In 1963, golf legend Jack Nicklaus won his first Masters Tournament. And — don’t laugh — with more than $125,000 in winnings, Arnold Palmer became golf’s all-time top money winner.
Also in 1963, Donald Davis started work at Washington University.
Davis was one of 60 people who retired from the University in 2006; of those, 29 were in attendance at a luncheon hosted by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton Sept. 14 at Whittemore House. Including family and friends, more than 90 people attended the luncheon.
With 42 years of service, Davis had the longest tenure of any retiree.
One department was hit particularly hard by retirement, as Suzanne Winkler (41 years) and Gerald Johns (39 years) both retired from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics.
The 60 retirees contributed a total of 1,309 years of service to the University.
Traditionally, special recognition is afforded to those retirees in attendance at the luncheon who have the greatest number of years of service with the University. In addition to Davis (otolaryngology) and Winkler, Bill Smith (39 years) from information systems also received a basket of flowers.
All retirees were given walnut plaques, presented by Wrighton; Larry Shapiro, M.D, executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine; Robert E. Wiltenburg, Ph.D., dean of University College in Arts & Sciences; Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., dean of the Olin School of Business and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management; Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work; Mary Sansalone, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; William S. Stoll, associate vice chancellor for development; and John Klein, executive vice chancellor for administration.
List of retirees:
Danforth, West, North campuses: Midge Bailey (11 years); Deborah Booker (12 years); Sue Collier (23 years); Carolyn Craig (31 years); Janet Douglas (22 years); Karen Edwards (21 years); Ellen Feinstein (18 years); Judith Gerber (36 years); Libby Hill (33 years); Glen Horton (31 years); Ruth Irwin (23 years); Ouida Jackson (35 years); Ruth Kienstra (10 years); Myron Komarynsky (13 years); Barbara McIntosh (20 years); Peg McMullen (24 years); Ed McMullin (13 years);
Mary Politte (17 years); Michael Powell (26 years); Barbara Roth (12 years); Judy Ruhland (12 years); Jim Sidwell (22 years); Bill Smith (39 years); Hanne Spence (23 years); Elizabeth Sweeney (15 years); Kathleen Thompson (15 years); Adele Tuchler (20 years).
Medical Campus: Joy Brothers (33 years); Marjorie Chockley (26 years); Kathleen Conboy (13 years); Diane Crader (17 years); Betty Darron (20 years); Donald Davis (42 years); Joyce Fitch (35 years); Ellen Heath-Monnig (24 years); JoAnn Jackson (29 years); Gerald Johns (39 years); Johnnie Johnson (13 years); John Kennedy (27 years); Marie Laregina (13 years); Susan Levin (21 years); Leslie MacConnell-Clubbs (30 years); Brenda McCall (24 years); Linda Michelson (19 years); Kathleen Naughton (30 years); Joseph Peabody (11 years); Robert Rhodes (15 years); Stanley Ridgeway (18 years);
Pat Scannell (18 years); Janet Seavitte (10 years); Billie Sisco (16 years); Eloretta Smith (12 years); Lois Smith (26 years); Janice Struck (29 years); Daniel Studelska Jr. (18 years); Rita Telken (20 years); Suzanne Winkler (41 years); Elizabeth Ytzaina (12 years); Wei Zhang (14 years); Mary Zimmerman (17 years).