Lila M. Adair has been elected vice president of the American Association of Physics Teachers for 2006, succeeding Harvey S. Leff (see Physics Today, February 2005, page 80). Adair, who took office on 25 January during AAPT’s annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, will serve as president-elect in 2007 and president in 2008.
Currently an adjunct faculty member at Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, Adair teaches a course in science methods and supervises student teachers. She earned a BS degree from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta in 1967 and a Masters of Art for Teachers in physics from Georgia State University in 1978. She received an educational specialist degree in physics and educational leadership from Emory University in Atlanta in 1990.
Adair has been an active member of the physics community and her experience will be helpful on the AAPT executive board, the association said in a press release after...
