Hans Benze, teaching and research support specialist; laboratory instructor, physics and astronomy, and wife Marget welcomed a girl, Josephine “Josie” Catherine, on Sept. 26, 2020. She was 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19.5 inches long.
Marriages
Joe Eakin, technical director and designer–visualization lab and planetarium, married Heidi Ziemer, head of borrowing services and assessment and associate professor in the University Libraries, in a virtual wedding ceremony on Oct. 10, 2020. They were officiated by Tony Aveni, Russell vlog Distinguished University Professor of astronomy and anthropology and Native American studies emeritus.
Cherie Mullen, director of talent acquisition and development, married Jeff Ball on Aug. 22, 2020.
John Willis, groundskeeper, and Sheri Welch, custodian, were married on Sept. 25, 2020.
Retirements
Tina Young, PA, associate director of Student Health Services, will retire on Dec. 31, 2020.
Rhonda Pancoe, media acquisitions coordinator, will retire on Jan. 8, 2021.
Dave Turner, lead technology installation specialist, will retire on Jan. 15, 2021.
In Memoriam
Faye Dudden, Charles A. Dana Professor of history emerita; presidential scholar, history, passed away on Oct. 17, 2020.
Judy Fischer, retiree in career services, passed away on Oct. 29, 2020.
Gertrude Decker Pownall, instructor in mathematics emerita, passed away on Oct. 31, 2020.
Richard Sylvester, emeritus professor of Russian, passed away on Nov. 24, 2020.
Jim McLelland, emeritus professor of geology, passed away on Nov. 26, 2020.
Promotions/Transfers
Darline Wattles, assistant director of the ALANA Cultural Center
