2005 NOMINATIONS FOR ASEE OFFICERS

ASEE Prism, Nov 2004 by DeLoatch, Eugene M

PRESENTED on the following pages are candidates for offices to be voted on in the 2005 ASEE elections. These candidates were selected by the 2004 ASEE Nominating Committee chaired by Eugene M. DeLoatch. The nominations were received by the executive director as required by the ASEE constitution. The ASEE Nominating Committee believes that the candidates are eminently qualified and deserve the close consideration of membership.

Members are reminded that additional nominations of eligible candidates may be made by petitions of at least 200 individual members. Nominees so proposed must indicate a willingness to serve before their names are placed on the ballot. Such petitions and agreements must be presented to the executive director no later than Jan. 1, 2005.

Write-in votes will be accepted for all offices. In all cases, a simple plurality constitutes election. The official ballot, which will be provided to each individual member by March 1, must be returned by March 31.

Editor's note: Due to space limitations and in the interest of fairness to all candidates, the biographies and statements may have been edited to fit the allotted space. For the uncut biographies and statements, please visit our website at www.asee.org.

PRESIDENT-ELECT

JOHN J. MCDONOUGH

John J. McDonough is a professor of civil engineering technology, cooperating professor of civil engineering, and associate dean of engineering for academics at the University of Maine. He has served on the faculty of the University of Maine since 1976, and was director of the school of engineering technology from 1983 to 2000. He completed his undergraduate work at Northeastern University and his graduate work at the University of Cincinnati. He is a registered professional engineer in Maine and Wisconsin. Prior to joining the University of Maine, he worked as a structural engineer in Ohio and Wisconsin. He has also taught at the University of Cincinnati and in university settings in Afghanistan and Algeria.

McDonough is an ASEE fellow and a recipient of the James H. McGraw Award in Engineering Technology Education. He is past chair of the Engineering Technology Leadership Institute, a member of the ASEE Engineering Technology Council (ETC) (1983-2000) and chair (1994-1996). He is a member of the ASEE Continuing Professional Development and Engineering Technology Division (ETD), having served as secretary/treasurer of the ETD in the early 199Os and from 1998 to 2000. He served on the Board of Directors of ASEE in his capacity as chair of the ETC, as chair of Professional Interest Council Il (2001-2003), and on the Executive Committee as vice-president of Professional Interest Councils (2002-2003). He was chair of the ASEE New England section (2002-2003) and program chair of the 2003 New England Regional Conference. He has served as chair of the ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award Committee and the Frederick J. Berger Award Committee, and a member of the Ad Hoc ASEE Accreditation Relations Committee and the James H. McGraw Award Committee.

McDonough is an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) fellow and is a program evaluator to the ABET Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) on behalf of ASCE. He served a six-year term as an ASCE/TAC commissioner, and as an ABET ASCE/TAC, TC2K program evaluator trainer. He served on the National Society of Professional Engineers' Board of Governors of Professional Engineers in Education, and as a national director. He was also president of the Maine Society of Professional Engineers.

His community activities include six years as an elected member of the Town of Orono School Committee; six years as an elected member of the Orono Town Council; and president of the Orono Economic Development Corp. McDonough is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

CANDIDATE'S STATEMENT

I am proud and honored to be nominated to serve you, the membership, as president of ASEE, I have been an active member of ASEE, beginning with my first ASEE conference in 1977. Since then I have seen a considerable amount of change. The society has grown tremendously, both in membership and recognition around the world. I am particularly impressed with the strides we have made in increasing the membership and involvement of women and minorities.

My two terms on the Board of Directors has also given me insight into the support the society receives from the professional staff. They are as dedicated and competent as any staff I have ever had the pleasure to be involved with.

The President-elect will serve for three years on the Board of Directors, but only one year as president. The actual time that I will have a direct impact in the leadership position is relatively short. Therefore, it is important to have a clear focus on my goals.

The priorities that I will have during my term of office include the following:

Even though we have made great strides in increasing the involvement of women and minorities, more needs to be done. I am confident that the K-12 program will be one of the leading factors in not only bringing the brightest and the best to engineering and engineering technology, but will also increase these numbers and their diversity. It is imperative that we continue to build on this program.