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Faculty members, academic professionals retire

Faculty members, academic professionals retire

Between Sept. 1, 2007, and Aug. 31, 2008, 123 faculty members and academic professionals retired from the UI, according to the Office of Academic Human Resources.

The retirees, their positions, units and approximate years of service:

ACES Administration

Charles E. Olson, assistant dean of academic programs, 37

ACES Information Technology and Communication Services

Kenneth D. McPheeters, research specialist in agriculture, 27

Administrative Information Technology Services

Bruce E. Schiel, senior resource programmer, 27

Admissions and Records

Erik Vered, visiting systems engineer, 4

Advertising

Linda M. Scott, associate professor, 16

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Gerald C. Nelson, professor, 23

Laurian J. Unnevehr, professor, 23

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Loren E. Bode, professor, 35

Anthropology

Olga Soffer, professor, 23

Associate Vice President for Human Resources

Rita L. Hunt, director of human resource policy and administration, 9

Astronomy

Harold Ravlin, research programmer, 36

Aviation, Institute of

David N. Boyd, associate aviation education specialist, 8

Biochemistry

Louise Cox, assistant to the head, 29

Bioengineering

Bruce Wheeler, professor of bioengineering and Institute for Genomic Biology affiliate, 28

Broadcasting

Roger Cooper, creative specialist, WILL-FM, 31

Henry I. Szujewski, creative specialist, WILL-TV, 22

Bureau of Economic and Business Research

Tess Morrison, business and technology development specialist, 12

Business

Susan Cohen, associate professor, 22

George E. Monahan, professor, Executive MBA Program, 22

Greg R. Oldham, associate dean and C.C. Spivey Distingished Professor, 35

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Richard C. Alkire, Charles and Dorothy Prizer Chair, 39

Chemistry

Peter Beak, Center for Advanced Study professor of chemistry, James R. Eiszner Chair, 47

Robert M. Coates, professor, 43

Cinema Studies, Unit of

David M. Desser, director and professor, 27

Stephanie C. Shafer, assistant dean and professor, 36

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mark M. Clark, professor, 21

J.W. Eheart, professor, 30

Douglas A. Foutch, professor, 31

Comparative and World Literature

Gabriele Cooper, visiting lecturer, 24

Computer Science

Carolyn Renken, research programmer, 6

Continuing Education

Cheryl A. Barber, program coordinator, 18

Crop Sciences

Cleora D’Arcy, professor, 30

Curriculum and Instruction

Ian Westbury, professor of curriculum and instruction, 35

Dean of Students, Office of the

Curtis B. McKay, director of LGBT Resources, 21

William L. Riley, dean of students, associate vice chancellor, adjunct associate professor, 22

Educational Organization and Leadership

Howard K. Schein, adjunct associate professor and program director for Unit One, 40

Education Administration

Susan M. Lewis, special assistant to the dean, 21

Educational Psychology

Gary A. Cziko, professor, 28

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mark W. Spong, professor, 24

Engineering Administration

Karyl K. Van Dyne, associate director of development, 11

Environmental Council

David C. White, principal research specialist in agriculture, 19

Facilities and Services

Clifford Carey, capitol planning architect, 13

Galen J. Winchip, manager of applications development, 12

Finance

Stephen P. D’Arcy, professor, 30

Geography

Thomas D. Frank, associate professor and director of spatial data analysis, 29

History

Orville V. Burton, campus honors faculty, professor, senior research scientist, 34

Government and Public Affairs, Institute of

Paul R. Craig, program director and senior fellow, 11

Human and Community Development

Judy Hartley, director of Child Care Resource Services, 12

Janet E. Ireland, head teacher, 8

Charlotte J. Martin, child-care resource specialist, 12

Geraldine G. Peeples, program coordinator, Consumer and Homemaker Education Program/Parent Readiness Education Program, 14

Human Resource Education

Chandra Sommers, clinical assistant professor, 6

Intercollegiate Athletics

Gary L. Winckler, head varsity coach for women’s track, 23

Illinois Natural History Survey

William L. Anderson, research scientist, 10

Ruth M. Wagner, associate support scientist, 11

Illinois State Geological Survey

C.B. Trask, associate professional scientist, 21

Illinois State Water Survey

Van C. Bowersox, senior professional scientist, 29

Kathleen J. Brown, supportive scientist, 17

Patricia G. Gobert, visiting head librarian, 23

Kenneth E. Kunkel, interim director and principal scientist, 20

International Programs and Studies

Nancy L. Kobel, assistant director for administration, 31

Kinesiology and Community Health

Ann L. Pollok, teaching associate, 33

Labor and Employment Relations, School of

Peter Feuille, professor, 31

Law

William J. Davey, Guy Raymond Jones chair and professor, 24

Liberal Arts and Sciences Administration

Sylvia J. Riley, assistant dean, 22

Library

Nelly S. Gonzalez, professor and head of Latin American library services, 33

Library and Information Science, Graduate School of

Leigh S. Estabrook, professor, 22

Beatrice Nettles, professor and Campus Honors faculty, 24

Warden B. Rayward, professor, 10

David Kent Yates, research programmer, 26

Materials Research Laboratory

William A. Testory, assistant director, 28

Materials Science and Engineering

Phillip H. Geil, professor and associate head, 29

David A. Payne, professor, 34

Raju A. Perecherla, coordinator of instrument labs, 24

Mathematics

Stephanie Alexander, professor, 40

Robert M. Fossum, professor, Beckman Institute affiliate, 44

Peter A. Loeb, professor, 40

Paul E. Schupp, professor, 41

J.J. Uhl, professor, 40

McKinley Health Center

Edward C. Mohrbacher, assistant director and director for laboratory services, 16

Mechanical Science and Engineering

Martha Atwater, deputy director of the Nano-CEMMS Center, 5

Jonathan A. Dantzig, professor, 26

Medicine, College of

Timothy Barber, clinical associate, psychiatry, coordinator of Introduction to Clinical Medicine, department of surgery, 15

Terry Hatch, clinical associate professor of pediatrics and of internal medicine, professor of food science and human nutrition and of nutritional sciences, 24

Curtis Krock, interim head, clinical associate professor of internal medicine, 7

David Morse, clinical associate professor of internal medicine, 18

Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Wen-Yu Lin, research scientist, 20

Music

David F. Atwater, assistant director for operations, 24

John W. Hill, professor, 30

James F. Keene, Brownfield Professor of Music, director of bands, 23

Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences

James E. Appleby, principal research specialist in agriculture, 42

NCSA

E.J. Grabert, senior research programmer, 11

Harold Hard, assistant director of government relations, 25

William A. Lane, associate director, 22

Janet Thot Thompson, assistant director, 10

News Bureau

Andrea E. Lynn, editorial associate, 29

Office of Business and Financial Services

Business Information Systems

Daniel E. Edwards, assistant director, 17

Corporate Card Programs

Marsha L. Hardman, procurement customer resource specialist, 27

Grants and Contracts

Mary M. Fruhling, coordinator of grants and contracts, 18

Mary K. Tilstra, assistant director of post-award grant bills, 23

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Erica F. McClure, professor of sociolinguistics and education, 35

Patricia D. Petrie, continuing education coordinator, 9

Rosalyn D. Schwartz, professor, 20

Pathobiology

Victor E. Valli, professor, 18

Philosophy

Steven J. Wagner, associate professor, 31

Physics

Paul T. Debevec, professor, 31

Richard M. Martin, professor, Beckman Institute affiliate, 20

Planning and Administration

Linda D. Bair, assistant vice president of planning and administration, 35

Planning and Budgeting, University Office of

J.D. Stewart, assistant vice president, interim associate vice president of human resources, 22

Psychology

Kathy N. Anderson, research specialist, 5

Edward F. Diener, Joseph R. Smiley Professor, 34

Louise F. Fitzgerald, professor, 21

Joseph Malpeli, professor of psychology and Beckman Institute affiliate, 31

Public Safety

Kipling P. Mecum, director of emergency planning, 32

Social Work, School of

Tonya L. Manselle, clinical assistant professor, 14

UI Extension

Bruce E. Burk, Extension adviser, Farm Business Farm Management, 23

Ellen Burton, regional director, 39

Kay M. Doll, Extension director, 16

Barbara J. Farner, Extension educator, nutrition and wellness, 38

Gary R. Goodwin, Extension adviser, Farm Business Farm Management, 31

Douglas G. Peterson, Extension communication specialist, 29

Michelle L. Pride, Extension director, 24

Donald G. Schellhaass, Extension director, 15

Robert J. Wynstra, Extension communication specialist, 16

Veterinary Clinical Medicine

Thomas E. Goetz, chief of equine medicine and surgery, professor, 25

Michael W. Thomas, clinical associate professor, 6

Veterinary Medicine Administration

Michael J. Miller, research programmer, 14

Vice Chancellor for Research

Thomas W. Delanty, director of purchasing, 27

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