Election Results

2008 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference

November 20-23, 2008
Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Washington, D.C.

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 #13A. Election of Officers.
   • President-elect: to serve from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011
     • Joseph A. Whittaker, Member-at-Large

2. Agenda Item #13B. Election of Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from July 1, 2009.
   • Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group
     • David Lever, Ohio Wesleyan University
   • Canadian/International Constituency Group
     • Antonio Pita, Swiss
   • Northwest Geographic Region
     • Linda Mantel, Columbia-Willamette
   • Southeast Geographic Region
     • John Knesel, University of Louisiana at Monroe

3. Agenda Item #13C. Election of Associate Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from July 1, 2009.
   • North Central Geographic Region
     • Lynn E. Elfner, Ohio State University
   • Research and Doctoral Constituency Group
     • Robert Zand, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

4. Agenda Item #13D. Election of members of the Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from November 23, 2008.
   • Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Group
     • Lia M. Haynes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chapter
   • Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Group
     • Julio F. Turrens, University of South Alabama
   • Mid-Atlantic Geographic Region
     • Carol Beck, Thomas Jefferson University
   • Northeast Geographic Region
     • Pam Kerrigan, Manhattan College

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org