Nominees for Elections

2009 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & International Research Conference

November 12-15, 2009
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel
The Woodlands, Texas (near Houston)

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, 2011 to June 30, 2012
     • Martin Apple, University of California-Berkeley
     • Michael P. Crosby, University of Hawaii-Hilo
     • A. F. (Fred) Spilhaus, Jr., Member-at-Large
   • Treasurer-elect: to serve four years from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014
     • W. Franklin Gilmore, Montana Tech University of Montana
     • Richard E. Miller, University of California, Merced
     • Bradford B. Walters, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

2. Agenda Item #13B. Election of Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from July 1, 2010.
   • Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Group
     • Christina Paul, District of Columbia
     • Harold Sharlin, District of Columbia
     • Kelly Olsen Sullivan, Tri-Cities, Washington
   • Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Group
     • Regina McClinton, Grand Valley State University
   • North Central Geographic Region
     • Lynn Elfner, Ohio State University
     • Christian Kreipke, Wayne State University
     • Carlo Segre, Illinois Institute of Technology
   • Southwest Geographic Region
     • Fuller Bazer, Texas A & M University
     • Carter Tiernan, University of Texas at Arlington
     • Stanley A. White, Orange County

3. Agenda Item #13C. Election of Associate Directors by Geographic Regions and Constituency Groups to serve 3 years from July 1, 2010.
   • Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group
     • Terry Douglas Schwaner, Ohio Northern University
     • Joanne Tillotson, SUNY at Purchase
   • Canadian/International Constituency Group
     • Geza Gordos, Hungarian Chapter
     • Paul Kettler, Nordic Chapter
     • Robin Moore-Orr, Ottawa Chapter
   • Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Group
     Election to fill vacancy; Term begins immediately and ends on June 30, 2011
     • Thomas Sasek, University of Louisiana at Monroe
   • Mid-Atlantic Geographic Region
     • Carol L. Beck, Thomas Jefferson University
     • Geraldine W. Twitty, Howard University
   • Northeast Geographic Region
     • Pamela K. Kerrigan, College of Mount Saint Vincent

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 15, 2009.
   • Northwest Geographic Region
     • Martin Mendelson, Columbia-Willamette
     • Christopher N.K. Mooers, Columbia-Willamette
   • Southeast Geographic Region
     • Donald Richardson, Southern Appalachian
     • Monte S. Willis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
     • Kau-Fui Vincent Wong, University of Miami
   • Research & Doctoral Constituency Group
     • Nominations will be taken from the floor.
   • Membership-at-Large
     • Peter Burke, Membership-at-Large
     • Mian Liu, Membership-at-Large

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org