Oct. 14, 2009

VCU holding 38th service award receptions

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By Linda Williams
VCU Communications and Public Relations

VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D., (right) thanks Larry Robinson of the School of the Arts for his 50 years of service to the university at the 38th service award reception on the Monroe Park Campus. Photo by Thomas Kojcsich.
VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D., (right) thanks Larry Robinson of the School of the Arts for his 50 years of service to the university at the 38th service award reception on the Monroe Park Campus. Photo by Thomas Kojcsich.

Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System recognize employees for their dedicated years of commitment to the institution's teaching, research, service and patient-care mission at the 38th annual Service Awards receptions.

This year’s program honors more than 2,000 faculty and staff members at receptions on both campuses. The MCV Campus reception was held on Oct. 13 at the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building. The Monroe Park Campus reception will be held on Oct. 16 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the University Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballrooms.
Employees with five to 15 years of service receive service-award pins, while employees with 20 or more years of service selected either the pin or a gift.

Faculty and staff who have been with the university or health system for 25 years or more were eligible to receive a limited-edition gift, of which only 50 are available. The special gift — a black and silver, hand-blown glass vase — was designed exclusively for this year’s service-award recipients by Nanda Soderberg, a 2005 graduate of VCU’s School of the Arts and an adjunct faculty member. For more information on the gift or the artist, visit http://www.hr.vcu.edu/reward/2009ServiceAwards_MilestoneGift.html.

For a complete list of recipients, go to http://www.hr.vcu.edu/reward/2009ServiceAwards.html.

40 years of service

  • Rosetta Andrews, Mother/Infant Care Unit
  • Sally Brown, Physiology and Biophysics
  • Serena Carter, Main Kitchen
  • Esther Chambliss, Pediatrics
  • Winston Chandler, Blood Bank
  • Linda Chapman, Health Information Management
  • Gaynell Doggett, Health Careers Program
  • Reuben Farley, Mathematical Sciences
  • Edith Farrar, Acute Care Surgery
  • Mary Margaret Fosmark, Advancement Services
  • Mae Fox, FN Administration
  • Melvin Fratkin, Radiology-Nuclear Medicine
  • Joseph Levasseur, Neurosurgery
  • Betty Magner, Radiation Oncology
  • John Pagels, Biology
  • Betty Pleasant, Clinical Research Center
  • Jennifer Reed, Phlebotomy
  • Jack Schiltz, Health and Human Performance
  • Marie Starkes, Procurement
  • Judith Taylor, Humanities and Sciences
  • Kermit Wilkerson, Central Receiving

45 years of service

  • W. Kenneth Blaylock, Dermatology
  • Muriel Gass, Security Care Unit
  • Hsiu-Sheng Hsu, Microbiology & Immunology
  • Joyce Johnson, Supplemental Staffing
  • Charles B. Loving, Physical Plant


50 years of service

Larry Robinson, Art Foundation Program
Top row, from left: Esther Chambliss, Pediatrics, 40 years; Winston Chandler, Blood Bank, 40 years; Gaynell Doggett, Health Careers Program, 40 years; Reuben Farley, Mathematical Sciences, 40 years; Edith Farrar, Acute Care Surgery, 40 years; Mae Fox, FN Administration, 40 years. Middle row: Mary Margaret Fosmark, Advancement Services, 40 years; Melvin Fratkin, Radiology-Nuclear Medicine, 40 years; Joseph Levasseur, Neurosurgery, 40 years; Charles B. Loving, Physical Plant, 45 years; Betty Magner, Radiation Oncology, 40 years. Bottom row: John Pagels, Biology, 40 years; Betty Pleasant, Clinical Research Center, 40 years; Larry Robinson, Art Foundation Program, 50 years; Marie Starkes, Procurement, 40 years; Judy Taylor, Humanities and Sciences, 40 years; Kermit Wilkerson, Central Receiving, 40 years
Top row, from left: Esther Chambliss, Pediatrics, 40 years; Winston Chandler, Blood Bank, 40 years; Gaynell Doggett, Health Careers Program, 40 years; Reuben Farley, Mathematical Sciences, 40 years; Edith Farrar, Acute Care Surgery, 40 years; Mae Fox, FN Administration, 40 years. Middle row: Mary Margaret Fosmark, Advancement Services, 40 years; Melvin Fratkin, Radiology-Nuclear Medicine, 40 years; Joseph Levasseur, Neurosurgery, 40 years; Charles B. Loving, Physical Plant, 45 years; Betty Magner, Radiation Oncology, 40 years. Bottom row: John Pagels, Biology, 40 years; Betty Pleasant, Clinical Research Center, 40 years; Larry Robinson, Art Foundation Program, 50 years; Marie Starkes, Procurement, 40 years; Judy Taylor, Humanities and Sciences, 40 years; Kermit Wilkerson, Central Receiving, 40 years