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P E O P L E
Spotlight
Position: Health physicist and radiation safety officer in Environmental Health and Safety. Managing the University's radiation safety programs for users of radioactive materials and radiation producing machines. Overseeing radioactive waste disposal, monitoring radiation levels and providing training for the 60 principal investigators who use radioactive material, X-ray machines and electron microscopes. Quote: "I like the immense variety of the people I work with and the projects I get involved in. There are many strange and unusual situations -- it's never boring." Other interests: Participating in traditional
American and English music and dance. Teaching the history
of English dance and calling contra and square dances.
Spending time with her 17-year-old twin sons. Serving on the
executive board of the Radiation Safety Officer Section of
the Health Physics Society. Staff obitsRetired employeesJuly: Harry Deverell, 80 (1980-1984, plasma physics lab). December: Leona Halvorsen, 86 (1972-1984, history). January: Irene Blohm, 89 (1970-1995,
administrative services); Donald Ducko, 71
(1980-1990, engineering and applied science); and Elsie
Perks, 81 (1964-1984, dining services). Staff retirementsEffective Jan. 1: In the Office of the Dean of Religious Life, chapel building administrator David Chewning, after 21 years. Effective Feb. 1: In the plasma physics lab, principal research physicist Norton Bretz, after 29 years; and in the mason shop, mason Robert Guinn, after 14 years. Effective March 1: In human resources, data management support staff member Delores Barnes, after 23 years; in electrical engineering, academic department manager Carol Desmond, after 25 years; in administrative services, graphic technician Charles Hamill, after 31 years; and in public safety, patrol officer Joseph Ingram, after 17 years.
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