{"id":61148,"date":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-honor-retirees-with-at-least-40-years-of-service\/"},"modified":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-honor-retirees-with-at-least-40-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/uri-to-honor-retirees-with-at-least-40-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to honor retirees with at least 40 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tUniversity to induct 79 members in Lifetime Service Society June 10<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 30, 2013 \u2013 It started as an idea that came out of 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley\u2019s campus community meeting in 2011.<\/p>\n


\nCynthia Faria, a coordinator in the office of Property and Support Services, sent the president an email through now retired Vice President of Advancement Robert Beagle, suggesting the University have a formal program for recognizing long-term employees.<\/p>\n


\n\tThree years later that idea has become a reality, as 90 retirees with 40 or more years of service to 溏心vlog免费B站 will be inducted into the Lifetime Service Society Monday, June 10 at 10 a.m. outside the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons.<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring the function on the library patio, the retirees will be presented with a framed plaque. Commemorative bricks inscribed with their names and number of years will be installed in the patio. The bricks will eventually be moved to a section of Main Street, a project involving extension of the Dieter Hammerschlag Mall, which now extends from the library to the Multicultural Center. The recognition program is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs employees retire from 溏心vlog免费B站 with 40 or more years, they will be able to sign a form allowing their name to be inscribed on a brick, and placed on the campus. Each June there will be a ceremony for those retirees and their families. Also, future nominations may be made through the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Human Resources Office.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis may have been my big idea, but our committee made it bigger and better,\u201d Faria said. \u201cEveryone on the committee has worked long and hard to make this a special honor for faculty and staff who have given so much to the University.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t“One characteristic of an outstanding organization is its commitment to people,\u201d Beagle said. \u201cThe Lifetime Service Society is an important reflection of 溏心vlog免费B站, as it says that the University respects and appreciates employees who have devoted their careers to it. The bricks will be a forever visible reminder of this.”<\/p>\n


\n\tThe committee, which met for the first time in September 2011, decided to limit recognition to those who served 40 years at 溏心vlog免费B站, not at any other state agency. Members agreed that 40 years represented a \u201clifetime of service. \u201dThe group held its first meeting with Dooley in June 2012.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe are inviting all living retirees and relatives of those who have passed away to participate in the ceremonies,\u201d Faria said.<\/p>\n


\n\tCommittee member Laura Kenerson, director of personnel services, was charged with contacting the retirees or their families.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI received several letters and comments back expressing great appreciation for being honored in this way,\u201d Kenerson said. \u201cYou never know how meaningful gestures like the Lifetime Service Society can be to people with whom we have worked for so many years. Our honorees have heartfelt feelings for 溏心vlog免费B站, and it is wonderful that the University is able to recognize these individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to Faria and Kenerson, the committee members are: Bob Beagle, chair, Katherine Faella, senior technology programmer; Michael Rice, professor of fisheries, animals and veterinary science; Sarina Rodrigues, associate library professor; Diane Soule, university architect, Jerome Sidio, director of facilities services and Sheleen Clarke, director of Lands and Grounds.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe honorees are: <\/p>\n


\nGeorge Adams (posthumous)

\nSona Aronian, Kingston

\nNadine L. Baer, Clinton, Mass.

\nJohn Barlow (posthumous)

\nStanley M. Barnett, Wakefield

\nShirley H. Barney, West Kingston

\nAllan Berman (posthumous)

\nHenry B. Biller, Warwick

\nFrank H. Bills (posthumous)\u2028

\nChristopher W. Brown, Saunderstown

\nHarold Browning (posthumous)

\nHowland Burdick (posthumous)

\nJ. Allan Cain, Kingston

\nViola B. Card, Wakefield

\nEverett P. Christopher (posthumous)\u2028

\nDorothy E. Clare, Warwick

\nWilliam Croasdale, Kingston

\nJeannette E. Crooker (posthumous)

\nFrank J. DeLuise, Wakefield

\nDorothy F. Donnelly, Providence

\nAgnes G. Doody, Wakefield

\nKathleen A. Durand, North Kingstown

\nWayne K. Durfee, Saunderstown

\nWilfred P. Dvorak, Kingston

\nMabel DeWitt Eldred (posthumous)

\nWilliam R. Ferrante, Saunderstown

\nHoward H. Foster, Warwick

\nJohn M. Grandin, Wakefield

\nLawrence C. Grebstein, Kingston

\nThomas A. Grigalunas, Wakefield

\nEdward A. Grove, Saunderstown

\nRobert S. Haas, Kingston

\nWarren M. Hagist, Saunderstown

\nR. Choudary Hanumara, Kingston

\nFrank H. Heppner, Wakefield

\nO. Don Hermes, Wakefield

\nKerwin E. Hyland, Exeter, N.H.

\nAlbert L. Kenyon, West Warwick

\nM. Thelma Kenyon, Narragansett

\nAlfred G. Killilea, Kingston

\nThomas J. Kim, Wakefield

\nMaury N. Klein, Saunderstown

\nWilliam C. Klenk, Wakefield

\nHarold N. Knickle, Warwick

\nJames G. Kowalski, Narragansett

\nGerasimos Ladas, Wakefield

\nJoan M. Lausier, Wakefield

\nHelen M. Leeming, North Kingstown

\nStephen V. Letcher, Kingston

\nJames T. Lewis, Peace Dale

\nKenneth T. Mars Jr. (posthumous)

\nW. Lynn McKinney, Narragansett

\nShashanka S. Mitra (posthumous)

\nWilfred H. Nelson, Kingston

\nRichard T. Neuse, Kingston

\nTheresa H. Newton (posthumous)

\nScott W. Nixon (posthumous)

\nJan A. Northby, Kingston

\nJohn L. O\u2019Leary, Wakefield

\nStephen B. Olsen, Wakefield

\nWilliam T. O\u2019Malley (posthumous)

\nMartha S. Patnoad, Narragansett

\nTommaso Pitassi, Narragansett

\nNancy A. Potter, West Kingston

\nWilliam Henry Potter (posthumous)

\nDianne L. Preble, North Kingstown

\nRichard F. Purnell, Providence

\nHerbert \u201cPriday\u201d Rawdon (posthumous)

\nKenneth H. Rogers, West Kingston

\nVincent C. Rose, Kingston

\nStephen D. Schwarz, Kingston

\nLawrence W. Sherman, Peace Dale

\nRoger Allen Sherman (posthumous)

\nAlbert Silverstein, Pawtucket

\nJames L. Starkey, Miramar Lakes, Fla.

\nArthur B. Stein, Wakefield

\nSharon H. Strom, Narragansett

\nE. R. Suryanarayan, Kingston

\nFrederick L. Test, Springfield, Mo.

\nGary J. Thurston, Wakefield

\nEarl J. Travers, Saunderstown

\nLucy Commins Tucker (posthumous)

\nNancy A. Tucker, Wakefield

\nDonald W. Tufts (posthumous)

\nGerry S. Tyler, Saunderstown

\nBruno M. Vittimberga (posthumous)

\nRobert G. Weisbord, Kingston

\nJohn F. Wills III, (posthumous)

\nDonald J. Zeyl, Kingston

\nNorman L. Zucker, Kingston<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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