University staff members are an essential component of making Michigan a world-class institution. The U-M Service Awards Program celebrates this fact by recognizing and honoring those with career milestones.
“Michigan is a special place, which is one reason so many talented staff members build satisfying careers here. In turn, by contributing decades of time and talents, our staff members play a major role in making this a wonderful place to learn, work and grow,” says Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for human resources. “On behalf of the entire university community, University Human Resources is pleased to honor all staff members who have made an enduring career commitment to the university.”
In 2010 about 1,300 staff members celebrated reaching milestones of 10 years of service or more.
61 years of service
James W. Craven, book conservator in the Conservation Lab at the Bentley Historical Library
A true Ann Arbor native, Craven was born at St. Joseph Hospital in 1931. He graduated from Ann Arbor High School, now the new North Quad, in 1949. Soon after graduation, Craven followed in his father’s footsteps and began his career with an apprenticeship at the U-M Binding Department.
Craven
“My father was a bookbinder for the university for 40 years,” Craven says.
After serving honorably in the Korean War as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, Craven returned to the university to complete his apprenticeship. In 1957 he became a journeyman in the Bindery Department. In 1964 he became supervisor of the department. In 1974 he was recruited by Dr. Robert M. Warner to lead the conservation lab for the Bentley Historical Library, William L. Clements Library, Special Collections Library and Law Library Rare Books Division.
“Every project that comes in is unique,” Craven says. “Besides working with some terrific people, I’m working with unique items. Which I’ll never see again and never saw before.”
Craven has traveled to China and Ireland to learn and share techniques with other conservators. He has also taught 60 students (and counting) in individual study programs. This includes his Bentley colleague of 35 years, Ann Flowers. He also has periodically taught classes at Hollander’s.
Widowed in 1980, Craven remarried and his blended family has seven children and nine grandchildren. When he’s not puzzling out how to restore rare books and other valuable items, Craven enjoys spending time with his wife and raising his dog, a 1-1/2-year-old golden retriever named Buddy Bounder.
“I have been fortunate to work with so many skilled and knowledgeable people. For that I am grateful,” Craven says. “It’s that variety and the unique nature of the items that have made my work so interesting. I plan to work until I drop or they pay me enough to retire.”
For more about Craven and the work he and his colleagues perform, go to bentley.umich.edu/preshome/index.php.
The following is a list of U-M employees honored for 50, 40 and 30 years of service. For a complete list of all staff recognized for service milestones, go to hr.umich.edu/serviceawards/index.html.
50 years of service
June Possley, Surgery/Necropsy Transplant, U-M Health System (UMHS)
45 years of service
Rodney Capps, Department of Pathology, UMHS
Susan Griffin, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering (CoE)
David Plawchan, Division of Research Development and Administration
Diana Richards, East Ann Arbor Health Center, UMHS
Carol Standardi, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Medical School
40 years of service
Donald Aikins, Plant Hospital Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Catherine Andrea, Post Anesthesia Care Unit-C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, UMHS
Dorothy Banks, Materiel Services, UMHS
Robert R. Beattie, Division of Research Development and Administration
Robert Behrens, Office of Business Affairs, UM-Dearborn
Joanne Boldt, Department of Neurology, Medical School
John Bond Jr., Department of Pathology, UMHS
Alice Brunner, Counseling Services, Division of Student Affairs
Suzanne Butch, Department of Pathology, UMHS
Richard Carter, Office of the Vice President for Government Relations
Michael Donnelly, Cardiac Surgery, Medical School
Suzanne Fraker, Operating Room-Kellogg Eye Center, UMHS
Renee Frost, Internet2, Information and Technology Services
Linda Futch, Utilization Management, UMHS
Karen L. Gibbons, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Sharon Gourieux, Livonia Health Center, UMHS
Ronald Grams, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Krystal Hall, Information Technology Central Services (ITCS), Information and Technology Services (ITS)
Jane Harlow, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School
Adele Henry, Office of the Chancellor, UM-Dearborn
Sara Hickey, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, UMHS
James Hinchcliff, Department of Geological Studies, LSA
LuRae Howard, Operating Room-Kellogg Eye Center, UMHS
Kathleen Huster, Department of Pathology, UMHS
Stephen Kirby, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS
Barbara Kolekamp, Cooperative Access Services, U-M Library
Anita Liberman-Lampear, Orthotics and Prosthetics Center, UMHS
Gail Lift, ITCS, ITS
Margaret Lourie, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, LSA
Joann Marcoux, School of Social Work
Buda Martonyi, Psychology, LSA
Joan McCoy, Student Services, School of Education
Theodore Millwood, Paging and Information Services, UMHS
Lewellyn Morris, Paging and Information Services, UMHS
Phyllis Patterson, Nursing-Educational Services, UMHS
Sandra Patton, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Daniel J. Perez, Mechanical Systems, Facilities and Operations
Gary L. Quann, Zone Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
David P. Quinn, Facilities, Medical School
William Romej, Office of the Registrar, UM-Dearborn
Michael C. Root, University Housing, Division of Student Affairs
Linda Sen, Building Services, Plant Operations
Clyde Shultes Jr., Roofs, Metal Shops and Elevators, Facilities and Operations
Michael J. Stevenson, Intercollegiate Athletics
David Steward, Plant Hospital Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Linda Strodtman, Nursing-UM Hospital, UMHS
Francis Switalski, Facilities Management, UM-Dearborn
Olidia Thomas, Briarwood Health Center, UMHS
Susan Tuin, Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, Office of the Vice President for Research
Thomas Watermulder, Department of Radiology, UMHS
Barbara O. Williams, Nursing-Clerical Services, UMHS
Gloria Wilson, Department of Internal Medicine-UM Hospital, UMHS
Carolyn Wisniewski, Health System Human Resources, UMHS
30 years of service
Fatima Abdullah, University Productions, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Alan Abend, Purchased Utilities, Facilities and Operations
David Aderente, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Karen Alberti, Merit Network, ITS
Connie Allen, Faculty Support, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Bonnie Andrews, Department of Oral Medicine/Pathology/Oncology, School of Dentistry
Karen Arnould, Office of the Registrar, UM-Flint
Nancy Asin, Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University
Randy D. Baker, Zone Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
John Ballew, Office of the Vice President for Medical Affairs
Teresa Bareis, Office of the Plant Director, Facilities and Operations
Timothy Bareis, Parking and Transportation Services, Facilities and Operations
Robert Barth, Finance and Facilities, U-M Library
Linda Beach, Lab Animal Medicine Unit, Medical School
James A. Bell, Office of the Dean, Medical School
Larry Belville, Parking and Transportation Services, Facilities and Operations
Maia Bergman, Administration, Rackham Graduate School
Mary Berry-Bovia, Emergency Department, UMHS
Louanne Betts, Law School
Michael Betts, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy, UMHS
Blythe Bieber, Department of Family Medicine, Medical School
Martha Blanton, Mary Markley Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
Jess Bloom, Department of Vascular Surgery, UMHS
Jeanette Boles, Materiel Services, UMHS
Diane Bondie, Internal Medicine-Cardiology, Medical School
Susan L. Boucher, Information Systems, Medical School
Judith Braun, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Christopher Brown, ITCS, ITS
Maryellen Bulson, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMHS
Lynn Burns, Health System Human Resources, UMHS
Sharon Buslepp, Nursing-Educational Services, UMHS
Brenda Caldwell, East Quadrangle Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
Kristopher Carlisle, Plant Hospital Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Barbara Carlson, Department of Anesthesiology, UMHS
Lloyd Carr Jr., Intercollegiate Athletics
Federico Chaves, Trades Union, University Human Resources
Alice Cheesman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMHS
Joyce Cicchelli, Patient Services, School of Dentistry
Carmen Colby, Office of Student Programs, Medical School
Regina Coleman, Building Services, Plant Operations
Gordon Collet, Electrical Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Betty Cook, Office of the Vice President for Research
Ellen Copeland-Brown, Finance Training Program, UMHS
William Copenhaver, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Beth Cox, Department of Pathology, UMHS
Denise Crawford, Food Procurement/Production, UMHS
Linda Creps, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS
Christopher Cruickshank, Building Services, Plant Operations
James Darty, Laundry Services, UMHS
Kimberly Darty, Operating Rooms-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Jay Daves, University Housing, Division of Student Affairs
Charlene Davies, Central Staffing Resources, UMHS
David Detlefs, ITCS, ITS
Timothy Deventer, Patient Services, School of Dentistry
Constance Devlin, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, Medical School
Dennis Devoe, Utilities, Facilities and Operations
Karen Driscoll, Information Systems, Medical School
Mark L. Driscoll, Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Facilities and Operations
Sharon DuLong, Inpatient Pharmacy Services, UMHS
Chris Edwards, Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School
Pamela Egbert, Department of Pediatric and Communicable Diseases, Medical School
Christopher Ellinger, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Medical School
Mary Elliott, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Nathan Eriksen, Department of Internal Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Medical School
Liisa Ernst, Financial Operations, Office of Finance
Lee Farrell, Chelsea Health Center, UMHS
Whitney Field, Taubman Health Sciences Library, U-M Library
Norma Fouty, ITCS, ITS
Teresa Fracala, Lab Animal Medicine Unit, Medical School
David Frayer, Zone Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Howard Frye, Housing-Security, Division of Student Affairs
Margaret Funchion, Lab Animal Medicine Unit, Medical School
Sharon Gauthier, Cancer Center, UMHS
Beverly S. George, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School
Carol A. George, Operating Room-Kellogg Eye Center, UMHS
Juanita Gibbons, Women’s Birth Center, UMHS
Pamela Gibney, Multicultural Health, UMHS
Brenda Gillyard, Financial Operations, Office of Finance
Lisa Ginsberg-Evans, Inpatient Pharmacy Services, UMHS
M. J. Girard, College of Engineering and Computer Science, UM-Dearborn
John E. Gleason, Building Services, Plant Operations
Paula Globerson, Department of Anesthesiology, UMHS
George Gooch Jr., Central Power Plant, Facilities and Operations
Lori Graf, Spine Physical-Occupational Therapy, UMHS
Sandra Graham, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Rhonda Greenwald, Department of Dermatology, UMHS
Arthur Grissom, Grounds and Waste Management Services, Facilities and Operations
Sue Hadden, Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, UMHS
Brenda Hadley, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Douglas Hanna, University Architect’s Office, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Services
James B. Harrison, Roofs, Metal Shops and Elevators, Facilities and Operations
Halimah Hassan, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Anne Heacock, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, Medical School
Chris Heilmann, Construction Services, Facilities and Operations
Carma Henderson, Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs, LSA
Kimberly A. Hickey, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Philip Hirt, Merit Network, ITS
Gaylene Hobaugh-Mandelka, East Quadrangle Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
Frederick Hoeft, Mary Markley Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
Katrina Hope, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School
Daniel Horal, Financial Operations, Office of Finance
Jana Howard, Nursing-C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, UMHS
Ann Hubbard, Central Transcription Services, UMHS
Jean Hudgins, Department of Otolaryngology, UMHS
Wilmer Hudson, Mail Services, Office of Finance
James H. Jackson, Operating Rooms-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Elizabeth Johnson, Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, UMHS
Kay Johnson, Holden ICU Nursery, UMHS
Tawana Jones, Entrance Services, UMHS
Sally Jordan, Ambulatory Care Services, UMHS
Robert Kalmbach, Inpatient Pharmacy Services, UMHS
Eiko Kasurin, Mary Markley Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
John Keedy, Resource Planning and Management, CoE
Patricia Kielczewski, Chief of Clinical Affairs, Resource Planning and Management
Paul Killey, Office of Information Technology, CoE
Jeanne Kin, Administration, Medical School
Kimberly King, Cancer Center, UMHS
Clayton Kotajarvi, MedEQUIP, UMHS
Laurie Krell, Department of Anesthesiology, UMHS
Linda Krus, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMHS
Robin Kunkel, Department of Pathology, Medical School
M. Diane Lafferty, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry
Colleen Lapere, Sweetland Writing Center, LSA
Marta Larson, Educational Studies, School of Education
Harry Laughlin, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical School
Patricia Lindsay-Carr, Ambulatory Care Services, UMHS
Richard D. Little, Utilities, Facilities and Operations
Kenneth Lonc, ITCS, ITS
Cynthia Luckas, Faculty Group Practice, Medical School
Bruce Madej, Intercollegiate Athletics
Mary Maksym, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Christine Manners, Speech-Language Pathology, UMHS
Danilo Martinez, Mechanical Systems, Facilities and Operations
Kevin L. Massey, Parking and Transportation Services, Facilities and Operations
Glenna Mayberry, Nursing-Clerical Services, UMHS
Terrence McDonald, Office of the Dean, LSA
Catalina McEachern, East Ann Arbor Health Center, UMHS
Cheryl McIntire, Operating Rooms-U-M Hospital, UMHS
L. R. McIntosh, Nursing-Clerical Services, UMHS
Kathleen McNeely, Cardiac Catheter Lab, UMHS
Anne Mende, Child and Family Life, UMHS
Gail Merz, Operating Rooms-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Joseph Miklos, Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Facilities and Operations
Beverly Miller, Recreational Sports, Division of Student Affairs
Byron Miller, University Housing, Division of Student Affairs
Douglas Mills, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Academic and Educational Affairs
Elizabeth Mimms, Educational Studies, School of Education
Deborah Montague, Alumni and Continuing Education, School of Dentistry
Anna Nieman, Financial Operations, Office of Finance
Carlotta Nosel, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical School
Bev Nugent, Michigan Health Corporation, UMHS
Gary Nystrom, Technical Infrastructure Operations, ITS
Mary E. O’Keefe, Operating Room-Kellogg Eye Center, UMHS
Michelle Overholser, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research
Cecilio Palacio, Zone Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Karl Pauley, Patient Services, School of Dentistry
Steven Pelto, Roofs, Metal Shops and Elevators, Facilities and Operations
Phillip Pepper, Central Power Plant, Facilities and Operations
Gloria Perez-Clark, Health Service, Division of Student Affairs
Michael Perlstein, Pediatric Cardiology, UMHS
Patricia Perone, Department of Pathology, Medical School
Deborah A. Perry, Technical Infrastructure Operations, ITS
Thomas Peterson, Department of Pathology, UMHS
James D. Phillips, Lab Animal Medicine Unit, Medical School
Rebecca Pintar, Center for Organogenesis, Medical School
James Plunkett, Center for the Child and Family, Rackham Graduate School
Victoria Ponitz, University Housing, Division of Student Affairs
Roderick Powers, Waste Management Services, Facilities and Operations
Vanjewel Prince, Post Anesthesia Care Unit-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Wanda Raiford, Billing and Collections, UMHS
Timothy Reahard, Nursing-Clerical Services, UMHS
Elmina Redman, Respiratory Care-C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, UMHS
Christine Reed, Contracts and Procurement, UMHS
Louise Reed, Economics, LSA
Janet Resch, Central Staffing Resources, UMHS
Pamela Rezewski, Risk Management, Office of Finance
Nancy Rhodes, East Ann Arbor Health Center, UMHS
Timothy Richards, Mardigian Library, UM-Dearborn
Aprill Richardson, West Quadrangle Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
John A. Richardson, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS
Jean Ringe, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, CoE
Richard Rinke, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS
Daniel Robinson, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Deborah Roisen, Comprehensive Cancer Center, UMHS
Ralph Rose, Roofs, Metal Shops and Elevators, Facilities and Operations
Linda Rowley, University Press, Rackham Graduate School
Nancy Roy, Office of Financial Aid, Academic and Educational Affairs
Michele Rushman, College of Arts, Sciences & Letters, UM-Dearborn
Charisa Russell, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Laurie Sanders, Auxiliary Services, LSA
Cynthia Sayre, Application & Information Services, ITS
Kenneth Schiller, Construction Services, Facilities and Operations
Thomas G. Schlaff, Project Management, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Services
Mary Shue, Inpatient Pharmacy Services, UMHS
Emma Simmons, East Quadrangle Residence Hall, Division of Student Affairs
James Sinkovich, Parking and Transportation Services, Facilities and Operations
Phillip Sleet, Food Procurement/Production, UMHS
James Smallish, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Cathy Smashey, Hospital Business Services, UMHS
Alfred Smith, Plant Hospital Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Leslie J. Smith, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS
Sandra J. Smith, Post Anesthesia Care Unit-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Debbie Snyder, Department of Pathology, UMHS
Edward Spitler, Taubman Radiology, UMHS
Charlene Stachnik, Science Libraries, U-M Library
Pamela Staton, Marketing and Conference Services, Division of Student Affairs
Frederick Stauch, Financial Analysis, Office of Finance
Jennifer J. Steiner, Department of Pediatrics, UMHS
Cheryl Strickland, Faculty Support, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Valerie Sutton, Patient Services, School of Dentistry
Arlene Taylor, Health Service, Division of Student Affairs
Amleset Tedla, Building Services, Plant Operations
Kerry Thomas, Hospital Business Services, UMHS
Gayle Thompson, Health System Human Resources, UMHS
Charles Tower, Mechanical Systems, Facilities and Operations
Bernice Trussell, Facilities, Medical School
Stanley Uitti, Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Facilities and Operations
Philip VanDyke, Inpatient Pharmacy Services, UMHS
Barbara Varani, Technical Services, U-M Library
Brenda Vibbart, Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, Medical School
Joyce Vigilanti, Materiel Services, UMHS
Marcy Waldinger, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical School
Suzette C. Walker, Comprehensive Cancer Center, UMHS
Rebecca Waller, Frances Willson Thompson Library, UM-Flint
Cynthia L. Ward, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Craig Warren, Zone Maintenance, Facilities and Operations
Curtis Weaverdyck, Department of Physics, LSA
Phyllis White, Administration, U-M Library
Larry Willett, Orthotics and Prosthetics Center, UMHS
Janice I. Williams, Housing-Lawyers Club, Division of Student Affairs
Stanley Williams, Department of Anesthesiology, UMHS
Angela Wilson, Health Service, Division of Student Affairs
Donna L. Wilson, Trauma Burn ICU-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Christine Wisniewski, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Leo Wisniewski, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Patricia Wolfe, Department of Dermatology, UMHS
Inhee Won, Nursing-U-M Hospital, UMHS
Shelly Yakich, Lab Animal Medicine Unit, Medical School
