Twenty UGA employees retired Aug. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are:
Sharon Smith Burch, IT director, EITS administrative information system, 35 years/5 months; E. Scott Coulter, director, Continuing Legal Education, 22 years/10 months; Elisa M. Coulter, application analyst principal, Office of Student Financial Aid, 26 years/10 months; Betty Jean Craige, director, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and professor, comparative literature, 37 years/11 months; Ruth C. Donaldson, research professional I, plant pathology research, 24 years/1 month; Laura B. Ford, building services worker II, North Campus Building Services, 14 years/11 months; Nina S. Hellerstein, department head, Romance languages, 32 years/11 months; David Alan Knauft, associate dean, Graduate School, 13 years; Royal A. McGraw, professor, physiology and pharmacology, 25 years/1 month; Eulalie A. Ogden, research professional II, School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 29 years/11 months; Nicholas K. Oppong, associate professor, mathematics and science education, 21 years/ 1 month; Karen Prasse, staff physician, University Health Center, 21 years/1 month; Sarah Ann Smith, building services worker II, North Campus Building Services, 28 years/11 months; William D. Spradlin, research professional I, plant pathology research, 30 years/9 months; Garnett S. Stokes, dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 25 years/10 months; Linda Kay Taylor, administrative specialist I, College of Education-Dean’s Office, 12 years/6 months; Ruth Ann Tesanovich, diagnostic services manager, University Health Center, 27 years/7 months; Mary Jo Townsend, research technician III, entomology research-Tifton Campus, 33 years/8 months; Celia F. Wortham, administrative associate I, distance learning, 19 years; and Charlie E. Wright, building services worker II, Building Services-second shift, 9 years/ 9 months.