Eighteen UGA employees retired Sept. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are:
Donna M. Albea, admissions counselor I, School of Law, 17 years/5 months; John C. Avise, research professor, genetics, 30 years; Ella Louise Bolton, building services worker II, custodial services—North campus, 13 years; Richard B. Burton, agricultural research assistant III, crop and soil sciences—Coastal Plain Station, 29 years; Gary A. Couvillon, professor, horticulture, 42 years/2 months; Mattie L. Echols, building services worker II, custodial services—South campus, 10 years/3 months; Janet H. Gill, laboratory technician II, Tifton Diagnostic Lab, 27 years/2 months; John R. Jordan, skilled trades worker, family housing administration, 21 years; James Earl Lovell, agricultural research assistant III, Mountain Research and Education Center-Blairsville, 27 years/4 months; Janet McCombs, clinical assistant professor, clinical and administrative sciences, College of Pharmacy, 22 years/7 months; Glenda M. Odom, data entry clerk II, admissions, 17 years; Mary P. Ogletree, buyer III, procurement, 28 years/3 months; Betty M. Pittard, building services worker II, custodial services—North campus, 30 years; Preston Dickson Roland, agricultural research assistant II, field research services, Georgia Experiment Station, 10 years/4 months; George L. Russell Jr., facilities manager I, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 10 years; William R. Sapp, associate professor, art, 15 years/11 months; Deborah B. Shackelford, data management specialist II, institutional research, 30 years; Hoke S. Wilder Jr., assistant athletic director, Athletic Association, 17 years.