Richard Miller, Texas A&M University Chapter
     • Marshall Sundberg, Emporia State University Chapter
     • Stan White, Orange County Chapter

3. Agenda Item #8C. Election of Associate Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from July 1, 2007.
   • Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group
     • Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, Claremont Colleges Chapter
     • Charles E. Kriley, Grove City College Chapter
     • Joanne Kivela Tillotson, SUNY at Purchase Chapter
     • Kathleen L. Triman, Franklin and Marshall College Chapter
   • Canadian/International Constituency Group
     • Grant Allan Gardner, Avalon Chapter
     • Geza Gordos, Hungary Chapter
     • Patricia D. Ross, University of Toronto Chapter
   • Mid-Atlantic Geographic Region
     • Charles E. Kriley, Grove City College Chapter
     • Michael P. McCann, St. Joseph's University Chapter
     • Andrew J. Velkey II, Tidewater Virginia Chapter
   • Northeast Geographic Region
     • Kestas G. Bendinskas, SUNY Oswego Chapter
     • Pamela Kerrigan, Manhattan College Chapter
     • Grant Allan Gardner, Avalon Chapter

4. Agenda Item #8D. Election of members of the Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from November 6, 2006.
   • Research and Doctoral Constituency Group
     • Penelope J. Padgett, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapter
     • Robert H. Tamarin, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Chapter
   • Northwest Geographic Region
     • Gary A. Laursen, Alaska Chapter
     • Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, University of Washington Chapter
   • Southeast Geographic Region
     • Clark J. Gantzer
     • Lawrence J. Rouse

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org