Wabash College celebrated 43 employees Tuesday at the Annual Faculty and Staff Retirement and Recognition Lunch. Employees with 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 years of service were honored along with recognition of retirements.
Retirement honorees included Rita Arthur, Coordinator of Grants and Publications, Wabash Center; Douglas Calisch, Professor of Art; Teresa Fyffe, Cashier, Business Office; Mike Griffin, Sodexo; Glen H. Helman, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Warren Rosenberg, Professor of English; Thomas G. Runge, Director of Alumni and Parents Relations; and Rick Sommerville, Sodexo.
Recognized for 35 years of service were Leanah M. Brown, Admissions and Financial Aid Data Coordinator; and Dwight E. Watson, Professor of Theater, Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities.
Recognized for 30 years were Glen H. Helman, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Linda A. Petrie, Assistant Archivist; and Cliff Wilson, Sodexo.
Recognized for 25 years of service were Jeff Baker, Sodexo; Janet Barron, Sodexo; Charles F. Blaich, Director of the Center of Inquiry and Higher Education; Stephen P. Hoffman, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations; and Thomas E. Keedy, Director of Business Auxiliaries.
Recognized for 20 years of service were John Brierly, Sodexo; Joyce Burnette, Lawrence E. DeVorre Professor of Economics; Kevin Drake, Sodexo; Tim Riley, Sodexo; Charles M. Timmons, Associate Dean for Enrollment; and Eric J. Wetzel, Norman Treves Professor of Biology.
Recognized for 15 years included Richard L. Bowen, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Glee Club; Debbie Frye, Bon Appetit; Mike Heinold, Senior Systems Administrator, Information Technology; Robert S. Horton, Professor of Psychology; Paul Myhre, Associate Director, Wabash Center; Jamie Ross, Office Manager, Information Technology Services; Elizabeth F. Swift, Archivist; and Michael A. Warren, Associate Director, Alumni and Parent Relations.
Recognized for 10 years included Agata Szczeszak-Brewer, Associate Professor of English; Mark D. Elizondo, Head Athletic Trainer; Rich French, Sodexo; Larry B. Griffith, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; Jane Hardy, Associate Professor of Spanish; John Lamborn, Head Librarian and Director of the Lilly Library; Martin Madsen, Assistant to the Dean of the College; Kyle Mausbach, Sodexo; Gary A. Phillips, Professor of Religion, Edgar H. Evans Chair in Religion; Neil Schmitzer-Torbert, Associate Professor of Psychology; and Marcus R. Welch, Associate Dean of Students.