21 retirees to be recognized at annual dinner

Christine Davis Mantai

The SUNY Fredonia Retirement Recognition Dinner will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the Horizon Room in the Williams Center. This dinner is a collaborative initiative among the SUNY Fredonia Office of the President, UUP, CSEA, Council 82, and PEF. The cost of the dinner is $16.50 per person.

A reception starts at 5:15 p.m., with dinner and the formal program beginning at 6 p.m. Soft drinks, juice, coffee, and tea are complimentary. A cash bar will be available. Meal choices include: Chicken Marsala; Rotisserie Roasted Eye of Beef Round; Vegetarian Gnocchi Sardi w/Broccoli (sundried tomato pesto sauce).

The retirees to be honored at this fifth annual campus-wide retirement dinner include: 

  • Paul Bowers, Professor, Visual Arts & New Media
  • Dennis Cecala, Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
  • Tat Hung Chan, Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Daniel G. Chapman, Motor Equipment Maintenance Supervisor 1, University Services
  • James P. Chapple, Cleaner, Facilities Management
  • James East, Professor, School of Music
  • Vivian M. Garcia, Associate Dean/Director Academic Advising
  • Linda M. Gillette, Lecturer, School of Music
  • Thomas H. Goetz, Distinguished Service Professor, Modern Languages & Literature
  • Sharon L. Higgs, Janitor, Facilities Management
  • Ida M. LaBarbera, Secretary 1, Registrar’s Office
  • Paul F. McDonald, Plant Utilities Engineer 3, Facilities Management-Heating Plant
  • Barbara E. McKoon, Janitor, Facilities Management
  • Donna R. Mehlenbacher, Secretary 2, College of Education
  • Dorothy Merrill, Keyboard Specialist 1, Registrar’s Office
  • Malcolm Nelson, Distinguished Teaching Professor, English
  • Michele Notte, Director of Youngerman Center
  • Wilma Parry, EAP Coordinator, Employee Assistance Program
  • Keith L. Peterson, Professor, School of Music
  • Harry W. Thomas, Instructional Support Assoc., ITS, Academic Information Technology
  • Mary L. William, Secretary 1, Biology

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