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University Support Staff retirees honored at annual dinner

Edmee Rodriguez/University Relations

Annette Delaney pins a corsage on retiree Lois Taylor, an accountant at the Kansas Geological Survey, at the annual University Support Staff retiree dinner on Oct. 17.

Nearly 35 retirees were honored at the 28th annual university support staff retirees dinner Oct. 17 at Adams Alumni Center.

This year's group has a combined 625 years of service to KU, and 11 have worked 25 years or longer.

The retirees are listed below, with their position, department and years of service.

  • Andrea Arnaud, administrative office supervisor, KU Memorial Unions, 15
  • Winifred M. Berger, senior administrative assistant, Kansas Geological Survey - Wichita, 20
  • Rebecca Chappell, gifts and clothing supervisor, KU Memorial Unions, 10
  • Nancy Cluchey, accountant, Bureau of Child Research, 11
  • Patricia Fairchild, school supplies supervisor, KU Memorial Unions, 9
  • Eldon Delaine Ferrell, equipment operator trainee, Facilities Operations - Landscape Maintenance, 12
  • Mary Edith Fitzpatrick, maintenance/service worker - food service, Student Housing - Ekdahl Dining Services, 27
  • Barbara Gorman, administrative associate senior, Libraries, 9
  • Jerome L. Hanson, technology support consultant, Aerospace Engineering, 36
  • Margaret S. Hawkins, maintenance/service supervisor - custodial, Facilities Operations - Custodial Services, 16
  • Sidney Biccum Hays Jr., skilled trade supervisor, Facilities Operations - Preventive Maintenance, 21
  • Kelvin C. Helmert, facilities specialist, Facilities Operations - Carpenters, 33
  • Gordon D. Holland, media/audio technician, Design, 33
  • Georgia R. Hunter, custodial specialist, Facilities Operations - Custodial Services, 20
  • Ervin F. Huslig, lock system specialist senior, Facilities Operations - Carpenters, 27
  • Arnold Leone Johnson, maintenance/service worker - custodial, Housing Maintenance, 12
  • Beverly M. Koerner, administrative associate senior, geography, 36
  • Bev Mater, senior administrative specialist, General Counsel, 34
  • Glenda McKinstry, technology support consultant, Information Services - Information Technology, 33
  • Gloria D. Muehlberger, maintenance/service worker - animal science, Animal Care Unit, 20
  • Ron Peterson, skilled trade worker - general maintenance, Health, Sport and Exercise Science, 3
  • Mary Pat Scheurich, administrative assistant, Student Health Services, 17
  • Allan O. Schwarz, skilled trade worker senior - carpenter, Facilities Operations - Carpenters, 41
  • Linda K. Shotts, accounting specialist, Spanish and Portuguese, 12
  • Carmela M. Sibley, administrative specialist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 25
  • Phil Herbert Sibona, facilities specialist, Facilities Operations - Central Heating, 18
  • Lois Jean Taylor, accountant, Kansas Geological Survey, 19
  • Raymond A . Teichmann, custodial specialist, Facilities Operations - Custodial Services, 5
  • Milton C. Whitebread, skilled trade supervisor, Housing Maintenance, 20
  • Barbara Ann Woodruff, accountant, Libraries, 31.

TOPONYMS

The original Green Hall, now Lippincott Hall, was dedicated Nov. 3, 1905, and named at the insistence of students for KU's first law professor and dean, James W. Green. He fought with the Kansas Legislature for decades over money for his continually expanding faculty and for a permanent building. "Uncle Jimmy" Green served the law school for 41 years.