Employees recognized for service to university

Employees
recognized for service to university
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BY DANA BENSON
Rice News Staff

Rice faculty
and staff were honored for their years of service to the
university at a Feb. 6 luncheon. Employees were given a
token of appreciation for service ranging from five years
to 40 years.

Retirees also
were recognized at the ceremony. Twenty-nine of the 41 retirees
had more than 20 years of service to the university, and
trees will be planted on campus in their honor — living
reminders of their service to Rice.

Dean Currie,
vice president for finance and administration, noted that
two current employees have given four decades of service
to the university — Sophy Silversteen, catalog librarian
at Fondren Library, and David Hellums, the A.J. Hartsook
Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering.

Silversteen’s
accomplishments during her years at Rice include teaching
at The University of Texas School for Library Science and
serving as secretary for the Rice Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
Hellums’ remarkable work here includes serving as chairman
of the chemical engineering department from 1970 to ’75
and as dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering
from 1980 to ’88.

“Many organizations
struggle to keep long-term employees,” said Currie,
who spoke for President Mal-colm Gillis, who was away on
university business. “But at Rice, the number of honorees
has risen in each of the past nine years, making this the
largest number of service awards ever given. This trend
is one measure of your dedication to Rice — a commitment
that has helped to make Rice the leading university it is
today.”

He added that
the continued service of Rice faculty and staff will play
an important role in meeting the goals of the university
set out in the strategic plan, “Rice: The Next Century.”

“Each day,
we all see — and hear — the new construction that
will house Rice’s programs in the 21st century. But
it is the people who teach and work in those buildings who
will make it possible to fully realize the bold plan we
have envisioned,” Currie said.

To all those
honored at the luncheon, Currie said, “There is an
epigram most appropriate for this occasion. It says, ‘We
make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we
give.’ All of you have not only made a living here,
you have made a life here. And in doing so, you give life
and vitality to the purposes of our university.”

Rice’s
new associate vice president for human resources, Mary Cronin,
also addressed the faculty and staff at the ceremony. On
board only since last month, Cronin joked that she has less
service than anyone else at the ceremony.

2000 retirees
Patricia Armentor
Lydia Banegas
Frank Bearden*
Hardy Bourland
John Brelsford
Cleveland Brown
Wayne Campbell
Joel Cyprus
Sam Davis
Derek Dyson
Jeanette Foley
John Freeman Jr.
Rose Graham
Ingrid Hansz
Sandy Havens
Jessie Hawkins
Eva Lee
Guang-Ling Liao
Lorraine McKaye
Curt Michel
Tornes Mock
Evelyn Nolen
Robert O’Dell
Graham Palmer
Thomas Rabson
Joan Rea
Shirley Redwine
Lee Richardson
Eloisa Salinas
Verna Nell Sandefer
Bernice Smith
Stephen Subtelny
Jo Ann Timmins
Hector Urrutibeheity
Edward Valles
Chao-Cheng Wang
Raymond Wells
Clara Williams
Barbara Willis
Michael Winkler
Irene Zisek

Tree plaque
recipients
Patricia Armentor
Frank Bearden*
Hardy Bourland
John Brelsford
Cleveland Brown
Wayne Campbell
Joel Cyprus
Sam Davis
Derek Dyson
Jeanette Foley
John Freeman Jr.
Sandy Havens
Jessie Hawkins
Eva Lee
Lorraine McKaye
Curt Michel
Tornes Mock
Evelyn Nolen
Graham Palmer
Thomas Rabson
Joan Rea
Verna Nell Sandefer
Stephen Subtelny
Hector Urrutibeheity
Edward Valles
Chao-Cheng Wang
Raymond Wells
Barbara Willis
Michael Winkler

40 years
David Hellums
Sophy Silversteen

35 years
Antonio Alejos
Diane Berger
Nancy Boothe
Jackie Bourne
Sidney Burrus
Robert Hauge

30 years
Willie Anderson
Hans Ave Lallemant
Ed Billups
Oscar Byrd
Lynda Crist
Terrence Doody
Linda Driskill
Paul Engel
Thomas Haskell
Larry McIntire
Georgia Savage
Gene Smith
Richard Tapia
Ewa Thompson
James Thompson
Stephen Tyler
Albert Van Helden
Jean Vorhaben

25 years
Jeraldine Abner
Madeleine Alcover
John Anderson
Fitch Andrus
Philip Bedient
Baruch Brody
Alicia Cuadros
Minnie Dowels
Reginald Dufour
Paul Ellison
Raphael Fliegel
Willie Gordon
Brian Huberman
Mark Kulstad
Elba Lopez
Sylvia Louie
George Marcus
Bas Poulos
Jabus Roberts
Illa Rose
Veronica Sellers
Ken Smith
Angie Veltman

20 years
Richard Batsell
Kate Beckingham
Karin Broker
Robert Cartwright
Patty Ciampi
Norma Cowley
Guadalupe Galvan
Richard Grandy
Laura Hsu
William Lassiter
Victor Lopez
Marie Lyons
Roderick McIntosh
Steven Moniaci
Suzanne Null
Victoria Ottley
Joan Strassmann
Michael Stuart
Suzana Vazquez
Agnes Washington
Michael Watkins
Diania Williams
Kyriacos Zygourakis

15 years
Dallas Adkins
Zelelew Agiz
John Alford
Behnam Azhang
Billy Bonner
Paul Bruno
Suchan Chae
Reginald Coleman
Clarence Dettling
Sandi Edwards
Maria Espinosa
Arazely Garza
David Gorham
Tomasa Guajardo
Nancy Henry
Lloyd Johnson
Iva Jorgensen
Pat Kambhu
Amy Kan
Kerry Keck
John Kroll
Alexis Latner
Kiem-lieu Le
Sara Lowman
Maria Maldonado
Ann Martin
Katherine McKinin
Marty Merrit
John Paul
Roy Perez
John Powell
Pedro Prado
Doyle Price
David Queller
Mary Reed
Irma Rivera
Gulzar Rizvi
Alvaro Rodriguez
Leticia Rodriguez
Yolanda Sanchez
Robin Sickles
Manik Talwani
Diana Thomas Walker
Linda Torczon
Drucilla Vail
Tong Wang
George Wells

10 years
Joe Arevalo
Lucia Baez
Heather Barr
Enrique Barrera
Julie Bogar
Janet Braam
Randy Castiglioni
Francisca Castillo
Zoraida Castro
Walter Chapman
Tim Cochran
Valerie Cormier
Paula Cox
Scott Derrick
Donald Doucet
Marc Dudey
Nancy Ehrhardt
Sandi Elsik
Mike Fagan
Marco Flores
Maria Flores
Catherine Foulston
Ute Franklin
Lucille Fultz
Marina Gamez
Ron Goldman
Maria Gonzalez
Jean-Joseph Goux
Rhonda Guajardo
Joan Guthrie
Naomi Halas
Deborah Harter
Eddie Hernandez
Dina Horn
Thomas Iezzi
David Ikenberry
Dolores Indalecio
Yury Kamensky
Stephen Kidd
Marek Kimmel
Charles Koelbel
Edita Lemus
Alba Marquez
Janet Martin
Mark Mazina
Victor McDonald
Kay McStay
Helena Michie
Malgorzata Michnicka
David Minter
Ebertina Miranda
Cheryl Morehead
Fran Moshiri
Tom Murray
Linda Neyra
Chesson Olawaiye
Victor Owens
Suzanne Patton
Lee Pecht
Diana Polisensky
Alfredo Ramos
Felipa Ramos
Robert Redman
Dottie Robinson
Rodrigo Rodriguez
Susan Rooks
Robert Roux
Geronimo Sanchez
Renae Scott
Jane Segal
Daniel Sherman
Anne Smith
Sandra Solis
Michael Stern
Heidi Thornton
Harry Wilkinson
Kim Williams
Michael Wilmore
Phillip Wood
James Young
Carolyn Zerda

5 years
Mauro Alcorta
Dean Allcorn
Julia Amborski
Joe Barnes
Andrew Barron
Bonnie Bartel
Elias Bongmba
Janice Bordeaux
Constance Burke
Diane Butler
Janis Cain
Susan Castanza
M. Felicia Cavallini
Yoosoon Chang
Kathy Collins
Linda Cooper
Bob Cumming
Pam Daniels
Crystal Davis
Gaylon Denney
Kathy DuPlessis
Karen Duston
Fares el-Dahdah
Geary Eppley
Inci Ertan
June Ferrill
Jeff Fitlow
Sylvia Flores
Rob Fowler
Lisa Galloy
Rosa Garay
Carlos Garcia
Eleazar Gavia
Jo Gerla
Jack Gless
Richard Gordon
Ruby Gore
Arthur Gorski
Terrence Graham
Jane Healey
John Herndon
Becky Heye
Mona Hicks
Noreen Hoard
Les Hulsey
Linda Humphreys
Juanita Jones
Michelle Jones
Betty Joseph
Ann Jungmeyer
Nanda Kirkpatrick
Benjamin Lee
Johnna Leider
Nancy Letness
Dorothy Lewis
Ann Lugg
Eric Margolis
Seiichi Matsuda
Susie McClure
Tina McDuell
Jane McNeel
Margaret Montgomery
Sherry Nassar
Julian Navarrete
Jeffry Nichols
Mark Oberholzer
Teresa Parks
Jaynish Patel
Ann Peterson
Edward Platner
Maria Ramos
Josuzetta Reed
Mauro Reyes
Jose Romero
Patricia Roycroft
Rick Russell
Marcela Salas
Paul Sanders
Ray Scholton
Vicki Seefeldt West
Qimiao Si
Ramon Sirias
Eric Stewart
Alex Stutler
Devika Subramanian
Mary Swift
Heather Syrett
Julia Tang
Lia Unrau
Leticia Vera
Chuan Yue Wang
Jon Warren
Hank West
Terry Whitt
Helen Williams
Jennifer Wilson
Denell Wiseman
Wen Yan
Colin Zelt

* deceased

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