Richard J. Whitley, M.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, co-director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, is one of four being honored this week for 45 years of service to UAB, along with Vithal Ghanta, Ph.D., professor of biology; Jerry Spenney, M.D., professor of medicine and physician in the UAB Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; and Joseph Van Matre, professor in the Collat School of Business.
They will join employees with 20 or more years of service during the annual Service Awards Program luncheon noon March 3 in the Hill Student Center Ballroom.
Honored 40-year recipients
Linda P. Austin (Preventive Medicine);
Tracey Craddock (IRB for Human Use);
N. Rama Krishna (Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics);
George M. Munchus III (Management Information System, Quantitative Methods);
Robert F. Pass (Pediatrics);
Gregory E. Pence (Philosophy);
Cecelia J. Pridmore (Print Plant);
Donna J. Slovensky (SHP);
Michael V. Yester (Radiology)
Honored 35-year recipients
Franklin R. Amthor (Psychology);
Sandra G. Calloway (Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery);
Gabriel A. Elgavish (Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics);
Fouad H. Fouad (Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering);
David G. Green (Electrical & Computer Engineering);
William E. Grizzle (Anatomic Pathology);
John W. Hutchings Jr. (English); Howard L. Irving (Music);
George L. Johnson Jr. (Campus Maintenance);
Jeffrey C. Sellers (Comprehensive Cancer Center);
Pam Varner (Anesthesiology);
Kim A. Wellborn (Office of the President)
Honored 30-year recipients
Karen O. Allen (Comprehensive Cancer Center);
Peter G. Anderson (Molecular & Cellular Pathology);
William H. Benjamin Jr. (Laboratory Medicine);
Etty Benveniste (Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology);
J. Edwin Blalock (Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care);
Janet M. Bronstein (Health Care Organization & Policy);
Jan E. Comer (Urology);
Edwin W. Cook III (Psychology);
Regina M. Craig (Clinical Genetics);
Mark Hansen Deierhoi (Transplantation Surgery);
Paula A. Faucett (Trauma Surgery);
Dale S. Feldman (Biomedicine Engineering);
Cynthia R. Bowen (Preventive Medicine);
Renitta Goldman (Curriculum Instruction);
Virginia F. Heaton (Laboratory Medicine);
Henrietta Horton (Managed Care Contracting);
David B. Joseph (Urology);
John I. Kennedy (Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care);
Beverly A. Martin (Gynecologic Oncology);
John Owen (Maternal & Fetal Medicine);
Gilbert J. Perry (Cardiovascular Disease);
Connie Preston (General Dentistry);
P. Kieran Quinlan (English);
Brian L. Rosenow (Optometry);
Mark Swanson (Optometry);
Edward Taub (Psychology);
Eta Berner Weiss (Health Services Administration);
Sharon C. Wise (Post Office);
Anthony F. Zagar (Radiology)
Honored 25-year recipients
Edward B. Adair (SHP);
Deborah L. Alvis (MIST);
Carolyn S. Ashworth (Pediatrics);
Joseph P. Barchue (Cardiovascular Disease);
Asim Kumar Bej (Biology);
Pam Bounelis (Medicine);
S. Louis Bridges Jr. (Immunology/Rheumatology);
Teresa J. Bryan (Internal Medicine);
Sherry M. Bush (Huntsville Clinic);
Ubol M. Butler (Cardiovascular Disease);
Waldemar A. Carlo (Neonatology);
Naymond Clark (Security Police Services);
Anita N. Clemon (HR Administration);
William Carl Cockerham (Sociology);
Carl H. Coghill (Neonatology);
Susan L. Davies (Health Behavior);
Colin J. Davis (History);
Sonja Hampton Deloach (Health System);
Melanie P. DeRamus (Health Care Organization & Policy);
Maria Del Carmen Descartes (Clinical Genetics);
Kenneth W. Doss (Cardiovascular Disease);
Samuel L. Eaton (Elevator Maintenance);
Alan W. Eberhardt (Biomedical Engineering);
Mahmoud H. El Kouni (Pharmacology/Toxicology);
Kimberly P. Estell (Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care);
Charles Napoleon Falany (Pharmacology/Toxicology);
Crayton A. Fargason Jr. (Pediatrics);
Winfield S. Fisher III (Neurosurgery);
Mona N. Fouad (Preventive Medicine);
Stuart J. Frank (Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism);
Kohtaro Fujihashi (Pediatric Dentistry); J
ames F. George (Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery);
Patricia S. Goode (Gerontology/Geriatrics/Palliative Care);
Truman B. Grayson (Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism);
Mark N. Hadley (Neurosurgery);
Tracy P. Hamilton (Chemistry);
Robert W. Hardy (Laboratory Medicine);
Dennis R. Harris (Campus Maintenance);
Cynthia Dianne Hedgepeth (Education);
Thomas Stewart Huddle (Internal Medicine);
Walter H. Johnson Jr. (Pediatric Cardiology);
Pauline Evadne Jolly (Epidemiology);
Ryoichi Kawai (Physics);
Elliot J. Lefkowitz (Microbiology);
Cora Elizabeth Lewis (Preventive Medicine);
Xiao-Ying Liu (Clinical Genetics);
Teresa R. Lowery (Sociology);
Tobithia W. McKinney (Microbiology);
Demetra Ann McLin (Family & Community Medicine);
Francine M. Montgomery (Medicine);
Kathryn D. Morgan (Justice Sciences);
Ronald E. Murphy (Hospital Maintenance);
Toni T. Neumeier (Prosthodontics);
Cheryl A. Pledger (Business Data Services);
Robyn L. Rouleau (Engineering & Innovative Tech Develop);
Souheil Saddekni (Radiology);
Kamellia Safavy (Infectious Diseases);
Curtis Michael Sasser (Hill Student Center);
Kimberly A. Schnormeier (Theatre);
Sandra Gayle Shaw (Occupational Therapy);
Judy Anne Sheppard (Maternal & Fetal Medicine);
Derek J. Tarr (Men's Tennis);
Ozburn E. Taylor III (Physical Security);
Cynthia Terry (University Registrar);
W. Anne Burton Theibert (Neurobiology);
Sheila Denise Turner (Pediatric Dentistry);
Mark Walter (Microbiology);
Miles T. Ward III (Campus Maintenance);
Caroline West (Counseling Services);
Diane Williams (Preventive Medicine);
Douglas E. Williams (Hospital Maintenance);
Craig M. Wilson (Epidemiology)
Honored 20-year recipients
Adriana S. Addison (Immunology/Rheumatology);
Margaret Amsler (Biology);
Tina Anderson (Neurology);
Mary Victoria Arthur-Moore (Pediatrics);
Gregory B. Bailey (Optometry);
Rose M. Baker (Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism);
Steven Todd Baldwin (Pediatric Emergency Medicine);
Daniel F. Balkovetz (Nephrology);
Karlene K. Ball (Psychology);
Marcas M. Bamman (Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology);
Steffane M. Battle (Huntsville, Pediatrics);
Preston R. Beck (Biomaterials);
Clay Boyce (Facilities IT);
Susan L. Branscum (Pediatric Infectious Disease);
Brenda K. Brown (Cardiovascular Disease);
Charles P. Buchanan (University Relations);
Daniel C. Bullard (Genetics Research Division);
Meredith Murdock Burns (School of Medicine);
Cornelius Burroughs Jr. (Chilled Water);
Phyllis D. Campbell (Building Services);
Daisy Fay Carroll (Hematology & Oncology)
William Ralph Carroll (Otolaryngology);
Robert James Cerfolio (Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery);
Lois M. Christensen (Curriculum Instruction);
Tammie D. Collins (HR);
Nikki J. Craft (Controller's Office);
Felecia A. Cummings-Rodgers (Dentistry);
Andrea R. Davis-Hill (University Relations);
Carolyn E. Dill (Student Life);
Allan C. Dobbins (Biomedical Engineering);
John Scott Doyle (Orthopaedic Surgery);
Zoe E. B. Dwyer (Engineering);
Tina M. Ealy (Financial Accounting);
Jeffrey C. Edberg (Immunology/Rheumatology);
Editha E. Edwards (Health Care Organization & Policy);
Greg Erwin (Hospital Human Resources);
Karen J. Fields (Neurology);
Wanda R. Fisher (Psychology);
Michael S. Fitts (Libraries);
Odessa Foster (Bartow Arena);
F. Shawn Galin (Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care);
Timothy J. Gawne (Vision Sciences);
Peter W. Glaeser (Pediatric Emergency Medicine);
Larry Glover (Engineering & Innovative Tech Develop);
Suresh Grandhi (Radiology);
James R. Grimes (CAS);
Lingling Guo (Nephrology);
Mary Ann Hamilton (Animal Resources);
Wanda Harris (Animal Resources);
Leslie C. Hendon (Biology);
Shelia D. Herring (Facilities);
Martin J. Heslin (Surgery);
Janice D. Hill (Employment);
Lee Michelle Hilliard (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology);
Vicki C. Hixon (CIRC);
Brian P. Holt (Chilled Water);
R. Lynn Holt (Clinical & Diagnostic Science);
Joseph H. Huffstutler (SHP);
Chook-Yin Lam Ingram (WBHM);
Lisa Irby (Biostatistics);
Deidra H. Isbell (Animal Resources);
Michelle Jackson (Parking & Transportation);
Penelope Marie Jester (Pediatric Infectious Disease);
Kevin L. Junck (Radiology);
Louis B. Justement (Microbiology);
Scott T. Kervin (Physical Security);
Theresa D. Kidd (WBHM);
David Winston Kimberlin (Pediatric Infectious Disease);
Robert P. Kimberly (Immunology/Rheumatology);
Lisa Kimbrough (Anesthesiology);
Brenda Joyce King (Dentistry);
Elizabeth M. Kitchin (Nutrition Sciences);
Cynthia C. Kizziah (Enterprise Applications);
Stephen C. Lafoy (Office of UAB Chief Financial Officer);
Delavallade Cobb Lee (Preventive Medicine);
Claire V. Lenker (Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine);
Li Li (Neurosurgery Laboratory Research);
Honggang Liu (Radiology);
Elena S. Lobashevsky (Maternal & Fetal Medicine);
Hayes A. Lowe Jr. (Office of VP Research & Economic Development);
Stefanie M. Lowe (Optometry Clinical Services);
Mark G. Mandabach (Anesthesiology);
Patricia Martin (Enrollment Operations);
Kelly H. Mayer (Employee Relations);
Sylvia McAphee (Libraries);
Brendan Martin McGuire (Gastroenterology);
Gerald McGwin (Epidemiology);
Jacqueline McLeroy (Animal Resources);
William S. McMahon (Pediatric Cardiology);
Phyllis Mason Millhouse (Preventive Medicine);
Lee G. Moradi (Mechanical Engineering);
Billy R. Moyers (Huntsville Psychiatry Program);
Susan L. Myers (Kirklin Institute for RES in Surgical Outcomes);
Timothy R. Nagy (Nutrition Sciences);
Anthony P. Nicholas (Neurology);
Eugene M. Oliver (Office of Sponsored Programs);
Cheryl A. Perry (Pediatrics);
Delois Pickett (Facilities);
Tracey S. Pohlman (Neurosurgery);
Andrew E. Pollard (Biomedical Engineering);
Tracy E. Powell (Libraries);
Chander Raman (Immunology/Rheumatology);
Andrea M. Reiber (UAB Visual Content);
Debra H. Reid (Cardiovascular Disease);
Holly E. Richter (Women's Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery); Pamela Y. Robinson (Psychology);
Tracey L. Robinson (Infectious Diseases);
Jack M. Rogers (Biomedical Engineering);
Stefanie T. Rookis (Libraries);
Willa Sanders (Preventive Medicine);
Damian Schwartz (Surgery);
Julius C. Seidenfaden (Prosthodontics);
William Kevin Speed (CIRC);
Sandra Spidell (Animal Resources);
Mary D. Striplin (Office of VP Development & Alumni);
Brian J. Sullivan (Hospital Maintenance);
Jianming Tang (Infectious Diseases);
Bernice Taylor (Building Services);
Brenetta B. Taylor (OB/GYN);
Vicki Thomas-Forte (Psychology);
Cassandra Ingram Thompson (Huntsville Medicine);
Janet D. Tisdale (Maternal & Fetal Medicine);
Lynn F. Tolliver (Institute Animal Care & Use);
Dolly Tyler-Vann (Psychiatry);
Marianne M. Vetrano (Radiology);
Tracy Scarbrough Walker (OB/GYN);
Terry C. Wall (Pediatrics);
Katherine Kay Weise (Optometry);
Celeste W. Whitaker (Call Center);
Jean M. White (Family & Community Medicine);
Tonya Wiley (Comprehensive Cancer Center);
Kelly L. Winnett (Energy Management);
Qi Wu (Immunology/Rheumatology)