Recognizing Milestones

For more than 35 years, Stony Brook University has held a Service Awards Celebration to honor employees who have hit major milestones of service to the University. And while this year’s event could not be held due to COVID-19, the University is proud to recognize the dedicated employees who reached 25+ years of service in 2019.

Last year, 366 employees reached a service milestone. 147 people have worked at Stony Brook for 25 years, 117 for 30 years and 46 people have been here 35 years. A record number of 43 have been here for 40 years, eight marked 45 years on campus and three recently celebrated more than 50 years. And, for the first time, two distinguished professors – Marv Goldfried and Norm Goodman – celebrated 55-years of service, an incredible achievement.

The 55-Year Honorees

Distinguished Professor Marvin Goldfried, Department of Psychology, is so revered in the field of clinical psychology that the American Psychological Association bestowed upon him the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge. He was also honored for his work by the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, who renamed their New Researcher Award in his honor. And while he has received almost every psychology award known to humankind, including most recently the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology, Goldfried relates that he is most proud of the accomplishments of his graduate students. 

Norm Goodman, Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor, Department of Sociology, is a true Stony Brook legend. Admired not only for his dedication to his students and his field but also for his passion for advocating for all that is right. A sociologically-oriented social psychologist, Goodman was the first person in SUNY to be awarded two distinguished professorships. He was chair of the Department of Sociology for 20 years, president of the senate of the College of Arts and Science, twice president of the University Faculty Senate, served as Vice President for the senate for three terms and edited the SUNY University Senate Bulletin for more than 20 years. Goodman says he is particularly proud of his role in facilitating Stony Brook’s transition to a major, internationally renowned institution of higher education and being a major player in the effort to ensure that campus policies and practices are established through a process of shared governance.

The 50-Year Honorees

For 2019, there were three 50-year honorees: Sherry Chang, University Libraries; Ken Short, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Sanford Simon, departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Pathology.

Sherry Chang has been instrumental in helping students and faculty with their research and reports as an integral part of the University Libraries, receiving a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship for her contributions. Chang reports she is most proud of leading the 2016 renovation project that transformed two reading rooms in Melville Library into “knowledge commons,” creating an incredible study space that is unrivaled in all of SUNY.

Kenneth Short is a much-loved professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, receiving a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1985. For many years, he was the undergraduate program director and also served as chair of the department. In 2019, he was honored with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award cites Professor Short’s “lasting excellence and unparalleled dedication to electrical engineering education.” He also continues to give back to his students, having set up a scholarship that is awarded annually to a CEAS senior majoring in computer engineering.

Sanford Simon, a professor in the departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Pathology, was the first basic sciences hire in the School of Medicine. During his tenure, he has helped to deliver innovative education programs to thousands of students and produce world-class research at the interface of basic science and medicine. As a mentor, he has encouraged young scientists to reach their greatest potential; among them, multiple students who have gone on to important faculty positions in the School of Medicine.

Congratulations, and thank you to all employees for your years of dedicated services.

55 Years

Marvin R. Goldfried
Norman Goodman

50 Years

Sherry Chang
Kenneth L. Short
Sanford R. Simon

45 Years

Mark H. Aronoff
Kenneth J. Baldwin
Moises Eisenberg
Stephen J. Finch
Vincent J. Iacono
Lowell Jones
Daria Semegen
Eckard A. Wimmer

40 Years

Catherine L. Anderson
Mary Ellen Angell
Leonard A. Arbeit
Marie A. Badalamente
David A. Baker
Stuart B. Campbell
Elaine Castelli
Kathleen D. Culver
Diana Davies
Peter C. Durcan
Steven Everest
Patricia George
Berhane Ghebrehiwet
Janet Guarini
Clara L. Hernandez-Franck
Lawrence C. Hurst
Debra K. Ivans
Betty J. Knittweis
Nicholas Koridis
Ned C. Landsman
James M. Lattimer
H. Blaine Lawson Jr.
Hsi-Ming Lee
Cynthia Lombardo
Gary J. Marker
Kayla J. Mendelsohn
Marie-Louise Michelsohn
Helmut Norpoth
Lucy B. Palmer
Joav M. Prives
Laurie E. Rafkin
James H. Rubin
Carolyn Santora
Ronnie Shapiro
Robert E. Shrock
Kathleen C. Shurpin
Francina Singh
John Soranno
Joann Temme
John A. Tuominen
Susan Van Horn
Wayne C. Waltzer
Laura E. Werkheiser

35 Years

Karen A. Allard
Janet Allgaier
Katherine M. Askinazi
Sugata Bagchi
Glenn Bancke
Debra R. Cascio
William C. Chittick
Deborah Deierlein
Carol B. Della Ratta
Harbans S. Dhadwal
Michael Dudley
Linda Erickson
Jean M. Forster
Patricia George
Sarahjeanne R. Goldstein
Joseph J. Kelly
Michael Kifer
Karen D. Lehner
Laurie J. Leverich
Joel M. Levine
Antonietta Lynch
Rosemary A. Mahan
Mary Mladek
Linda M Moeller
Cassandra R. Moore-Woodson
Lawrence Nicholaides
Geoffrey T. O’Connell
Tammy Palmer
Kathleen Perilli
Elizabeth J Roemer
Robin Sabatello
Steven Sampson
Julia Scheuermann
Kevin Seely
Eugene W. Stark
Joan Steinberg
Henry C. Thode Jr.
Louise Thornton
Jeffrey S. Trilling
Catherine M. Tuppo
Patricia Veltri
Lori A. Walsh
Yvonne Walsh
Robert J. Wasnick

30 Years

Visamma Abraham
Kathryn M. Ardizzone
Michael Bahr
Behzad Barzideh
Brunilda Batista
Alba Beltran
Ann L Berrios
Richard Berscak
Jean E. Bieselin
Thomas V. Bilfinger
Tracey A. Braile
Susan K. Bronson
Bruce Brownawell
Pamela Burger
Terry M. Button
Louis Caronia
Doreen M. Cestare
Jacquelyn Coady
Virginia A. Coletti
Constant Dambreville
Randi E. Daponte
Lissette Diaz
Thomas Dixon
Karen Duffy
Scott A. Eckert
Raafat Elmaghrabi
Diane E. Englot
Doris Fehrenbach
Eugene A. Feinberg
Stanley Feldman
Epifania Maria Fernandez
Roger D. Flood
Daisy Genao
Lisa A. Genzano
John Peter Gergen
James B. Goss
James Guarino
Stanford N. Halvorson
David Hendrickson
Gayle Jarva
Indralatha Jayatilaka
Michael A. Joachim
Dana K. Jorgensen-Cobe
Jennifer A. Katapodis
Dorit H. Kaufman
Virginia Keegan
Anne M. Klassert
Randi Kolsch
Vladimir E. Korepin
Bruce T. Kube
Yvonne Kwok-Lin
William Lacascia
Eleanor M. Lane
Colleen A. Lapietra
Richard K. Larson
Laurie D. Levine
Rolinda Lewis
Andrzej R. Lipski
Frank P. Lombardi
Manuel London
Daniel Lozano
Min-Huei Lu
Patricia Malone
Stefanie Massucci
Charles K. Mazzarese
Laura Marie McCaffery
Catherine McCarron
Eugene Merschoff
Robert Meyn
Laszlo Mihaly
Glenda H. Mitchell
April P. Morgan
Sachiko Murata
Kenneth Nelson
Juan C. Nieto
Jean Marie M. O’donnell
Donna M. O’Shaughnessy
Kenneth R. O’Sullivan
John B. Parise
Debra A. Pelio
Nancy J. Reid
Timothy Riley
Charles Robbins
Victoriano Roncero-Lopez
Carol A. Ross
Yvette Schmitt
Peter N. Schubert
Joseph Schwartz
Henry C. Schwatzman
James Serignese
Catherine Silberstein
Eric Spitzer
Silvia Spitzer
John W. Stankaitis
Theresa L Stavola
Ralph C. Stears Jr.
Ruth Stein
Timmie E. Stephens
Lisa Strano-Paul
Todd Stumpf
Scott Sutherland
Susan Sylvester
Anne E. Tacopina
David A. Taiclet
Rodina H. Taylor-Thomas
Robin E. Tobias
Andrea Trezza-Vadjinia
Lynn Turner-Bruschi
Glenn Valentine
Michael T. Vaughan
Dawn Marie Virostko
Laurie A. Wallace
Susanne Walsh
Frederick M. Walter
Daniel A. Weymouth
Karen M. Wiederkehr

25 Years

Rowena A. Abesamis
Jennifer A. Albanese
Dora Allen
Julio Almanzar
John Aluisa
Marie Carline Ancion
Laura Artuso
Victor Arvanian
Cynthia W. Arzberger
Anne Barnett
Elizabeth Baron
JoAnn E. Becht
John W. Blasi
Susan B. Blum
Radha Bonala
Karen M. Botsch
John J. Bowman
Lisa Ann Brandt
Mary Cambria
Jeanne Cassenaar
Frank Y. Chin
Heidi Cifelli
Lisa M. Clark
Joanne Clyde
Dianna L. Cuocco
Lorraine E. Danowski
Anita J Dantzig
Carlos R. De Los Santos
Annette De Pietri
Metushella M. Deleon
Diane L. Delgado
Rowena Inson Dimanlig
Laureen A. Diot
Michael H. Doall
Kenneth D. Doyle
Violet Duarte
Freddie C. Eddins
B. Jeffrey Edwards
Bruce E. Engel
Susan H. Erster
Andrea Fedi
Mary C. Feiler
Arlene S. Feldman
Rosario R. Felizardo
Ana L. Fernandez
Rafaela Fernandez
Sperduti Filomena
Junyuan Gao
Loretta Gauser
Miriam A. Genao
Monica Gentile
Patricia D. Gentile
Soosan Ghazizadeh
Julissa A. Gonzalez
John D. Griffin
Tara Grynne
Kathy Grzymala
Frederick B. Gutman
Bakhtavar Hagedorn
Eric L. Haralson
Maureen E. Harris
Diane Henry-Vanisko
Nancy M. Hollingsworth
Juanita T. James-Allen
Maria Victoria Jazmines
Cynthia Jorgensen
Gary J. Kaczmarczyk
Gerald Kelly
Linda A. Klosowski
Thomas J. Kondrick
Teresa D. Kramer
Robin E. Krushinski
Carolyn Kube
Lenore M. Lamanna
Debra R. Lang
Susan Legrady
Dianna Ling-Ellsworth
Andrew J. Litter
Susan Lynne Little
Dominick LoGiudice
Laura Long
Serge Luryi
Gary M. Maini
John E. Mak
Caroll Joy R. Maray
Nancy C. Marshall
Christina Martin
Anna Marie D. Martinez
Nathalie B. Martinez
Melissa Masciopinto
Janet M. Masino
Deborah Mayo
Celeste Mazzarese
Connie McEnery
Yvette M. Melendez
Patricia M. Melville
Sondra Mendoza-Corrody
Dawn Mignone
Kerry A. Mignone
Gerald Miller
Grace J. Mora
Roberto M. Muhi
Karen A. Muncey
Christine E. Murphy-Sassano
Victor P. Navarra
Martha R. Nolan
Mark G. Pancotto
Virginia Pavese
Tatyana Peresleni
Kevin M. Pesce
Ronald Pierre
Anthony M. Pinzone
Richard J. Plofker
John D. Pohlman
Victor Poon
Emily H. Pozgay
James E. Quinn
Marlene Katherine Quinn
Kim M. Rant
Tara P. Read
Jose A. Recinos
Ernesta C. Rivera
Deborah A. Robinson
Denise Ross
Marie E. Ross
Lilia D. Ruiz-Debbe
Tatiana G. Rzhevsky
Sharon T. Sabbatino
Gisele I. Schierhorst
Adam L. Sherr
Stephen K. Slovensky
Robert S. Smith
Kathleen D. Sommers
Carmen Spratt
Laura A. Stevenson
Robert M. Streb
Raymond Taffner
Youngcha Takats
William E. Tappin
Catherine A. Thomson
Joseph S. Topek
Marie T. Turchiano
Kulandaiappan Varadaraj
Suzanne Weiss
Karen Wilk
Thomas M. Wilkman
Sharon M. Wirth
Debora L. Wynnyckyj
Yun Xu
Yue Zhang