Six 50-Year Employees Honored at 2018 Service Awards Ceremony

Earlier this March, the Service Awards celebration for employees marking 25 years or more of service to the University was held. More than 170 of the honorees celebrating a milestone from 2017 filled the Student Activities Center Ballroom A with joy and conversation as they reconnected with colleagues and shared memories of their years at Stony Brook.

For the first time in its 20-plus year history, the Service Awards recognized six honorees who were celebrating more than 50 years of service, the most ever honored in one year: Fu-Pen Chiang, Mechanical Engineering; Alfred Goldhaber, Physics and Astronomy; Erlend Graf, Physics and Astronomy; Craig Lehmann, School of Health Technology and Management; Barry McCoy, CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics; and K. Daniel O’Leary, Psychology.

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. expressed his gratitude at the devotion, talents and contributions of everyone who helped shape Stony Brook throughout its 60-year history. “In September 1957, we opened in Oyster Bay as a small teachers college with only 148 students — who were mostly from Long Island. Today, we are educating more than 25,000 students from more than 100 countries, offering more than 200 academic programs. You’ve all been part of this amazing journey. Every day that you’re on the job, you’re part of our history and our future. So, be proud of yourselves and your accomplishments — I know I am,” he said.

He then asked the 25-, 30- and 35-year honorees to stand first so they could be recognized and applauded for their service. Then he individually recognized the senior honorees who were in attendance, praising their 40-, 45- and 50-years of service. Each senior honoree was introduced and brought up to the podium to receive his award.

A total of 350 people achieved recognized levels of service in 2017: 134 reached 25 years, 132 reached 30 years, 58 reached 35 years, 15 reached 40 years, four celebrated 45 years, and six are at 50 years and still going strong. In addition to special Tiffany gifts, attendees each received pins displaying their years of service.

The 2017 Service Award Honorees

50 Year
Fu-Pen Chiang
Alfred Goldhaber
Erlend Graf
Craig Lehmann
Barry McCoy
Daniel O’Leary

45 Year
Frances Brisbane

Robert McCarthy
Stephen Spector
Donald Weidner

40 Year
Mohammad Akhtar
Henry Bokuniewicz
Timothy Driscoll
Kenneth Gadow
Mary Hoch
Germaine Hoynos
Denise Johnson
James Kierych
AnnMarie Scheidt
Dorothy Scofield
Thomas Sexton
Thomas Slouck
Gerald Smaldone
Elizabeth Stone
Randall Susman

35 Years
Sharon Azzato
Dallas Bauman III
Paul Bingham
Michele Bogart
Roger Cameron
Katherine Caruana
Kirk Cochran
Laurie Ann Cullen
Kathaleen Donnelly
Mark Estela
Debra Ephraim
Leslie Evinger
Kathleen Ferrara
Deborah Firestone
Janet Fischel
Luigi Fontanella
Elizabeth Gasparino
Simon Halegoua
Patrick Hearing
Debbie Hroncich
John Hughes
Sharon Kearney
Daniel Kinney
Peter Koch
Keith Krejci
Harry Laventure
William Lawson
Claude LeBrun
Erwin London
Maria Manning
Jo Ann McCaslin
Lori McKernan
Monica McTigue
Barbara M. Mills
Adrienne Munich
Jacqueline Pascariello
Deborah Perry
Colin Pilkington
Peter Ponticelli
Linda Purick
Joyce Quick
Edward Quinn
Mary Rawlinson
Martin Rocek
Jeanette Royce
Natalie Sachman
Amelia Salinero
Willa Schultz
Jeffrey Segal
Patrick Sibony
Scott Smolka
Ilan Spector
Kamal Sridhar
Eve Taitz
Karen Villanueva-Walsh
Stephen Vitkun
Jean Wainer
Thomas Wilson

30 Years
Donna Acerenza
Jeffrey Adelman
Robert Ansbach
Perrilynn Baldelli
Marguerite Baldwin
Concetta Barry
Colleen Bassuk
Christine Benowitz
Patricia Bisogno
Ana Bueno
Carmen Cepeda
Laura Coiro
Christine Collins
Colleen Comstock
Barbara Craddock
Robert Crease Jr.
Judith Crowell
Ginny Clancy
Jo-Ann Daniels
Raphael Davis
Miriam Delquaglio
Barbara Devlin
Maureen Dewitt
Philip Doesschate
Annette Donnadio
Christine Downey
Melinda Duncan
Robert Dunne
Mervin Dunson
Gwendolyn Edwards
Owen Edwards
Dale Ellis
John Espey
Mary Falk
Catherine Fiore
Audrey Fisher
Monica Flanagan
Peter Flanagan
Deborah Freund-Baldwin
Phyllis Gaines
Marie Gelato
Sharon Gluskin
Mary Graefe
Russ Greenspan
Patricia Guercio
Deneen Hastings
Eric Hathaway
Alan Heimann
Donna Heinemann
Laurie Henry
Mark Hersh
Marybeth Heyden
Keri Hollander
Laura Kantor
Elizabeth Kaplan
Sanjay Kapur
Kevin Kelly
Michael Kimmel
William Kolsch Jr.
Jacquelyn Koziuk
William Krafft
Catherine Lada
Mary Lane
Joyce Laverty
Luther Lipsett
Darcy Lonsdale
Gary Mar
Lisa Marchese
Susan Masciello
Italia Mazzullo
Jane McCormack
Caryn McKenna
Matthew McKinley
Scott McLennan
Kathleen Meadows-Marzano
Diane Monteleone
Lorraine Morra
Toshio Nakamura
Robert Newman
Kim-Kwee Ng
Diane Nicholson
Lisa Nieves
Jo-Anne Norbury
Howard Novotny
Sharon Ann O’Donovan
Karen O’Toole
Vivian Panicci
Donna Panarello
Debra Petralia
Anna Petrosian
April Plank
Lisa Plank
Dominick Pombano
Linda Rahn
Jahangir Rastegar
Elias Rigas
Jacqueline Riggs
Clinton Rubin
Sharon Ruocco
Donna Schmidt
Cheryl Schoedler
Michelle Schumacher
David Schwarting
Joseph Schwartz
Patricia Schwarz
Mark Sedler
Elaine Sepe
Nancy Sheehan
Wesley Shen
Elizabeth Silver
Maryann Slawinski
Angela Smith
Efie Spentzos
Kamal Sridhar
Sheila Stevenson
Murali Subbarao
Lawrence Swanson
Yair Tauman
Alfredo Torlentino
Lynn Toscano
Gary Van Sise
Charlene Vanleuvan
Jacobus Verbaarschot
Nand Wadhwa
Kerry Wargo
Joyce Wellinger
Robert Weniger
Terry Whyard
Mark Wiggins
James Willis
Robert Worst
Lee Anne Xippolitos

25 Years
Ana Maria Acevedo
Grace Agnetti
Donna Albergo
Carl Allocca
Susan Andersen
Esther Arkin
Janice Barone
Sue Behrens
Eileen Bergan
Dwayne Bestenheider
Dana Biggin
Linda Bily
Susan Boudreau
Jeanmarie Brand
Sandra Brennan
Marijean Buhse
Sean Cassidy
Glen Castro
Wendy Ciaravino
Maria Cocorikas-Mauceri
Gail Cohan
Elizabeth Collins
Nicole Comeau
Josephine Connolly-Schoonen
Bernard Cooke
Manuel Cortes Jr.
Robert Corwin
Thomas Daly
Edgar Daniels
Antonio Dantino
Paula Dawydiak
Neta Dean
Angela Demmer
Rita Desai
Michael Desposito
Paula Di Pasquale-Alvarez
Ann Marie Donzelli
Karen Dybus
Joseph Eannuzzi
Ingrid Eskeland
Jane Esteves
Paulet Farquharson
Donna Marie Fautas
Elissa Feldman
Suzanne Fields
Jennifer Fiume
Claire Foley
Elizabeth Frei
Michael Frohman
Janet Gatti
Jennifer Geiser
Robert Giacini
Joseph Giglio
Thomas Gillen
Rachael Glennon
Gwen Goldstein
Perry Goldstein
Laura Hawryluk
Christina Heilbrun
Jacqueline Hochstrasser
Luanne Hoehne
Laura Holst
Anthony Indelicato
Cynthia Indelicato
Irene Ischenko
Angela Jansen
Rose Jauregui
Ridha Kamoua
Kim Kassel
Susan Katz
Janice Kito
Christine Kleet
John Klumpp
Robert Kozik
Rajbir Lachhar
Frances Larmon
Marla Levine
Haifang Li
Jerome Liang
Pascual Lleras
Kim Lombardo
Joyce Maddox
Yvonne Maroney
Denise Masor
Andreas Mayr
John Melo
Catherine Messina
Richard Murdocco
Christina Nawrat
Marianne Nigro
Diane Noto
Ellen Ohliger
Donna O’Reilly
Carolyn Peabody
Robert Pertusati
Kevin Pinz
Miriam Rafailovich
Valerie Regan
Mary Rieff
John Riley Jr.
Crisline Rios
Patricia Rivers
Susan Robbins
Lauren Rogers
Eleanor Romano
Nancy Russell
Barbara Ryan
Roseanna Ryan
Michelle Santangelo
Colin Sealy
Jane Selkirk
Yacov Shamash
John Shea
Alice Shih
Adam Singer
Lisa Skowron
Mark Slovin
Jonathan Sokolov
Joann Sparacio
Nancy Steigele
Anne Stowell
Nancy Stratton
Christine Strecker
Rosemarie Stumbo
Leon Takhtajan
Douglas Taylor
Gunnar Teigland
Robert Tennapel
James Tortorice
Alexander Vostrov
Wilfredo Wilkie
Denise Wittpenn
Carol Wollenstein