October 1997
Best Wishes to Retiring Staff Members
The UMass Boston community bids adieu and best wishes to five longtime staff members as they head into retirement.
- Mary Barrett, Associate Director of Athletics, retires after 30 years of service at the end of October. An assistant professor of education, assistant athletics director and athletics director at Boston State College, she came to UMass Boston in 1982.
- Ronald Gerring, accountant, retired at the end of September after 30 years of continuous service in the UMass Boston Bursar's office.
- Dorothy (Dottie) Hall, retired at the end of September after 29 years of service. She has served UMass Boston in several capacities, including as history department secretary, administrative assistant to the Dean of College I and to the Provost's Office, and for the last 20 years as administrative assistant in the Dean's Office, CPCS.
- Robert Patterson, librarian at the Healey Library, retired in September after 24 years of service. He has served as electronic systems librarian, and recently as webmaster to the College of Arts and Sciences.
- Madeleine Pidgeon, administrative assistant in the McCormack Institute, retired at the end of September after serving the University since 1987.