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June 2016 UGA retirees

Thirty UGA employees retired June 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Dana L. Ambrose, laboratory manager II, infectious diseases, 32 years, 11 months; Francis B. Assaf, Distinguished Research Professor of French, Romance languages, 34 years, 11 months; Gina E. Bishop, research professional II, crop and soil sciences, 28 years, 9 month; John H. Blackstone Jr., professor, management, 33 years; Charles B. Cross, professor, philosophy, 24 years, 8 months; Gregory Scott Derda, IT manager, EITS-research computing, 23 years, 5 months; Charles C. Doyle, associate professor, English, 41 years, 9 months; Mattie R. Few, building services worker II, Facilities Management Division-Building Services (second shift), 18 years, 3 months; Christine Annette Franklin, senior lecturer, statistics, 26 years, 8 months; Paul-Henri Gurian, associate professor, political science, 29 years, 8 months; Talmadge C. Guy, associate professor, lifelong education, administration and policy, 22 years, 11 months; Molly M. Kimler, county extension program assistant, Cooperative Extension, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 21 years, 5 months; Martha Virginia Lyman Benedict, director of finance, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 25 years, 8 months; Cecile L. Martin, associate professor, College of Environment and Design, 9 years, 9 months; Robert K. Newcomb, digital imaging specialist, Marketing & Communications, 15 years, 10 months; Raymond Noblet, department head, entomology, 18 years, 10 months; Christina Maddox Owen, IT professional associate, 4H and Youth-UGA Cooperative Extension, 29 years, 3 months; Clodagh M. Phair-Miller, student affairs professional II, College of Engineering, 9 years, 8 months; Stephanie Pierce, lecturer, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, 19 years, 8 months; James W. Porter, professor, Odum School of Ecology, 38 years, 9 months; Gabriel Ruhumbika, professor, comparative literature, 23 years, 8 months; Deberah Marable Sickles, administrative associate II, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 18 years, 2 months; Kathy Jean Simpson, associate professor, kinesiology, 28 years, 8 months; Georgia Kay Strange, professor, art, 9 years, 9 months; Chi N. Thai, associate professor, College of Engineering, 31 years, 4 months; Thomas J. Tucker, skilled trades worker, College of Veterinary Medicine animal resources, 14 years, 10 months; Robert Varley Jr., professor, mathematics, 34 years, 9 months; Cathleen S. Wharton, instructor, School of Law, 32 years, 9 months; Rebecca H. White, professor, School of Law, 27 years; and John Mark Williams, senior academic professional, anthropology, 35 years, 8 months.