OFFICERS
Thomas Shenk (‘04), President
James Tiedje (‘04) President-Elect
Ronald Atlas (‘04), Past President
Judy A. Daly (‘04), Secretary
Ronald B. Luftig (‘04), Treasurer
COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE
Thomas Shenk (‘05)
James Tiedje (’06)
Ronald Atlas (‘04)
Judy A. Daly (’04.)
Ronald B. Luftig (‘04)
Eugene W. Nester (‘05)
Clifford Houston (‘06)
Lucia Rothman-Denes (‘06)
Toby Eisenstein (‘06)
Gail H. Cassell (‘04)
Samuel Kaplan (‘05)
Christon Hurst (‘04)
Stanley Maloy (‘04)
Roy Curtiss III (‘04)
Millicent Goldschmidt (‘05)
James Beebe (‘05)
Joan Rose (‘04)
COUNCIL
Thomas Shenk (‘05) President
James Tiedje (’06) President-Elect
Ronald Atlas (’04 ) Past President
Judy A. Daly (‘04), Secretary
Ronald B. Luftig (‘04), Treasurer
Eugene W. Nester (‘05), American Academy of Microbiology
Clifford Houston (‘06), Education Board
Lucia Rothman-Denes (‘06), Meetings Board
Toby K. Eisenstein (‘06), Membership Board
Gail H. Cassell (‘04), Public and Scientific Affairs Board
Samuel Kaplan (‘05), Publications Board
Roy Curtiss, III (‘04), At-Large Member (Divisions)
Stanley Maloy (‘04), At-Large Member (Divisions)
Christon Hurst (‘04), At-Large Member (Divisions)
Joan B. Rose (‘04), At-Large Member (Branches)
Millicent Goldschmidt (‘05), At-Large
Member (Branches)
James Beebe (‘05), At-Large Member (Branches)
Branch Councilors
Joan Braddock (’04), Alaska
Philip Mohr (’04), Allegheny
Valerie Stout (’03), Arizona
Patricia A. Dadone (’03), Northern California
Lynne Garcia (’05), Southern California
To be announced (’03), Connecticut Valley
Steven Specter (’03), Florida
Roger S. Fujioka (’03), Hawaii
Lynn Schwabe (’04), Illinois
Nancy Behforouz (’04), Indiana
Craig Oberg (’03), Intermountain
To be announced (’03), Kentucky-Tennessee
Russell Hill (’04), Maryland
Carl Pierson (’04), Michigan
Nehad El-Sawi (’03), Missouri
Philip Lister (’03), Missouri Valley
Katherine Young (’03), Theobald Smith Society, New Jersey
Yvonne Lue (’05), New York City
Nellie Beth Dumas (’03), Eastern New York
Sarojini Misra (’03), Western New York
Paul Phibbs (’03), North Carolina
To be announced (’03), North Central
Paulette Howarth (’03), Northeast
To be announced (’03), Northwest
To be announced (’03), Ohio
Richard F. Rest (’03), Eastern Pennsylvania
Ivette Garcia Castro (’03), Puerto Rico
Keith Sternes (’03), Rio Grande
Rebecca Ferrell (’03), Rocky Mountain
Michael G. Schmidt (’03), South Carolina
Donald Downer (’04), South Central
Daniel V. Lim (’04), Southeastern
Pamela K. Hathorn (’03), Texas
Wade Bell (’04), Virginia
Albert Sheldon (’03), Washington, D.C.
Division Councilors
Michael Jacobs (‘04), A
Joanna Goldberg (’05), B
Joel Mortenson (‘04), C
Joseph Carlin (‘05), D
Michael D. Boyle (‘04), E
John Perfect (‘05), F
Leigh Washburn (‘04), G
Thomas Elliott (‘05), H
James T. Staley (‘04), I
R.J. Doyle (‘05), J
Joan Slonczewski (‘04), K
Mark Loeb (‘05), L
Dhruba Chattoraj (‘04), M
Martin Polz (‘05), N
J.H. Daid Wu (‘04), O
Lee-Ann Jaykus (‘05), P
Mike McInerney (‘04), Q
Katharine Field (‘05), R
Caroline R. Astell (‘04), S
Barry Beatty (‘04), T
Patrick Brennan (‘04), U
Wayne Hogrefe (’05) V
Ken Anderson (‘04), W
James M. Cregg (‘05), X
Lisa Jackson (’04), Y
Carol A. Bolin (‘04), Z
To Be Announced (’04) AA
Division Councilors At Large
Caroline R. Genco (‘04), Councilor at Large
Robert Weisberg (‘04), Councilor at Large
DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE
Divisional Group Representatives
Carolyn Black (‘05), Diagnostic Microbiology & Epidemiology (Divisional Group I)
Susan E. H. West (‘04), Pathogenesis & Host Response Mechanisms (Divisional Group II)
Penny Amy (‘04), General & Applied Microbiology (Divisional Group III)
Linda Kenney (‘05), Molecular Microbiology, Physiology & Virology (Divisional Group IV)
Division Officers
(A) Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Henry Chamber, Chair
Steve Projan, Chair -Elect
Michael R. Jacobs (‘04), Councilor
Marilyn Roberts (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(B) Microbial Pathogenesis
Carleen Collins, Chair
Victor DiRita, Chair-Elect
Joanna B. Goldberg (‘05), Councilor
Joanne Engel (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(C) Clinical Microbiology
Gerri Hall, Chair
Roberta Carey, Chair-Elect
Joel E. Mortensen (‘04), Councilor
Ellen Jo Baron (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(D) General Medical Microbiology
Toni Darville, Chair
Daniel Wozniak, Chair-Elect
Joseph M. Carlin (‘05), Councilor
Lee Ann Campbell (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(E) Immunology
Thomas W. Klein, Chair
Kathleen Kelly, Chair-Elect
Michael D. Boyle (‘04), Councilor
Howard Young (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(F) Medical Mycology
Juneann W. Murphy, Chair
Judith Rhodes, Chair-Elect
John Perfect (‘05), Councilor
Mahmoud Ghannoum (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(G) Mycoplasmology
Gail Gasparich, Chair
Lynn Duffy, Chair-Elect
Leigh Washburn, (‘04), Councilor
Daniel Brown(‘04), Alt. Councilor
(H) Genetics and Molecular Biology
Patricia J. Kiley, Chair
Mitch Singer, Chair-Elect
Thomas Elliott (‘05), Councilor
Steve Winans (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(I) General Microbiology
Dennis Bazylinski, Chair
David Benson, Chair-Elect
James T. Staley (‘04), Councilor
Bill Margolin (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(J) Ultrastructure and Function
Adam Driks, Chair
Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Chair-Elect
R.J. Doyle (‘05), Councilor
Gordon Southam (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(K) Microbial Physiology and Metabolism
Robert A. Bender, Chair
Robert Hausinger, Chair-Elect
Joan Slonczewski, (‘04), Councilor
Tyrrell Conway (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(L) Nosocomial Infections
Lisa Saiman, Chair
Matthew Samore, Chair-Elect
Mark Loeb (‘05), Councilor
To Be Announced (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(M) Bacteriophage
Lindsay Black, Chair
Anca Segall, Chair-Elect
Dhruba Chattoraj (‘04), Councilor
Graham Hatfull, (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(N) Microbial Ecology
Craig Cary, Chair
Adreas Teske, Chair-Elect
Martin F. Polz (‘05), Councilor
Alison Murray (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(O) Fermentation and Biotechnology
Jeffrey W. Cary, Chair
Gary Payne, Chair-Elect
J.H. David Wu (‘04), Councilor
Deepak Bhatnager (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(P) Food Microbiology
Chuck Kaspar, Chair
Walter Hill, Chair-Elect
Lee-Ann Jaykus (‘05), Councilor
Angelo Depaola (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(Q) Environmental & General Applied Microbiology
Keith Cooksey, Chair
Joan Braddock, Chair-Elect
Mike McInerney (‘04), Councilor
Fred Rosenberg (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(R) Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Martin G. Klotz, Chair
Naomi Ward, Chair-Elect
Katharine G. Field (‘05), Councilor
Daniel Distel (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(S) DNA Viruses
Ellen H. Fanning, Chair
Deborah Spector, Chair-Elect
Caroline R. Astell (‘04), Councilor
Patricia G. Spear (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(T) RNA Viruses
Nancy L. Davis, Chair
Robert Fujinami, Chair-Elect
Barry Beaty (‘04), Councilor
John Patton (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(U) Mycobacteriology
Donald Cave, Chair
Luiz Bermudez, Chair-Elect
Patrick J. Brennan (‘04), Councilor
Josephine E. Clark-Curtiss (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(V) Clinical & Diagnostic Immunology
Ronald F. Schell, Chair
Linda Cook, Chair-Elect
Wayne Hogrefe (‘05), Councilor
Alice Gilman-Sachs (‘05), Alt. Councilor
(W) Microbiology Education
Spencer Benson, Chair
Kim Finer, Chair-Elect
Ken Anderson (‘04), Councilor
Jerry Sipe (‘04), Alt. Councilor
(X) Molecular, Cellular & General Biology of Eukaryotes
Lorraine S. Symington, Chair
Douglas Bishop, Chair-Elect
James M. Cregg (‘05), Councilor
To Be Announced (‘05), Alternate Councilor
(Y) Public Health
Burton Wilcke, Chair
Mary Gilchrist, Chair-Elect
Lisa Jackson (‘04), Councilor
John Ridderhof (‘04), Alternate Councilor
(Z) Animal Health Microbiology
Jeff Gray, Chair
Carole A. Bolin, Chair-Elect
Carole A. Bolin (‘04), Councilor
Nancy Cornick (‘04), Alternate Councilor
(AA) Free-Living, Symbiotic, and Parasitic Protists
Edna Kaneshiro, Chair (Pro Tem)
To Be Announced, Chair-Elect (Pro Tem)
To Be Announced, Councilor (Pro Tem)
To Be Announced (’06), Alternate Councilor
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MICROBIOLOGY
Board of Governors
Eugene W. Nester (’05), Chair
Kenneth I. Berns (’06)
Arnold L. Demain (’06)
E. Peter Greenberg (’06)
J. Michael Miller (’06)
Stephen A. Morse (’06)
Harriet L. Robinson (’06)
Abraham L. Sonenshein (’05)
Judy D. Wall (’05)
James E. Dahlberg (‘04)
David A. Stahl (’04)
Thomas E. Shenk (ex officio)
Ronald M. Atlas (ex officio)
James M. Tiedje (ex officio)
Judy A. Daly (ex officio)
Ronald B. Luftig (ex officio)
Michael I. Goldberg (ex officio)
Carol A. Colgan (ex officio)
Committees
BOG Nominating Committee
James E. Dahlberg (’05), Chair
Lucia B. Rothman-Denes (’06)
Terrance G. Cooper (’05)
Susan S. Golden (’05)
Stephen G. Jenkins (’05)
David C. White (’04)
Committee on Diversity
Marian Johnson-Thompson (‘05), Chair
Rita R. Colwell (’05)
George Counts (’05)
Brendlyn D. Faison (’05)
Eugene W. Nester (’05)
G. Roland Vela (’05)
Carol A. Colgan (ex officio)
Election to Fellowship
Nancy K. Hall (’08)
Michael P. Doyle (’07)
Sarah Jane Flint (’07)
Robert Haselkorn (’07)
Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera (’07)
Louis H. Miller (’07)
Marian B. Carlson (’05)
Martin Dworkin (’05)
Thomas F. Smith (’05)
Jerald C. Ensign (‘04)
International Initiatives Committee
Lucia B. Rothman-Denes (’04), Chair
Eugene W. Nester (’05)
Jui Shen Chiao (’04)
Thomas E. Cloete (’04)
Patrice M. Courvalin (’04)
W. Ford Doolittle (’04)
Staffan Kjelleberg (’04)
Sai Kit Lam (’04)
Armando J. Parodi (’04)
Eugene Rosenberg (’04)
Jose S. Sifuentes-Osornio (’04)
Kenneth N. Timmis (’04)
Marc Van Montagu (’04)
Carol Colgan (ex officio)
Awards
Committee on Awards
Randall K. Holmes (’05), Chair
Joseph M. Campos (’06)
Arnold L. Demain (’06)
Scott M. Hammer (’06), ICAAC Liaison
Robert J. Kadner (’06), Education Board Liaison
Raymond L. Erikson (’04)
Ferric Fang (’04), General Meeting Liaison
Denise A. Galloway (’04)
George H. Miller (‘04)
James T. Staley (’04)
Jeremy W. Thorner (’04)
Carol A. Colgan (ex officio)
Peggy McNult (ex officio)
Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee
Sankar L. Adhya, (‘06), Chair
Philip C. Hanawalt (’06)
Julius H. Jackson (’06)
Masayasu Nomura (’06)
Christopher Walsh (’06)
Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award Nominating Committee
Eugene W. Nester (’06)
Owen N. Witte (’06)
Susan Gottesman (’05)
Abbott Laboratories Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Award Selection Committee
Ronald F. Schell (’04), Chair
Rebecca A. Blackstock (‘06
Linda Cook (’04)
Wayne Hogrefe (’04)
Steven Specter (’04)
Abbott Laboratories Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Award Nominating Committee
Thomas S. Alexander (’06)
Steven D. Douglas (’06)
Suzanne M. Michalek (’06)
ABMM/ABMLI Professional Recognition Award Selection Committee
W. Michael Dunne, Jr. (’06), Chair
Linda Cook (’06)
Mark LaRocco (’06)
J. Michael Miller (’06)
Theresa L. Whiteside (’06)
ABMM/ABMLI Professional Recognition Award Nominating Committee
Thomas R. Fritsche (’06)
Davise H. Larone (’06)
Noel R. Rose (’06)
Alice C. Evans Award Selection Committee
Sara W. Rothman (‘04), Chair
Jacquelyn G. Black (’06)
Micah I. Krichevsky (’06)
Marcia M. Moody (’06)
Theresa M. Wizemann (’05)
Lorraine A. Findlay (’04)
Madeon C. Halula (’04)
Sarah A. McIntire (’04)
Alice N. Neely (’04)
Alice C. Evans Award Nominating Committee
Drusilla Burns (’04)
Arnold L. Demain (’04)
Hanna Engleberg-Kulka (’04)
ASM Founders Award Selection Committee
Dennis D. Focht (’05), Chair
James K. Fredrickson (’05)
Gail W. Wertz (’05)
Howard A. Young (’05)
Judy A. Daly (’04)
ASM Founders Award Nominating Committee
William J. Brown (’06)
Mario Philipp (’06)
Amy C. Vollmer (‘06
ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award Selection Committee
Elizabeth W. Jones (‘06), Chair
J. Gregory Ferry (’06)
Stephen J. Mattingly (’06)
Thomas J. Silhavy (’06)
Philip R. Wyde (’06)
ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award Nominating Committee
Susan A. Henry (’06)
Vincent R. Racaniello (’04)
Catharine B. Saelinger (’04)
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Award Selection Committee
David Hooper (Dec. ’03), Chair
Kathryn M. Edwards (Dec. ’05)
Scott M. Hammer (Dec. ’04)
Robert M. Weinstein (Dec. ’03)
Patrice M. Courvalin (Dec. ’03)
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Award Nominating Committee
Karen Bush (’06)
Ralph D. Feigin (’06)
Thomas F. O’Brien (’04)
BD Award in Clinical Microbiology Selection Committee
Gerri S. Hall (’04), Chair
Ellen J. Baron (’04)
Paul Bourbeau (’04)
Roberta B. Carey (’04)
Joel E. Mortensen (’04)
BD Award in Clinical Microbiology Nominating Committee
Daniel Amsterdam (’06)
Timothy J. Cleary (’06)
Ellena M. Peterson (’06)
bioMérieux Sonnenwirth Award Selection Committee
Gerri S. Hall (’04), Chair
Ellen J. Baron (’04)
Paul Bourbeau (’04)
Roberta B. Carey (’04)
Joel E. Mortensen (’04)
bioMérieux Sonnenwirth Award Nominating Committee
Vickie Baselski (’06)
Paul E. Orndorff (’06)
Melvin P. Weinstein (’06)
Carski Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award Selection Committee
David L. Balkwill (’05), Chair
Sue A. Tolin (’06)
Lacy Daniels (’05)
Caroline S. Harwood (’05)
Allan E. Konopka (’05)
Carski Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award Nominating Committee
Abigail A. Salyers (’06)
Robert R. Christian (’05)
Stanley R. Maloy (’04)
Dade MicroScan Young Investigator Award Selection Committee
Michael S. Gilmore (’05), Chair
Richard B. Thomson, Jr. (’06)
Harris H. Bernstein (’05)
Stephen B. Calderwood (’05)
Clarence I. Kado (’05)
Dade MicroScan Young Investigator Award Nominating Committee
Irving Nachamkin (’04)
Laura J.V. Piddock (’04)
Gregory A. Storch (‘04)
Eli Lilly and Company Research Award Selection Committee
Stan Fields (’05), Chair
Gisela Storz (’06)
Daniel C. DiMaio (’05)
James M. Musser (’05)
Reed B. Wickner (’05)
Eli Lilly and Company Research Award Nominating Committee
Donald R. Helinski (’06)
Peter C. Maloney (’06)
Lucia B. Rothman-Denes (’06)
William A. Hinton Research Training Award Selection Committee
Jorge H. Crosa (‘05), Chair
Gregory A. Boshach (’06)
Sallie W. Chisholm (’06)
Daniel E. Dykhuizen (’06)
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai (’06)
William A. Hinton Research Training Award Nominating Committee
Paul T. Magee (’06)
William M. Shafer (’05)
Eugene Cota-Robles (’04)
ICAAC Young Investigator Award Selection Committee
Walter Stamm (‘Dec. ‘03), Chair
Thomas F. Patterson (Dec. ’05)
Jeffrey R. Edwards (Dec. ’03)
Neal Halsey (Dec. ’03)
Louis B. Rice (Dec. ’03)
Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award
Selection Committee
David A. Relman (’06), Chair
David H. Beach (’06)
Lee Ann Campbell (’06)
R. John Collier (’06)
Alison O’Brien (’06)
Procter & Gamble Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology Selection Committee
Don L. Crawford (’05), Chair
Paul Keim (’06)
Edna S. Kaneshiro (’05)
Gary A. Toranzos (’05)
Stephen Zinder (’05)
Procter & Gamble Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology Nominating Committee
Kenneth H. Nealson (’06)
Penny S. Amy (’05)
Milton Gordon (’04)
Promega Biotechnology Research Award Selection Committee
E. Peter Greenberg (’05), Chair
Bonnie L. Bassler (’06)
Gary S. Sayler (’06)
Roger N. Beachy (’05)
Gerald Fink (’05)
Promega Biotechnology Research Award Nominating Committee
Molly B. Schmid (’06)
Ananda M. Chakrabarty (’05)
Michael F. Thomashow (’05)