SLU Employees Recognized for Decades of Service

SLU Employees Recognized for Decades of Service

Saint Louis University celebrated its long-time employees at the Presidential Service Awards breakfast ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Wool Ballrooms at the Busch Student Center.

At the ceremony, SLU saluted employees who have been with the University for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55 years.

"It's a true honor to stand in a room with so many people who have given their working lives for this University," said Mickey Luna, vice president for human resources. "... We're known for our schools and our beautiful campus, but buildings and fountains don't form students. They don't care for patients or make groundbreaking discoveries - people do. You do, often quietly and without fanfare and always in service of our mission to seek truth in the greater glory of God."

Kathy Johnson, Ph.D., executive vice president and provost, said it was the people in the room who helped make SLU what it is today.

"One of the things that I've come to appreciate is that long-serving faculty and staff are among the most important assets any university possesses," Johnson said. "Buildings can be renovated, strategic plans can change, technology can evolve, but the culture of a place is really carried by the people who helped make it what it is. These are the people who sustain traditions, steward our values, mentor new colleagues, and help the next generation understand what makes an institution special."

An annual tradition at the event is that three longtime employees take the stage to share their thoughts on their time at SLU. This year the speakers were Randy R. Richter, Ph.D., professor of physical therapy and athletic training, celebrating 40 years; Sandra Cornell, director of research planning and development at the School of Medicine, celebrating 35 years; and Brigid Holloran-Schwartz, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health, celebrating 30 years.

Richter highlighted the joy he has experienced at SLU from working with both students and colleagues.

"For me, SLU's values shine most clearly from the people that I've had the opportunity to work with," he said.

In her remarks, Cornell said that on her first day, she had no idea she would stay 35 years. Her thinking changed at one point when she became ill and had to miss significant time. Her colleagues provided support that she considered above and beyond.

"That's when Saint Louis University stopped feeling like just the place that I worked, but it began to feel family," she said. "Perhaps that's what SLU's mission has meant most to me over these so many years. Mission isn't something written in a statement; it occurs in how we treat each other. It is in the colleague who takes the time to teach, the person who encourages you to step into an unfamiliar role, the physician who stays beside you when you become the patient, and the co-worker who quietly helps when life becomes difficult."

Holloran-Schwartz, who comes from a long line of Billikens including a great-uncle who served as president from 1943 to 1948 and a daughter who currently suits up for the women's soccer team, noted that her journey began at SLU's School of Medicine. She said in her time at SLU, her work with patients has been incredibly meaningful.

"I am eternally grateful to SLU for giving me the opportunity and the training to have such a rewarding career," she said. "I know so many physicians feel the same way - that we get more than we give."

55 Years of Service

• Robert Handal, Ph.D.

50 Years of Service

• Terry Moore, M.D.
• Robert Pasken, Ph.D.

45 Years of Service

• Richard Amelung, Ph.D.
• Andy Lechner, Ph.D.
• Gregory Lyeki
• Edward Sabin, Ph.D.
• Andrew Zinck

40 Years of Service

• Robert Caplan
• Ghazala Hayat, M.D.
• John Kalliongis, Ph.D.
• Randy Richter, Ph.D.
• Ann Tollefson, Ph.D.

35 Years of Service

• Debbie Alexander
• Kathleen Armstrong, Ph.D.
• Sherry Ashford
• Betty Bailey
• Bahar Bastani, M.D.
• Scott Berman, Ph.D.
• Vincent Casaregola, Ph.D.
• Yie-Hwa Chang, Ph.D.
• Eddie Clark, Ph.D.
• Sandra Cornell
• Robert Fleming, M.D.
• Qi Gan, M.D.
• Tammy Grant
• Brent Neuschwander-Tetri, M.D.
• Nora Porter, M.D.
• Jean Potvin, Ph.D.
• Kevin Proot
• Gillian Roper-Hall, D.B.O.T.
• Doug Williams, J.D.

30 Years of Service

• Julie Birkenmaier, Ph.D.
• Sridhar Condoor, Ph.D.
• Bradley Davitt, M.D.
• Xiaofeng Fan, M.D., Ph.D.
• David Ford, Ph.D.
• Rita Heuertz, Ph.D.
• Brigid Holloran-Schwartz, M.D.
• Glenda Jackson
• John James, Ed.D.
• Jacki Kornbluth, Ph.D.
• Suzanne McGahan
• George Ndege, Ph.D.
• Elizabeth Rhyne
• John Richart, M.D.
• Kris Sherman
• Angela Thomas
• Sophia Toumbalakis

25 Years of Service

• Mark Arnold, Ph.D.
• Rama Atluri, M.D.
• Becky Ball
• Heather Bednarek, Ph.D.
• Azra Blazevic, D.V.M.
• Darlene Carr
• Karen Cuvar, Ph.D.
• Jonathan Fisher, Ph.D.
• Jennifer Giancola, Ph.D.
• Scott Harris, Ph.D.
• John Hatton, D.M.D.
• Devin Johnston, Ph.D.
• Tiffany Jones
• Aileen Keenan
• Timothy Kutz, M.D.
• Michael Lasky, M.D.
• Theodore Malmstrom, Ph.D.
• John Martin III, Ph.D.
• Dyan McGuire, Ph.D., J.D.
• Mary Pat McInnis, J.D.
• Scott Ragland, Ph.D.
• Kimberly Schiel, M.D.
• Kent Staley, Ph.D.
• Michael Summers
• Marion Svendrowski, M.D.
• Lisa Tempel
• Laura Wiley
• Lupei Zhu, Ph.D.

20 Years of Service

• Naila Ahmad, M.D.
• Hadi Al-Horr, Ph.D.
• Ellen Barnidge, Ph.D.
• Sharilyn Bazile
• Thomas Bender, M.D.
• Louis Bird
• Karen Bolinger
• Crystal Botkin, Ph.D.
• Nicole Burkemper, M.D.
• Diane Callier
• Matt Campbell
• Benjamin de Foy, Ph.D.
• Fay Ellatif
• Gabriela Espinoza, M.D.
• Susan Fanale
• Thomas Finan, Ph.D.
• Michael Findlay
• Lakesha Fletcher
• Carl Freeman, M.D.
• Andrew Giljum
• Christopher Grabau, Ph.D.
• Theresa Hendrix-Myers
• Jeannine Hurlburt
• Mary Ann Inman
• Shayla Johnson
• Ki Beom Kim, D.D.S., Ph.D.
• Shontay Kimmins
• Jason Knouft, Ph.D.
• Drew Kupsky
• Kim Levenhagen, DPT
• John Long, D.V.M.
• Evelyn Meyer, Ph.D.
• Allison Miller, Ph.D.
• Nathaniel Millett, Ph.D.
• Adriana Montano, Ph.D.
• Jay Nobles
• Julie Orr
• Vasit Sagan, Ph.D.
• Joanne Salas
• Mary Seyer-Signorino
• Chas Shelton
• Laurie Shornick, Ph.D.
• Damian Smith, Ph.D.
• Nicholas Smith, Ph.D.
• Sharon Spicer
• Theodore Strickland
• Trevor Tredway, M.D., Ph.D.
• Vincent Volpe, J.D.
• Anders Walker, J.D., Ph.D.
• Weimin Wang, Ph.D.
• Bobby Wassel, Ph.D.
• Shontae Williams
• Alexandria Wilson
• Molly Wilson, J.D., Ph.D.

15 Years of Service

• Omar Ahmad, Ph.D.
• Anne Marie Apollo-Noel
• Heidi Ardizzone, Ph.D.
• Adrian Arthur
• Yuna Ayala, Ph.D.
• Cathy Baumann
• Anne Becker
• Craig Boyd, Ph.D.
• Maureen Bresnahan
• Jon Bruno
• Margaret Bultas, Ph.D.
• Maggie Callon
• Maria Carriedo
• Eric Carron
• Catherine Cibulskis, M.D.
• Rob Cieslinski
• Patrick Cousins
• Sabrina DiPiazza
• Jana Dodge
• Lindzy Dodson, Ph.D.
• Richard Dunn
• John Edwards, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jill Fitzgerald. DPT
• Doris Fleming
• Cheryl Follmer
• Jim Fugel
• Olubukola Gbadegesin, Ph.D.
• Shannon Groth
• Salvador Guijosa
• Miguel Guzman Munoz, M.D.
• Dan Hanes, Ph.D.
• Derrick Henderson
• Joshua Hentzelman, M.D.
• Torrie Hester, Ph.D.
• Don Highberger, S.J.
• Bertha Hollins
• Timothy Howell, Ed.D.
• Charles Huddleston, M.D.
• Helen Hurwitz, Ph.D.
• Julia Kalb, OTD
• David Kaufman, Ph.D.
• Daniel Kruep
• Irma Kuljanishvili, Ph.D.
• Lia Lowrie, M.D.
• Brittany Ludwig
• Filippo Marsili, Ph.D.
• Mike Martin
• Laura Mayer
• Kevin McCandless
• Catherine McDowell
• Patricia McQueen
• Gina Merys-Mahaffey, Ph.D.
• Dixie Meyer, Ph.D.
• Eric Miller
• Karen Moore. Ph.D.
• Carolyn Moran
• Srikanth Mudigonda, Ph.D.
• Teresa Neal
• Jill Newman
• Emily Phillips, Ph.D.
• Susan Ratz
• David Rice
• Nathaniel Rivers, Ph.D.
• Erica Salter, Ph.D.
• Enbal Shacham, Ph.D.
• Kurtis Sobush, M.D.
• Anne Stiles, Ph.D.
• Rita Strube
• Matthew Tuegel
• Emily Wartick
• David Wisbey, Ph.D.
• Peri Xynos, M.D.

10 Years of Service

• Lori Baron, Ph.D.
• Jane Baum
• Ramona Behshad, M.D.
• Jennifer Bello-Kottenstette, M.D.
• Yagya Bhattarai
• Cindy Bitter, M.D.
• Vikram Chawa, M.D.
• Cory Cheatham, M.D.
• Adrienne Childers, M.D.
• Marta Cooperstein, Ph.D.
• Elgin Cotton
• Austin Dalrymple, D.O.
• Diane Devine
• Sandeep Dhindsa, M.D.
• Theresa Drew
• Ashley Eckhardt
• Flavio Esposito, Ph.D.
• Janet Flach
• Anya Freedman, M.D.
• Andrey Frolov, Ph.D.
• Clair Gaines
• Koyal Garg, Ph.D.
• Jaya Gnana-Prakasam, Ph.D.
• Amber Grana, D.O.
• Fahu He, Ph.D.
• Sarah Hilgendorf
• Katya Hill
• Kristin Hrasky
• Lisieux Huelman, Ph.D.
• Philip Huling, Ph.D.
• Korita Humphries
• Rex Isgriggs
• Kendra Johnston
• Katie Kelting, Ph.D.
• Ryan Klotz, Ph.D.
• Paul Kunnath, M.D.
• Justin Lacy, J.D.
• Christopher Laohathai, M.D.
• Myesha Lawrence-Dukes
• Rachel Lindsey, Ph.D.
• Erik Madsen, M.D.
• April Martin
• Ted Mathys
• James McCollum, Ph.D.
• Ian Miller
• Lauren Mooshegian
• Erica Mpoy
• John Mwangi, M.D.
• Mark Nothum
• Cheryl O'Shea
• Kofi Oyirifi
• Saif Paracha, M.D.
• Nermi Parrow, Ph.D.
• Dhiren Patel, M.D.
• Keith Pereira, M.D.
• Hailey Pinz
• Nathan Ponzar, Ph.D.
• Joe Posnanski
• Chetana Reddy, M.D.
• Jaime Reed
• Kim Reichling
• Richard Renken
• Maria Rych
• Wendy Schlesinger
• Mehrdad Sehi, M.D.
• Steven Smart, M.D.
• Denise Smith
• Themi Stavri
• Dan Stoeckel, D.D.S
• Bosko Stojanovski, Ph.D.
• Corey Tate
• Stephanie Taylor
• Jen Tennison, Ph.D.
• Keniesha Thompson, M.D.
• Mary Lynn Thompson
• Jaime Welborn, Ph.D.
• John Wenkel
• Leslie Williams
• Sara Rae Womack
• Rocio Zeballos Chavez, M.D.
• Alex Zhang, Ph.D.
• Dapeng Zhang, Ph.D.