PRESS RELEASE

The American Phytopathological Society Installs New Officers

St. Paul, Minn. (September 16, 2005) - The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to announce its officers for 2005-2006. The new leadership assumed their responsibilities at the conclusion of the APS Annual Meeting, August 2005, in Austin, Texas.

New APS President, John H. Andrews, is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.S. from McDonald College of McGill University, his M.S. degree at the University of Maine, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. Andrews has held many leadership roles within the Society, acting as Councilor-at-Large and Associate Editor of Plant Disease, and has served on many committees, including the Councilors’ Forum, Executive Committee, Financial Advisory Committee, Scientific Programs Board, and Phytopathology News Advisory Committee.  

Andrews succeeded James MacDonald, University of California, Davis, who now serves as immediate past president.  

Other 2005-2006 officials include: Jan E. Leach, Colorado State University, is president-elect; Raymond D. Martyn, Jr., Purdue University, is vice president; Danise T. Beadle, Bayer CropScience, is secretary; Erik L. Stromberg, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, is treasurer; and Randall C. Rowe, Ohio State University, is treasurer-elect. 

Members of the 2005-2006 APS council include: Allison H. Tally, senior councilor-at-large; Barbara J. Christ, intermediate councilor-at-large; Wayne F. Wilcox, junior councilor-at-large; Judith K. Brown, councilor, Caribbean Division; Raymond Hammerschmidt, councilor, North Central Division; Margaret T. McGrath, councilor, Northeastern Division; Gary G. Grove, councilor, Pacific Division; Thomas A. Evans, councilor, Potomac Division; and Gerald J. Holmes, councilor, Southern Division. 

Editors-in-Chief of APS publications include: Rose C. Gergerich, APS PRESS; Jens Stougaard, MPMI; Robert L. Gilbertson, Phytopathology; Margery Daughtrey, Phytopathology News; and Kira L. Bowen, Plant Disease.

The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a non-profit, professional scientific organization. The research of the organization’s 5,000 worldwide members advances the understanding of the science of plant pathology and its application to plant health.