Jack H. Dobson, Jr., CSP, manager of occupational safety and health for Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc., of Port Washington, WI, has been elected the 2005-06 American Society of Safety Engineers president. More than 17 percent of ASSE's 30,000 members voted in this year's election.

Elected for a seat on the ASSE Board of Directors were Senior Vice President Michael W. Thompson, CSP, of Houston, TX; Vice President Council on Professional Affairs Thomas W. Lawrence, Jr., CSP, P.E., of St. Louis, MO; Vice President Council on Professional Development Richard A. Pollock, CSP, Minneapolis, MN; Vice President for Region I Terrie Norris, CSP, ARM, CPSI, of Calabasas, CA; Vice President for Region III Richard R. Bourlon, P.E., CSP, ALCM, of Dallas, TX; Vice President for Region V Christopher Patton, CSP, OHST of St. Louis, MO; and, Vice President for Region VII Michael W. Hayslip, Esq., P.E., CSP, of Dayton, OH.

The annual American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) in Anaheim, Calif., May 21-26, marks the beginning of the term of Roy M. Buchan, DrPH, CIH, as president; Frank M. Renshaw, PhD, CIH, CSP, as president-elect; Donna M. Doganiero, CIH, as past president; and Cathy L. Cole, CIH, as secretary. Lindsay E. Booher, CIH, CSP, will continue his term as treasurer.

The results of the AIHA election are as follows:

  • Donald J. Hart, PhD, CIH, CHMM, was elected as AIHA's new vice president. Hart recently retired as manager of analytical services with General Motors Chemical Risk Management Group.

  • David M. Gioiello, Jr., CIH, CSP, the new treasurer-elect, is co-founder and senior consultant at Industrial Health & Safety Consultants, Inc.

  • Michael T. Brandt, PhD, CIH, was elected to the AIHA Board of Directors. Brandt is with the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • Christine A. Corrigan, MS, CIH, was elected to the AIHA Board of Directors. Corrigan works with the United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Denver Area Office.

  • Neil J. Zimmerman, PhD, PE, CIH, was also elected to the AIHA Board of Directors and is an associate professor of industrial hygiene at Purdue University.

    AIHA's remaining board members for 2004-2005 include: Harry Beaulieu, PhD, CIH, CSP; Marshall S. Denhoff, CIH, ROH; Allen Fleeger, CIH, CSP; Stephen H. Gutmann, CIH, CPE; Cynthia Ostrowski-Jewell, CIH; and Elizabeth L. Pullen, CIH.