ASCE members this month begin electing 10 new national officers and voting upon a revised constitution of the Society. The candidates for all 10 offices are running unopposed this year, with no members seeking election through the Society's petition nominating process. All officers begin their terms at the meeting held in conjunction with ASCE's annual conference and exhibition, which this year will be held in Houston in October. Thomas L. Jackson of New Orleans is the official nominee for president-elect. If approved by the members, he will serve a one-year term in that office and move up to the presidency of the Society a year later.
Vice presidents serve a two-year term.
Seven members of the Board of Direction are being elected from the Society's districts this year. They serve three-year terms. Biographies of all the candidates, along with statements from the nominees for president-elect and vice president, appear on pages 4 and 5 of this issue. The candidates themselves supplied the information for their biographies. In addition to electing new officers, ASCE members are being asked to approve the first complete update of the constitution since the Society was founded, in 1852.