AMS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

Franco Einaudi and W. Lawrence Gates are the 2005 candidates for AMS president-elect; the candidates for AMS councilor are Joseph D'Aleo, Kelvin Droegemeier, Jenni Evans, Chester Koblinsky, Richard Passarelli, Marcia Politovich, Alan Shaffer, and John Zillman. To help the membership select its leaders, the Society asked the candidates to answer the following question, "What do you see as the challenges facing the Society, and how would you address them if elected?" Following are their responses, along with a brief biographical sketch of each.

FRANCO EINAUDI

I am deeply honored to be asked to run for president of the American Meteorological Society. This is a critical (and …