MINUTES OF THE EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

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1 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 78 (1999) 1 MINUTES OF THE EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE The eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science was held Friday, April 16, 1999, at the Habeger Science Center on the Dakota State University campus in Madison, South Dakota. The Executive Committee and Arrangements Co-Chairs met on Wednesday, April 14, at 8:00 p.m., for the final check of the agenda and arrangements for the annual meeting on Friday. Registration on April 16 was facilitated by Ken Higgins, Terri Symens and Pam Schut and several Dakota State University students. Bill Soeffing was absent due to a death in his family. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING The Annual Business meeting of the 84th Academy was called to order by President Royce Engstrom following the noon lunch. President Engstrom extended the Academy s sincere gratitude to Dakota State University s President, Gerald Tunheim, for hosting the Academy; to Philip Sandberg, Dean of Natural Sciences, for use of his staff in hosting the Academy at the Habeger Science Center, and to co-chairs Donna Hazelwood and Dale Droge for local arrangements for the Annual Meeting. The 1998 Academy Proceedings Editor Ken Higgins gave a status report on the past and current Proceedings. Emil Knapp was still working on the 1996 and 1997 Proceedings. The 1998 Proceedings were made available at the Annual Meeting. Ken extended thanks to several who were largely responsible for helping him get the 1998 Proceedings completed on schedule, including, but not limited to: Terri Symens, Mary Brashier, Tom Holmlund, Emil Knapp, Dennis Lundgren and several SDSU graduate students. Ken offered to stay on as Proceedings Editor in 1999 if there were no major concerns. President Engstrom reported that the 2000 Annual meeting of the SD Academy will be held jointly with the North Dakota and Minnesota Academy s at a joint tri-state meeting on April 28-29, 2000, on the Moorhead State University campus, Moorhead, MN. Lenore Koczon provided a summary of the Jr. Academy as follows: Twenty-five papers were submitted for the Jr. Academy for 1999 of which 21 were presented and judged. Two papers were recognized as the most outstanding: one by Heather May Anderson, the other by Elaine Kub, both of which were 10th grade students from Ipswich High School. Their advisor was Mr. Bill Mower. Abstracts of their winning presentations appear in this proceedings. President Engstrom presented awards to the recipients of the Fellow Award (K. Higgins 1998, C. Estee 1999) and to the Outstanding High School Teachers of the Year as follows:

2 2 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 78 (1999) Plaques were awarded to Dr. Kenneth F. Higgins, Assistant Leader-S.D. Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,, who was recognized in 1998 as the First Fellow of the South Dakota Academy of Science and to Dr. Charles R. Estee, Professor of Chemistry at the University of South Dakota, who was recognized in 1999 as the Second Fellow of the South Dakota Academy of Science. Three High School Teacher Awards were presented in David Strom of the Hartford-West Central High School was presented with an Honorary Lifetime Achievement in Physical Sciences Award. Angie Heil of Yankton High School was honored as Biology Teacher of the Year and Carolyn Burns of Watertown High School was honored as Physical Science Teacher of the Year. RESOLUTION COMMITTEE The South Dakota Academy of Science thanks Dr. Gerald Tunheim, President of Dakota State University, for making campus facilities available and for hosting the 1999 annual meeting of the Academy. The Academy is grateful to the local planning committee, Drs. Donna Hazelwood and Dale Droge, for their efforts in providing excellent accommodations and arrangements for the 1999 meeting. Thanks to President-Elect Neil Reese for his illuminating address, Herbalism in the Modern World. We also wish to thank Dr. Bruce Hannon for his post-banquet address Dynamic Modeling. Our appreciation and congratulations are extended to President Royce Engstrom for a successful year of leadership and for his personal role in stimulating reactivation of the Junior Academy of Science. We thank Academy Secretary-Treasurer Bill Soeffing for his dedication to our organization, and we extend our sincere sympathies to Bill and his family in the very recent passing of his mother. Special thanks are extended to Emil Knapp for his many years of service as Editor of the Proceedings. And thank you to Ken Higgins who has ably assumed the role of Editor. The Academy congratulates Angie Heil of Yankton High School who is honored as the Biology Teacher of the Year. We also extend our congratulations to Carolyn Burns of Watertown High School, recipient of the Physical Science Teacher of the Year award. The Academy extends its best wishes to David Strom (and wife Betty) as he retires from many years of science teaching at Hartford-West Central High School. Congratulations to Ken Higgins of, who in 1998 was recognized as the first Fellow of the South Dakota Academy of Science. Congratulations also to Charles Estee of the University of South Dakota who is this year distinguished as the 2nd Fellow of the South Dakota Academy of Science. Reported by: Gary Larson Nels Troelstrup

3 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 78 (1999) 3 AUDIT COMMITTEE No Report MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE No Report NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE A slate of candidates and results of the election were presented. The Executive Committee Officers for the South Dakota Academy of Science are as follows: Executive Committee PRESIDENT R. Neil Reese, SDSU Biology, Neil_Reese@sdstate.edu PRESIDENT-ELECT Lenore Koczon, NSU Chemistry, Koczon@wolf.northern.edu FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Charles Lamb, BHSU Biology, Clamb@mystic.bhsu.edu SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Steve McDowell, SDSM&T, Chemistry, Smcdowel@msmailgw.sdsmt.edu, FAX: SECRETARY-TREASURER Bill Soeffing, USF Natural Sciences, Bill.Soeffing@thecoo.edu, FAX PROCEEDINGS EDITOR Kenneth F. Higgins, SDSU Wildlife, Terri_Symens@sdstate.edu, FAX FIRST PAST-PRESIDENT Royce Engstrom, USD Chemistry, or 6396 Rcengstr@usd.edu SECOND PAST-PRESIDENT Sharon Clay, SDSU Plant Science, Sharon_Clay@sdstate.edu MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (3-year terms) Second Year Gary Larson, SDSU Biology, Gary_Larson@sdstate.edu Second Year Donna Hazelwood, DSU Natural Sciences, Hazelwood@pluto.dsu.edu First Year Dan Heglund, SDSM&T, Chemistry, Dheglund@msmailgw.sdsmt.edu, FAX: First Year Bob Tatina, Dakota Wesleyan, Biology, Rotatina@dwu.edu

4 4 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 78 (1999) TREASURER S REPORT Statement of Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Cash Balances for Fiscal Year 1998 Cash Balance on 1 January 1998 Certificate of Deposit $ Savings Account $ 9.15 Checking Account $ TOTAL BEGINNING CASH $ Receipts Membership Dues (Life-33 / Regular-99+2 / Associate-47 $ Warrant Replacement $ Reprint Charges $ Annual Meeting Registration $ Luncheon and Banquet Tickets $ Other Income $ Interest on Investments $ TOTAL RECEIPTS $ Disbursements Office Supplies $ Annual Meeting Dining $ Supplies $ Facilities Rental $ Overpayment Returns $ TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $ Cash Balance on 31 December 1998 Certificate of Deposit $ Savings Account $ 9.15 Checking Account $ TOTAL ENDING CASH $

5 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 78 (1999) 5 NEW BUSINESS President Royce Engstrom graciously passed the office of President and the gavel over to President-Elect Neil Reese and wished him the best for his presidency. President Reese again addressed the Academy of the need for good membership help to make the Tri-State Academy Meeting in 2000 a success. He also gave the SD Academy s WEB address as follows: At 2:00 p.m., President Reese declared the Annual Business Meeting of the South Dakota Academy adjourned until the Tri-state Meeting on April in Moorhead, Minnesota. These minutes were collectively submitted for Bill Soeffing, by inputs from Donna Hazelwood, Ken Higgins, and Gary Larson EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Royce Engstrom, University of South Dakota PRESIDENT-ELECT R. Neil Reese, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Lenore Koczon, Northern State University SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Charles Lamb, Black Hills State University SECRETARY-TREASURER Bill Soeffing, University of Sioux Falls PROCEEDINGS EDITOR Kenneth F. Higgins, FIRST PAST-PRESIDENT Sharon Clay, SECOND PAST-PRESIDENT John Thomas, University of South Dakota MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Audrey Gabel, Black Hills State University Gary Larson, Donna Hazelwood, Dakota State University Tim Sorenson, Augustana College