June 25-26, 1999

The Council enthusiastically voted Tau Beta Pi Superior Service Awards and Resolutions of Appreciation to 19 retiring advisors of the collegiate chapters and Distinguished Service Awards for three retiring District Directors, D.W. Ausherman, A.B. Mosher, and R.I. Zadoks. A contribution of $1,000 to National Engineers Week was approved. The third-quarter financial report had been sent to the Council and was accepted. The Treasurer reported on the status of the 1999 Alumni Giving Program.

The Council established the Vincent A. Stabile Scholarship Fund, established the Tau Beta Pi-Stabile Scholarship in perpetuity, and named a one-time Tau Beta Pi-GE Fellowship for 2000-2001. Approval was given to host a reception at the ASEE annual meeting in St. Louis, MO, on June 19, 2000.

The Council cast ratification ballots for those chapters that had not voted on the Constitution and Bylaws amendments from the 1998 Convention and ratified two amendments that deleted a sentence overlooked the year before and added the title of Executive Director to that of Secretary-Treasurer. The Council declined to cast ballots on the amendment that would replace the Convention Committee on Awards with two committees, which thus failed. The Council disapproved a proposal by a chapter to elect its new members by e-mail. Councillor G.D. Peterson reported on the status of international chapter issues. The selection of Eddie R. Fowler, KS G ’57, advisor to the Kansas Gamma Chapter, as recipient of the 1999 National Outstanding Advisor Award was accepted.

Project Grants under the Greater Interest in Government Program were given to the Iowa Alpha and Vermont Beta Chapters, and the local projects for which cash awards were made will be reported in a later issue of THE BENT. The Council decided to add a new project category, education and professional development, to criteria for Chapter Project Awards. Vice President E.J. D’Avignon led a discussion of membership issues identified at five Spring District conferences. The Council reviewed preliminary petitions for new collegiate chapters from Cedarville College and Dartmouth College, and President D.M. Green and Vice President D’Avignon, respectively, will represent the Council on inspection visits in October.

The Council appointed a permanent Convention Chair and a Parliamentarian for the 1999 annual meeting and made recommendations for members of the model initiation team.

The Council reviewed final arrangements for the June 26 meeting of national officials and reappointed as District Directors for 1999-2002: T.A. Pinkham, J. Rogan, J.S. Bibb, J.D. Reynolds, B.L. Frost, H.E. Havens-Beardsley, E.A. Stephan, E.R. Fowler, J.M. Meena, and S.D. Jennings-King. Wade A. Hull, UT A ’97, was appointed as District 12 Director for a term ending in June 2002. Councillors reported on their attendance at District spring conferences.

Engineering Futures Facilitators reappointed for three-year terms are J.A. Haun, A.L. Hu, S.K. Kramer, J.A. Kuspa, M.Y. Kwong, M.W. Ohland, N.P. Pih, M.W. Raschke, L.A. Simonson, S.M. Willems, and B.D. Wintrode. Reappointed for one-year terms are J.L. Archer, B.A. Ayotte, D.L. Himes, A.C. Hwang, M.F. Rodriguez-Perazza, and J.W. Tanquary. The Council appointed Russell W. Pierce, WA A ’70, as Director of Engineering Futures to a four-year term expiring June 30, 2003, and reappointed D.S. Pierre Jr. as Director of Fellowships and A.R. Hirsh as Director of Rituals. The Council enthusiastically granted a Distinguished Service Award to retiring Director of Engineering Futures R.M. Hickling.

Council approved the 1999-2000 budget and approved a plan for the year-end allocations to the trust funds. The report of the 1993-98 Financial Review Committee was received, and the auditor will be asked for a review of the recommendations therein. James W. Johnson Jr., NC A ’77, was reappointed to the Trust Advisory Committee for a six-year term to expire on June 30, 2005.

The Council heard a presentation from Fred E. Worthington, principal of BMWW, on the status of the design plan for Tau Beta Pi marketing materials that his firm is completing under contract to the Association. The Council agreed to send requests for proposal to several firms for an information technology review of the needs of the Association. District 1 Director S. Krishnaswamy, Chair of the 1999 Laureate Selection Committee, reported that his group had selected two Laureates from nine nominations made by seven chapters.

District 3 Director N. Bhakuni, Chair of the 1999 Standard of Excellence Award Pre-Selection Committee, reported that her group had reviewed two nominations that would be sent to the Convention Selection Committee.