Career Services Center library naming recognizes longtime employees

9:37 a.m., June 9, 2011--The University of Delaware Career Services Center has dedicated its library in honor of the important contributions of two longtime UD employees.

The library, located in the center on Academy Street, is now the Sharf/Townsend Career Library in honor of Edgar "Jack" Townsend and Richard Sharf.

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Townsend, who joined the UD administration in 1969, retired in December 2009 as director of the Career Services Center after serving terms as assistant and later associate dean of students.

Sharf, who served UD for 35 years, retired from positions as senior psychologist with the Center for Counseling and Student Development and as an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

"Jack Townsend had a positive and life enhancing effect on thousands and thousands of students," said Matthew Brink, director of the Career Services Center. "His leadership and vision for career services made possible our students successful transitions into professional life."

The dedication event "not only recognizes the significant contribution of Richard Sharf and Jack Townsend, it highlights the many years of outstanding collaboration between the Career Services Center and the Center for Counseling and Student Development in the delivery of career development services to our students," said Charles Beale, director of the Center for Counseling and Student Development.

The dedication was hosted by UD's Division of Student Life.

Photo by Evan Krape