University to honor retiring support, professional staff members

LAWRENCE — A University Support and University Professional Staff luncheon is planned this week to honor retiring KU employees. Barbara Bichelmeyer, provost and executive vice chancellor, will honor the retirees at the event at 11 a.m. May 12 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Retirees will receive a gift.

A list of current honorees – employees who have retired or will retire between Aug. 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022 – is below::

• Karen Bailey, 35 years, assistant director, Financial Services 
• Debra Baker, four years, accounting specialist, Strong Shared Services Center
• Xiufen Bi, 17 years, library specialist, KU Libraries
• Debbie Bolden, 35 years, registered nurse, Watkins Health Services
• Alisa Palmer Branham, 34 years, licensing coordinator, School of Education & Human Sciences
• Keith Brown, 20 years, custodian, Custodial Services 
• Loyd Bryant, 33 years, welder senior, Facilities Services Maintenance Services
• Arlene Garcia Buman, nine years, assistant custodial supervisor, Custodial Services
• Joseph Clow, two years, education program manager,Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute
• Robert Cole, 10 years, painter senior, Facilities Services Maintenance Services
• John Patrick Connolly, 38 years, program coordinator, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Daniel Consolver, 40 years, financial analyst, Hall Center for the Humanities 
• Rhonda Consolver, 37 years, assistant director, Achievement & Assessment Institute
• Kevin Curry, 26 years, education program manager, Academic/Professional Programs 
• Toni Dixon, 19 years, transportation coordinator, Transportation Research Center
• Matthew Dollar, 19 years, grant coordinator, Office of Research 
• Debbie Douglass-Metsker, eight years, administrative associate, Computational Biology
• Jane Widger Fulton, 10 years, Kansas Athletics
• Brenda Gach, 23 years, business manager, School of Education & Human Sciences
• Reynaldo Garcia, 10 years, custodian, Custodial Services 
• Jeri Glynn, 30 years, ticket office specialist, Lied Center
• Sharon Graham, 33 years, vice provost, KU Lifelong & Professional Education
• Amy Hardman, 39 years, business coordinator, School of Architecture & Design 
• Micheal Heaton, five years, director, Office of Research 
• Robert Hickerson, 28 years, archivist, Spencer Museum of Art
• Donna Hultine, 40 years, director, Transportation Services
• Catherine Johnson, three years, accountant senior, School of Engineering
• Sabine Jones, 20 years, administrative associate, Student Senate
• Chris Keary, 39 years, chief of police, Public Safety Office
• Dean Kettle, 46 years, research programs director, Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
• Elaine Knight, 17 years, administrative assistant, Department of Chemistry 
• William Lacy, 17 years, director, Dole Institute of Politics
• Sheryl Lang, 19 years, grant coordinator, Strong Hall Shared Services Center
• Linda Luckey, 25 years, director, Provost Office 
• William Jeffery Montgomery, 41 years, library associate, Law Library
• Debra Moody, 21 years, administrative assistant, Bureau of Child Research
• David Mucci, 23 years, KU affiliate, KU Memorial Unions
• Michael Neighbors, 26 years, IT engineer, Kansas Geological Survey
• Ranu Pal, 29 years, associate researcher, Higuchi Biosciences Center
• Scott Phillips, four years, IT technology manager, Watkins Health Services  
• Katherine Pryor, 42 years, director, KU Theatre & Dance 
• James Scott Ramskill, 18 years, laboratory coordinator, Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
• Dongsheng Rong, 17 years, IT senior programmer, Information Technology
• Micheal Rosenburg, 10 years, risk management director, General Counsel
• Sheryl Saathoff, 10 years, executive associate, School of Education & Human Sciences
• Vaughn Salisbury, 18 years, associate researcher,  Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
• Daniel Schillinger, 17 years, security supervisor, Public Safety Office
• Susan Bowden-Scott, nine years, administrative associate, Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering 
• Ken Snow, nine years, CAD manager, Facilities Planning & Development 
• Denise Spainhower, 21 years, grant officer, Office of Research 
• Jeanette Spencer, 15 years, grant coordinator, Bureau of Child Research 
• Christine Tomlin, seven years, grant coordinator, Office of Research 
• Jane Tuttle, 27 years, associate vice provost, Student Affairs
• Sandra Urish, 22 years, executive associate, School of Pharmacy 
• Conrad Volks Jr., 10 years, boiler operator senior, Facilities Services Maintenance Service
• Karla Wallace, 49 years, IT support technician, Information Technology
• M Katherine Weickert, 14 years, communications coordinator, Housing Office Administration 
• Doug Wendal, 24 years, associate director, Lied Center
• Rory White, 21 years, skilled trades supervisor, Facilities Services Maintenance Services 
• Richard Whitmore, 33 years, IT security compliance manager, Information Technology 
• Donna Wolff, 40 years, administrative associate, School of Business
• Tammie Zordel, 33 years, administrative associate senior, Self Graduate Programs.