Colorado State University Invites Community to Join in Honoring Retiring Faculty and Administrative Professionals 2003

Colorado State University invites the university and Fort Collins communities to honor academic faculty and administrative professionals who have retired or will retire during 2002-03.

The Academic Faculty and Administrative Professional Retirement Recognition Events will be held on April 29. The All-University Recognition Ceremony will commence at 4 p.m. in the North Ballroom of the Lory Student Center, followed by a complimentary All-University Reception in the Cherokee Park Room of the Lory Student Center. The reception is hosted by the Colorado State University Activities Board.

The President’s Recognition Dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the West Ballroom of the Lory Student Center. The cost is $16 a person and reservations are required. Contact Auli Summerhays for information and reservations at (970) 491-4634 or by e-mail at Auli.Summerhays@ColoState.EDU

The retirement recognition events are part of “Celebrate Colorado State!” a series of events designed to recognize the achievements of Colorado State University and its students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Retirees to be recognized are:

  • J. Gary Atkins, Instructional Services, 18 years of service
  • Robert Aukerman, Natural Resource Recreation & Tourism, 32 years of service
  • Penelope H. Bauer, Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management, 34 years of service
  • R. Terry Beeson, Colorado State Forest Service, 35 years of service
  • David R. Betters, Forest Sciences, 29 years of service
  • Charles D. Bonham, Rangeland Ecosystem Science, 32 years of service
  • Barbara Branstad, University Libraries, 31 years of service
  • – over –
  • Roy M. Buchan, Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, 30 years of service
  • David G. Clark, Colorado State University System, 29 years of service
  • Duane J. Clow, Mathematics, 38 years of service
  • Gary R. Coulter, Civil Engineering, 14 years of service
  • Stephen K. Cox, Atmospheric Science, 33 years of service
  • Mary F. Crow, English, 38 years of service
  • John M. Davis, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, 14 years of service
  • Tom R. Devereaux, Cooperative Extension, 6 years of service
  • Patricia P. Douglas, Center for Ecological Management of Military Lands, 17 years of service
  • Jeffrey L. Eighmy, Anthropology, 26 years of service
  • Richard D. Etters, Physics, 34 years of service
  • Gilbert P. Findlay, English, 34 years of service
  • Johannes Gessler, Civil Engineering/College of Engineering, 34 years of service
  • Nilda F. Getty, Art (Metalsmithing), 33 years of service
  • Ronald A. Gosnell, Colorado State Forest Service, 31 years of service
  • Lois M. Gould, School of Education, 8 years of service
  • Scott B. Hamilton, Psychology, 25 years of service
  • Marilyn F. Hill, Cooperative Extension, 32 years of service
  • Roger M. Hoffer, Forest Sciences, 14 years of service
  • LaRue W. Johnson, Clinical Sciences, 31 years of service
  • Gale R. Loeffler, Cooperative Extension, 34 years of service
  • Jacquelyn M. Maccagnan, Business & Financial Services, 29 years of service
  • Linda M. McFann, College of Agricultural Sciences, 21 years of service
  • Barbara A. McWhorter, School of Education, 13 years of service
  • Melanie R. Middlemist, Accounting, 16 years of service
  • Walter L. Naylor, Atmospheric Science, 24 years of service
  • A. Wendell Nelson, Veterinary Teaching Hospital/Clinical Sciences, 38 years of service
  • Eugene E. Nelson, Cooperative Extension, 30 years of service
  • Rodney Oldehoeft, Computer Science, 24 years of service
  • Neil H. Petrie, English, 34 years of service
  • Karen S. Powell, Management, 27 years of service
  • Esther J. Pressel, Anthropology, 34 years of service
  • James S. Quick, Soil & Crop Sciences, 22 years of service
  • John C. Raich, Physics/College of Natural Sciences, 37 years of service
  • Robert W. Richburg, School of Education, 33 years of service
  • Heywood R. Sawyer, Biomedical Sciences, 27 years of service
  • Glenn R. Schmidt, Animal Sciences, 24 years of service
  • Michael E. Schomaker, Colorado State Forest Service, 30 years of service
  • John D. Sheaffer, Atmospheric Science, 24 years of service
  • Parviz N. Soltanpour, Soil & Crop Sciences, 36 years of service
  • D. Michael Vaughan, Accounting, 33 years of service
  • Jaak Vilms, Mathematics, 32 years of service
  • Richard G. Walter, Biology, 37 years of service
  • John A. Wiens, Biology, 16 years of service
  • Karen K. Wilken, Cooperative Extension; Food Science & Human Nutrition, 22 years of service
  • Carl W. Wilmsen, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 37 years of service
  • James C. Work, English, 38 years of service
  • Albert C. Yates, Office of the President, 13 years of service