NEWSLETTER
OF THE ARIZONA-NEVADA
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
BOX 6010, FLAGSTAFF, AZ, 86011
(520) 523-2680, FAX (520) 523-1371
Email: gordon.johnson@nau.edu

February, 2000

Editor, Stephen Williams
Glendale Community College
 swilliams@gc.maricopa.edu

The 44th Annual meeting of the Arizona- Nevada Academy of Science will be held at The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 14-15 April 2000.

Friday evening's activifies,wi11 be at the University of Arizona in the Harvill Building, Room 150, Second Street at Olive Ave. There will be a Board Meeting from 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Registration from 7:00 - 7:30 PM and the Evening Lecture from 7:30 - 8:30 PM.

Friday Evening, April 14, Speaker
Harvill Building, Room 150
7:30 - 8:30 pm

Victor R. Baker
Regents Professor and Head of the
Department of Hydrology, The
University of Arizona

"Science and Public Policy: Is it a
Dysfunctional Relationship?"

IMPORTANT DATES

April 14

 Harvill Building, Room 150 University of Arizona
6:00 - 7:00 pm Board Meeting
7:00 - 7:30 pm Registration
7:30 - 8:30 pm Friday Evening Speaker Dr. Victor R. Baker

April 15

University of Arizona

7:30 am Registration, Harvill Building, Atrium 1st Floor
8:00 - 11:30 am Harvill Building, ANAS Annual Meeting
12:00 - 1:15 pm Plaza Hotel 1900 E Speedway Blvd Wildcat Rooms I and II Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting
1:45 - 5:00 pm Harvill Building, ANAS Annual Meeting
2:00 - 4:00 pm Harvill Building, Arizona-Nevada Acedemy of Science Competition

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HOST HOTELS

    The Plaza Hotel
      1900 E. Speedway Blvd.
      Tucson, AZ 85719
      520.327.7341
        $79 + tax. Phone Anna Abraham (catering) 520.319.4232 for possible lower rates. Mention ANAS and University of Arizona Arid Lands.
    The Marriott University Park
      880 E. 2nd
      Tucson, AZ 85719
      520.792.4100
        $149.00 + tax
    Clarion Hotel - Randolph Park
      102 N Alvernon
      Tucson, AZ 85711
      520.795.0330
        $99.00 + tax. Includes full breakfast and social hour.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONATIONS TO THE ACADEMY

Since the last newsletter, the following people have donated to the Geothe fund and the Academy expresses its deepest gratitude.

A total of $120 from:
  • David Emerson
  • Robert Harris
  • Herbert Hull
  • Robert Miller
  • Francis Nakayama
  • Lawrence Stevens
A total of $123 came from seven other anonymous donors.

APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH GRANTS-IN-AID

The Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science will award Grants-in-Aid in amounts up to $250 to students who are enrolled in a graduate program at one of the universities in Nevada or Arizona and who are members of the Academy. The grant funds may be used for any activity directly associated with an ongoing research project (equipment purchase, supplies, travel to field site, etc.) The funds may not be used for trave1 to scientific meetings, publication costs or any other activity not directly associated with the research.

Graduate students receiving grants must agree to submit
a report, not to exceed 8 pages in length, to the
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science which will be considered
for publication in the Journal. If the report is published, the Academy will waive page charges.

Grants are reviewed two times a year but are only awarded on a one time basis per application. Deadline for submission is March 15.

Send five copies of applications accompanied by five copies of a letter of support to the Grants-in-Aid Committee, Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science in care of:
    Gordon Johnson
    Permanent Secretary
    Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
    Northern Arizona University
    PO Box 6010
    Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6010
    520.523.2680, FAX 520.523.1371
    email: gordon.johnson@nau.edu

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ARIZONA-NEVADA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
APPLICATION FOR GRANT-IN-AID

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NEW DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA-NEVADA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Lynnette Marie Hoff has been appointed by the board of governors of ANAS as the new Director of the Junior Academy. Ms. Hoff currently teaches chemistry, physics, geology and biology at Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona and is a currently a member of the National Science Teachers Association, the Arizona Science Teachers Association, the National Education Association and the Arizona Educational Association. She has a AA degree from Yavapai College, a B.S. in Biology from NAU and is working on a M.A. in Secondary Education from ASU.

You may reach Ms. Hoff at:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING

Senior Academy Judges for Best Student Papers (8 needed)
Senior Academy Judges for Best Student Poster (2 needed)
Junior Academy Judges for Best Student Presentations (8 needed)
If you are interested in serving as a much needed judge in any of these areas for the Annual Meeting, please contact Owen Davis:

BEST STUDENT PAPERS AND POSTERS 1999 ANNUAL MEETING

All the winners received checks for $50.

Best Student Papers
    Stacey Chapman, Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    "Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus May Use the Hindgut as an Accessory Respiratory Structure."

    Robert E. Lomas III, Physical Science, Northern Arizona University
    "Investigating the Formation of Chromium (III)-DNA Adducts: a Potential Pathway in Chromium-Induced Cancer."

    Brad H. McRae, Biology, Northern Arizona University
    "Growing up in Mom's Shadow: Seed Dispersal Pattern Affects Plant Vigor and Indirectly Affects Arthropod Distribution."
Best Student Poster
    Dixie Z. Damrel, Arizona State University "The Phoenix Flora Data Base"

GRADUATE GRANTS-IN-AID AWARDS

The following graduate students were awarded $250 research grants-in-aid:
    Jeffrey Brasher ASU, Department of Botany

    Jeffrey Rousch ASU, Department of Botany

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THANK YOU FROM AWARD WINNER

Dear Dr. Davis:
    Thank you so very much for your kind letter and the $50 award for my Phoenix Flora Data Base poster. I was in England, last June, when Dr. Landrum e-mailed me that it had won a prize. I was so pleased! When I received the check recently it was a total surprise! I am grateful for the award and the experience of participating in the poster session. Again, please accept my thanks. I hope to make it to Tucson in April.
Yours truly,

Dixie Z. Damrel

ARIZONA SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

The 1999 winners were announced at the ASTA Convention October 30ih during the Awards Luncheon at the Arizona Science Center. The winners are:
    Jan David Snyder, Camelback High School, Phoenix

    Debra L. Bjorna, Desert Sky Middle School, Glendale

    Mary Brown, Christensen Elementary School, Flagstaff
Each winner received a beautiful plaque and a $100 check.


REQUEST FOR PAPERS FOR THE JOURNAL

The Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science requests manuscripts for publication of each manuscript will be read and reviewed by at least two referees. To facilitate review, the author should send the names, addresses and telephone numbers of five people (at other institutions) who are well-qualified to review the manuscript. Contributors need not be members of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. Authors who are not members of the Academy will be charged a publication fee of $30 per page, members $15 per page for the first eight pages. Students who are members of the Academy may apply for waiver pf the page charges if they do not have grant funds. Manuscripts that will be considered for publication include those dealing with the Southwest and those done by Academy members. We also welcome names of the membership who would be willing to serve as reviewers for his/her specialty (ies). Please send manuscripts to:

    Anthony Brazel
    Department of Geography SCOB Building, Room 330
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona 85287-0104
    phone: 480. 965.6436
    Fax: 480.965.8313
    Email: abrazel@asu.edu

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NECROLOGY - STANLEY ALCORN

Dr. Stanley M. Alcorn who was born June 18, 1926 in Modesto, California, passed away on April 18, 1999. He studied agriculture at Modesto Junior College and plant pathology at the University of California Berkeley, where he received his B.S. and Ph.D. Dr. Alcorn went on to teach at the University of Arizona. He was President of various scientific societies including Guayule Society and Sigma XI and belonged to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Alcorn was an Emeritus member of the ANAS.

NECKROLOGY - TROY PEWE

Dr. Troy L. Pewe, a world-renowned Arizona State University geologist whose pioneering work on expanding soil, giant earth cracks and the consequences of groundwater pumping has helped shaped Valley development, died on October 21, 1999, at the age of 81. Dr. Pewe received his Ph.D. in Geology from Stanford University in 1952 and moved to Alaska where he was an associate professor of Geology at the University of Alaska and served with the U.S. Geological Survey. Dr. Pewe came to ASU in 1965. He was head of the ASU Geology Department until 1976 and worked as a Professor Emeritus after his retirement in 1988. In addition to his wife and daughter, Dr. Pewe is survived by two sons and five grandchildren.


NECROLOGY - ROBERT HARRIS

Dr. Robert M. Harris, born December 5, 1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, passed away January 12, 2000 after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Dr. Harris attended Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and obtained a Ph.D. from UCLA. Dr. Harris was Professor Emeritus of the University of Arizona, recipient of the prestigious Salgo-Noren Foundation Teaching Excellence Award, a member of the U of A Hall of Fame and received the Outstanding Service Award from the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. Dr. Harris was author of numberous textbooks in Genetics and Botany and was a long time Editor of the Journal of the Arizona - Nevada Academy of Science. Dr. Harris is survived by his wife, five children, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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PREREGISTRATION FOR THE 44TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARIZONA-NEVADA ACADEMYOF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, APRIL 14-15, 2000

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