{"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":"2025-11-12T12:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:23:34","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>Tuesday, December 2, 2025<\/strong>
\nRobert J. Higgins Welcome Center, Kingston Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 Inductees  (retired between January 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 – July 2024)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\nLifetime Service Society Induction Ceremony 2024 Photo Gallery<\/a>\n

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

2023 Inductees  (retired as of December 2022)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\nLifetime Service Society Induction Ceremony 2023 Photo Gallery<\/a>\n

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Richard Brown, <\/strong>Professor, Chemical Engineer, College of Engineering \u2022 41 years
\nPatricia Burbank, <\/strong>Professor, Nursing Instruction, College of Nursing \u2022 40 years
\nPeter Cornillon, <\/strong>Professor, GSO Faculty, Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 47 years
\nDeborah Gardiner, <\/strong>Coordinator, Honors Program \u2022 41 years
\nThomas Guglielmetti, <\/strong>University Police Corporal \u2022 42 years
\nMichael Honhart, <\/strong>Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 51 years
\nCindy Moreau, <\/strong>Coordinator, Coastal Resource Center, Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 43 years
\nJoseph Mulcahey, <\/strong>Coordinator, Fire and Life Safety Operations \u2022 40 years
\nWilliam J. Ohley<\/strong>, Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering \u2022 42 years
\nGene Pollart, <\/strong>Professor, Music, College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 46 years
\nRobert Schwegler, <\/strong>Professor, Writing and Rhetoric, College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 44 years
\nJudith Swift, <\/strong>Director, Coastal Institute; Communication Studies; College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 51 years
\nJoyce Winn, <\/strong>GSO Research, Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 47 years<\/p>\n

2022 Inductees  (retired as of December 2021)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n2020-21 Lifetime Service Society Press Release<\/a>\n

Linda A. Barrett, <\/strong>Director of Budget and Financial Planning \u2022 48 years
\nJohn Burkett,<\/strong> Professor, Economics, College of Arts and Science \u2022 40 years
\nCheryl A. Burrell,<\/strong> Fiscal Clerk, URI Bookstore \u2022 42 years
\nLarry Englander,<\/strong> Associate Professor, College of the Environment and Life Sciences \u2022 49 years
\nAlan Haskins,<\/strong> Maintenance Superintendent, Memorial Union \u2022 45 years
\nDennis W. Nixon,<\/strong> Director, RI Sea Grant Program, Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 44 years
\n<\/span>Ronald J. Onorato,<\/strong> Professor and Dept. Chair, Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 44 years
\nDonna Schwartz-Barcott,<\/strong> Professor, College of Nursing \u2022 46 years
\nJames F. Vincent, Jr.,<\/strong> Tech Support Specialist, College of Engineering \u2022 49 years
\nJerry Walmsley,<\/strong> Housekeeper \u2022 45 years
\n<\/span>Karen F. Wishner,<\/strong> Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 41 years
\nRaymond M. Wright,<\/strong> Dean, College of Engineering \u2022 40 years<\/p>\n

2021 Inductees  (retired as of December 2020)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Stephen L. Granger,<\/strong> Marine Research Associate, Graduate School of Oceanography \u2022 40 years
\nJeffrey E. Jarrett<\/strong>, Professor, College of Business \u2022 49 years
\nGalen A. Johnson<\/strong>, Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences \u2022 44 years
\nCharles Kaufman<\/strong>, Professor, Physics, College of Arts & Sciences \u2022 56 years
\nSteven M. Kay<\/strong>, Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering \u2022 40 years
\nRoger A. Lebrun<\/strong>, Professor, Plant Sciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences \u2022 43 years
\nJames O. Prochaska, PhD<\/strong>, Professor, Cancer Prevention, College of Health Sciences \u2022 51 years
\nAntonio J. Sciola<\/strong>, Mechanical and Electrical Shop Supervisor, Facility Services \u2022 70 years<\/p>\n

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
\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
\nWinifred E. Brownell, 46 years
\nHarold Browning, 40 years
\nLawrence F. Brusic, 43 years
\nFrank Budnick, 44 years
\nRobert C. Bullock, 40 years
\nHowland Burdick, 48 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
\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
\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
\nJohn M. Grandin, 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
\nRobert S. Haas, 40 years
\nWarren M. Hagist, 40 years
\nCarolyn C. Hames, 45 years
\nR. Choudary Hanumara, 43 years
\nFrank H. Heppner, 41 years
\nO. Don Hermes, 40 years
\nSara C. Hickox, 42 years
\nLinda A. Hufnagel, 42 years
\nThomas P. Husband, 40 years
\nKerwin E. Hyland, 43 years
\nGabriele Kass-Simon, 43 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
\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
\nJoseph G. Morello, 45 years
\nThomas D. Morin*, 43 years
\nMarcia A. Morreira, 48 years
\nWilfred H. Nelson, 40 years
\nRichard T. Neuse, 47 years
\nTheresa H. Newton, 54 years
\nScott W. Nixon, 42 years
\nJan A. Northby, 42 years
\nJohn L. O’Leary, 41 years
\nStephen B. Olsen, 41 years
\nWilliam T. O’Malley, 42 years
\nJames J. Opaluch, 40 years<\/strong>
\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
\nNancy A. Potter, 42 years
\nWilliam Henry Potter, 53 years
\nSheldon D. Pratt, 40 years
\nDianne L. Preble, 40 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
\nHenry R. Schwarzbach, 42 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
\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
\nBruno M. Vittimberga, 47 years
\nRobert G. Weisbord, 46 years
\nFritz K. Wenisch*, 48 years
\nGeorge H. Willis, 45 years
\nJohn F. Wills  ll, 41 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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