School of Medicine employee appreciation

Four School of Medicine employees were recognized this year by Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, for their outstanding contributions and exceptional commitment and dedication to the school.

Tina Grubbs, office coordinator for the Department of Surgery, expresses delight in receiving the Dean's Distinguished Service Award from Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, June 17. The award, considered to be the medical school's highest form of staff recognition, recognizes employees who exceed their job responsibilities, help to create a positive working environment and improve the community in which they live.
Tina Grubbs, office coordinator for the Department of Surgery, expresses delight in receiving the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award from Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, June 17. The award, considered to be the medical school’s highest form of staff recognition, recognizes employees who exceed their job responsibilities, help to create a positive working environment and improve the community in which they live.

Tina Grubbs, office coordinator for the Department of Surgery, and Marybeth Modesto, director of business operations for the Department of Medicine, each received the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award.

“Tina is one of the most dedicated and committed individuals that we have here at Washington University,” said Jamie Sauerburger, executive director of business affairs for the Department of Surgery, of Grubbs. “She is proud of where she works and proves every day that she is the front door to helping others understand what a great place this is in which we work and how fortunate we are to be here.”

Tammy Purington, special projects administrator in the Department of Medicine, said of Modesto: “Marybeth is a dedicated employee and stands above the rest. She has integrity, dependability and utmost knowledge of her role here at Washington University. She has taught her staff about dedication and striving to be the best and service oriented to others at the University.”

Jennifer Lackner, research administrator in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, received the Research Support Staff award. “Jennifer is the most responsible, effective and productive administrator I can imagine,” said Herbert W. “Skip” Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., the Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and Immunology. “She is remarkably organized and keeps me aware of all the things I need to do to get a grant submitted. Most important to me, she always works hard to shield me from unnecessary work and allows me to focus on the science.”

Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, gives Marybeth Modesto, director of business operations for the Department of Medicine, the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award June 25.

Sally A. Jansen, insurance/billing/coding assistant II in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Dermatology, received the Operations Staff Award. “Sally Jensen has repeatedly demonstrated an exceptional example for our employees to emulate,” said Leslie Pettet, business director in the Division of Dermatology. “Her efforts have been exemplary and serve as an important reminder of how fortunate we are to have Sally as a member of our team.”


Hundreds honored for service to University

At the Second Annual Length of University Award Programs June 5, employees were recognized for 10 years of service to 40 years of service.

The following employees were recognized for 10 years of service: Ella Alexander, Felicia R. Allen, Aviva Aloush, Sedric Altman, Karen Ann Altmansberger, Leise A. Amann, Mark A. Ames, Cynthia Ann Anderson, Elizabeth Arentson, Michael E. Aug, Takesha M. Austrell, Sandra Dee Avant, Damon Baisden, Steven A. Barber, Gary J. Barron, Brenda I. Bateman, Brigitte D. Baumeyer, Terrance Baylor, Christine Marie Bear, Michele Becker, James A. Belling, Richard Biehl, Tamberlyn Bieri, Angela Bourbon Freie, Freda Branch, Randy M. Branson, Susan Lorraine Brophy, William Scott Byerly, Kirsten E. Cady, Lynn Marie Calvird, Marsha Lynn Cannon, Marco Cardenas, Cheryl B. Chambliss, Traci A. Christenson, William K. Clayton, Lanelle Coleman, Laura A. Colvin, Kathy D. Corey, Paris Crayton Jr., Denise M. Curl, Sherri R. Davies, Todd A. Davis, Doris Day, Pamela Dayton, Janet M. Deal, William A. Dorsey, Margaret I. Dotson, Ann Marie Doyle, Paul F. Duell, Christina M. Durham, Junko H. Eccles, Tanya Eden, Maureen J. Egan-Palmer, James M. Eldred, Anda Marie Estes, Phyllis A. Evans, Efrem Exum, Michele Ferraro, Carolyn Gail Finnegan, Sherri Lynn Fisher, Patricia Lynn Fisher, Robin Lujean Fitzgerald, Gigi Flynn, Denise Ford, Mary P. Foshage, Katrina R. Frazier, Shirley Ann Frei, James R. Frizzell, Lora M. Gallagher, Debra Lee Gase, Ruth M. Gill, Victoria Rose Goldman, Michael J. Gossett, Melissa Ann Grabenhorst, Allison Jean Grindon, Jocelyn Grinston, Shao Ping Guan, Tracey Johnson Guthrie, Gayla Danette Hadwiger, Carrie Ann Haipek, Winona Y. Hampton, Dawn M. Hannah, Evette M. Harris, Misha-Renee Hart, Trupti S. Hathcock, Susan G. Hawryszko, Kathleen E. Henneberry, Wanda A. Herbst, Kevin M. Holland, Dione A. Holmes, Rhonda L. Hopkins, Donna Lee Hopson, Debra Lynn Hughes, Tomomi Ichinose, Arnita James, Erika Nichole Johnson, Sherry Ann Johnson, Sally J. Jones, Claudette Jones, Benjamin F. Joseph, Twyla Juehne, Heinz Herbert Kahan, Dana M. Kharibian, Carol Ann Kirschner, Phyllis Ann Klein, Christine L. Klein, Deborah Klos, Paul Koppel, Janet Irene Kult, Kathleen Ann Kumanomido, Lou Anne Lanning, Gene Edward Largent, Sherry Lassa-Claxton, Shawn Matthew Leonard, Ying Lin, Bonnie Janice Logsdon, Deborah Jean Long, Adelheid A. Lowery, Amy Lyn Ly, Debra S. Macaulay, Janie Mack, Mary Lee Madden, Jacquelyn A. Mallmann, Joletta Malone, Stephen A. Mandel, Dailing Mao, Petrina Martin-Davis, Barbara Mathieu, Beverly R. May, Jennifer C. McCrea, Kelly J. Mead, Karen Meyer, Lillian Milich, Shirley Jean Moore, Cynthia M. Moseid, Jennifer C. Mosher, Christina Mary Mossinghoff, Teri A. Naismith, Margaret O. Narconis, William Edgar Nash, Chrishon Michel Newton, Laura Marie Nichols, Tomoyuki Nishino, Nancy J. Ogle, Dianne T. Oliver, Donna M. Otzenberger, Kimberley Ann Pape, Alethea Paradis, Myriam Pelly, Ronaldo S. Perez, Felicia Shay Phelps, Edeltraut I. Plut, Larry Poertner Jr., Cathy Pratte, Stephen Purnell, Norma J. Range, Mary Helen Reinarman, John Andrew Richards, Leslie Anne Rickard, Angela L. Robinson, John Ross Roman, Judith F. Rommel, Mary Monique Rosen, Elaine A. Ross, Michele Evette Royer, Laura Lynn Ruhrwien, Francesca L. Ryan, Donna Sand, Denise A. Scarborough, Pamela A. Schmidt, Sandra Schwartz, Karen Seifert, Karen Sell, Philip E. Seper, Jennifer L. Sgro, Duanwen Shen, Michael D. Shornick, Brenda Ann Sides, Jacqueline Sills, Kevin A. Sleeter, Michelle L. Smith, Roxanna Lee Soaib, Karen Steger-May, Paula M. Stein, Lisa Steinhoff, Melvin L. Stewart, Jordana Stewart, Tamara Stich, Georgia Lee Stobbs, Amy M. Strickland, Charles W. Stuckenberg, Soila Sinikka Sukupolvi, Lisa Robin Swafford, Christopher S. Swan, Cynthia Kaye Sweet, Mary Tabacchi, Angela M. Tanner, Waltraud H. Taylor, Fikret Terzic, Donna C. Theiss, David T. Trame, Kathryn M. Trinkaus, Christine E. Turner, Laura M. Veremakis, Thomas F. Voller, Sabrina Wagoner, Paula Walker, Mia C. Wallace, Joseph F. Walters, Rebecca Waltman, Autumn Watson, Stephen M. Wegescheide, Donald D. Williams, Shirley Faye Williams, Gerald Anthony Williams, Chantay J. Williams, Judy L. Wilmouth, Mary M. Winkler, Ann E. Winn, Jennifer L. Witt, Todd N. Wylie, Chuanxi Xiang, Zhiqiang Xu, Ping Yang, Martin R. Yoakum, Patricia Lee Young, Wendy Wei Zhang and Xu Zhang.

The following employees were recognized for 15 years of service: Susan J. Adams, Christopher Mic Adkins, Eugene Vasilivi Agapov, Charles R. Albach, Jay Michael Albertina, Pamela Anne Anderson, Shelly J. Audrain, Malgorzata Bielinska, Donald L. Blair, John R. Bracamontes, Elise Virginia Brannan, Linda M. Brockman, Vincent Brown, Carolyn Marie Carbery, Kathy E. Cox, Sheila L. Crowder, Robin Elise Dam, Dorit Daphna-Iken, Lois Ann Davis, Deborah A. Delano, Grace E. Dick, Jane F. Ditch, Kathryn Lyle Duchek, Cathryn L. Eghigian, John Arthur Engelbach, Tracey Erdman, Betty K. Feagans, Mary M. Feldmeier, Brenda Jo Galati, Debra June Gulledge, Heather Lisa Hageman, Terese Rose Hall, Christine M. Hamilton, Darren C. Hampton, Janis Lynn Hardin, Carrie D. Harris, Richard E. Hauhart, Cynthia Ann Helms, Koliska Ann Hill, Gloria Jean Hoch, Theresa Marie Iffrig, Veselina L. Jovanovic, Susan Kaminski, Barbara L. Keaton, Linda Ann Krueger, Steven Leary, Janaki Lelwala-Guruge, Angela Lewis, Raylont A. Logan, Mary Ann Mallon, Reginald M. Manney, Susan C. Maranan, Jo Ann Marsala, Earl Martin, Mary Ann McKay, David L. Melson, Jamie Ann Menendez, Donna Louise Meyer, Lynne M. Mitchell, Darrik Monson, Linda L. Montague, Gary John Mueller, Billy Darren Nix, Joanne B. Norton, Barbara Jean Oberle, Michael D. Onken, Deborah Kay Osborne, Sherman Owens, Larry E. Park, Julia Kay Pikoraitis, Jacqueline Mari Pinkerton, Carol Jean Rose, Jamie L. Sauerburger, Laura Ann Schuermann, Mary M. Schurwan, Lorraine Marie Schwartz, Julia Anne Schweiger, Dulari Dilip Shah, Prabha Sharma, Lisa Gayle Sherrill, Vanessa Smith, Joan Marie Smith-Lauer, Marla Patrice Spriggs, Sandra Lynn Stanger, Vicky Johnson Stringer, Carol Jean Swarringin, Michael Talcott, Janet Talcott, Evanne Trevaskis, Tina Marie Turasky, Tina Ann Vogl, Mary Elizabeth Vogt, Paula Lynn Walker, Shari Gail Watkins, Margaret M. Williams and Vanetta P. Worthy.

The following employees were recognized for 20 years of service: Mary Margaret Akin, Mary K. Amann, Stephanie A. Amen, Nancy L. Bertelsman, Mary Regina Brennan, Rose Lee Brockhouse, Norma D. Brown, Bernard H. Brownstein, Nancy Ann Campbell, Gwendolyn B. Chatman, Zhiwei Chen, Patricia Ann Crader, Sandretta Tasha Crawford, Lucy Elena Cruse, June Pauline Derhake, Diane Sue Disbrow, Donna Marie Diuguid, Lawrence Wayne Dodd, Tia Ogilvie Drake, Michael J. Engle, Vickie R. Evans, Johnny Fields Jr., Beverly Kay Floyd, Glenn Jay Foster, Sandra Jean French, Margaret Mary Frisella, Kevin W. Fuller, Susan Maureen Garland, Nancy Lynn Garrett, Pamela Jean Gassner, Diane M. Giamarino, Beverly Laura Gibson, Michael Angelo Giorgi, Dennis Cornell Gordon, Catherine Anne Grady, Diana Gualdoni, Connie Haynes, Mary Elizabeth Heeley, Lena Grace Henry, Katherine Alene Hoertel, Matthew S. Holt, Jody Knight Horn, Deborah Laine Howard, Claudine H. Ilko, Troy Ingram, Annette Irving, Patricia Ann Jakoubek, Richard M. Keeling, Daniel Lee Kinder, Dorothy Anne Kinscherf, Patrick J. Kline, Caroline B. Kloeckener, Barry Lathorne Knox, Carol J. Kohl, Margaret A. Kramper, Kathy J. Kronk, Vicki L. Kunkler, Rene Kay Leadicker, Bruce C. Linders, Edward J. Linn, Lynne Lippmann, Patricia Lock-Buckley, Karen Sue Luetkemeyer, Shelly Lynn Meese, David Allen O’Donnell, Judy Lynn Osborn, Susan E. Penrose, Melanie Puhar, Joseph Victor Quennoz, James A. Randolph, Joanne Margaret Rike, Denise Aileen Rodgers, Joann Mildred Sanden, Patricia L. Sasse, James Harrison Scott Jr., Terry Lynn Sharp, Samuel Ray Smith, Katherine A. Swan, Antania Y. Taylor, Debra Ann Turner, Sherri Kay Vogt, Janis Lea Watkins, Denise Ruth Welsch, Mary Susan Wingate and Alexander Zheleznyak.

The following employees were recognized for 25 years of service: Kathryn Therese Akers, Joyce Bateman, G. Larry Bretthorst, William Buckner, Tina Lynn Burmeister, Sumitra Chakraverty, Elizabeth E. Engeszer, Maria Luisa Ewen, Christine J. Fini, Lynne Renee Foster, Linda E. Gallo, Gayle Denise Harvey, Rita M. Hauer, Constance Sue Huycke, Karen Marie Laclear, Debra Ann Lane, David Lee McAtee, Jacquelyn S. McDonough, Carol Ann Murray, Nancy Beth Myers, Elizabeth L. Nordike, John Joseph Page, Jr., Lisa Ann Patterson, Patricia Emily Pounds, Paul Roberson, Nanette S. Rochberg, Denise Kay Soehngen, Susan Andra Starbuck, Marlene Stark, Patricia M. Wanko, Terry G. Whitaker, Janet Loraine Willand and Charlie Ojile Wulf.

The following employees were recognized for 30 years of service: Cheryl Sue Adles, David Ralph Ashner, Katherine C. Chang, Cheryl Lynn Clobes, Mary Feld, Katherine E. Frederick, Joyce Ann Linn, Rebecca J. Meininger, Kathryn Yvonne Norwood, Grady W. Phillips Jr., Joan Lois Starling and Ann Marie Zito.

The following employees were recognized for 35 years of service: Dianne Lee Boehmer, Linda Kay Breuklander, Colleen Ann Calcaterra, Maggie Man-Yee Chi, Connie Lavern Davis, Kathleen Ehrhard, Karen G. Green and Elery M. Sharp.

The following employees were recognized for 40 years of service: Peggy Brown and Shirlene Taylor.