EIU Media Relations

EIU Employees Recognized for Years of Service

Eastern Illinois University recently recognized more than 250 of its employees for continuous years of service.

A luncheon was held Jan. 18 in recognition of university employees with continuous years of service in five-year increments. Those employed at EIU for five years were eligible for a certificate; those with 10 or more years of service were honored with both a certificate and a pin.

Honorees are as follows:

35 years – Suzan Braun, Vickie O’Day and Kathlene Shank.

30 years – Gail Blank, Kathy Cartwright, Joy Craft, Carol Miller, Julie Sloat and James Stratton.

25 years – Howard Cook, William Davis, Robert Doyle, Darrell Garvin, Sandra Grounds, Karen Hardwick, Larry Helsel, Ebrahim Karbassioon, Russell Letner, Jeri Matteson-Hughes, Thomas Moncada, Carol Morgan, Susie Nees and Margaret Weaver.

20 years – Marilyn Allen, Kathy Bayles, Susan Bazargan, D. Kathleen Bence, T. Howard Black, Cecilia Brinker, Ronald Carrell, James Conwell, Janet Cornell, Joann Daugherty, Carl Dell, James Dowland, Tamera Duzan, Freddie Grissom, Ted Hart, Cheryl Hawker, Nancy Hay, David Horsman, Linda Leal, Michael Leddy, Melinda Lewis, John Martone, Kip McGilliard, Glenn W. Miller, Melanie Mills, John Moore, Cynthia Nichols, Beverly Pederson, John Ryan, Martha Schwerman, Eneatha Attig Secrest, Richard Smyser, Ronald Sutliff, Harold Tatge, Tommy Waskom, Bonnie Wilson, Jeanette Wilson and Tamera Zuber.

15 years – Susan Allen, John Bailey, Brian Beakley, Eric Bollinger, Eldridge Bowlby, Michael Bradd, Kathryn Bulver, Gregory Chasteen, Christine Childress, Allen Clayton, Victoria Copas-Beck, James M. Craven, Boyce Dillman, Betty Easter, John Emmett, Brenda Ferguson, Kathleen Ferguson, Ruth Flaherty, Norman Garrett, Kayla Grissom, Doris Hamilton, Karen Hammer, Gary Hanebrink, David Hardwick, Jody Horn, Karen Johnson, James Jordan-Wagner, Mahmoud Kashefi, Barbara Kemmerer, Fern Kory, Peggy Kuhn, Rebecca Litton, Glenn Logan, Stacia Lynch, Gail Mason, John McInerney, Arthur Mitchell, Frances L. Murphy, James Nantz, Karen Nantz, Laurie Neese, Cheryl Noll, Donald Pakey, Rita Pearson, David R. Pollard, Ollie Mae Ray, Alberta Reed, Linda Reven, Dana Ringuette, Joanne Roach, Joy Russell, Deborah Schultz, John Sigler, Don Smith, Grant Sterling, Anita Swart, Stephen Swords, John Taylor, Dickie Tipsword, Sherry Unkraut, Julie Walters, Rebecca Watkins and Larry Whitaker.

10 years – Thomas Akers, Julia Awalt, Shirley Bell, Lucinda Berry, Kathy Berry, Judith Black, Henry Brown, M. Jane Buckler, Gary Canivez, Janet Carpenter, David Carwell, Janet Cosbey, Jonathan Crask, Vicki Curts, Judy Davis, Joseph DeCaro, M. Ellen Dennison, Julie Dietz, Mike Elliott, Stephen Eskilson, Lydia Fritts, Reggie Galey, Norman Greer, Vicki Hargis, Roy Hopkins III, Paula Huddlestun, Kevin Hussey, Jerilyn Hutson, Terry Hyder, Douglas Klarup, Marilyn Klingenberg, Michael Kuo, Gregory Lee, Cynthia Maples, Margaret Knapp Messer, Wanda Milburn, David Miller, Kim Miller, Tammy Miller, Nina Milliner, Michelle Molitor, Michelle Morgan, Melinda Mueller, Dwain Naragon, James Naylor, Dannie Otto, Brian Pritschet, Anthony Redding, Bart Rettberg, Katherine Rice, Cynthia Rich, Brenda Roberts, Vicki Roetker, Tamara Sharp, Nora Small, Betty Smith, Keith Spear, Jody Stone, Marjorie Thennes, Cynthia Tozer, John Weber and Julie Wilkerson.

Five years – Philip Age, Carlos Amaya, Christina Anderson, Rachel Ballinger, Lilian Barria, Joseph T. Barron Jr., Kimberly Black, Paula Bolen, Mark Bonnstetter, Ingyu Chiou, Andrew Clapp, Jerry Coartney, Mary Coates, James A. Craven, Bobbi Daniell, Danny Duvall, Jim Ealy, Tim Engles, April Flood, Richard Foley Jr., Mary M. Garrett, Linda Ghent, Harrison Green, Samuel Guccione, Karen Guthridge, Terry Hale, Karen Hart, George Hawk, Stephen Hayward, Lori Henderson, Darren Hendrickson, Jaime Hendrix, Diane Highland, Adam Howarth, Angela Jacobs, Amy Jones, Elizabeth Kastl, Leigh Ann Keefer, Frank Kingery Jr., William Kolacek, Judith Konrad, Heidi Larson, Stephen Larson, James Maxey, Christine Merllie-Young, Robert Miller, William Minnis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Patty Murphy, Lisa New Freeland, Onaiwu Ogbomo, Richard Palmer, Shirley Parsley, Amy Richardson, Beth Ridgeway, Darlene Riedemann, Charles Rohn, Steven Roper, Richard Rossi, Kristin Routt, Karla Sanders, Mehdi Semati, Anupama Sharma, Brian Shull, Jeffrey Snell, Jeanne Snyder, Jeffrey Stowell, Jocelyn Tipton, Angela Vietto, James Watkins, Edmund Wehrle and Jimmie Yokley.