{"id":4326,"date":"2016-08-04T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/?page_id=4326"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:54:19","slug":"lifetime-service-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/lifetime-service-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Service Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Recognition of 40 Years of Service<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u2019s name and years of service, are unveiled and then placed in the patio of the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons.<\/p>\n

Save the Date:
\n<\/strong>Friday, November 20, 2026<\/strong>
\nRobert J. Higgins Welcome Center, Kingston Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

2026 Inductees  (retired between July 2025 – June 2026)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Farhad Atash, <\/strong>Professor, Landscape Architecture \u2022 41 years
\nTerrence Bradley<\/strong>, Professor, Aquaculture \u2022 41 years
\nMary R. Costa<\/strong>, Scientific Research Grant Assistant, Research Office \u2022 46 years
\nPaul M. DePace<\/strong>, Director, Capital Construction \u202248 years
\nRobert L. Dufresne<\/strong>, Professor, College of Pharmacy \u2022 45 years
\nEdmund A. Lamagna<\/strong>, Professor, Computer Science \u2022 50 years
\nE. Paul Larrat,<\/strong> Professor and Former Dean, College of Pharmacy \u2022 42 years
\nTheresa A. Nobile<\/strong>, Administrative Assistant, Sociology and Anthropology \u2022 46 years
\nPeter F. Swaszek<\/strong>, Professor, Electrical, Computer and Bio Engineering \u2022 42 years
\nEileen (Susie) Tobin<\/strong>, Director, Sponsored and Cost Accounting \u2022 46 years<\/p>\nPHOTO GALLERY for Lifetime Service Society Past Ceremonies<\/a>\n

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2025 Inductees  (retired between July 2024 – July 2025)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Susan Trostle Brand, <\/strong>Professor, College of Education \u2022 40 years
\nJohn K. Dunn, <\/strong>Associate Professor, Business Instruction \u2022 46 years
\nKatherine T. Favreau, <\/strong>Fiscal Clerk, College of the Environment and Life Sciences \u202246 years
\nDavid L. Freeman, <\/strong>Professor, Chemistry \u2022 49 years
\nGayla  Gazerro, <\/strong>Assistant Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives \u2022 40 years
\nLaura   Kenerson, <\/strong>Assistant Vice President, Human Resource Administration \u202244 years
\nRamdas Kumaresan,<\/strong> Professor, Electrical Computer & Biomedical Engineering \u2022 42 years
\nMichael LaPointe*, <\/strong>Hall Director, Housing & Residential Life \u2022 50 years 
\n<\/b><\/strong>Maureen McDermott*,<\/strong> Director, Memorial Union and Student Involvement \u2022 43 years
\nRichard McIntyre, <\/strong>Professor, Economics \u2022 41 years
\nArthur Mead, <\/strong>Professor, Economics \u2022 49 years
\nMary Jane Palm,<\/strong> Manager, Instructional Technology and Media Services \u2022 42 years
\nFred Forrest Pease, <\/strong>Captain, Research Vessel, Ocean Engineering \u2022 45 years
\nJoseph S. Rossi, <\/strong>Professor, Psychology\u2022  41 years
\nLinda Welters,<\/strong> Professor, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising & Design \u202245 years<\/p>\n

*posthumous<\/em><\/p>\n

2024 Inductees  (retired between January 2023 – June 2024)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Richard E. Anderson, <\/strong>Maintenance Superintendent, Facilities Services \u2022 45 years
\nWilliam Euler, <\/strong>Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Science \u2022 41 years
\nHeather Faubert, <\/strong>Research Associate II, Plant Sciences and Entomology, College of the Environment and Life Sciences \u2022 42 years
\nPaul Florin, <\/strong>Professor, Psychology, College of Health Sciences \u2022 42 years
\nArthur J. Gold, <\/strong>Professor, Natural Resource Sciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences Academic \u2022 40 years
\nJoanne Lawrence, <\/strong>Specialist, Faculty Senate \u2022 42 years
\nCraig Louzon, <\/strong>Grounds Superintendent, Landscape & Grounds Maintenance \u2022 40 years
\nJane S. Miner, <\/strong>Manager, NBC\/Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 47 years
\nDavid R. Nelson, <\/strong>Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, College of the Environment and Life Sciences \u2022 42 years
\nPeter Nightingale, <\/strong>Professor, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 40 years
\nStuart Westin, <\/strong>Professor, Business Instruction, College of Business \u2022 40 years<\/p>\n

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Past Inductees<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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David H. Abedon, 46 years
\nGeorge Adams, 44 years
\nSona Aronian, 40 years
\nWendy G. Asting, 44 years
\nNadine L. Baer, 50 years
\nJohn Barlow, 49 years
\nStanley M. Barnett, 41 years
\nJudith Barnett, 47
\nLinda A. Barrett, 48 years
\nShirley H. Barney, 43 years
\nRaymond A. Beauregard, 47 years
\nWendy G. Belue-Brodeur, 40 years
\nAllan Berman, 41 years
\nHenry B. Biller, 42 years
\nFrank H. Bills, 45 years
\nGary T. Boden*, 43 years
\nJohn Boulmetis, 41 years
\nChristopher W. Brown, 42 years
\nRichard Brown, 41 years
\nWinifred E. Brownell, 46 years
\nHarold Browning, 40 years
\nLawrence F. Brusic, 43 years
\nFrank Budnick, 44 years
\nRobert C. Bullock, 40 years
\nPatricia Burbank, 40 years
\nHowland Burdick, 48 years
\nJohn Burkett, 40 years
\nCheryl A. Burrell, 42 years
\nJames F. Cacciola, 45 years
\nJ. Allan Cain, 44 years
\nViola B. Card, 42 years
\nLeo Carroll, 46 years
\nRichard A. Casagrande, 41 years
\nEverett P. Christopher, 43 years
\nPaul F. Cieurzo Jr., 40 years
\nDorothy E. Clare, 44 years
\nJoel A. Cohen, 48 years
\nPaul S. Cohen, 49 years
\nCharles E. Collyer, 40 years
\nRobert A. Comerford, 42 years
\nPeter Cornillon, 47 years
\nWilliam Croasdale, 41 years
\nJeannette E. Crooker, 40 years
\nJoel A. Dain, 53 years
\nAlbert J. Della Bitta, 47 years
\nFrank J. DeLuise, 45 years
\nDorothy F. Donnelly, 47 years
\nAgnes G. Doody, 45 years
\nKathleen A. Durand, 42 years
\nEdward G. Durbin, 40 years
\nWayne K. Durfee, 40 years
\nWilfred P. Dvorak, 44 years
\nMabel DeWitt Eldred, 42 years
\nLarry Englander, 49 years
\nCynthia Yemma Faria, 41 years
\nWilliam R. Ferrante, 41 years
\nPeter A. Ferrara Jr., 45 years
\nNorman J. Finizio, 55 years
\nHoward H. Foster, 40 years
\nAnthony J. Frias, 42 years
\nRobert H. Fuquea*, 45 years
\nDeborah Gardiner, 41 years
\nJohn M. Grandin, 40 years
\nStephen L. Granger, 40 years
\nDeborah A. Grant, 40 years
\nLawrence C. Grebstein, 42 years
\nThomas A. Grigalunas, 40 years
\nEdward A. Grove, 42 years
\nLinda Taylor Green, 42 years
\nThomas Guglielmetti, 42 years
\nRobert S. Haas, 40 years
\nWarren M. Hagist, 40 years
\nCarolyn C. Hames, 45 years
\nR. Choudary Hanumara, 43 years
\nAlan Haskins, 45 years
\nFrank H. Heppner, 41 years
\nO. Don Hermes, 40 years
\nSara C. Hickox, 42 years
\nMichael Honhart, 51 years
\nLinda A. Hufnagel, 42 years
\nThomas P. Husband, 40 years
\nKerwin E. Hyland, 43 years
\nJeffrey E\/ Jarrett, 49 years
\nGalen A. Johnson, 44 years
\nGabriele Kass-Simon, 43 years
\nCharles Kaufman, 56 years
\nSteven M. Kay, 40 years
\nMimi Keefe, 50 years, posthumous 
\nGeorge E. Kent, 48 years
\nAlbert L. Kenyon, 40 years
\nM. Thelma Kenyon, 45 years
\nAlfred G. Killilea, 43 years
\nThomas J. Kim, 41 years
\nRichard H. Kingsley, 41 years
\nMaury N. Klein, 44 years
\nWilliam C. Klenk, 52 years
\nEric Klos, 43 years
\nSharon R. Kirk, 40 years
\nLouis J. Kirschenbaum, 49 years
\nHarold N. Knickle, 42 years
\nJames G. Kowalski, 40 years<\/p>\n

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Gerasimos Ladas, 43 years
\nAmar K. Lahiri, 47 years
\nPhyllis J. Lamidi, 42 years
\nJoan M. Lausier, 40 years
\nRoger A. Lebrun, 43 years
\nHelen M. Leeming, 43 years
\nStephen V. Letcher, 40 years
\nJames T. Lewis, 42 years
\nSurendra S. Malik, 56 years
\nShmuel Mardix, 49 years
\nKenneth T. Mars Jr., 40 years
\nAlbert D. Martin, 42 years
\nSpencer J. Martin, 45 years 
\nDavid C. Maslyn, 40 years
\nJoseph P. Matoney, 42 years 
\nWilliam R. Matteson, 44 years
\nW. Lynn McKinney, 40 years
\nShashanka S. Mitra, 41 years
\nCindy Moreau, 43 years
\nJoseph G. Morello, 45 years
\nThomas D. Morin*, 43 years
\nMarcia A. Morreira, 48 years
\nJoseph Mulcahey, 40 years
\nWilfred H. Nelson, 40 years
\nRichard T. Neuse, 47 years
\nTheresa H. Newton, 54 years
\nDennis W. Nixon, 44 years
\nScott W. Nixon, 42 years
\nJan A. Northby, 42 years
\nWilliam J. Ohley, 42 years
\nJohn L. O’Leary, 41 years
\nStephen B. Olsen, 41 years
\nWilliam T. O’Malley, 42 years
\nRonald J. Onorato, 44 years
\nJames J. Opaluch, 40 years
\nCandace A. Oviatt, 46 years
\nWilliam J. Palm, 44 years
\nElmer A. Palmatier, 40 years
\nMartha S. Patnoad, 40 years
\nJohn F. Peterson, 52 years
\nTommaso Pitassi, 43 years
\nLori F. Pivarnik, 42 years
\nJohn J. Poggie Jr., 49 years
\nGene Pollart, 46 years
\nNancy A. Potter, 42 years
\nWilliam Henry Potter, 53 years
\nSheldon D. Pratt, 40 years
\nDianne L. Preble, 40 years
\nJames O. Prochaska, PhD, 51 years
\nRichard F. Purnell, 40 years
\nGlenworth A. Ramsay, 41 years
\nBarbara J. Ray, 45 years
\nDonald D. Robadue Jr., 41 years
\nVincent C. Rose, 41 years
\nWilliam Rosen, 45 years
\nLawrence Rothstein, 40 years
\nCharles T. Schifino*, 49 years
\nStephen D. Schwarz, 44 years
\nAntonio J. Sciola, 70 years
\nHenry R. Schwarzbach, 42 years
\nDonna Schwartz-Barcott, 46 years
\nRobert Schwegler, 44 years
\nLinda Sebelia, 43 years
\nLawrence W. Sherman,  46 years
\nNorman B. Sherman, 43 years
\nRoger Allen Sherman, 48 years
\nWayne B. Sherman, 40 years
\nAlbert Silverstein,  41 years
\nJay Singer, 42 years
\nJames L. Starkey, 41 years
\nArthur  B. Stein, 42 years
\nKaren F. Stein, 49 years
\nMalcolm  E. Stone, 54 years
\nSharon H. Strom, 41 years
\nE. R. Suryanarayan, 41 years
\nJudith Swift, 51 years
\nDavid E. Tetreault, 47 years
\nGary J. Thurston, 45 years
\nTimothy W. Tierney, 41 years
\nEarl J. Travers, 43 years
\nRichard V. Travisano,  45 years
\nMario Trubiano, 40 years
\nLucy Comins Tucker, 49 years
\nNancy A. Tucker, 54 years
\nDonald W. Tufts, 41years
\nGerry S. Tyler, 45 years
\nMarshall H. Tyler,  44 years
\nJohn F. Vanner, 40 years
\nWayne F. Velicer*, 42 years
\nJames F. Vincent, Jr., 49 years
\nBruno M. Vittimberga, 47 years
\nJerry Walmsley, 45 years
\nRobert G. Weisbord, 46 years
\nFritz K. Wenisch*, 48 years
\nGeorge H. Willis, 45 years
\nJohn F. Wills  ll, 41 years
\nJoyce Winn, 47 years
\nKaren F. Wishner, 41 years
\nRaymond M. Wright, 40 years
\nJ. Vernon Wyman, 40 years
\nSze C. Yang, 40 years
\nDonald J. Zeyl, 40 years
\nNorman l. Zucker, 42 years<\/p>\n

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