Aug. 1, 2008
(Update: Ernest Delfosse, chair of the Michigan State University Department of Entomology, received the greatest number of votes and will become vice-president elect of ESA. Frank Zalom, nominated by the Pacific Branch of ESA, was a strong candidate for the position.)
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| Frank Zalom was nominated for vice president-elect of ESA. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) |
DAVIS—Frank Zalom, UC Davis professor of entomology and an integrated pest management specialist, is one of two candidates for vice-president elect of the Entomological Society of America this year, a position that transitions to president of the society in three years.
Voting ends Aug. 13, as ESA gears up for its annual meeting, “Metamorphosis, a New Beginning,” set Nov. 16-19 in Reno. The other candidate is Ernest Delfosse, professor and chair of the Michigan State University Department of Entomology.
Zalom was nominated by the Pacific Branch and is endorsed by the Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section and by the Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems Section.
Zalom, who directed the UC IPM Program for more than 16 years, teaches arthropod pest management and conducts IPM research on fruit and vegetable crops. He holds several national IPM positions, and has managed the USDA Western Region IPM Competitive Grants Program since 2004.
A past president of the ESA Pacific Branch (2001) and former vice-chair of the Department of Entomology (2005-08), Zalom has served on many ESA branch and national committee and is actively engaged in international research and teaching. He is an elected fellow of the California Academy of Sciences (1990) and received a Fulbright Senior Research Scholarship (1992-93), ESA Achievement Award in Extension (1992), ESA Recognition Award (2002) and the James H. Meyer Award from UC Davis for teaching, research and service (2004). He has authored 260 journals articles and book chapters.
This is the second time Zalom has been nominated for this high honor, narrowly missing election in 2004.
The department has a rich history of candidates. Donald McLean, former department chair and former dean of the Division of Biological Sciences, won the ESA presidency in 1984. Noted entomologists Robert Washino and Bruce Eldridge were each nominated three times, and barely missed election each time.
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
