ESA Newsletter Information for the Members of the Entomological Society of America DECEMBER 2005 • VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12 Special Member News Issue! Announcements from This issue of the ESA Newsletter is devot- an integral role in the development and ESA Headquarters ed to news about members of the Society. ongoing evolution of Steritech’s EcoSensi- To submit your own news, please complete tive®, a pest prevention system that began in 2005 Annual Meeting Wrap-Up the online form at http://www.entsoc.org/ the early 1990s to address the industry-wide Due to conflicts between the news- pubs/periodicals/news/submit_news.htm, need for environmentally responsible pest letter production schedule and the or e-mail your news to lspurlock@entsoc. management. It is an award-winning pro- 2005 ESA Annual Meeting, the wrap- org. Sharp, print-quality photos are always gram twice recognized by the EPA’s Pesti- up for the 2005 meeting will be fea- welcome. cide Environmental Stewardship Program for tured in the February issue. It will be excellence in reducing the risks associated delayed because the January issue will Dr. Peter H. Adler, a professor of with pesticide usage. As a member of Steri- be in the printing and mailing stages entomology at Clemson University’s Depart- tech’s Technical Committee, Black has been of production at the same time as the ment of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sci- responsible for developing service protocols Annual Meeting. With the meeting not ences, received the 2005 Clemson Alumni and training updates, providing field support yet over at that time, the wrap-up can, Award for Outstanding Achievement in to a team of more than 300 service team therefore, not be included in the Janu- Research. Adler has held a teaching and re- members, and assisting in product research ary issue. search appointment at Clemson since 1984. and recommendation. Earlier this year, Black The meeting wrap-up will also be His research focuses on the behavior, ecol- was elected ESA’s 2006 director-elect of the available on the ESA website by the ogy, cytogenetics, and systematics of agricul- Certification Board end of December. Look for it on the turally and medically important arthropods. Dr. Consuelo De Moraes, an assistant What’s New page at http://www.ent- His work has generated more than $1.1 professor of entomology at Pennsylvania soc.org/whats_new/. million in funding from the EPA, NIH, Na- State University (PSU), was presented an tional Park Service, NSF, the U.S. Research Emerald Honors award at the Minorities Changes Made to Hierarchy of and Development Foundation, USDA, the in Research Sciences conference, held in Certification Board Directors U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and NATO. September. De Moraes was named a Spe- Dr. Stuart Mitchell has stepped Also, Adler will receive the Entomological cial Recognition Honoree for her work in down as 2005 director-elect of the Foundation’s Thomas Say Award this month, research on the chemical relationships be- Certification Board to achieve his goal for co-authoring the book Black Flies (Simu- tween plants and insects. Emerald Honors of becoming a medical doctor. lidae) of North America. are the premier awards for Blacks, Latinos, “It was a difficult decision to make. I Judith B. Black, Asian Americans, and Native Americans very much wanted to serve ESA in this BCE, a pest manage- working in the research sciences. Exception- capacity. The timing of both medical ment expert with nearly ally talented minorities from a broad range school graduation and medical board 20 years of experience, of scientific fields are recognized each year exams was accelerated well beyond has been named tech- for stellar achievement. my original planning,” Mitchell said. nical director of the De Moraes said she is excited to win one 2005 Director Dr. Bob Davis and pest prevention divi- of the prestigious awards after being nomi- 2005 Past Director Jeff Weier will each sion of The Steritech nated by Dr. Gary Felton, head of the PSU serve an additional year in their cur- Group, Inc., a provider entomology department. “Many of the other rent positions. Judy Black will begin of food safety and pest winners are researchers in the medical field, her duties as director-elect in 2006 as prevention services so the award came as a surprise to me,” De previously planned. in North America. An 11-year veteran of Moraes said. She also became the first en- the company, Black will provide direction tomologist -- and the first faculty member in and oversight for the company’s technical PSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences -- to committee, which plays a critical role in the win a David and Lucile Packard Foundation In this issue.... research, development and implementation Fellowship for Science and Engineering in Common Names .............. 3 of new technologies in the company. She 2003. Certification News ............ 3 will also continue to represent Steritech in The October 14 issue of the journal the industry through her work with various Science featured an article by University of Annual Meeting ................ 4 committees and associations. Kentucky (UKY) entomologist Dr. Stephen Job Opportunities ............. 7 A well-known advocate for the structural pest management industry, Black has played Continued on page 4 Datebook ......................... 8 December 2005 ESA Newsletter 1 P RESIDENT ’ S C ORNER Michael A. Ivie, 2005 ESA President ell, the year has gone so quickly! Weller and Kathleen to the members of the Executive Committee, Even with Wilma adding a month Shields each put in who covered many extra tasks. ESA is for- Wto my term, it seems like yester- hundreds of hours of tunate indeed to have those members who day that I wrote my first President’s Corner. unpaid work to make step forward to shoulder what needs to be By the time you receive this, my 13th and the meeting happen, done when the task appears, and this group last column as president, I will have passed and then they added is first and foremost among them. Thank the gavel to President Gilstrap in Fort Lau- hundreds more to car- you! derdale. ry out the many new There are some people who did not really Quite a time we’ve had over the last 13 initiatives this year (on top of which, they volunteer to support me, nor was it their job, months—war in Iraq, tsunami in Asia, hur- have the honor of paying registration fees, but they backed me up because they are my ricanes on the Gulf Coast, famine in Africa, just like the rest of us). They were assisted friends. I want to thank my students, Sardis volcanoes in the Antilles, and Hurricane and backed up by a team of volunteers that Medrano Cabral and Ian Foley, who covered Wilma postponing our meeting. And in added thousands of hours to that total. a myriad of tasks for me that kept me sane; every one of these disasters and others, our The hard work of the Program Committee Richard Hurley who reviewed dozens of members have been called on to help, sav- to generate excitement for this meeting paid documents on impossible deadlines, helping ing and improving lives around the world. off with a record number of submissions, me avoid many embarrassments; and my I have been so proud of entomologists this novel events, and uniformly high-quality of- other fellow Montana State University ento- year, and so grateful to all of you for the ferings across the field of entomology. How- mologists who pitched in to help in dozens opportunity to have served as your president ever, without the commitment from you, the of diverse ways from covering meetings and while you made the world a better place. handling paperwork to answering inquires ESA has had quite a year as well. Our and relieving me of daily tasks so I could finances are solid. Our membership is grow- work for you. ing. Our Annual and Branch Meetings are Thank you, the members My co-PI in life, LaDonna Ivie, was the better than ever. And our journals are burst- of ESA for the opportunity person most critical to my success, nay, ing at the seams. We have a dedicated and to serve you and for survival, this year, from providing personal talented volunteer pool and a great staff. your support for me and support to reviewing my President’s Corner We have not rested on our laurels though. entomology over the last year. columns, keeping me organized and making We have worked to prepare ESA for the sure I show up at least close to on time. She future and developed an exciting proposal to Huzzah! is my anchor. Thanks, Donna. position the Society for the next generation. Lastly, thank you, the members of ESA for All of this brings to mind a quote attribut- the opportunity to serve you and for your ed to Gandhi, “There go my people; I must members, to provide the content and attend, support for me and entomology over the last go with them, for I am their leader.” their work would have come to naught. And year. Huzzah! After years of declining membership, we contribute you have. Thanks to Susan, Kath- reversed the trend last year and began to leen, and the dozens of others I do not have The ESA Newsletter (US ISSN 0273-7353) is grow again. Much of the credit for this goes room to list here. Wilma kept the numbers published monthly by the Entomological Society to our fantastic Membership Committee, of actual attendees from breaking records, so of America (ESA), 10001 Derekwood Lane, Suite which has worked tirelessly to communicate no thanks to her.