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252 faculty members, academic professionals retire

Between Aug. 16, 2011, and Aug. 15, 2012, 252 faculty members and academic professionals retired from the UI, according to the Office of Academic Human Resources. Those who retired during that time were honored last spring at the campus’s Academic Service Recognition Luncheon. Also honored were employees celebrating an employment milestone (10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 years) during that time.

ACES Information Technology and Communication Services

Mary M. Avelis, network analyst, 19

David K. Wilson, media communication specialist, 12

Academic Human Resources

Cheryl Y. Hahn, associate director, 34

Academic Outreach

Kenneth W. Gustin, assistant head of operations, 18

Academic Programs and Services (University Administration)

Warren W. Osborne, project technical coordinator for Illinois u.select, 5

Accountancy

Clifton E. Brown, interim and associate head of accountancy, director of Professional Programs and the H.T. Scovill Professor, 33

Administrative Information Technology Services

Starr A. Dalton, service support coordinator, 30

Elizabeth R. Miles, Enterprise systems specialist, 13

Rosemary Northrup, data security specialist, 21

Theresa M. Pfoff, software engineer, 31

Marcia L. Tarvin, help desk system support specialist, 29

Patricia A. Tuchman, Enterprise systems specialist, 34

M.R. Wieties, business intelligence architecture coordinator, 33

Advertising

Jerome Juska, visiting instructor, 3

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

John B. Braden, professor emeritus, 33

Margaret Rosso Grossman, Bock Chair in Agricultural Law Emerita, 32

Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, College of (administration)

Hans-Peter M. Blaschek, interim assistant dean of Biobased Research Initiatives, interim director of the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, professor and Institute for Genomic Biology professor, 32

E.L. Rogers, visiting senior director of advancement, 14

Alison B. Schmulbach, executive assistant dean for administration, 28

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Steven Eckhoff, professor of agricultural engineering, 24

Animal Sciences

Joseph L. Beverly, professor, 16

Dan B. Faulkner, professor, 29

Anthropology

Janet D. Keller, associate dean, curator and professor, 35

Architecture

Paul J. Armstrong, associate professor, 26

Donald F. Fournier, chair of the Building Research Council and a research specialist in sustainable planning and design, 11

Michael T. McCulley, associate professor, 33

Art and Design

Anne D. Hedeman, professor and campus honors faculty member, 29

Timothy J. Hickey, coordinator instructor resources, 33

Ronald R. Kovatch, professor, 23

Timothy J. Van Laar, professor, 31

Aviation, Institute of

Joanne M. Tschopp, assistant aviation education specialist, 34

Beckman Institute

See-Wing Chiu, research programmer, 26

James Farrar, research programmer, 11

Biotechnology Center

Kathleen A. Brinkmann, career service director, 14

William P. Hanafin, research specialist, 22

Bernard Montez, senior research specialist, 34

Board of Trustees/Secretary Office

Michele M. Thompson, secretary of the UI board of trustees and secretary of the university, 26

Bureau of Educational Research

Anne S. Robertson, coordinator of the Office of School-University Research Relations, 16

Business Administration

John W. Kindt, professor, 34

J.E.L. Miller, coordinator of graduate education program, 14

Business, College of (development)

Ruth Yontz, teaching associate, 26

Business, College of (administration)

John H. Hedeman, assistant dean, 9

Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

Kathy K. Chang, senior research programmer, 23

Mary Ellen Farrell, library system coordinator, 30

Anne Hudson, application support specialist, 16

Campus Information Technology and Educational Services

Panit P. Lisy, executive director, 29

Dale J. Smoes, manager of project planning and design, 27

Campus Honors Program

Carolyn M. Allen, assistant director for operations, 26

Center for Teaching Excellence

Jane M. Alsberg, specialist in education, 19

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Charles F. Zukoski, the J. and W. Lycan Professor and a professor in the Materials Research Lab, 27

Chemistry

Alexander Scheeline, professor, 31

Patricia A. Shapley, professor, 26

Andrzej Wieckowski, professor, 27

Christine T. Yerkes, lecturer and director of the General Chemistry Program, 31

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Robert H. Dodds, professor and the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Chair, 27

Edwin E. Herricks, professor emeritus, 36

Donald R. Uzarski, visiting lecturer, 17

Classics

William M. Calder, professor and the William Abbott Oldfather Professor, 24

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Michael A. Grady, senior technology architect and strategist, 36

Mona B. Heath, executive program officer, IT governance, 19

Comparative Biosciences

Steven P. Fay, instructional lab specialist, 24

Computer Science

Laura H. Baylor, academic adviser, 30

Michael T. Heath, the Fulton Watson Copp Chair, director of the Computational Science and Engineering Program and the Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets, 21

Teresa F. Schurg, senior research programmer, Technology Services Group, 29

Council on Teacher Education

Margaret E. Jerich, assistant director for accreditation, 10

Crop Sciences

Ralph W. Esgar, agronomist, 29

Michael J. Plewa, campus honors faculty member and professor 38

Randy B. Rogers, research specialist in agriculture, 18

William H. Shoemaker, senior research specialist in agriculture, 30

Ram J. Singh agronomist, 29

Charles A. Smyth, manager of system services, 22

Elizabeth D. Wagner, research specialist in life sciences, 36

Curriculum and Instruction

Sharon Baroody, head project teacher, 9

Janice Sherbert, adjunct lecturer, 11

Dean of Students, Office of the

Ruth F. McCauley, associate dean of students, 18

Division of Management Information

Carol J. Livingstone, director and associate provost for management information, 29

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Ronald P. Toby, professor, 34

Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

Jeanne M. Connell, assistant professor, 24

Deborah Richie, executive assistant dean and adjunct assistant professor, 24

Education, College of (administration)

Mildred V. Trent, assistant dean for diversity, access and academic affairs, 28

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Narendra Ahuja, the Willett Professor of Engineering, professor in the Beckman Institute, the Coordinated Science Lab and the Information Trust Institute, 33

Shun L. Chuang, the MacClinchie Distinguished Professor and professor in the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, 29

William D. O’Brien, the Willett Professor of Engineering, professor in the Beckman Institute and the Coordinated Science Laboratory, 37

John R. Tucker, professor and professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, 31

Benjamin W. Wah, research professor for the Information Trust Institute, 26

Jianhua Zhang, lecturer, 26

Energy Services

Fred H. Koss, engineer, 15

Engineering, College of (administration)

Eve E. Earles, recruiting and retention coordinator, 8

Michael C. Hirschi, assistant dean and professor emeritus, 27

Tina M. Prow, director of engineering publications, 25

Mary J. Yeazel, senior assistant director of Engineering Career Services, 27

English

Richard S. Powers, a Swanlund Endowed Chair and writer-in-residence, 20

Facilities and Services

Guy T. Christopher, network support specialist, 24

Clark E. Wise, director of construction management, director of technology services, 29

Finance

Virginia G. France, academic adviser and assistant professor, 24

Fine and Applied Arts, College of (administration)

Marilou A. Hinrichs, research programmer, 26

Mary E. O’Shaughnessey, executive assistant dean, 35

Fire Service Institute

Gregory A. Fisher, assistant fire education specialist, 32

Food Science and Human Nutrition

William E. Artz, associate professor, 28

Mary S. Brewer, professor emerita, 23

Bruce M. Chassy, professor, 23

Heather J. Mangian, senior research specialist in life sciences, 33

French

H. Adlai Murdoch, associate professor, 16

Geology

Craig M. Bethke, the Ralph E. Grim professor, 28

Chu-Yung Chen, associate professor and director of educational affairs, 30

Genomic Biology, Institute for

Timothy P. Kerestes, director of operations and facilities, 27

Government and Public Affairs, Institute of

J. Fred Giertz, professor, 32

History

Mark H. Leff, associate professor and campus honors faculty member, 26

Evan M. Melhado, associate professor, 38

Human and Community Development

Donna J. Olson-Armstrong, media communication specialist, 19

Illinois Informatics Institute

Robert E. McGrath, software developer, 20

Illinois Natural History Survey

Carolyn Nixon, education and outreach specialist, 25

Illinois Public Media

David K. Inge, creative specialist, 36

Jay H. Pearce, director of created content, 14

Denise M. Perry, broadcast research-operations specialist, 20

Celeste M. Quinn-Inge, creative specialist, 32

Rita M. Schulte, director of membership marketing, 31

Harriet Williamson, broadcast research-operations specialist, 12

Illinois State Geological Survey

Michael L. Barnhardt, senior geologist, 9

Debra A. Griest, assistant director for administrative services, 15

John P. Grube, petroleum geologist, 12

Keith C. Hackley, head and senior geochemist, 32

David G. Morse, head and senior petroleum geologist, 9

Cheryl K. Nimz, managing technical editor, 12

Richard J. Rice, associate geologist, 9

Illinois State Water Survey

Mark J. Belding, research programmer, 20

Mark D. Brooks, chemist, Institutional Water Treatment field service, 29

Yi Han, sediment chemist, 22

Steven D. Hilberg, director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center, 21

Sofia Lazovsky, chemist, 21

Kent W. Smothers, head of the Center for Chemistry and Technology, chemist, 31

H. Allen Wehrmann, head of the Center for Groundwater Science, 29

William P. White, geomorphologist, 10

Institutional Review Board

Susan J. Keehn, director, 7

Intercollegiate Athletics, Division of

Dana M. Brenner, assistant director, 32

J.S. Greene, associate athletic director for research development and senior development director, 21

Sandra J. Long, coordinator of data and financial management, 31

Alan R. Martindale, head athletic trainer, lecturer, 29

Steven L. Murray, network analyst, 30

Krannert Art Museum

Kathleen M. Jones, research curator, 33

Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of (administration)

Holly B. Korab, senior director of communications and marketing, 25

Lucille S. Rich, assistant dean, 26

Joan V. Tousey, associate dean for advancement, 18

Carol D. Wakefield, director of budget and resource planning, 29

Landscape Architecture

David A. Kovacic, associate professor, 25

Library

Tina E. Chrzastowski, division coordinator, physical sciences, chemistry librarian and professor of library administration, 25

Alfred Kagan, professor of library administration, African studies bibliographer, 20

Kathleen A. Newman, associate professor, biotechnology librarian, 11

Diane C. Schmidt, professor of library administration, biology librarian, 22

Mary P. Stuart, professor and history and philosophy librarian, 35

Bruce W. Swann, associate professor and classics librarian, 26

Library and Information Science, Graduate School of

Ann P. Bishop, associate professor, 20

Library (administration)

Margaret E. Steele, senior manager, information technology production services, 15

Materials Research Lab

Ernest A. Sammann, principal research engineer, 40

Materials Science and Engineering

Terri L. Brantley, visiting business and finance specialist, 15

John M. Bukowski, coordinator of instructional labs, 22

Mathematics,

A.J. Hildebrand, professor, 26

Kathleen R. Smith, instructor, 7

Debra J. Woods, lecturer and director of Netmath program, 23

McKinley Health Center

David P. Lawrance, assistant director of clinical services, clinical assistant professor and staff physician, 33

Mechanical Science and Engineering

David A. Hamman, director, Center for Business Development, 7

Michael L. Philpott, associate professor and acting associate head for undergraduate programming, 22

Surya P. Vanka, professor, 24

Media and Cinema Studies

Ivy Glennon, assistant professor, 32

John C. Nerone, communication scholar, director of graduate studies, research professor, 29

Medical Microbiology

Abigail A. Salyers, the Center for Advanced Studies professor of microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology professor, 35

Medicine, College of (administration)

Diana A. Dummitt, associate director of advancement, 24

Mary K. Mortland, instructor, 14

Microbiology

Charles G. Miller, professor, 21

Jun Kai Zhang, research specialist, 20

Minority Student Affairs

Otis G. Williams, assistant dean of students, 28

Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Rhanor Gillette, professor and Institute for Genomic Biology professor, 34

Elzbieta Skorupa, senior research biologist, 28

Music

Thomas R. Turino, professor, 25

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

George A. Estes, multimedia technology specialist, 27

Robert A. Fiedler, technical program manager, 31

Edee N. Wiziecki, assistant director, 12

Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Robert G. Darmody, professor of pedology, 31

Office of Business and Financial Services

University Office of Capital Programs and Real Estate Services

Dennis L. McConaha, associate director, 15

Martha I. Morgan, staff associate, 23

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David A. Woodbury, assistant director of project management, 10

Office of the Senior Associate Vice President for Business and Finance

Douglas E. Beckmann, deputy comptroller and senior associate vice president for business and finance, 25

John W. Tolar, assistant vice president for administrative services, 32

Purchasing (Urbana)

Catherine J. Reisner, senior associate director of purchasing, 25

University Accounting and Financial Reporting

Janice K. Gill, assistant controller of university accounting services, 34

Roger O. Wade, business and financial coordinator, 27

Online and Continuing Education, Office of

Douglas J. Brewer, interim director and professor, 28

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Kathleen A. Holden, visiting director, 30

Pathobiology

Mariangela Segre, professor and director of graduate studies, 44

Pathology

Robert Dantzer, professor, 26

Pediatrics

Susan C. Lansky-Shafer, clinical associate professor 26

Daniel L. Picchietti, clinical associate professor, 25

Pharmacology

Byron W. Kemper, professor, department head and professor of physiology, 38

Philosophy

Robert C. Cummins, professor, 7

Arthur Melnick, professor, 41

Physics

Gary E. Gladding, 41

Thomas J. Miller, research associate professor, 33

Plant Biology

Beth A. Morgan, coordinator of multidisciplinary instructional laboratory, 17

President, Office of the

Williams D. Adams, associate chancellor, 22

Psychology

Denise D. Cummins, adjunct professor, 6

Paul E. Gold, professor and Institute for Genomic Biology professor, 12

Katherine C. Hatch, director of budget and resource planning, 18

Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Bruce E. Wicks, associate professor, 22

Registrar, Office of the

Carol E. Malmgren, registrar, 19

Barbara K. Wood, assistant registrar, 35

Religion

R.V. Pandharipande, campus honors faculty member, professor of Sanskrit, 39

Sociology

Shirley J. Hatchett, associate professor, 20

Special Education

Janet S. Gaffney, adjunct professor and professor, 25

Margaret M. Patten, research information specialist, 14

Laurel P. Preece, media communications specialist, 26

John S. Trach, associate professor, 28

Speech and Hearing Science

Nicoline G. Ambrose, associate head and professor, 26

Adrienne L. Perlman, head, professor and adjunct professor, 19

Sponsored Programs and Research Administration, Office of

Penny K. Weaver, associate director of strategic initiatives and interim co-director, 17

Staff Human Resources

Dorothy R. Carlson, business and finance specialist, 24

Sheryl A. Hembrey, assistant director for budget and resource planning, 32

Laverne M. Musselman, assistant to the director (finances), 28

Statistics

Ditlev Monrad, associate professor emeritus, 33

Student Financial Aid

Susan H. Dickey, assistant director, 29

Fawnie M. Honea, student financial aid administrator, 25

Victor E. Martinez, associate director, 24

James A. Neilson, management methods analyst, 15

UI Bands

Lucinda J. Lawrence, assistant to the director of bands and librarian, 18

UI Extension

Karen M. Chan, extension educator, family and consumer economics, 19

Rhonda I. Hardy, extension educator, community economic development III, 19

Denise F. Kistner, county extension director III, 27

Vietfen V. Kuo, extension educator, youth development II, 11

Gregory P. LaPlante, network administrator, 14

Sandra L. McGhee, extension educator, youth development I, 13

Lynnette Mensah, extension educator, family and consumer science II, 10

David J. O’Brien, extension adviser, Farm Bureau Farm Management Association, 32

Jacqueline E. Wilson, extension educator, family and consumer science, 10

UI Foundation

James C. Schroeder, senior vice president and vice chancellor for institutional advancement, 4

UI Online

Iris K. Stovall, director of instructor development and support, 30

Undergraduate Admissions

Martin J. Johnson, system engineer, 13

University Laboratory High School

Susan M. Kovacs, assistant director, 10

University Outreach and Public Service

William Sutton, regional program director, 25

University Press

Barbara S. Evans, media communication specialist, 17

William L. Ridenour, technical programmer specialist, 9

Urban and Regional Planning

Tschangho J. Kim, endowed professor, 36

Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of the

Richard W. Covington, research information specialist, 24

Ali A. Mirarefi, director of international research partnerships, 25

Thomas R. Shaw, business operations specialist, 24

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Office of the

Deborah K. Knight, assistant to the director, 12

Veterinary Clinical Medicine

Cathy L. Greenfield, associate professor, 23

Veterinary Medicine, College of (administration)

Diane M. Lynn, management methods analyst, 21

Richard M. Mahan, management methods analyst, 18

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