The 2013 SEBS/NJAES Retired Faculty LuncheonNearly 100 retired faculty and guests of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Rutgers Cooperative Extension gathered December 3 for their annual fun-filled reunion at the Retired Faculty Luncheon. The event was hosted by Executive Dean Bob Goodman.

Enjoying the afternoon were Alan and Kathleen Appleby, Jim and Carol Applegate, Judy Baillere, Patricia Brennan, Art Brown, Ted Chase Jr., Breve and Virginia Conover, Henryk Daun, Roy and Joan DeBoer, Lou and Fran Iozzi, Morris and Marilyn Fabian, Steve Garrison, Gerald Ghidiu, Bruce and Ellen Hamilton, Jo-Ann Hoffman, Charles Holmes, and James and Frances Justin.

Also present were Bob and Carol Koch, John and Helen Kupcho, Dianne Lennon, Roger Locandro and Bonnie McCay, Bob and Linda Loveland, Bea May, Irene Mitchell, Roberta Moseley, George and Ria Nieswand, Rich Obal, Elwin and Portia Orton, Jim and Carol Paterson, Joe Ponessa, David Pramer, Jim Quinn, Stuart and Doris Race, Ann Rhinesmith, William and Dorothy Roberts, John and Anna Sacalis, Daymon and Betty Thatch, Bill Tietjen, Sherman and Sally Tomasino, John and Connie Webster, Calvin and Elizabeth Wettstein, and Helen Wulf.

Joining them were Gail Alexander, Joyce Carlson, Doug Eveleigh, Nick Findlater, Zane Helsel, Bob Hills, Larry Katz, Jim Lashomb, Marilyn Mroz, Jane Nordell, Margaret O’Donnell, Lee Schneider, Barbara Turpin and the student volunteers: Daria Kaminskyj and Chris Smith.

Speakers included Diana Orban Brown, director of the Office of Alumni and Community Engagement, and Kelly Watts, Associate Dean for Development.

In addition to Rutgers Dining Services’ legendary buffet

and a lovely musical interlude presented by retired faculty member Lou Iozzi and his wife Fran DePalma Iozzi, attendees received an update by Executive Dean Goodman on two important celebrations that will take place in 2014: the 150th anniversary of the School’s designation as the land-grant institution for the State of New Jersey and the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Smith-Lever Act, which established Cooperative Extension. Details connected with these milestones will be posted on our various websites in the weeks ahead.

Office of Alumni and Community Engagement

Office of Alumni and Community EngagementSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment StationRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Phone: 848.932.2000Email: discovery@aesop.rutgers.edu

Memories from the Retired Faculty Luncheon

Photos taken by Jeff Heckman

Office of Alumni and Community EngagementSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment StationRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Phone: 848.932.2000Email: discovery@aesop.rutgers.edu

Art Brown and Gail Alexander Bruce and Ellen Hamilton Bill Tietjen and Jerry Ghidiu

Richard Obal Jane Nordell and Irene Mitchell Anna and John Sacalis

Helen Wulf Breve Conover Carol and Jim Applegate

Roy DeBoer Doris and Stuart RaceAlan and Kathleen Appleby

Bob Goodman

Diana Orban Brown

Kelly Watts

Special Memories of Good Times

Ann Rhinesmith, Bill Tietjen, and Roberta Moseley

Dorothy Roberts, James and Frances Justin

Bob and Carol Koch Jim Lashomb and James QuinnCharles Holmes, Elwin and Portia Orton

Carol and Jim Paterson Calvin and Elizabeth Wettstein John and Connie Webster, and Ria and George Nieswand

Helen and John Kupcho David Pramer and Doug Eveleigh

Sally Tomasino and Virginia Conover Jo-Ann Hoffman and Judy Baillere Zane Helsel, Daymon Thatch, and Steve Garrison

Ann Rhinesmith, Patricia Brennan, Joseph Ponessa, Dianne Lennon, and Bea May

Joan DeBoer, Ted Chase Jr., and Barbara Turpin

Jim Applegate and Morris Fabian Henryk Daun and Sherman Tomasino Carol Koch, Betty Thatch, and Marilyn Fabian

Lou and Fran Iozzi Roger Locandro and Bonnie McCay

[Note: A few guests may have eluded the camera, let’s be sure to “snap” you next year!]