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University Support Staff retirees to be honored for years of service

KU will honor nearly 600 years of service from twenty-seven retirees this month during the 29th Annual Retirement dinner for University Support Staff.

Hosted by the chancellor and provost, the dinner will be held in the Adams Alumni Center on Oct. 25, beginning with a reception at 6 p.m. Retirees may bring one guest. Cost for additional guests is $12. For more information, contact Mary Karten, 864-7346

  • Karen I. Allen, 20 years, Student Health Services Administration
  • Mike Auchard, 23 years, Housing Maintenance
  • Jim Boose, 15 years, carpenter, Housing Maintenance
  • Pamela Jane Carpenter, 6 years, provost's office
  • Linda R. Copp, 38 years, libraries
  • Marilyn J. Domke, 9 years, comptroller
  • Sandra G. Duersch, 25 years, psychology
  • Roy S. Gilliam, 19 years, Housing Maintenance
  • Janet K. Girnius, 25 years, Housing Maintenance
  • Paula D. Guffey, 10 years, custodial services, Facilities Operations
  • Ruth A. Hughes, 32 years, Higuchi Biosciences Center
  • Halina Maria Kot, 13 years, engineering, Facilities Operations
  • Samuel L. Lewis, 11 years, KU Memorial Unions-Kansas Union
  • Michael A. Lieberman, 27 years, Housing Maintenance
  • Rita K. Lovell, 30 years, FO custodial services
  • Anita Elizabeth Moske, 14 years, comptroller
  • Lanora Lenna Newell, 28 years, custodial services, Facilities Operations
  • Nora L. Nieder, 28 years, Student Health Services Administration
  • William C. Pentlin, 26 years, KU Memorial Unions-KS Unions
  • Carole Ann Perry, 16 years, Bureau of Child Research
  • Ann Pierce, 33 years, Student Health Services Administration
  • Virginia L. Sayler, 27 years, graduate school and international programs
  • Lois Elizabeth Stewart, 15 years, Kansas Geological Survey - Wichita
  • LeRoy I. Teichmann, 15 years, custodial services, Facilities Operations
  • Dennis Albert Thompson, 14 years, management information, Facilities Operations
  • Eva Jo Wallace, 28 years, Student Health Services Administration
  • Pamela J. Williams, 15 years, Bureau of Child Research.

RESEARCH MATTERS

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