Minutes of the Board
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences
April. 10, 2004
Midwestern University
The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm by ANAS President Perry Baker.
Perry invited the members to read the minutes from last year's annual meeting. He then moved (Owen Davis seconded) that they be accepted. Motion was passed.
Perry invited the members to read the President's Message which encouraged the participants to continue being active in the Academy and to urge others to join.
Perry moved to accept the reports from the President, Permanent Secretary, and Membership Secretary. Motion was seconded and passed.
Owen identified a new Fellow, Aregai Tecle, and chided him for not being in attendance to receive his plaque.
Perry presented the Outstanding Science Teacher Award to Lara Zeisler-McGuckin of Benjamin Franklin Charter School. Lara is a first grade teacher, with a degree in wildlife biology. She teaches first graders to appreciate science through observation and motivates students through hands-on activities.
Perry extended warm thanks to Sharon Torcivia who helped coordinate today's meeting.
Milton Sommerfeld presented the Outstanding Service Award to Donald Pinkava. Don has been a member of the Academy for 40 years and has been involved in every aspect of its work. Some of his many accomplishments were presented: Chair of the Biology Section, Chair of the Scholarship Section, frequent judge and evaluator for poster competitions, served as editor or co-editor of JANAS for 10 years (Vols. 24-33), over 50 presentations at ANAS meetings, and has mentored many students including 36 Master's or PhD recipients. His research work involving the taxonomy of the Cactaceae and was described. Don was described as, "…An intellectual resource who knows every plant in Arizona." Don graciously accepted the award with thanks to the members.
The Grants-In-Aid Committee presented the Fall Graduate Award of $300 to Thomas 'Rob" Taylor of Midwestern University.
Election of Officers
The following were all elected by unanimous voice vote:
Owen Davis - President
William Perry Baker - Past President
Peter Ffolliet - President Elect
Carleton 'Buck' Jones - Recording Secretary
Ingrid Novodvorsky - Membership Secretary
Karen Conzelman - Treasurer
Owen Davis - Director, Southern Arizona
Robert Reavis - Director, Central Arizona
Stephen Shuster - Director, Northern Arizona
Kathy Lauckner - Director, Nevada
Perry then turned the proceedings over to newly elected ANAS President, Owen Davis.
Owen presented the award for Best Student Talk to Matt Freyer for his presentation, "Evidence of Complex Binding of Netropsin and Dapi to the A-T Rich Region of a 20-Base-Pair Hairpin DNA Structure."
Kathy Lauckner presented Best Poster awards to Jennifer Broyles for her presentation: "Gold Nanoshell Formation on Paramagnetic Silica Nanoparticles," Jennifer Broyles, Deron Daugherty, Michael Valentine, Timothy L. Vail (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ); and Amy DeMers for her presentation: "Immunochromatographic Assay for Ethynyl Estradiol in Municipal Wastewater," Amy Demers, Michael Valentine, Catherine Propper, And Timothy L. Vail (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ).
Perry officially turned over the Presidency to Owen and invited everybody to attend next year's meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science at UNLV in Las Vegas that will be sponsored by Kathy Lauckner.
Respectfully submitted,
Carleton 'Buck' Jones
ANAS Recording Secretary
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University - Glendale
19555 N 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85308
(623) 572-3667, FAX (623) 572-3673
cjones@midwestern.edu
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