In Recognition of 40 Years of Service
Since 2013, the University of Rhode Island has been honoring individuals who have dedicated their work lives to serving URI. Each year, during a formal induction ceremony, the University congratulates and thanks its retiring staff and faculty members who have been employed at the University for 40 years or more. Each new member is recognized and commemorative bricks, engraved with the retiree’s name and years of service, are unveiled and then placed in the patio of the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons.
Save the Date:
Friday, December 1, 2023
Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center, Kingston Campus
2023 Inductees (retired as of December 2022)
Lifetime Service Society Induction Ceremony 2023 Photo GalleryRichard Brown, Professor, Chemical Engineer, College of Engineering • 41 years
Patricia Burbank, Professor, Nursing Instruction, College of Nursing • 40 years
Peter Cornillon, Professor, GSO Faculty, Graduate School of Oceanography • 47 years
Deborah Gardiner, Coordinator, Honors Program • 41 years
Thomas Guglielmetti, University Police Corporal • 42 years
Michael Honhart, Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences • 51 years
Cindy Moreau, Coordinator, Coastal Resource Center, Graduate School of Oceanography • 43 years
Joseph Mulcahey, Coordinator, Fire and Life Safety Operations • 40 years
William J. Ohley, Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering • 42 years
Gene Pollart, Professor, Music, College of Arts and Sciences • 46 years
Robert Schwegler, Professor, Writing and Rhetoric, College of Arts and Sciences • 44 years
Judith Swift, Director, Coastal Institute; Communication Studies; College of Arts and Sciences • 51 years
Joyce Winn, GSO Research, Graduate School of Oceanography • 47 years
2022 Inductees (retired as of December 2021)
2020-21 Lifetime Service Society Press ReleaseLinda A. Barrett, Director of Budget and Financial Planning • 48 years
John Burkett, Professor, Economics, College of Arts and Science • 40 years
Cheryl A. Burrell, Fiscal Clerk, URI Bookstore • 42 years
Larry Englander, Associate Professor, College of the Environment and Life Sciences • 49 years
Alan Haskins, Maintenance Superintendent, Memorial Union • 45 years
Dennis W. Nixon, Director, RI Sea Grant Program, Graduate School of Oceanography • 44 years
Ronald J. Onorato, Professor and Dept. Chair, Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences • 44 years
Donna Schwartz-Barcott, Professor, College of Nursing • 46 years
James F. Vincent, Jr., Tech Support Specialist, College of Engineering • 49 years
Jerry Walmsley, Housekeeper • 45 years
Karen F. Wishner, Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography • 41 years
Raymond M. Wright, Dean, College of Engineering • 40 years
2021 Inductees (retired as of December 2020)
Stephen L. Granger, Marine Research Associate, Graduate School of Oceanography • 40 years
Jeffrey E. Jarrett, Professor, College of Business • 49 years
Galen A. Johnson, Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences • 44 years
Charles Kaufman, Professor, Physics, College of Arts & Sciences • 56 years
Steven M. Kay, Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering • 40 years
Roger A. Lebrun, Professor, Plant Sciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences • 43 years
James O. Prochaska, PhD, Professor, Cancer Prevention, College of Health Sciences • 51 years
Antonio J. Sciola, Mechanical and Electrical Shop Supervisor, Facility Services • 70 years
Past Inductees
David H. Abedon, 46 years
George Adams, 44 years
Sona Aronian, 40 years
Wendy G. Asting, 44 years
Nadine L. Baer, 50 years
John Barlow, 49 years
Stanley M. Barnett, 41 years
Judith Barnett, 47
Shirley H. Barney, 43 years
Raymond A. Beauregard, 47 years
Wendy G. Belue-Brodeur, 40 years
Allan Berman, 41 years
Henry B. Biller, 42 years
Frank H. Bills, 45 years
Gary T. Boden*, 43 years
John Boulmetis, 41 years
Christopher W. Brown, 42 years
Winifred E. Brownell, 46 years
Harold Browning, 40 years
Lawrence F. Brusic, 43 years
Frank Budnick, 44 years
Robert C. Bullock, 40 years
Howland Burdick, 48 years
James F. Cacciola, 45 years
J. Allan Cain, 44 years
Viola B. Card, 42 years
Leo Carroll, 46 years
Richard A. Casagrande, 41 years
Everett P. Christopher, 43 years
Paul F. Cieurzo Jr., 40 years
Dorothy E. Clare, 44 years
Joel A. Cohen, 48 years
Paul S. Cohen, 49 years
Charles E. Collyer, 40 years
Robert A. Comerford, 42 years
William Croasdale, 41 years
Jeannette E. Crooker, 40 years
Joel A. Dain, 53 years
Albert J. Della Bitta, 47 years
Frank J. DeLuise, 45 years
Dorothy F. Donnelly, 47 years
Agnes G. Doody, 45 years
Kathleen A. Durand, 42 years
Edward G. Durbin, 40 years
Wayne K. Durfee, 40 years
Wilfred P. Dvorak, 44 years
Mabel DeWitt Eldred, 42 years
Cynthia Yemma Faria, 41 years
William R. Ferrante, 41 years
Peter A. Ferrara Jr., 45 years
Norman J. Finizio, 55 years
Howard H. Foster, 40 years
Anthony J. Frias, 42 years
Robert H. Fuquea*, 45 years
John M. Grandin, 40 years
Deborah A. Grant, 40 years
Lawrence C. Grebstein, 42 years
Thomas A. Grigalunas, 40 years
Edward A. Grove, 42 years
Linda Taylor Green, 42 years
Robert S. Haas, 40 years
Warren M. Hagist, 40 years
Carolyn C. Hames, 45 years
R. Choudary Hanumara, 43 years
Frank H. Heppner, 41 years
O. Don Hermes, 40 years
Sara C. Hickox, 42 years
Linda A. Hufnagel, 42 years
Thomas P. Husband, 40 years
Kerwin E. Hyland, 43 years
Gabriele Kass-Simon, 43 years
Mimi Keefe, 50 years, posthumous
George E. Kent, 48 years
Albert L. Kenyon, 40 years
M. Thelma Kenyon, 45 years
Alfred G. Killilea, 43 years
Thomas J. Kim, 41 years
Richard H. Kingsley, 41 years
Maury N. Klein, 44 years
William C. Klenk, 52 years
Eric Klos, 43 years
Sharon R. Kirk, 40 years
Louis J. Kirschenbaum, 49 years
Harold N. Knickle, 42 years
James G. Kowalski, 40 years
Gerasimos Ladas, 43 years
Amar K. Lahiri, 47 years
Phyllis J. Lamidi, 42 years
Joan M. Lausier, 40 years
Helen M. Leeming, 43 years
Stephen V. Letcher, 40 years
James T. Lewis, 42 years
Surendra S. Malik, 56 years
Shmuel Mardix, 49 years
Kenneth T. Mars Jr., 40 years
Albert D. Martin, 42 years
Spencer J. Martin, 45 years
David C. Maslyn, 40 years
Joseph P. Matoney, 42 years
William R. Matteson, 44 years
W. Lynn McKinney, 40 years
Shashanka S. Mitra, 41 years
Joseph G. Morello, 45 years
Thomas D. Morin*, 43 years
Marcia A. Morreira, 48 years
Wilfred H. Nelson, 40 years
Richard T. Neuse, 47 years
Theresa H. Newton, 54 years
Scott W. Nixon, 42 years
Jan A. Northby, 42 years
John L. O’Leary, 41 years
Stephen B. Olsen, 41 years
William T. O’Malley, 42 years
James J. Opaluch, 40 years
Candace A. Oviatt, 46 years
William J. Palm, 44 years
Elmer A. Palmatier, 40 years
Martha S. Patnoad, 40 years
John F. Peterson, 52 years
Tommaso Pitassi, 43 years
Lori F. Pivarnik, 42 years
John J. Poggie Jr., 49 years
Nancy A. Potter, 42 years
William Henry Potter, 53 years
Sheldon D. Pratt, 40 years
Dianne L. Preble, 40 years
Richard F. Purnell, 40 years
Glenworth A. Ramsay, 41 years
Barbara J. Ray, 45 years
Donald D. Robadue Jr., 41 years
Vincent C. Rose, 41 years
William Rosen, 45 years
Lawrence Rothstein, 40 years
Charles T. Schifino*, 49 years
Stephen D. Schwarz, 44 years
Henry R. Schwarzbach, 42 years
Linda Sebelia, 43 years
Lawrence W. Sherman, 46 years
Norman B. Sherman, 43 years
Roger Allen Sherman, 48 years
Wayne B. Sherman, 40 years
Albert Silverstein, 41 years
Jay Singer, 42 years
James L. Starkey, 41 years
Arthur B. Stein, 42 years
Karen F. Stein, 49 years
Malcolm E. Stone, 54 years
Sharon H. Strom, 41 years
E. R. Suryanarayan, 41 years
David E. Tetreault, 47 years
Gary J. Thurston, 45 years
Timothy W. Tierney, 41 years
Earl J. Travers, 43 years
Richard V. Travisano, 45 years
Mario Trubiano, 40 years
Lucy Comins Tucker, 49 years
Nancy A. Tucker, 54 years
Donald W. Tufts, 41years
Gerry S. Tyler, 45 years
Marshall H. Tyler, 44 years
John F. Vanner, 40 years
Wayne F. Velicer*, 42 years
Bruno M. Vittimberga, 47 years
Robert G. Weisbord, 46 years
Fritz K. Wenisch*, 48 years
George H. Willis, 45 years
John F. Wills ll, 41 years
J. Vernon Wyman, 40 years
Sze C. Yang, 40 years
Donald J. Zeyl, 40 years
Norman l. Zucker, 42 years