Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:24:16 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: DPS Mailing #05-29: In Memoriam: A.G.W. Cameron...
 
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 1) In Memoriam: A. G. W. Cameron
 2) DPS Survey Revisited
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IN MEMORIAM: A. G. W. CAMERON
 
We regret to inform you of the death October 3 of Professor Alastair 
Cameron. He died at his home in Tucson. Our condolences go out to his
niece in Canada. Funeral and/or Memorial arrangements are pending. 
(Contributed by Michael J. Drake).
 
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE:
 
DPS SURVEY REVISITED
 
Dear Colleagues,
 
To date, 325 DPS members have participated in the second DPS Survey. 
However, the Division has over 1300 members, and we want the results to 
be representative of our entire community. To put it more directly: 
To date we have a 25% response rate. We cannot assess or respond 
effectively to the state of our field unless people take the survey. 
We will not be able to represent your needs or interests effectively 
unless you take the survey. There is no better way to make yourself 
heard. It doesn't matter what the state of your membership or your 
career status is; we want to know what you think. 
 
The survey is quite painless, takes no more than half an hour, and will 
provide valuable data on our field and our colleagues. The cutoff date 
for participating is October 15, 2005, but please do not wait until the 
last minute. Please do it now!
 
The survey can be found at:
 
 http://tinyurl.com/7l9l8
 
Your login is your AAS membership number, which you can get from the 
AAS (http://www.aas.org/) in case you have misplaced it. (If you search for 
yourself in the Public Directory, your membership number will be at the 
end of the URL). 
 
Richard G. French, DPS Chair, and the DPS Committee
 

Send submissions (no attachments, please) to:
Linda French Emmons, DPS Secretary (lfrench at iwu.edu)
Department of Physics
Illinois Wesleyan University
P. O. Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702