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Faculty members, academic professionals retire

Between Aug. 16, 2010, and Aug. 15, 2011, 198 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.

Accountancy

Ira Solomon, head and Robert C. Evans Endowed Chair, 28

Administrative Information Technology Services

Stephenie R. Braham, assistant director, Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Administration, 16

Earl D. Buenting, database specialist, 25

Jeffrey A. Fletcher, Enterprise Resource Planning technical project lead specialist, 32

Aerospace Engineering

Ki D. Lee, professor, 26

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Andrea H. Beller, professor of family economics, 32

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Randolph E. Fonner, extension specialist, 21

Allerton Park and Retreat Center

Christina S. Hermann, assistant director of development, 10

Alumni Relations and Records

Catherine E. Amberg, associate director of college relations, 13

Joseph S. Rank, vice president, membership, 15

Animal Biology

Arthur L. Devries, professor, 35

Animal Sciences

Dennis R. Campion, professor and interim associate dean for public and corporate relations, 22

Michael F. Hutjens, professor emeritus, 32

Keith W. Kelley, professor, 27

James E. Shahan, management methods analyst, 10

Applied Health Sciences, College of (administration)

Sara M. Kelley, assistant dean for advancement, 27

Architecture,

Mir M. Ali, professor and chair of Structures Division, 26

Paul S. Kruty, professor, 22

Art and Design, School of

Elizabeth M. Delacruz, professor, 23

Jonathan D. Fineberg, Gutsgell Professor and professor of art, 27

Kimiko Gunji, director of Japan House, campus honors faculty member and associate professor, 39

Jeryldene M. Wood, associate professor, 20

Regina Ziemann, supervisor of student teachers and visiting assistant professor, 9

Beckman Institute

Van A. Anderson, associate director, 29

Michael D. Smith, associate director of Operation and Systems Services, 26

Business Administration

Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, professor and IBE Distinguished Professor, 31

Robert S. Wyer, J.M. Jones professor, 37

Business, College of (administration)

Jo W. Duchene, executive assistant dean, 27

Daniel W. O’Connell, director of Golder Center, 9

Business Innovation Services

Presentacion Milas, training specialist, 5

Robert G. Sheets, director of research and development, 5

Cell and Developmental Biology

John C. Hough, assistant professor, 29

Center for Writing Studies

Gail E. Hawisher, director and professor, 27

Chemistry

John A. Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Endowed Chair and Beckman Institute affiliate, 42

James M. Lisy, director of graduate studies and professor, 30

J. Douglas McDonald, professor, 40

Classics

Maryline G. Parca, campus honors faculty member and associate professor, 23

David Sansone, professor and head, 36

Danuta R. Shanzer, professor, 8

Communication

Peggy J. Miller, adjunct professor and professor, 20

Comparative Biosciences

Val R. Beasley, assistant head and professor, 33

Aslam S. Hassan, associate professor, 29

Gerald J. Pijanowski, associate professor, 33

Conferences and Institutes

James C. Onderdonk, head, 14

Creative Services

Ann L. Bergeron, media/communication specialist, 16

Crop Sciences

Michael B. Kleiss, principal research specialist in agriculture, 27

Dianne A. Noland, teaching associate, 31

Curriculum and Instruction

Ann P. Sargent, adjunct lecturer, 12

Economics

Salim Rashid, professor, 30

Bart M. Taub, professor, 21

Nicholas Yannelis, professor and Commerce Distinguished Alumni Professor, 23

Education, College of (administration)

Scott D. Johnson, chief information officer, associate dean and professor, 24

Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

Michael A. Peters, professor, 13

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Stephen G. Bishop, associate head, research professor and professor, 22

Chester S. Gardner, professor and research professor, 37

P.R. Kumar, professor, Woeltge Professor, research professor and Information Trust Institute research professor, 27

Gary R. Swenson, professor and research professor,13

Engineering, College of (administration)

N.J. Brown, academic program coordinator, 39

David E. Goldberg, professor, visiting professor and J.S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor, 20

English

Leon C. Chai, professor, 27

Alice A. Deck, associate professor , 28

Executive MBA Program

Jane G. White, associate director, 19

Family Medicine

Janet M. Reis, professor, 23

Finance

David M. Sinow, clinical professor and director of the Finance Academy and executive director of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research, 25

Fine and Applied Arts, College of (administration)

James R. Anderson, professor, associate dean and space and energy coordinator, 39

French

Douglas A. Kibbee, campus honors faculty member and professor, 25

Geology

Wang-Ping Chen, professor and head, 30

History

Elizabeth H. Pleck, professor, 17

Housing Division

F.D. Block, associate director of dining services, 21

Human and Community Development

Joseph Pleck, professor, 17

Illinois Natural History Survey

Lynn H. Smith, marketing specialist, 28

John K. Tucker, visiting research specialist, 19

Illinois Public Media Broadcasting

Catherine G. Dobrovolny, WILL station manager, 29

Illinois State Geological Survey

Michael J. Chrzastowski, senior coastal geologist, 8

Wen-June Su, engineering geologist, 12

Illinois State Water Survey

Kathryn E. Douglas, associate professional scientist, 32

Henry V. Knapp, hydrologist, 24

Jon A. Rodsater, research field specialist, 26

Robert W. Scott, manager of the Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring Program and meteorologist, 33

Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering

Wilfred B. Hall, associate professor, 31

Manssour Moeinzadeh, associate head and associate professor emeritus, 29

Intercollegiate Athletics

Ronald E. Guenther, director, 19

Journalism

Steven J. Helle, professor, 32

Louis W. Liebovich, professor, 25

Kinesiology and Community Health

Les G. Carlton, associate professor and associate head, 29

Mary Carlton, teaching associate, 28

Jonathan E. Sivier, research programmer, 24

Labor and Employment Relations, School of

John J. Lawler, professor, 28

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Joseph L. Love, interim director of Lemann Institute, 45

Library

Alvan M. Bregman, associate professor and Rare Books Collection librarian, 14

Gail P. Hueting, principal cataloger and associate professor, 35

Janice T. Pilch, associate professor and Slavic and Eastern European technical librarian, 15

Miranda B. Remnek, professor and head, Slavic Library, 8

Library Collections/Support

Josephine A. Petry, visiting physical treatment coordinator, 6

Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, School of (administration)

Linda J. Hemminger, director of Foreign Language Teacher Education, 7

Material Science and Engineering

James Economy, professor, 22

Mathematics

Zoltan Furedi, professor, 20

Katherine A. Wahl, teaching associate, 32

McKinley Health Center

Linda N. McEnerney, staff physician, 16

Caroline Y. Princehouse, staff pharmacist, 8

Mechanical Science and Engineering

Susan L. Herricks, educational programs coordinator, 8

James W. Phillips, associate head for undergraduate programs and professor, 42

Media, College of (administration)

Thomas C. Galer-Unti, director of budget and resource planning, 35

Media and Cinema Studies

Norman K. Denzin, professor, research professor, professor of criticism and interpretive theory and communications scholar, 40

Medical Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, professor, professor emerita, CAS professor, professor of physiology, Beckman Institute affiliate, and Swanlund Endowed Chair, 39

Medicine, College of (administration)

Joseph P. Goldberg, assistant professor of clinical medicine, 10

Richard W. Mintel, adjunct associate professor, 32

Dan H. Turner, research programmer, 16

Microbiology

Stephen K. Farrand, professor, 25

Music, School of

Chester L. Alwes, associate professor, 29

Ian R. Hobson, professor, CAS Professor of Music and Swanlund Endowed Chair, 36

loan-Sherban Lupu, associate professor, 24

Scott A. Wyatt, professor, 37

Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Anton G. Endress, professor, 25

Mary A. Lila, professor of plant physiology, 27

Guillermo A. Mendoza, associate professor, 26

Robert J. Reber, associate professor of nutrition, 48

Joanne Vining, professor, 25

NCSA

Radha Nandkumar, assistant director of campus relations, 32

Thomas E. Roney, senior operations program manager, 12

Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering

Barclay G. Jones, professor and professor of mechanical engineering, 49

Office of Business and Financial Services – Business Information Systems

Mary G. Shobe, assistant director, 26

Office of Technology Management

Mark A. Kaczor, senior technology manager, 21

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Suzanne R. Trupin, clinical professor, 28

Office for Information Management

Zvi Ritz, director and associate professor, 32

Office Of the Chancellor

Robert C. Damrau, coordinator, Office of the Senate, 18

Pathobiology

Elizabeth A. Greeley, clinical assistant professor and research scientist, 32

Philosophy

Richard D. Mohr, professor, 33

William R. Schroeder, associate chair and professor of criticism and interpretive theory, 32

Robert G. Wengert, associate professor and campus honors faculty member, 45

Physics

Tai-Chang Chiang, professor and research professor, 31

Colin P. Flynn, professor and research professor, 51

Dennis J. Kane, senior specialist in automated education and teaching associate, 39

Janet L. Kane, director of budget and resource planning, 30

Fredrick K. Lamb, professor and Fortner Endowed Chair, 41

Susan A. Lamb, associate professor, 31

Plant Biology

Hans J. Bohnert, professor, Institute for Genomic Biology professor and director of the W.M. Keck Center, 10

Political Science

Margarita Ham, assistant to the head, 26

Psychology

Gregory A. Miller, director of Biomedical Imaging Center, professor and affiliate of the Beckman Institute, 29

David H. Skadden, academic adviser, 11

Sociology

C.G. Swicegood, associate professor, 27

Special Education

James W. Halle, Goldstick Family Scholar Professor emeritus, 25

Student Financial Aid

Rajamma C. Nair, management methods analyst, 11

Theater

Kathy A. Perkins, professor, 22

UI Extension

Betty Barsley-Marra, extension educator, family life II, 9

John A. Church, extension educator, natural resource management III, 35

Gonzalo A. Escobar, extension educator, 4-H youth development II, 18

Rosemary Gibbons, county extension director III, 19

Amy D. Griswold, extension educator, family life III, 13

Susan M. Guinnip, county extension director III, 19

John C. Horn, county extension director II, 5

Rickey G. Keim, county extension director III, 31

Alan J. Kulczewski, county extension director III, 17

Earle W. Mailand, county extension director II, 9

Bruce R. McVety, county extension director II, 9

Doris J. Odem, extension educator, urban leadership II, 11

James D. Oliver, associate chancellor and assistant dean of urban and metro affairs, 7

Dean R. Oswald, extension educator, animal systems, III, 34

Cheryl L. Reidenouer, extension educator, expanded food and nutrition education program III, 15

Katherine J. Reuter, consumer and family economics III, 33

Brenda J. Roedl, extension unit educator, natural resource management II, 14

Marion D. Shier, visiting extension associate at the National Soybean Research Laboratory and extension unit educator, crop systems III, 33

Jeffrey C. West, county extension director II, 29

Alvin D. Zwilling, extension specialist, project development sustainability, 29

Universitywide Student Programs

Gayle G. Layman, director, 25

University Laboratory High School

Hiroko T. Ito, teaching associate, 31

Barbara J. Ridenour, teaching associate, 23

University Press

Joan M. Catapano, associate director and editor-in-chief, 10

John W. Huntington, Honors College Faculty and professor, 35

Veterinary Medicine, College of (administration)

Virginia A. Winckler, associate dean of finance/administration, 25

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of the

Kristine J. Campbell, assistant vice president of academic affairs, 20

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