2 0 1 2 S E R V I C E A W A R D S

Honoring Faculty and Staff

for Their Years of Dedication

to the University

H

May 6, 2013

Student Activities Center

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am pleased to take this opportunity to offer my congratula-

tions and to extend to you our sincere appreciation for the

outstanding service you have rendered on behalf of Stony

Brook University. Your hard work and dedication have

played a major role in positioning this institution among the

elite of the world’s universities, and we are extremely grateful

for your commitment to our campus community. Whether

saving lives in our Hospital, making discoveries that change the world, enhancing

the academic or extracurricular lives of our students, or ensuring the safety and

beauty of our working and learning environments, you all have made important con-

tributions toward the unparalleled achievements of this world-renowned institution.

Stony Brook has accomplished so much in a relatively short period of time, and

we recognize that your individual and collective efforts have been essential to our

extraordinary growth and ongoing success. I applaud your accomplishments and

thank you sincerely for all that you have done and continue to do for our great

University. I personally look forward to your continued service and support as we

work together to advance the mission and vision of this great institution.

Sincerely,

Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD

STONY BROOK TODAY

• Ranked in the top 1 percent of the world’s universities bythe Times Higher EducationWorld University Rankings.

• Among the top 100 universitiesin the nation and top 40 public universities, accordingto U.S.News & World Report.

• One of just 62 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.

• Recipient of one of the largestgifts ever bestowed upon public higher education inAmerica — $150 million fromJim and Marilyn Simons andthe Simons Foundation.

• Shocked the world when the Seawolves became the first baseball team from theNortheast in more than 20years to advance to the College World Series.

• Award-winning faculty including recipients of Nobel,Abel and Pulitzer prizes.

• Recently admitted the bestclass ever in terms of GPA and SAT scores.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

...about 500 students demonstrated outside the Library for 18 hours to protest the arrest of a former student in 1969. The campus chapter ofStudents for a Democratic Society presented President John S. Toll with demands related to military recruitment on campus and war-related research.After students ignored requests to vacate the building, the Suffolk County Police Department was called in.

...the Van de Graaf accelerator, a 57.5-ton atom smasher, arrived in 1967. It was the firstof its kind of any university in the world.

...Leah Holland, the first woman on the swimteam, won a medal in a MetropolitanIntercollegiate Championship in 1972.

...renowned biologist H. Bentley Glass was amember of the faculty and Stony Brook’s firstdistinguished professor of biology.

...construction of a bridge to connect the Student Union and Library began in 1967. For 10 years the bridge went unfinished, earning the nickname,“Bridge to Nowhere.” Some said the delay was due to budget constraints, but legend has it that contractors inverted the blueprint and built the bridgebackwards. Eventually it was completed and dedicated (left), but it was rarely used and was demolished in 2003.

Forty-five-year honorees, you were there when...

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...phase 1 of the Fine Arts Center opened in 1975 with classrooms, rehearsal halls, studios andan art gallery. In 1979, an experimental theater, two black box theaters, recital hall and concert hallwere added. It was renamed in 1988 for the University’s friend and long-time supporter Max Staller.

...Chemistry Professor Paul Lauterbur produced the first image of a livingorganism via nuclear magnetic resonance in 1973. Lauterbur received theNobel Prize in Medicine in 2003 for his part in developing MRI technology.

...the Marine Sciences Research Center was created as SUNY’s centerfor marine research, graduate education and public service. The 55-foot-long research vessel Onrust was acquired in 1975.

...David Crosby and many well-known contemporary musicians performed on campus.Performers in the 1970s included The Beach Boys, Steve Miller, Bonnie Raitt, Frank Zappaand New Riders of the Purple Sage.

...the Health Sciences Center was completed in1976. Students in all the schools of the HSC movedthere from temporary buildings on South Campus.

Forty-year honorees, you were there when...

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...the Hospital opened in 1980 with 30 beds and an ambulatory carepavilion. It was the first major teaching hospital established in the UnitedStates since 1977 and the first in the SUNY system.

...New York Governor Hugh Carey cut the ribbon at the dedication of theMuseum of Long Island Natural Sciences, housed in the Earth and SpaceSciences Building. Steven Englebright was the museum’s founder/curator.

...the End of the Bridge opened in 1978 as a restaurant and night club in the former Buffeteriain the Student Union.

...the Zebra Path was designed and hand-painted by student Kim Hardiman as part of apublic art seminar in 1981.

...the women’s volleyball team captured the New York State Division III Championship, the firstwomen’s state title for Stony Brook.

35Thirty-five-year honorees, you were there when...

...the Lecture Center was renamed in 1984 in honor of Senator Jacob K. Javits, who was a staunchadvocate of higher education and a friend to Stony Brook. Three years earlier he had donated hispublic papers — which encompassed 34 years of public life — to Stony Brook.

...SB football moved from club status to NCAADivision III in 1983. The Seawolves are nowDivision I and in the Big South Conference.

...the Sunwood mansion was destroyed by fire in 1986. The 40-room, Tudor-style building was used as a conference center, guest facility, faculty retreatand site for conferences, concerts and social events. After it burned down, the grounds continued to be used for picnicking and swimming. In 2002Sunwood was rebuilt as a presidential residence and site for entertainment, fundraising and other special events by the University community.

30Thirty-year honorees, you were there when...

...the Pollock-Krasner House, former studio and home of Jackson Pollock and his wife, artist Lee Krasner, was deeded to the Stony Brook Foundation in1987. Pollock was the leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement. The Foundation preserves the East End National Historic Landmark, which housesan art reference library and documentary archives, and is the site for lectures, art exhibits and courses. Krasner’s paint-spattered shoes are shown at left.

...the Long Island State Veterans Home opened in 1991.The skilled nurs-ing care facility provides health and rehabilitative care to U.S. ArmedForces veterans and is an important site for geriatric research.

...in 1987 the first cardboard and duct-taped boats sailed across (or sunktrying to cross) Roth Pond, as one of Stony Brook’s favorite traditions — theannual Roth Pond Regatta — was born.

...Senator Ken LaValle participated in the first CampusCleanup Day in 1988. Campus Cleanup Day has beensupplanted by the annual Pride Patrol.

...the first Suffolk County Police helicopter touched down on the Hospital’s helipad. Helicoptertransport to the Hospital is provided to the critically ill or injured throughout Suffolk County.

25Twenty-five-year honorees, you were there when...

45 YearsFu-Pen ChiangMechanical Engineering

Harvey FarbermanSocial Welfare

Alfred Goldhaber Institute for Theoretical Physics

Erlend GrafPhysics and Astronomy

Craig LehmannDean’s Office, School ofHealth Technology andManagement

Barry McCoy Institute for Theoretical Physics

Daniel O’LearyPsychology

Peter Paul Brookhaven Affairs

Michael ZweigEconomics

40 YearsFrances BrisbaneDean’s Office, SocialWelfare

Robert McCarthyPhysics and Astronomy

Stephen Spector English

Donald WeidnerMineral PhysicsInstitute

35 YearsMohammad AkhtarChemistry

Peter AngeloDean’s Office, School ofHealth Technology andManagement

Diane Barthel-BouchierSociology

Henry BokuniewiczMarine andAtmospheric Sciences

Timothy DriscollElectrical Engineering

Kenneth GadowPsychiatry

David GilmoreAnthropology

Lev GinzburgEcology and Evolution

Patrick GrimPhilosophy

Mary HochUrology

Germaine HoynosDean’s Office, Collegeof Arts and Sciences

George Hulse Jr.Access Control

Denise JohnsonDean's Office, Collegeof Arts and Sciences

Clifford JonesMarine and Atmospheric Sciences

James KierychLife Sciences Complex

Deborah KloppenburgElectrical Engineering

Ann MatassaMicrobiology

Sung-Bae ParkAsian and Asian-American Studies

Gary RamseyHVAC

Peter Saal ResearchAdministration

Ann-Marie ScheidtEconomic Development Office

Thomas Sexton College of Business

Thomas SlouckFacilities Design and Construction

Gerald Smaldone Medicine

Arthur Stone Psychiatry

Elizabeth StoneAnthropology

Randall SusmanAnatomical Sciences

Wendy Turgeon School of ProfessionalDevelopment

Roger WhistProsthodontics

30 YearsVirgil Acuff Undergraduate Biology

Theresa AdellCare Management

Susan AielloNurse Practitioners

Dallas Bauman IIICampus Residences

Paul BinghamBiochemistry

Michele Bogart Art

Ann Brody Conferences andSpecial Events

Maureen BrowerUniversity Ombudsman Office

Leslie BurnettGeneral Accounting

Gary ButtWC Heating/Cooling Plant

R. David BynumBiochemistry

Rosario CannovaRecycling and Resource Management

Louis Caramante OR Perfusionists

Katherine CaruanaRadiology BreastServices

Dennis Clarke Writing Program

Diane ClausenPhysical Plant

J. Kirk Cochran Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

David ConoverMarine and Atmospheric Sciences

Kevin ConwayTelecommunications and Networking

Albert CoverPolitical Science

Maria Cuff Automotive ServiceFacility

Kathleen DiehlAccounting Services

Karen Donegan Clinical Informatics

Kathaleen DonnellyNurse Practitioners

Roderich EngelmannPhysics and Astronomy

Debra Ephraim Microbiology

Leslie EvingerNeurobiology and Behavior

Carol FeldmanNeonatal ICU

Deborah FirestoneHealth Technology and Management

Janet Fischel Pediatrics

Janice Fleischman-EatonNurse Practitioners

Luigi Fontanella European Languages

Elizabeth GasparinoInstitute for Theoretical Physics

Virginia GennaroNon-Invasive Cardiology

Edna GiffenAdvanced Practice Nursing

Susan GilbertSupply ManagementServices

Simon HalegouaNeurobiology andBehavior

John HankinsSpiritual Care

Patrick HearingMicrobiology

Debbie HroncichDental Care Center

John Hughes Residential Operations

Yolanda JacksonLabor and Delivery Services

Richard Jacobs Teaching, Learning and Technology

Christine JohnsonAnatomical Sciences

Robert KasprowiczUniversity Police

Sharon KearneyPatient Representative

Daniel Kinney General Library Public Service

Marilyn KneppleSurgery

Peter KochPhysics and Astronomy

William J. Kolsch Jr.Hospital-Building-Structural

David KrauseAnatomical Sciences

Keith KrejciGeneral Library Public Service

William LawsonMedicine

Claude LeBrunMathematics

Eileen LombardoNewborn Nursery

Erwin LondonBiochemistry

Maria ManningMedia Services

Jaclyn McBrideClinical Education

Jo Ann McCaslinSocial Services

Lori McKernanRespiratory Therapy

Barbara MillsRapid Response Team

Adrienne MunichEnglish

Andrew NittoliMusic

Jacqueline PascarielloFinancial Aid Office

Aniko PaulMicrobiology

Carolyn Peabody Social Welfare

Deborah PerryBlood Bank

Colin PilkingtonMail Services

Michael Pilkington Mail Services

Peter PonticelliPhysical Plant

Cedric PriebeSurgery

Linda PurickHospital Services Administration

Edward QuinnTheatre Arts

Mary RawlinsonPhilosophy

Martin RocekInstitute for Theoretical Physics

Stephen RoggemannNursing

Jeanette Royce Student Health Service

Porshia RussellProcurement

Natalie SachmanPulmonary Function

Amelia SalineroGeneral Library Public Service

Willa Schultz WC Heating/Cooling Plant

Jeffrey SegalPolitical Science

Patrick SibonyOphthalmology

Scott SmolkaComputer Science

Patricia SpadaroHealth InformationManagement

Ilan SpectorPhysiology andBiophysics

Eve TaitzPurchasing

Laurie TheobaltFaculty Senate

Louise VerdiNeonatal ICU

Karen Villanueva-WalshProject Office

Stephen VitkunAnesthesiology

Jean WainerMedicine

Thomas WalshData Management and Financial System Support

Lynn WilsonNursing Office

Thomas WilsonPediatrics

Gina WindischFaculty StudentAssociation

Larry WittieComputer Science

Teng-Fong WongGeosciences

25 YearsDonna AcerenzaAmbulatory Surgery Center

Jeffrey AdelmanRespiratory Therapy

Robert AnsbachStudent Health Service

Perrilynn BaldelliOffice of the Dean of Medicine

Marguerite BaldwinOffice of the Dean,Dental School

Julia BarresiHuman ResourceServices

Concetta BarryWC Custodial Services

Colleen BassukSupply ChainAdministration

LouSandra BaxterBurn Care Unit 4L

Patricia BebonAmbulatory Surgery Center

Christine BenowitzOperating Room

Patricia Bisogno15N Medicine

Joel BlauSocial Welfare

Melanie BonnettePhysiology andBiophysics

Eileen BrownBurn Care Unit 4L

Ana BuenoEC Custodial Services

Roger CameronPhysiology andBiophysics

Dorian Cangro-Morrell Respiratory Therapy

HONOREES

Albert Carini Jr.Information Security

Carmen CepedaWC Custodial Services

Marie ChandickSocial Welfare

Joseph ChernilasMedicine

Ginny ClancySustainability Studies

Laura CoiroSocial Welfare

Christine CollinsMedicine

Colleen ComstockHospital CustodialServices

Gerard Coppola Jr.Maintenance Stores

Robert Crease Jr.Philosophy

Judith CrowellPsychiatry

Jo-Ann DanielsStony BrookFoundation

Raphael DavisNeurosurgery

Paula DeBenedettoScientific Affairs

Miriam DelquaglioPhysics and Astronomy

Barbara DevlinOperating Room

Maureen DewittOrthopedics

Christine DibellaAdmitting-FinancialServices

Jean DixonHospital CustodialServices

Philip DoesschateDoIT Administration

Jeffrey DomeischelRespiratory Therapy

Annette DonnadioRadiology BreastServices

Melinda DuncanHospital CustodialServices

Robert DunneOR Perfusionists

Mervin DunsonWC Heating/CoolingPlant

Gwendolyn EdwardsNursing Office

Owen EdwardsTransport Services

Dale EllisNursing

John EspeyAthletics

Mary FalkPlasmapheresis

Catherine FioreSICU, 18 South

Audrey FisherOperating Room

Monica FlanaganNurse Practitioners

Peter FlanaganEmergency Medical Services

Deborah Freund-BaldwinStudent Health Service

Phyllis GainesLab Administration

Theresa GardinerHealthcareEpidemiology

Marialuz GaviolaOperating Room

Marie GelatoMedicine

Maureen GelsominoUniversity Hospital Food Services

Sharon GluskinRespiratory Therapy

Roberta GomesStony BrookFoundation

Mary GraefeAmbulatory Surgery Center

Russ GreenspanMaintenance Stores

Patricia GuercioNurse Practitioners

Deneen HastingsDecision SupportServices

Eric HathawayFacilities Design and Construction

Alan HeimannPathology

Donna HeinemannMedicine

Laurie HenryEngineering Support Shops

Mark HershIntegration andAncillary ApplicationSupport

Marybeth HeydenNurse Practitioners

Caroline HockLabor and DeliveryServices

Laura HoffmanPhysical Plant

Keri HollanderSchool of Nursing

Ellen HopkinsCenter for Academic Advising

Laura KantorRisk Management

E. Ann KaplanHumanities Institute

Sanjay KapurSystem SupportServices

Blanca KatinosPharmacy

Suzanne KerznerSchool of ProfessionalDevelopment

Michael KimmelSociology

Jacquelyn KoziukOffice of the Dean of Medicine

William KrafftReceiving/Courier Services

Teresa KriegsfeldNurse Practitioners

Lauren KruppNeurology

Augusta KuhnMechanicalEngineering

Catherine LadaID Card

Mary LaneNurse Practitioners

Joyce LavertyFinancial Aid Office

Martin LevineArt

Luther LipsettEngineering Support Shops

Darcy LonsdaleMarine andAtmospheric Sciences

Gary MarPhilosophy

Lisa MarcheseScientific Affairs

Colette MarranClinical Education

Joaquin Martinez-PizarroEnglish

Susan MascielloEmergency Department

Italia MazzulloDean’s Office,EnrollmentManagement

Jane McCormackClinical Support/Periop-Surgery Service

Barbara McIntyreProcurement

Caryn McKennaOperating Room

Matthew McKinleyWC Custodial Services

Scott M. McLennanGeosciences

Kathleen Meadows-MarzanoAmbulatory Surgery Center

Kathy MerrittObstetrics, Acute

Diane MonteleoneCardiovascular ICU

Lorraine MorraMedicine

Patricia MorrisonL5 Dialysis

Stephanie MussoCompliance and Audit

Toshio NakamuraMechanicalEngineering

Robert NewmanUrologic EvaluationTesting

Kim-Kwee NgPhysics and Astronomy

Diane NicholsonPhysical Therapy,Outpatient

Lisa NievesObstetrics/Gynecology Clinic

Jo-Anne NorburyMedicine

Howard NovotnyMedicine

Sharon Ann O’DonovanSea Grant Program

Karen O’TooleACP-Diagnostic

Donna PanarelloChemotherapy

Vivian PanicciRadiation Oncology

Debra PetraliaDermatology

Anna PetrosianRadiology ACP

April PlankNurse Practitioners

Lisa PlankPhysical Therapy,Outpatient

Dominick PombanoPharmacology

Patrick PowersOperating Room

Linda RahnAdmitting and Pre-Registration

Jahangir RastegarMechanical Engineering

Glenn Alden RichardMineral PhysicsInstitute

George Rieu-SicartUniversity Police

Elias RigasSupply ManagementServices

Jacqueline RiggsStudent Health Service

Ernesta RiveraFinance/BusinessOffice

Kathleen RobertsonPharmacy

Clinton RubinBiomedical Engineering

Sharon RuoccoNeonatal ICU

Herbert SchayGeosciences

Walter SchmelingPhysics and Astronomy

Donna SchmidtNeurobiology andBehavior

Cheryl SchoedlerAdvanced Practice Nursing

Michelle SchumacherPsychiatric Acute

Joseph SchwartzPsychiatry

Patricia SchwarzNurse Practitioners

Mark SedlerPsychiatry

Aaron SegalProsthodontics

Elaine SepeNurse Practitioners

Nancy SheehanPurchasing

Wesley ShenInformation Systems

Elizabeth SilverStaller Center

Maryann SlawinskiStudent Health Service

Angela SmithPsychiatry

Efie SpentzosInternational Academic Program

Kamal SridharAsian and Asian American Studies

Sheila StevensonSICU, 18 South

Murali SubbaraoElectrical Engineering

R. Lawrence SwansonWaste ManagementInstitute

Jean SwartzNurse Practitioners

Yair TaumanEconomics

Joseph TopekUniversity Interfaith Center

Alfredo TorlentinoPlasmapheresis

Benjamin TorresUniversity Police

Lynn ToscanoGeneral Library Public Service

Charlene VanleuvanHospital Chemistry

Gary Van SiseAudio Visual Services

Jacobus VerbaarschotPhysics and Astronomy

Nand WadhwaMedicine

Kerry WargoClinical Education

Tamara WeissRadiation Oncology

Joyce WellingerOffice of the Dean,School of ProfessionalDevelopment

Robert WenigerHospital ServicesAdministration

Terry WhyardUrology

Mark WigginsLiving Marine Resource

James WillisUniversity Hospital Food Services

Robert WorstPharmacy

Jane WuNurse Practitioners

Lee Anne XippolitosSchool of Nursing

Joseph ZaccaroHospital Chemistry

Linda ZajicekEmergency Department,Administration

HONOREES

Historical photos throughout have been culled from the Stony Brook University Archives in the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library.

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