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Nominating Committee
Announces Candidates
Charles P. Baker, Chair of the Section's Nominating
Committee, reports that the following candidates have been nominated
for the 2005-2006 year.
- Chair-Elect: Susan Barbieri Montgomery, Boston,
MA. Ms. Montgomery currently serves as the Vice-Chair and is a former
Council Member.
- Vice-Chair: Pamela Banner Krupka, Los Angeles,
CA. Ms. Krupka has served as the Section's Liaison to the ABA Commission
on Women in the Profession and currently serves as a Section Council
Member.
- Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates:
Jack C. Goldstein (three-year term ending in 2008)
- Gordon T. Arnold, Houston, TX (Secretary)
and Susan McHale McGahan (Financial Officer) were both re-nominated
to their respective positions.
- Members of the Section Council for a four-year
term ending in 2009: June M. Besek, New York, NY, formerly a Division
and Committee Chair; John J. Gresens, Minneapolis, MN, currently
on Council completing a one-year term left open when Susan Barbieri
Montgomery was named as Vice Chair and a former Division and Committee
Chair; Benjamin C. Hsing, New York, NY, currently Co-Chair of Committee
1004 (Chemical Practice); and Marylee Jenkins, New York, NY, currently
Chair of Division VII (Information Technology) and a member of the
ABA Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems.
- According to Section bylaws, E. Anthony Figg,
current Chair-Elect, automatically assumes the office of Chair for
the 2005-2006 Association year.
In addition to Chair Charles P. Baker, New York,
NY, the Nominating Committee is comprised of Cecilia Gonzalez, Washington,
DC, Dolores K. Hanna, Chicago, IL, Craig S. Summers, Newport Beach,
CA, Philip C. Swain, Boston, MA, and Robert W. Sacoff, Chicago,
IL.
Elections for open positions will be held at
the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, on Saturday morning, August
6, 2005, at the Four Seasons Hotel during the Section's Annual Business
Meeting.
Additional nominations for any position may
be made by petition signed by not less than 100 members of the Section,
listed by their ABA ID number. The 100 names must be representative
of at least three states and must indicate that the individual has
agreed to the nomination. The petition must be sent to the Chair
and the Secretary of the Section and must be received by these individuals
not less than four months before the Opening Assembly of the Annual
Meeting. The Opening Assembly will be held on Saturday, August 6,
2005.
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