August 31, 2005
Employees honored for service to University
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale will honor 87 employees for their service to the University during a retirement and service recognition reception and dinner tonight (Aug. 31) in the Student Center.
Chancellor Walter V. Wendler and his wife, Mary, will host the evening’s festivities, honoring employees with more that 25 years of service to the University. Recognizing employee service is among the goals of Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment, the long-range blueprint for reshaping the University by its 150th birthday in 2019.
The University is recognizing the following employees, listed by hometown and years of service:
Alto Pass
30 years: Michael Covell, Cinema and Photography.
Anna
25 years: Lisa Hartline, Plant, Soil & Agriculture Systems.
Benton
35 years: Don Knapp, Student Health Programs.
Carbondale
25 years: Pamela Anderson, Micrographics; Hea-Ran Ashraf, Animal Science, Food & Nutrition; Michael Bryant, Printing & Duplicating Services; Carol Ann Burns, University Press; Rosemary Clam, Library Affairs; Deborah Cocke, Department of Public Safety; Janet Coffman, Counseling Center; William Crimando, Rehabilitation Institute; Barbara Elam, Student Health Programs; Nancy Esling, Bursar; Lisa Geissler, Department of Public Safety; Barbara Grace, Curriculum & Instruction; Lee Hill, Information Technology; Ladonna Hodges, Human Resources; Sakthivel Jeyaratnam, Mathematics; Rachael Joiner-Thomas, Student Center; Christopher Kohler, Zoology; Steven Kraft, Agribusiness Economics; F. Bary Malik, Physics; George McNeil, Purchasing; Richard Pryor, Physical Plant Service; Stanford Rubin, Rehabilitation Institute; James Scales, Career Services; Sharon Shrock, Curriculum & Instruction; Stephen Tyman, Philosophy; David Walls, Physical Plant Service; Kevern Wilson, Project Upward Bound; Mary Wright, Mathematics.
30 years: Lynn Connley, University Ombudsman; Jaime Estavillo, Anatomy-SMC; John Foster, Political Science; Linda Gannon, Psychology; Nancy Gonzenbach, Information Management Systems; John Kovacs, Physical Plant Service; Kathy Morgan, School of Law Library; Jo Ann Reese, Student Health Programs; Arnold Ross, University Housing; Connie Shafer, College of Agricultural Sciences; William Turley, Political Science; Olga Weidner, Information Technology; Trish Welch, Animal Science, Food & Nutrition.
35 years: Marcia Anderson, Workforce Education & Development; John Dotson, Linguistics; Glenn Gilbert, Linguistics; Dennis James, Printing & Duplicating Service.
Carterville
25 years: Michael C. Bernardoni, Printing & Duplicating Service; Joseph Breznikar, School of Music; Kay Doan, Department of Public Safety; Debra Fields, Research Development & Administration; Aslam Kassimali, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Darla Shelby, Aerospace Studies-Air Force ROTC; Nancy Vale, Mathematics; Jerry White, Physical Plant Service; Mary White, Media & Communication Resources.
35 years: Patricia Phillips, ASA Off-Campus Academic Programs.
Cobden
25 years: Larry Fuller, Physical Plant Service.
30 years: Dennis Maze, Printing & Duplicating Service.
Dongola
25 years: Martha Samples, College of Applied Sciences & Arts.
Du Quoin
25 years: Patricia Wheatley, Pre-Major Advisement Center.
Energy
30 years: Lawrence Eaton, Department of Public Safety.
Goreville
30 years: Jean Cook, Project Upward Bound.
Makanda
25 years: Willa Davis, Student Development; John Preece, Plant, Soil & Agricultural Systems; Joseph Yucas, Mathematics.
Murphysboro
25 years: W. Eugene Basanta, School of Law; James Carlock, Physical Plant Service; Ron Heiple, Physical Plant Service; Kimberly Jaros, Student Health Programs; Christine Labyk, Student Health Programs; Thomas Mitchell, Physical Plant Service; Rebecca Molina, Professional Constituencies Office; Jeri Novara, Accountancy; Barbara Ollar, Library Affairs; Charles Parr, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Karen Rains, Psychology; Dorothy Schemonia, University Housing; Alan Vaux, College of Liberal Arts.
30 years: Kathleen Blackwell, Human Resources; Tracy Bryant, Academic Support-SMC; Nikki Martin, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Rhea Williamson, Architecture & Interior Design.
35 years: Pansy Jones, College of Engineering.
Oakdale
30 years: Jeanette M. Brakhane Endres, Animal Science, Food & Nutrition.
Pomona
25 years: Michael Schmidt, Plant, Soil & Agricultural Systems.