Dinner to thank retiring employees

KU will honor retiring faculty and unclassified staff members with a dinner at 6:30 p.m. May 27 in the Kansas Union ballroom.

Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger will recognize the employees during the annual dinner.

Retirees and one guest will be guests of the chancellor. Tickets for additional guests are $15. For reservations, send a check payable to KU to Bev Mater, Chancellor’s Office, 230 Strong Hall. Reservation deadline is May 20.

Honorees, their departments and years of service are:

Carol E. Anderson, business, 18; Dorothea M. Anderson, University Press, 16; Margaret J. Arnold, English, 36; William R. Arnold, sociology, 36; Barbara E. Bangert, special education, 11; Kenneth A. Bishop, chemical and petroleum engineering, 39; David Born, human development and family life, 29; S. Daniel Breslauer, religious studies, 26; Russell S. Buchholz, facilities operations, 34; Maribeth Crawford, music and dance, 34; Michael Doudoroff, Spanish and Portuguese, 39; Donnis Graham, KU Center for Research, 22; Willard Guy, Kansas Geological Survey, 12; Lawrence W. Hatfield, information services, 39; Alan R. Hawkins, music and dance, 29; Thelma Helyar, Policy Research Institute, 27; Maia Kipp, theatre and film, 18; Suzanne Knorr, Continuing Education, 1; Sher Kopf, Center for Research on Learning, 17; Nowhan Kwak, physics and astronomy, 38; Alfred J. Lata, chemistry, 38; Gary Laws, comptroller’s office, 16; Jerry Lewis, business, 46; William E. Lewis, business, 11; Jo Lowe, social welfare, 2; Douglas Miller, Academic Computing Services, 13; Charles H. Nicholas, information services, 27; Nancy Peine, Alumni Association, 38; Jan Roskam, aerospace engineering, 36; Pete Rowland, political science, 23; Dennis Saleebey, social welfare, 17; Roger Shimomura, art, 35; William A. Shunk, Endowment Association, 20; Glenda B. Stevens, Dole Institute of Politics, 1; James E. Strobl, Watkins Memorial Health Center, 26; Max Keith Sutton, English, 39; Richard E. Tessel, pharmacology and toxicology, 28; Mary F. Todd, Bureau of Child Research, 23; Lawrence Tomlin, Edwards Campus, 18; Fred Van Vleck, math, 42; Robert L. Walters, KU Center for Research, 34.