KU to honor faculty, academic staff retirees May 19

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will honor retiring faculty and academic staff members with a lunch at noon May 19 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.  Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter will recognize the employees during the lunch.

Retirees and one guest will be guests of the chancellor. Cost for additional guests is $20. For reservations, send a check payable to KU to Debra Bia, Chancellor’s Office, 230 Strong Hall. The reservation deadline is Tuesday, May 12.

Retirees:

Corinne Anderson, French and Italian, 40 years

Danny Anderson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 27 years

Maria Carlson, Slavic Languages and Literatures, 27 years

Robert Clark, Edwards Campus, 17 years

Shelley Hickman Clark, Law, 25 years

Steve Colson, Special Education, 27 years

Susan Craig, Art and Architecture Library, 34 years

Michael Davis, Law, 44 years

Rene' Diaz, Architecture, Design and Planning, 27 years

Howard Ebmeier, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 28 years

Richard Eversole, English, 46 years

Terry Faddis, Mechanical Engineering, 28 years

Johannes Feddema, Geography, 17 years

William Fleissner, Mathematics, 28 years

Robert Foster, Music, 44 years

John Gergacz II, Business, 37 years

George Gibbs, Music Library, 25 years

Lorraine Haricombe, Libraries, nine years

Susan Harris, English, 12 years

William Harris, English, 12 years

Peter Hierl, Chemistry, 45 years

Raymond Higgins, Psychology, 40 years

Doug Houston, Business, 33 years

Marian Hukle, Mathematics, 11 years

Mary Ellen Kondrat, Social Welfare, eight years

Jan Kozma, French and Italian, 37 years

David Lerner, Mathematics, 39 years

Murray Levin, Business, 35 years

Thomas Lewin, History, 40 years

James Lichtenberg, Psychology and Research in Education, and Education Administration, 40 years

Stanley Lombardo, Classics, 38 years

Angela Lumpkin, Health, Sport, and Exercise Science, 14 years

Joyce McCray-Pearson, Law Library, 21 years

Sandra Craig McKenzie, Law, 36 years

Ed Meyen, Special Education, 41 years

Gerald Mikkelson, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, 48 years

Rachel Buckwalter Miller, Libraries, 34 years

Tom Mulinazzi, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, 35 years

Rosalea Postma-Carttar, Spanish and Portuguese, 22 years

Richard Reber, Music, 50 years

Richard Ring, Libraries and History, 36 years

Delores Ringer, Theatre, 30 years

Sally Roberts, Special Education and Education Administration, 38 years

Judith Roitman, Mathematics, 37 years

Stan Rolfe, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, 45 years

Keith Russell, Libraries, 16 years

K. Sam Shanmugan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 34 years

Robert Shelton, Religious Studies, 48 years

Ann Turnbull, Special Education, 34 years

Rud Turnbull, Special Education, 34 years

Vicky Unruh, Spanish and Portuguese, 26 years

Theodore Wilson, History, 49 years

James Woelfel, Philosophy, and Humanities and Western Civilization, 49 years

Bill Woods, Geography, nine years.