450 employees honored with service awards

1:18 p.m., Nov. 19, 2004--A luncheon honoring 450 faculty and staff celebrating five, 10 and 15 years at the University was held at noon, Friday, Nov. 19, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center.

Those recognized at the Service Awards Luncheon included 192 employees with five years of service, for a total of 960 years at UD; 104 employees with 10 years of service for a total of 1,040 years at UD; and 154 employees with 15 years of service for a total of 2,310 years at UD.

Those honored, their years of employment at UD and office or unit are listed below.

15 Years

David H. Adkins, Management Information Services
Herbert E. Allen, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sharon M. Allen, Student Centers
Susan A. Amert, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Ann L. Ardis, Arts and Sciences
Paula M. Armstrong, University Development
Denis Atadan, Library
Deborah A. Auger, School of Urban Affairs
Mohsen Badiey, Marine Studies
Ellen Louise Baer, University Writing Center
Phyllis A. Bailor, Graphic Communications
Susan Morse Baldwin, Agricultural Communications
Elizabeth L. Baringer, Physics and Astronomy
David Bartolf, Public Safety
Janice Marian Bibik, Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
Trina M. Biederman, Dining Services
Susan V. Boyles, Facilities
Donna J. Brady, Facilities
Peter Brakhage, Theatre
Jeffrey S. Brown, Facilities
Joann E. Browning, Theatre
William L. Browning, Theatre
Joan Burnside, Animal and Food Sciences
Dorothy A. Carroll, English
John Case, Computer and Information Sciences
Sheila Chmiel, University Advisement Center
Biliana Cicin-Sain, Marine Studies
Amy Nelson Connell, General Accounting
Micaela Corradin, Professional and Continuing Studies
Sonia M. Covington, Cashier's Office
Dawn M. Cox, Graphic Communications
Shelia G. Cushing, Nursing
Zoubeida Ramez Dagher, School of Education
Irene Sprague Davis, Physical Therapy
Katherine Day, Facilities
Lu Ann DeCunzo, Anthropology
Melanie Kay Dement, Music
Timothy E. Detwiler, Finance
Joel Lee Dickerson, Facilities
Linda R. Diehl, Office of the University Registrar
Sharon H. Dorr, Alumni and University Relations
Tracy Tlumac Downs, Center for Counseling and Student Development
Richard Henry Duggan, Arts and Sciences
Albert M. Engberg Jr., IT-University Media Services
William A. Fendt, Occupational Health and Safety
R. Gary Ferguson, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Patricia A. Fink, Dining Services
Catherine Fitzmaurice, Theatre
Patricia A. Fogg, Facilities
Brenda E. Foraker, Professional and Continuing Studies
Joanne Forestell, Admissions
Michael Paul Freidly, Facilities
Martin James Gawel, IT-Network and Systems Services
Negede Gedamu, Animal and Food Sciences
Jo Gielow, English Language Institute
Jacqueline E. Griest, Professional and Continuing Studies
George Hadjipanayis, Physics and Astronomy
Anna Lee Halcomb, Facilities
Terry L. Hamilton, Facilities
Nancy E. Hardin, Dining Services
Cecily Sawyer Harmon, Labor Relations
Ward Alexander Harris, Agriculture Research and Education Center
John D. Hartsky, Public Safety
Karl D. Hassler, IT-Network and Systems Services
Crystal L.. Hayes, Facilities
John T. Hayman, Intercollegiate Athletics Program
Betty Jane Helms, University Development
Judith L. Hendricks, Nursing
Debbie L. Hendrickson, Facilities
Marjorie C. Hingston, Admissions
Richard E. Holland, Human Resources
Angela Hoseth, History
Lawrence Hotchkiss, IT-User Services
Mattie L. Hubbard, Facilities
Ikramul P. Huq, Marine Studies
Donna Iglesias, MBNA Career Services Center
Grace K. Isaacs, Animal and Food Sciences
Debra L. Jeffers, IT-User Services
James E. Jianniney Jr., Facilities
Eric William Kaler, Engineering
Victor Kaliakin, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mary C. Kernan, Business Administration
Frank J. Kerr Jr., Facilities
Susan Whitney King, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Rita M. Kingery, Accounting and MIS
Ann B. Kline, Student Centers
Diane F. Klonowski, Medical Technology
Maureen Koeller, Library
David L. Langenberg, Library
Alexander Lehrman, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Chung Ngoc Leung, Physics and Astronomy
Roger Lewis, Transportation Services
Keith F. Liebal, Dining Services
Norma Jean Little, Bookstore
Errol L. Lloyd, Computer and Information Sciences
Kathleen A. MacDonald, Library
Linda J. Magner, Computer and Information Sciences
America Martinez-Lewis, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Raelene Maser, Medical Technology
Scott F. Mason, Student Centers
Patrick J. McDermott, Facilities
Barbara C. McDowell, Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
William A. McGowan, Agriculture Research and Education Center
Susan A. Meyer, Student Health Services
Marcia D. Miller, Facilities
Dorothy A. Morgan, Facilities
Rebecca M. Moss, Facilities
Linda Elizabeth Nash, Dining Services
David H. Neff, Facilities
Nancy R. Nelson, Library
Joanne Marie Nigg, Sociology
Jane Noble-Harvey, Biological Sciences
Richard A. Noonan, Facilities
Linda A. Olsen, University Development
John F. Osoinach, Small Business Development Center
Elaine R. Patermo, University Relations
Kathleen R. Pohlig, Intercollegiate Athletics Program
Ali A. Poorani, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
Richard Paul Porter, IT-Network and Systems Services
Sara E. Poultney, Undergraduate Research Program
Diane L. Pugh, Human Resources
Alvina E. Quintana, English
Chandra L. Reedy, Museum Studies
Leslie Reidel, Theatre
Lidia K. Rejto, Food and Resource Economics
Thomas Rocek, Anthropology
Richard Romanelli, IT-Network and Systems Services
David Paul Roselle, Office of the President
Michael Rosenberg, UD Academic Center
Romain Valery Roy, Mechanical Engineering
Mariano Salem, Animal and Food Sciences
Joseph John Sawczuk, Biological Sciences
Carol Schmidt, Library
Michelle L. Schwinger, Dining Services
Brenda N. Sclavos, Nursing
Jane Sharf, University Writing Center
David R. Shearer, History
Beverly J. Smith, Public Safety
Eileen T. Smitheimer, Theatre
Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Physical Therapy
William O. Staker, Public Safety
Russell W. Stewart, Facilities
Mary F. Sullivan, Delaware Geological Survey
Lisa T. Sweder, Center for Counseling and Student Development
Gareth E. Tonnessen, Marine Studies
Lydia A. Trumbull, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Jewel H. Walker, Theatre
Kenneth John Wassmer, Facilities
Joan Watson, Facilities
Teclemariam Weldekidan, Plant and Soil Sciences
Elizabeth C. Weslager, Dining Services
Tracy Lynn Wootten, Agriculture Research and Education Center
Kimberly A. Yackoski, CHEP Office of Student Support Services
Xiao-Hai Yan, Marine Studies

10 Years

Frank R. Alcocer, Facilities
Mary F. Argo, Agriculture Research and Education Center
Kenneth E. Barner, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gretchen M. Bauer, Arts and Sciences
Stefanie Baxter, Delaware Geological Survey
Darlene E. Bell, Library
Linda A. Bigler, Center for Teaching Effectiveness
Jacqueline Bijansky, Marine Studies
Sookie K. Borsos, Facilities
Robert Bosler, Budget Office
Margaret B. Bottorff, Office of the Provost
Catherine A. Brown, MBNA Career Services Center
Clifford Allen Butzin, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
Deborah J. Carr, Health and Nursing Sciences
Stephen Craig Cary, Marine Studies
Alice K. Cataldi, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Christine E. Cook, Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Richard Copley Jr., IT-University Media Services
Pamela R. Cummings, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
Jan A. Daisey, Facilities
Erin C. Daix, Library
Daniel R. Davis, Transportation Services
Tracy L. Deliberty, Geography
John M. Demarco Sr., Facilities
Robert K. Diiorio, IT-University Media Services
Marya K. Dull, Professional and Continuing Studies
James Farmer, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Richard T. Field, Marine Studies
George Freeman, Art History
Rose Marie Gaasbeck, Financial and Information Services
Kelly A. Galvin, English Language Institute
Roberta Ellen Gealt, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
Marie A. Gleason, Center for International Studies
Susan Goodman, English
Carol L. Goubeaud, Facilities
Stephen P. Grasson, Student Health Services
Daniel M. Green, Political Science and International Relations
Vicki L. Grypa, Financial Aid
Jacqueline T. Guzzo, Business Administration
Kathleen Haddaway, Alumni and University Relations
Thomas L. Hardie, Nursing
Lana D. Harrison, Sociology
Frances Weier Haskins, Psychology
Edith Lillian Havens, Psychology
Juan Carlos Hervas, Communication
Chuck H. Howard, Facilities
Leah K. Jackson, Student Health Services
Marianne T. Johnson, Engineering
Bonnie M. Johnston, Institute of Energy Conversion
Valerie Ann Jones, Library
James B. Kaden, Ice Arenas
Susan S. Katz, University Honors Program
Constance C. Kelly, Individual and Family Studies
Virginia A. Knutson, Agriculture and Natural Resources
John M. Kosinski, Facilities
Francis A. Kwansa, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
Dina Wolanski Leaman, University Development
Ellen B. Lepine, Office of the Associate Treasurer
Sandra H. Lott, Student Health Services
Susan H. Maguire, Library
Christine Mahoney, Physical Therapy
Tara J. Manal, Physical Therapy
Denise T. Methven, Instructional Technology
John Patrick Montano, History
Frank A. Newton, Residence Life
David A. Nicolson, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Audrey J. Noble, Delaware Education Research and Development Center
Belinda T. Orzada, Consumer Studies
Elizabeth Duggins Peloso, Psychology
Rita M. Pennypacker, Physical Therapy
Penny S. Person, Facilities
Sheldon D. Pollack, Accounting and MIS
Patricia Powell, CHEP-Health Services Policy Research Group
Connie Lee Prettyman, Geography
Caroline W. Pruden, Food and Resource Economics
Breck Ledo Robinson, Finance
Florence Scali, Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center
Shirley M. Schmelter, Facilities
Ruth Ann Searl, Student Health Services
Harry W Shenton II, Civil and Environmental Engineering
James H. Sherman, Intercollegiate Athletics Program
Tamara Lyn Smith, Music
Iris R. Snyder, Library
Karen J. Spry, Center for Historic Architecture
Geoffrey L. Squier, Facilities
Donna M. Staats, Financial Aid
Virginia M. Stafford, Ice Arenas
Deborah B. Steinberger, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Gary R. Sterling, Facilities
Jian-Qiano Sun, Mechanical Engineering
Andras Z. Szeri, Mechanical Engineering
Michael Douglas Tate, IT-University Media Services
Phaedra Tavlarides-Hontz, Animal and Food Sciences
David W. Teague, UD Academic Center-Wilmington
Nancy Thomas, Affirmative Action/Multicultural Programs
Suzanne Tierney-Gula, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Michael A. Tomsic, Facilities
Diane D. Toth, Animal and Food Sciences
Lian-Ping Wang, Mechanical Engineering
Gary R. Weaver, Business Administration
Polly L. Weir, Conference Services
Deborah A. Williams, Admissions
Richard P. Wool, Chemical Engineering
Christopher S. Yasik, IT-University Media Services
Dawn Louise Yasik, Chemical Engineering

5 Years

James R. Adkins, Bioresources Engineering
Gary Stephen Allison, School of Education
Robin O. Andreasen, Philosophy
Karl Aquino, Business Administration
Stephen M. Ashby, Facilities
Busby N. Attoh-Okine, Civil and Environment Engineering
Xinhua Bai, Bartol Research Institute
Russell Barbarino, Intercollegiate Athletics Program
Juanita H. Beauford, Small Business Development Center
Lori A. Beck, Facilities
Ralph J. Begleiter, Communication
Joseph P. Bennett, Facilities
John C. Bernard, Food and Resource Economics
Joel G. Best, Sociology
Gregory D. Binford, Plant and Soil Sciences
Carole E. Blett, Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Linda L. Blevins, Marine Studies
Rebecca D. Boutz, Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Jacob L. Bowman, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Alison R. Brayfield, Museum Studies
Steven L. Brittingham, Facilities
Darlene V. Brown, Facilities
Martin C. Brueckner, English
Stephen L. Bunville, Facilities
Denise L. Burket, Library
Ronald A. Butt, Facilities
Terry L. Campbell, Finance
Scott E. Caplan, Communication
Kimberly D. Cavallio, Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center
Dorothy A. Clark, Professional and Continuing Studies
Michael Louis Clerkin, Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Susan Coakley, English Language Institute
Simon Condliffe, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
Deborah A. Cooper, Recreation Services
Jay F. Coughenour, Finance
Daniel E. Coyle, Facilities
Kathleen M. Crumlish, Distance Learning
Cheryl A. Cunningham, Office of Public Relations
Donald R. Daisey, Facilities
Alice J. Daugherty, CHEP Office of the Dean
John A. Dean, IT-University Media Services
Jo Anne Cusher Derbes, Library
Marisa A. DeLos Santos, UD Academic Center
Dorothy M. Desiderio, English Language Institute
Cathy A. DiTommasso, History
James J. Donovan, Public Safety
Alicia C. Downer, Facilities
Marc C. Drumm, Biological Sciences
Steven E. Duke, Facilities
John C. Dyer, Facilities
Lisa Ann Edler, University Development
Jeremy S. Edwards, Chemical Engineering
Kevin M. Eichinger, Occupational Health and Safety
Kathleen Feldman, Delaware Center for Teacher Education
Thomas J. Fernsler, Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center
Sarah Schmidt Fisher, Library
Vernon W. Foraker, Graphic Communications
Mary Anne Foran, Admissions
Danielle Ford, School of Education
Cole Galloway, Physical Therapy
Javier Garcia-Frias, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Beth Ann P. Gluck, Admissions
Anthony W. Goldston, Recreation Services
David A. Graham, Facilities
Toni E. Greene, Financial Aid
James M. Hageman, Office of the Archivist
Deborah A. Hall, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Susan J. Hall, Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
Corinne L. Hamed, Center for Composite Materials
Amy K. Harter, Center for Disabilities Studies
Mark R. Heissenbuttel, Center for International Studies
Theresa A. Henderson, Facilities
Thomas J. Hofferd, Accounting and MIS
Carole A. Huber, Library
Kimberly Ann Hunsicker, Facilities
Lisa Marie Hutton, Human Resources
John W. Insley, Facilities
Paul Jackson, Facilities
Sylvester Johnson Jr., Facilities
Michele W. Jones, Facilities
Nicole Jorlett, Conference Services
Charlotte A. Karin, Biological Sciences
Norman J. Karin, Biological Sciences
John K. Keagy, IT-Management Information Services
Gregory J. Keane, Agriculture and Natural Resources
James R. Keegan, UD Academic Center
Alex Keen, Student Centers
Kristin Keller, Public Safety
Hemant Kher, Business Administration
Fouad E. Kiamilev, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Albert Dennis Kirwan, Marine Studies
Eric Kmiec, Biological Sciences
Michelle V. Knights, Psychology
Tina M. Kosinski, Facilities
Carol A. Krawczyk, Plant and Soil Sciences
Brian S. Ladman, Animal and Food Sciences
Jennifer L. Lambe, Communication
Natalie F Lamoreau, Disaster Research Center
Donna E. Laws, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
David R. Legates, Geography
Matthew R. Lenno, Student Centers
Deirdre M. Lilly, School of Education
Bruce Lee Lipphardt Jr., Marine Studies
Robert J. Long, Biological Sciences
Crystal B. Maccari, Engineering
Kevin G. Mairs, Facilities
Scott A. Malcolm, Food and Resource Economics
Adam G. Marsh, Marine Studies
David H. McCarren, Marine Studies
Carol A. McClister, Cooperative Extension Service
Michael A. McCloskey, Admissions
Gary M. McCool, Facilities
Shelly L. McCoy, Library
Michelle S. McCullough,Marine Studies
Dianna McKellar, Library
Sandra L. McVey, User Services
Leonardo J. Milano, Bartol Research Institute
Ladonna Miller, Library
Patricia W. Miller, Admissions
Julie E. Mis, Animal Care
Lisa M. Moreland, Institute for Public Administration
Cheryl R. Morris, Internal Auditing
Sharon M. Mouton, Individual and Family Studies
Leslie Anne Murin, Risk Management/Rental Housing
Meghna U. Naik, Biological Sciences
Lynne W. Newlin, IT-Network and Systems Services
Albert J. Noujunas, Agriculture-Newark Farm
Edmund R. Nowak, Physics and Astronomy
Mary Ann Null, Distance Learning
Maria J. Palacas, Undergraduate Studies
Rebecca S. Panichelli, Student Health Services
Hetal M. Parekh-Olmedo, Biological Sciences
Syamsundar Parhi, Bartol Research Institute
Joan Parker, Library
Judith S. Patton, School of Education
Laura J. Pawlowski, Arts and Sciences
Joel L. Pease, Instructional Technology
Randy L. Persaud, Facilities
Darrin J. Pochan, Materials Science and Engineering
Christopher Poe, Facilities
Carolee A. Polek, Nursing
Judith L. Provencal, Physics and Astronomy
Jean D. Pulinka, Academic Enrichment Center
Joellen Rathbun, Graphic Communications
Daniel S. Richardson, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Florence C. Ross, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
Kathryn Roth, Chemical Engineering
Katherine S. Rudolph, Physical Therapy
Alexander Rudzinski, Library
Myrtle Rudzinski, Intercollegiate Athletics Program
Jonathan S. Russ, History
Melissa W. Sarver, Collection Services
Verna Sawyer, Animal and Food Sciences
Joel P. Schneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Barbara A. Scott, Plant and Soil Sciences
Winifred D. Scott, Accounting and MIS
Mark A. Serva, Accounting and MIS
Darla Janine Sherrier, Plant and Soil Sciences
Linda Ann Smith, Employee Wellness Center
Linda C. Somers, Lerner College of Business and Economics
Asa Timothy Spaulding, English
Michael D. Speechley, IT-University Media Service
Frank E. Spencer, Facilities
Mark Stalnecker, Investment Office
Neal A. Stephens, Theatre
Glen W. Stoole, IT-University Media Services
Robert L. Stozek, Facilities
Susan Strasser, History
Margaret M. Surowiec, Facilities
Hilary L. Surratt, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
Shawn C. Tingle, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Maryann Elizabeth Torta, Student Centers
John W. Troxell, Library
Sharon L. Turner, Office of the Executive Vice President and University Treasurer
Robin Uffelman, Mathematical Sciences
Liying Uyu, Marine Studies
Uma Velury, Accounting and MIS
Diane M. Venninger, Financial Aid
William Walker, Facilities
Frank M. Warren, Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Gary Wenczel, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Janice Wiley, Office of the University Registrar
Jeffrey M. Whisler, IT-User Services
Holly A. Williamson, Graphic Communications
Robert C. Witmer, Facilities
Carol A. Wong, School of Education
Mary Elizabeth Worrilow, English Language Institute
Ravindra Aruna Yatawara, Economics
Liying Yu, Marine Studies
Brenda Zappo, Office of the University Registrar
Yaohong Zhang, Marine Studies

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