Retiring After 253 Years
Washington and Lee celebrated the careers of seven retiring members of the University staff at the annual Employee Recognition Banquet on Thursday. Altogether, the seven have a combined 253 years of service to W&L. The winner in that category, by quite a distance, is Kathleen H. Dunlap, or Miss Kitty as she has been known to generations. She first joined the University in 1959.
The retirees are:
- Dora B. Coleman, Marketplace cook, 1989–2010
- John H. DeCourcy, director of financial aid, 1983–2010
- Kathleen H. Dunlap, Washington Hall receptionist, 1959–2010
- Emory W. Higgins Jr., HVAC/plumber, 1979–2010
- Frances E. Moore, custodian, 1995-2010
- Brenda D. Reese, textbook buyer, 1966–2010
- Carole M. Shorter, executive assistant to the dean of the School of Law, 1983–2009
- Kenneth F. “Digger” Swink, paint shop supervisor, 1972–2010
In addition, 55 employees were recognized for their years of service to the University:
Fifty Years Service
- Kathleen H. Dunlap
Forty-Five Years Service
- Linda H. Agnor
Thirty-Five Years Service
- Raymond E. Bryant
- Ernest R. Hostetter
Thirty Years Service
- Bernard F. Butler III
- Julia S. Cline
- Emory W. Higgins, Jr.
- Martha C. Rowsey
- Wanda R. Scott
- Judith S. Stinson
Twenty-Five Years
- Eldridge H. Alderman
- Linda G. Hall
- Peggy C. Pugh
- Larry W. Stuart
Twenty Years Service
- William F. Clark
- Ricky G. Clifton
- Dora B. Coleman
- Melissa M. Cox
- Claude E. Floyd III
- David C. Glassford
- Deborah A. Hattersley
- John B. Hellmuth
- Larry D. Hostetter
- Andrew L. Martin
- Sheryl F. Salm
- Deborah M. Stoner
- Wanda K. Swartz
- Michael H. Tolley
- Michael F. Walsh
Fifteen Years Service
- Lynda G. Bassett-deMaria
- Lisa J. Dunlap
- Patricia S. Johnson
- Frances E. Moore
- Judith W. Owens
- Penny O. Patterson
- Susan L. Thompson
- Diederik A. van Assendelft
- Denise M. Watts
Ten Years Service
- Christopher G. Adkins
- Elizabeth O. Branner
- Thomas G. Contos
- Gregory J. Cooper
- Zola S. Goodbar
- Nicholas D. Gualtieri
- Adolph H. Humphreys
- Janet Ikeda Yuba
- James D. Kaster
- Cynthia M. Lawson
- Paul S. Merchant
- Emily H. Nicely
- Suzanne G. Noonan
- Daniel R. Rexrode
- Rhonda H. Rhodenizer
- Dean E. Tallman
- Charles L. Updike
