Fifteen UGA employees retired Oct. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: P. Dexter Adams, director, Facilities Management Division-grounds department, 31 years, 2 months; Gerald F. Arkin, Griffin campus assistant dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 27 years, 4 months; Phyliss R. Ball, senior accountant, Institute for Behavioral Research, 9 years, 9 months; Rebecca Miller Edwards, accountant, political science, 12 years, 7 months; Glen R. Frank, utility worker II, Facilities Management Division-Support Services, 28 years, 11 months; Jerry D. Gibby, electrician, Central Foods Storage, 10 years; Deborah F. Goswick, administrative specialist II, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences-Dean’s Office, 29 years, 9 months; Minnie T. Haygood, building services worker I, Facilities Management Division-Building Services (second shift), 10 years; Kathryn M. Keene, senior accountant, horticulture research, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 13 years, 10 months; Jennifer M. Kilcrease, development coordinator, Terry College of Business-Dean’s Office, 25 years; David Lumpkin, building services worker II, Facilities Management Division-Building Services (North Campus), 13 years, 1 month; Gary Stephens Murphy, research technician II, crop and soil sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Tifton campus), 15 years, 9 months; T. Brian Tankersley, senior public service associate, UGA Extension-Southwest District, 30 years, 6 months; Robert W. Trotter, information technology senior manager, libraries-general operations, 24 years, 3 months; and Herbert J. Yeomans, research professional II, crop and soil sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 30 years, 3 months.