Honoring 1,205 Years of Longtimers’ Service
The close of the academic year and the transformation of another year’s class of students into Rider University alumni are annual rites of spring on campus. These yearly milestones are met with much fanfare that draws thousands of friends and family members to Lawrenceville and Princeton every May.
But Rider also makes it a point to honor the administrators, faculty and staff members who have kept the institution moving smoothly through these annual cycles. Members of the Rider and Westminster Choir College communities who have devoted 20 or more years of service were fêted by the University on Wednesday, May 6, at the annual Longtimers Reception, hosted by President Mordechai Rozanski and his wife, Bonnie Rozanski, in their backyard. Honorees who celebrated milestone years ending in “5” or “0” years also received special recognition and gifts of esteem.
“Our honorees have given a combined 1,205 years of service to Rider, contributing their talent and dedication to our University” President Rozanski said to the gathered Longtimers and their guests. “This is just a small way that we can recognize their contributions.”
The Longtimers event was capped by the recognition of Anna Robbins, Rider’s bursar, who is completing her 50th year of service on the Lawrenceville campus.
The complete list of 2009 Longtimers honorees is included below:
50 Years
Ms. Anna Robbins – Bursar
45 Years
Dr. Herbert Gishlick – Economics
40 Years
Dr. Susan Glazer – Graduate Education
Mr. Samuel Weigh – Moore Library
35 Years
Dr. William Amadio – Computer Information Systems
Dr. Jerome Bentley – Economics
Dr. Harvey Kornberg – Political Science
Ms. Evangeline Watson – Aramark
30 Years
Ms. Jan Friedman-Krupnick – Student Affairs
Ms. Marianne Lauffer – WCC Conservatory
Dr. Charles McCall – Economics
Mr. Tharyle Prather – Fine Arts
Dr. Wayne Smeltz – Business Policy/Environment
Dr. Ira Sprotzer – Business Policy/Environment
Dr. Stefan Young – WCC Music Comp/History/Theory
25 Years
Dr. Mohammad Ahsanullah – Management Sciences
Ms. Karen Bognar – Advancement Services
Dr. Edward Bonfield – Marketing
Dr. Ronald Filler – WCC Music Education
Dr. Anthony Kosar – WCC Music Comp/History/Theory
Dr. Anne Law – Psychology
Dr. Christine Lentz – Management and Human Resources
Dr. James Murphy – Graduate Education
Dr. Larry Newman – College of Business Administration
Dr. Jerry Rife – Fine Arts
Dr. Anne Salvatore – English
Dr. Donald Wygal – Accounting
20 Years
Mr. David Allen – Facilities Management
Mr. Donald Brown – Multicultural Affairs
Ms. Tracey Chebra – WCC Conservatory
Ms. Carol Conklin – WCC Conservatory
Mr. John Conover – Facilities Management
Ms. Diana Cook – College of Business Administration
Dr. Susan Denbo – Business Policy/Environment
Ms. Ann DiFranchi – President’s Office
Dr. Kathleen Dunne – Accounting
Mr. Donald Harnum – Athletics
Mr. Rubin Joyner Jr. – Educational Opportunity Program
Dr. Jay Kawarsky – WCC Music Comp/History/Theory
Ms. Eveline Latini – Registrar’s Office
Ms. Miriam Mills – Fine Arts
Dr. Margaret O’Reilly-Allen – Accounting
Ms. Kathy Ress - Aramark
Ms. Deborah Rosenthal – Fine Arts
Ms. Lynn Schaible – New Student Resource Center
Ms. Linda Stoop – Public Safety
