Dinner to honor retirees
This year’s 25th annual classified employee retirement dinner will honor 21 people with a collective 525 years of experience at KU.
The retirement recognition will begin with a reception at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 23, in the All-American Room at the Adams Alumni Center. A dinner will follow at 6:30 p.m.
The event is an opportunity for Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost
and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger to show their appreciation
for the employees’ service to the university.
Honored staff members, titles and years of service are:
Harry M. Buchholz Jr., senior electronics technician, facilities operations
instrumentation, 36; Nancy E. Burchett, senior administrative assistant,
university registrar, 21; Rena K. Clodfelter, library assistant II, libraries,
32; Charles W. Duver, electronic technologist, facilities operations instrumentation,
32; Donna L. Flory, social worker specialist, psychology, 31; Irene Faye
Graham, custodial specialist, housing maintenance, 28; Susan L. Hamilton,
library assistant II, libraries, 33; John D. Howard, printer specialist,
printing services, 12; Roland Hurst, electronics technologist, civil/environmental/architectural
engineering, 39; Linda Sue Kramer, equipment planning technician II, Networking
and Telecommunications Services, 28; Marilyn Landon, library assistant
I, libraries, 31; Donna K. McMechan, public service administrator, College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 22; Kay Mengers, computer operations supervisor,
computing services, 36; Ginny Ovenstone, senior administrative assistant,
16; Randall L. Rose, senior general maintenance repair technician, facilities
operations construction, 12; Robert Sieber, physical plant supervisor,
facilities operations steamfitters, 23; Ursula C. Stammler, library assistant
III, architecture administration and academics, 24; Geneva Swartzel, administrative
assistant, student health services, 26; Bobbie Trowbridge, administrative
specialist, speech/language/hearing, 15; Carol Ann Vernon, library assistant
II, libraries, 7; and Marilyn M. Zishka, senior administrative assistant,
comptroller’s office, 21.