Inside Rensselaer, September 14, 2012: Employees Feted at 40th Annual Recognition Dinner


		Volume 6, No. 13, September 14, 2012




	Members of the Administration division celebrated their milestone anniversaries. Photos by Kris Qua

Employees Feted at 40th Annual Recognition Dinner

Human Resources recently hosted the 40th annual Employee Service Recognition and Retirement Dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn. Employees who have completed service in five-year increments were honored, as well as employees who retired during the last fiscal year.

“I often have said that the Rensselaer staff are the great enablers—the people, many working behind the scenes with little recognition—who make possible everything we do here,” President Jackson said in her remarks. “At no other time in the history of Rensselaer has this been more true. Your dedication to excellence, your stamina, your imagination and cohesiveness, your empathy and care—for the well-being of our faculty, our students, your co-workers, our campus itself—and your belief in the bright future of Rensselaer and its people can be seen in outstanding accomplishments throughout the university. I consider myself fortunate to work alongside you.”

“This annual event is a wonderful Rensselaer tradition and a time to thank our staff for their commitment and contributions to Rensselaer,” said Curtis Powell, vice president for human resources. “Our staff continue to be the best in what they do. This annual service recognition and retirement dinner is an opportunity to say thank you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment in making Rensselaer a world-class technological research university and a wonderful place to work.”

Following is a list of this year’s honorees. Be sure to congratulate them when you see them!

Division of Administration
Yawa Anato – 5 years
Maria Bones – 10 years
Michael Bruso – 10 years
Charles Carter – 7 years, Retiree
Rodney Colvin – 25 years
Michael Cook – 5 years
Jonathan Coon – 5 years
Gabriel Coqmard – 5 years
John Czaplinski – 10 years
Anthony D’Amico – 10 years
Brian Darby – 15 years
Paul Denio – 30 years
Karen DiNovo – 10 years
Brian Doyle – 25 years
Barbara Dzembo – 30 years
Leon Golinski – 30 years
Eric Harvey – 10 years
Thomas Hathaway – 30 years
Timothy Hilt – 10 years
C. Scott Isager – 10 years
Michael Johnson – 5 years
Betty Jones – 15 years
Bruce Kunkel – 25 years
William Laremore – 5 years
Andrew Lewis – 30 years
Christine Lewis – 10 years
Thomas Lobdell – 10 years
Debra Macey – 10 years
Christopher Mancini – 10 years
Robert Meade – 5 years
Randall Morby – 5 years
Maria Moreno – 5 years
Gerald Moroskey – 10 years
Eric Nazzaro – 5 years
Brian Nelligan – 5 years
Barbara Nelson – 20 years
Sherry Perpetua – 10 years
Edward Plouffe – 25 years
Mary Plourde – 25 years
Elizabeth Preston – 10 years
Aaron Quantock – 15 years
Douglas Rider – 20 years
Mary Robert – 5 years
Francis Sanchez – 5 years
Anthony Saunders – 10 years
John Singleton – 10 years
Joseph Sitterly Jr. – 25 years
Michael Smith – 5 years
Frank Sorriento – 30 years
Mark Stewart – 25 years
Thomas Teal – 25 years
Josephine Thatcher – 10 years
Oleh Turczak – 10 years
Robert Vermilyea – 8 years, Retiree
Bruce Vogt – 25 years
Maria Williams – 5 years
Eleanor Yerdon – 5 years
Paul Zalucki – 25 years

Center for Biotechnology and
Interdisciplinary Studies
Christopher Bjornsson – 5 years
Glenn Monastersky – 5 years
Dmitri Zagorevski – 10 years

EMPAC
Shannon Johnson – 10 years
CathyJo Kile – 5 years

Division of Enrollment
Kathleen Coates – 15 years
Ulysses deArmas – 5 years
Jarron Decker – 5 years
Randy Foster – 10 years
Laurie Jones – 30 years
Rebecca Stevens – 10 years

Division of Finance
Jammie Fisher – 10 years
Betty Hug – 15 years
Eileen McLoughlin – 15 years
Susan Proskine – 5 years
Danielle Rinaldi – 5 years
Christopher Thorne – 5 years

Division of Human Resources
Yvonne Clark – 5 years
Kathryn McNamara – 10 years

Graduate and Undergraduate
Education
Patrina Beaudoin – 15 years
Ajuba Jones – 10 years
Bruce Laplante – 15 years
Jamie Obst – 5 years
Jeannie Steigler – 20 years

Division of Institute Advancement
Rebecca Bonenfant – 5 years
Kathy Durivage – 10 years
Susan Haight – 20 years
Sergio Mendez – 6 years, Retiree
Elise Morgenstern – 7 years, Retiree

Division of Strategic Communications
& External Relations
Cheryl McGlothlin – 10 years
Michael Mullaney – 5 years
Allison Newman – 10 years
Diane Piester – 10 years
Daria Robbins – 15 years

Rensselaer at Hartford
Audrey Cardillo – 30 years
Florence Josephs – 15 years
Paul Murphy – 25 years
Natalie Sutera – 35 years
Gary Trail – 25 years
Lynn Vitale – 12 years, Retiree

Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer & New Ventures
John Mooney – 5 years

Division of Student Life
Bonita Bornt – 30 years
Joseph Campo – 5 years
Milton Claydon – 25 years
Michael Conroy – 10 years
Margaret Conroy-Martin – 20 years
Maria Coomaraswamy-Falkenstein – 10 years
Mary D’Amico – 20 years
Barbara Dean – 23 years, Retiree
Leslie DeLano – 10 years
Karen Gaunay – 20 years
John Greene – 10 years
Mary Henkel – 33 years, Retiree
Diana Leis Delker – 30 years, Retiree
Anthony Ortolano – 27 years, Retiree
Gina Ricci – 10 years
Christopher Thompson – 10 years
James Townsend – 15 years
Colette Youlen – 5 years

Division of the Chief Information Officer
Michael Bischof – 10 years
Elizabeth Buckley – 10 years
Jeffrey Burdyl – 20 years
Graham Doig – 30 years
John Dojka – 25 years
Jacqueline Farmer – 25 years
Constance Fritz – 10 years
Anna Gardner – 25 years
Roberta Harris – 25 years
Robert Jarvis – 10 years
Raj Kahlon – 10 years
Eric Kohler – 15 years
Robert Mayo – 10 years
Jeffrey Miner – 10 years
E. Andrew Mondore – 30 years
Kim Morgan – 15 years
Colleen Morrissey – 10 years
Marylou Nickleson – 15 years, Retiree
Alan Powell – 15 years
Walter Ryan – 41 years, Retiree
Jacqueline Stampalia – 15 years
Jeffrey Stark – 10 years
Mark Sullivan – 35 years
Mamatha Venkatesh – 5 years
Nigel Westlake – 20 years
John Wilkerson – 10 years
Otis Williams – 25 years
William Wilson – 27 years, Retiree

Office of the President
Diane Bamrick – 30 years, Retiree
William Walker – 5 years

Lally School of
Management & Technology
Vincenza Bove – 27 years, Retiree
Sharon Kelliher – 5 years
Beth Macey – 10 years
Chaina Porter – 5 years
Kelly Reardon – 5 years
Rita Thompson – 22 years, Retiree

School of Architecture
William Bergman – 5 years
Lecia O’Dell – 20 years
Terence Klein – 8 years, Retiree
Bonnie Westlake – 5 years

School of Engineering
Rose Boshoff – 30 years
Darwisah Burgess – 30 years
Marie Dieffenbach – 10 years
Raymond Dove – 25 years
Azeddine Kerdoun – 5 years
Tasha McDonough – 5 years
Hollis McEvilly – 35 years
Gina Moore – 10 years
George Narode – 35 years
Robert Planty – 10 years
Barbara Ruel – 25 years
John Schatz – 40 years
Christopher Sikora – 5 years
Martin Strock – 5 years

School of Humanities, Arts &
Social Sciences
Timothy Austin – 10 years
Dean Button – 15 years
Ethan Coppenrath – 5 years
Laura Garrison – 27 years, Retiree
Erin Glasheen – 15 years
Cheryl Keefe – 10 years
Patricia Marra – 25 years
Jennifer Mumby – 5 years
Todd Palmer – 10 years

School of Science
Karen Coonrad – 25 years
David Diehl – 10 years
Sharon Gardner – 30 years
David Kotfila – 10 years
Linda Kramarchyk – 30 years
Michele Murray – 10 years
Geraldine Quinones – 5 years
Herbert Schwartz – 30 years

Division of Research
Shannon Carrothers – 10 years
Bryant Colwill – 5 years
Michael Frey – 5 years
David King – 30 years
Alisa Tyson – 10 years
Margret Verville – 15 years

Rensselaer Technology Park
Karl Lampson – 5 years
Keith VanAmburgh – 20 years
Michael Wacholder – 41 years, Retiree
James Yetto – 5 years

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