PRESIDENT-ELECT

William D. Anderson, Jr.
BS., M.S., Ph.D--University of South Carolina. Research Interests: Systematics of percoid fishes; history of biology. ASIH Service: General Ichthyology Editor of Copeia, 1976-1979; Editorial Board of Copeia, 1987, 1991-1992; Executive Committee and Board of Governors, 1977-1979; Member Board of Governors, 1987-1992, 1995-2000; Committee on Environmental Quality, 1979-1993; Nominating Committee, 1980-1981; Time, Place, and Program Committee, 1987-1995; Resolutions Committee at ASIH annual meetings, 1991, 1994, 1997; Advisory subcommittee of AFS/ASIH Committee on Names of Fishes, 1993 to present; Stoye Award judge, 1982, 1998; Chairman of Program Subcommittee, 70th annual meeting, Charleston, 1990; Chaired sessions at annual meetings, 1976, 1986

Brooks M. Burr
B.A., Greenville College, Illinois, 1971; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977. Research Interests: Alpha-level systematics of freshwater fishes in North America and the neotropics; conservation biology of state and federally endangered species in the eastern United States; biogeography of freshwater fishes; history of ichthyology in North America, particularly the David Starr Jordan era; life history traits of ictalurid catfishes; faunal studies of river systems and politically-bound regions. ASIH Service: Board of Governors, 1986-1991, 1997-2002; Secretary, 1990-1994; Executive Committee, 1990-1994; Editorial Board, 1997- present; Committee on Computer-Aided Publications, 1993-1994; Common and Scientific Names of Fishes Subcommittee, ASIH/AFS, 1993-present; Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. Memorial Award Committee (Chair 1995-96), 1994-1996, 1998-present; Ichthyological and Herpetological Collections Committee (Chair), 1995-1999; ASIH Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1994-1997.

HERPETOLOGICAL CANDIDATES FOR BOARD OF GOVERNORS



Aaron Matthew Bauer
Professor of Biology, Villanova University. B.S., (Honors) Michigan State University, 1982; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary, 1987-88. Research Interests: Systematics and evolutionary morphology of reptiles, especially gekkotans; zoogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Africa, South Asia, and Oceania; history and bibliography of herpetology. ASIH Service: Board of Governors,1992-97; Resolutions Committee, 1996; Nominating Committee, 1996; Endowment Committee,1996-present; Local Organizing Committee, 1999 Annual Meeting.

Ronald J. Brooks
Professor, University of Guelph. B.S., M.S., University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1970. Research Interests: ecology, reproductive strategies and life history of turtles, frogs and snakes; conservation biology, and economics. ASIH Service: Organize annual meeting in Guelph, 1998; published in Copeia.

Janalee P. Caldwell
Associate Curator of Amphibians, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, and Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma. Research Interests: ecology, behavior, and systematics of Neotropical amphibians. ASIH Service: Co-editor, General Herpetology section, Copeia, 1988 - 1991; Board of Governors, 1992-1997; Stoye Award in Ecology and Ethology, 1997; reviewer for Copeia manuscripts.

Susan M. Case
Salem State College. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Research Interests: ranid frogs, population genetics and cranial osteology of Anolis. ASIH Service: member for over twenty years; reviewed manuscripts; session chairperson at meetings.

Brian Crother
Associate Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University. Ph.D., University of Miami; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin; Research Interests: evolution of genes, areas, and taxa from a phylogenetic perspective. ASIH Service: Student Paper Judge; Resolutions Committee; Local Organizing Committee (New Orleans); Chair of Session Chair Committee; Student Poster Judge; Chair of Storer Award for Best Student Poster.

Neil Bowman Ford
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas, Tyler. B.S., University of Kansas, 1973; M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1976; Ph.D., Miami University, Ohio, 1979. Research Interests: role of pheromones in snake sociobiology, evolution of phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits of snakes. ASIH Service: editor of one scientific publication and review for Copeia; Stoye Award Committee.

Jacques Gauthier
Professor of Geology and Geophysics and Curator, Fossil and Recent Vertebrates, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. B.S., M.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; Postdoctoral Fellows, California Academy of Sciences and University of Michigan. Research Interests: phylogenetic systematics, vertebrate morphology, and the phylogeny and evolution of Reptilia, with special emphasis on fossil and recent Sauria. ASIH Service: Board of Governors, 1991 - 1996.

James Hanken
Professor, Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, and Curator of Herpetology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. A.B., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1973, 1980; I. W. Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University, Canada, 1981-1983. Research Interests: evolutionary morphology and evolutionary developmental biology of vertebrates, but principally amphibians; systematics of neotropical salamanders; art and science. ASIH Service: Board of Governors, 1984-87; Publications Secretary, 1985-87; member, Ad Hoc Committee on Special Publications, 1987.

Julian Lee
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Miami. B.S., University of California, Davis; M.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas. Research Interests: systematics and ecology of amphibians and reptiles, with special emphasis on Neotropical forms. ASIH Service: Editorial Board, Copeia, 1978-82; Board of Governors, 1982-86, 1991-95; Divisional Editor, Copeia (1982-84); Committee on Program Excellence (COPE), 1982-83; Chair, Contributed Papers Session, 1986; member, Nominating Committee, 1986; Chair, Nominating Committee, 1987; Chair, Poster-judging Committee, 1994; Long-range Planning and Finance Committee, 1994-95; Resolutions Committee, 1995; Chair, Joint Resolutions Committee, 1998.

Karen R. Lips
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. B.S., University of South Florida, Tampa; Ph.D., University of Miami. Research Interests: conservation biology; amphibian population declines; life-histories of Neotropical amphibians; patterns of amphibian diversity; evolution of reproductive modes. ASIH Service: Storer Award Judge, 1997; Gaige Fund Committee, 1997-1999; Chair, Contributed Papers Session.

ICHTHYOLOGICAL CANDIDATES FOR BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Barbara A. Brown
Collections Registrar, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History. Ph. D., Indiana State University, 1984. Research Interests: systematics of mormyrid fishes. ASIH Service: Planning 1991 New York Annual Meeting; member of IHCC Subcommittee on Supplies and Practices.

Carol Johnston
Assistant Professor, Auburn University. Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1993. Research Interests: behavioral ecology and conservation of fishes, especially minnows and darters. ASIH Service: Local Committee, 1992; Resolutions Committee, 1992; Symposium Organizer; Environmental Quality Committee; Reviewer, Copeia; President, Southeastern Division, ASIH; Raney Fund Award 1990; Stoye Award in Ethology and Ecology 1992.

Edie Marsh-Matthews
Assistant Curator of Fishes, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Ph.D., University of Texas, 1980. Research Interests: life history and community ecology of freshwater fishes; long-term change in fish communities. ASIH Service: Public Affairs Committee, 1987-1991; Storer Award Judge, 1991, 1997, (Chair) 1998; Raney Awards Committee, 1999-2000; Member of Local Committee, 1993 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

Edward O. Murdy
Program Officer, National Science Foundation. Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1983.Research Interests: systematics, taxonomy, and distribution of the gobioid fishes. ASIH Service: Reviewer for Copeia.

Margaret A. Neighbors
Research Associate, Section of Vertebrates--Ichthyology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, CA. A.B., Stanford University, Ph.D., USC. Research Interests: morphology and ecology of mesopelagic fishes. ASIH Service: Chair, Program Committee, Annual Meeting, 1994; Endowment and Finance Committee, 1998-present (Chair-elect, 1999).

James Wilder Orr
Research Zoologist, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington. B.S., Wheaton College, Illinois: M.S., Auburn University, Alabama; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle. Research Interests: Systematics of gasterosteiform and North Pacific marine fishes. ASIH service: Committee for Graduate Student Participation, 1990-1992; Copeia Index Co-Editor (Taxonomic), 1994-present; Local Committee, ASIH annual meeting, 1997. 

Alexandra M. Snyder
Collection Manager, Division of Fishes, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico. ASIH Service: Chair, 1992-present Subcommittee on Supplies and Practices; Editor, 1992-94 Proceedings ASIH Workshops on Collection Care and Management Issues; Database Manager, 1994-present ASIH Supplies Database; Co-Organizer, 1997 ASIH Workshop on Preservation and Curation of Early Life Forms in Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles.

Wayne C. Starnes
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution. Research Interests: systematics, biology, and biogeography of North American and Neotropical freshwater fishes as well as marine group, planning and execution of expansions into new research and collection facilities, exhibits galleries for the Southeastís largest new museum. ASIH Service: Board of Governors, 1991-1996; Editorial Board, 1979-1984; Stoye Award Judge, 1990, 1993; assistance with preparation of resolutions at annual meetings.

Deanna J. Stouder
Program Manager, Aquatic and Lands Interactions Program, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service. B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1990; Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle. Research Interests: influences of habitat change, both natural and anthropogenic, and species interactions on aquatic communities (freshwater, estuarine, and marine). ASIH Service: Graduate Student Participation, 1984-1986, Chair 1987-1989; 75th Anniversary of Copeia, 1984-1988; Session Chair, 1989; ad hoc Committee on Selection of the Nominating Committee, 1990-1992; Stoye Award in Ecology and Ethology, 1996, Chair 1992, 1997; Myvanwy M. Dick Award, 1992; Raney Award, 1993; Board of Governors, 1993-1998; Long Range Planning, 1995-1999; Nominating 1998, Chair, 1999; ad hoc Committee to Evaluate Stoye Award in Ecology and Ethology, 1997-1998.

Christopher M. Taylor
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University. Ph. D., University of Oklahoma. Research Interests: Stream fish ecology and biogeography. ASIH Service: Stoye Award Judge, 1996; reviewer and contributor to Copeia.

GIBBS AWARD COMMITTEE

Bruce B. Collette
National Marine Fisheries Service, Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service. Ph.D., Cornell University. Research Interests: systematics, anatomy, and biogeography of Percidae, Scombridae, Hemiramphidae, Belonidae, and Batrachoididae. ASIH Service: Board of Governors, 1962 - present; Editor, Ichthyology, 1964 - 1968; Secretary, 1974 - 1978; President, 1981.

Anthony A. Echelle
Oklahoma University Biological Station, Professor of Zoology and Curator of Fishes, Oklahoma State University. Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Research Interests: population genetic structure, and status and conservation biology of fishes. ASIH Service: Editor, Genetics, Morphology and Development, 1983 - 1985; Symposium Organizer, Evolution of Fish Species Flocks, 1984; Nominating Committee, 1993; Board of Governors, 1986 - 1990, 1993 - 1997.

William J. Matthews
Professor of Zoology and Curator of Fishes, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. M.S., Arkansas State University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Research Interests: fishes of Midwest, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Virginia; emphasis on long-term changes in fish assemblages; roles of fishes in stream ecosystems; general distributional ichthyology; systematic research re. geographic variation in Cyprinella lutrensis and Etheostoma radiosum; ecomorphology of fishes. ASIH Service: Board of Governors (2 terms); Copeia Associate Editor for Fish Ecology (3.5 years); Publications Committee; Long-range Planning Committee; Endowment Fund Committee; Stoye Award judge (numerous times).