President Charles M. Vest drew parallels between MIT's recent graduation exercises and the closing of working life when he spoke at the annual retirement dinner at the end of May.
"Commencement, as we know, signifies not so much an end to carefree youth as a new beginning. And retirement, too, while putting one phase of our lives behind us, opens up a new road for a new journey," Dr. Vest said.
He noted that the 155 members of this year's retiring class have selected a rich variety of new directions for themselves including, teaching overseas, designing sundials, skippering yachts, playing chamber music and restoring antiques in addition to beloved standard avocations like travel, fishing, golf and gardening.
President Vest thanked the group for more than 4,200 years of collective service carrying out "the myriad tasks that must be performed to make this a supportive environment for our students and to enable MIT to be the best it can be. Our quality and stature, our teaching and research programs, our sense of community and service-these are your doing."
Those retiring this year are:
Mario (Mike) Aloisi, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, 32 years
Roderick R. Arthur, Athletics Department, 30 years
Rita Baglio, Housing, 26 years
Edward J. Balletto, Graphic Arts, 20 years
Joseph L. Barnes, Physical Plant, 13 years
Alfred E. Benoit, Lincoln Laboratory Group 71, 31 years
Professor Glenn A. Berchtold, Chemistry, 35 years
Muriel J. Bernier, Ocean Engineering, 25 years
Sheldon C. Binder, Medical Department, 14 years
Walter W. Bishop III, Division of Toxicology, 29 years
Professor Donald L. M. Blackmer, Political Science, 38 years
Andrew J. Bowen, Lincoln Laboratory Group 28, 39 years
Robert W. Calileo, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, 42 years
Professor Richard L. Cartwright, Linguistics and Philosophy, 27 years
Robert A. Cassidy, Physical Plant, 21 years
Jane Frances Clark, Lincoln Laboratory Group 86, 12 years
Russell E. Clark, Jr., Graphic Arts, 31 years
Brian J. Clifton, Lincoln Laboratory Group 87, 29 years
John L. Cochrane, Office of the Senior Vice President, 27 years
Michael F. Collins, Physical Plant, 32 years
Elaine J. Cook, Physics, 37 years
Manuel Cordeiro, Physical Plant, 22 years
Daniel R. Corsetti, Sr., Physical Plant, seven years
John V. Cremin, Chemical Engineering, 28 years
Joseph R. Cullinan, Credit Union, 37 years
Maria DeMarco, Mechanical Engineering, 18 years
Josephine M. DiCicco, Sloan School of Management, 31 years
Dominic DiMartino, Environmental Medical Service, 35 years
Cosmo DiRusso, Physical Plant, 15 years
Professor Eric Dluhosch, Architecture, 18 years
Arthur F. Dockrey, Lincoln Laboratory Group 43, 35 years
Kenneth V. Donaghey, Physical Plant, 32 years
Leo A. Dube, Lincoln Laboratory Group 72, 21 years
Louise Dunlap, Urban Studies and Planning, 14 years
Seymour Edelberg, Lincoln Laboratory Division III, 39 years
Eleanor V. Egan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 24 years
Daniel J. Enxing, Lincoln Laboratory Group 94, 16 years
Stanley H. Evans, Lincoln Laboratory Group 12, 27 years
Robert E. Fahey, Lincoln Laboratory Group 83, 34 years
Howard D. Faulkner, Lincoln Laboratory Group 72, 42 years
Karen Ferreira, Clinical Research Center, 13 years
Pasquale F. Ferro, Lincoln Laboratory Group 4FF, 15 years
Gerard Flynn, Lincoln Laboratory Group 44, 27 years
Frank A. Folino, Lincoln Laboratory Group 71, 38 years
Charles Freed, Lincoln Laboratory Group 52, 32 years
Joseph (Vic) Gagnon, Lincoln Laboratory Group 42, 39 years
Carlos D. Galicia, Operations and Systems, 28 years
Frances G. Gallant, Office of the Chairman of the Corporation, five years
Jack Glenn, Lincoln Laboratory Group 12, 10 years
Barbara K. Glockling, Lincoln Laboratory Group 38, 18 years
George Goldman, Medical Department, 30 years
Philip Goodie, Lincoln Laboratory Group 91, 35 years
Humphrey Grady, Physical Plant, 27 years
Dominic W. Grasso, Physical Plant, 32 years
William R. Green, Lincoln Laboratory Group 53, 41 years
Irving Greenberg, Physical Plant, 20 years
Remo Guastucci, Lab for Nuclear Science, 15 years
Gordon L. Guernsey, Lincoln Laboratory Group 91, 42 years
Robert Hall, Physical Plant, 29 years
William M. Hall, Jr., Lincoln Laboratory Group 12, 43 years
Jeremiah Hanafin, Physical Plant, 14 years
Sally Howes Hansen, Personnel, 32 years
Earl D. Haywood, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, five years
Philip B. Herr, Urban Studies and Planning, 31 years
Joseph A. Hevey, Operations and Systems, 25 years
Ann M. Hicks, Center for Cancer Research, 38 years
Bo Higgins, Physical Plant, 21 years
Jean H. Hill, Lincoln Laboratory Group 71, 15 years
George E. Hosker, Housing, 23 years
Professor Sandra C. Howell, Architecture, 21 years
Edith M. Hunt, Housing, 21 years
Daniel P. Hynek, Lincoln Laboratory Group 43, 36 years
Martin J. Janiak, Lincoln Laboratory Group 76, 42 years
Timothy E. Johnson, Architecture, 31 years
David W. Kelley, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, 22 years
Professor Robert S. Kennedy, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 34 years
Professor Vera Kistiakowsky, Physics, 31 years
Professor Bertram Kostant, Mathematics, 32 years
Robert Kramer, Lincoln Laboratory Group 54, 41 years
Professor David D. Lanning, Nuclear Engineering, 33 years
Joseph LaSorsa, Haystack, 15 years
Francis G. Leary, Campus Police, 15 years
Professor Tunney F. Lee, Urban Studies and Planning, 24 years
Anne M. Lees, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, 37 years
Professor Padmakar P. Lele, Mechanical Engineering, 26 years
Robert T. Letizi, Haystack, 31 years
Chanel Levasseur, Physical Plant, 20 years
Albert J. Libertini, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, 41 years
Evelyn Luongo, Economics, nine years
James J. Maloney, Physical Plant, 33 years
Marilyn L. Malpass, Lincoln Laboratory Group 24, 33 years
Alice Markunas, Media Laboratory, 15 years
Alden P. Marshall, Lincoln Laboratory Group 54, 32 years
Professor Gary T. Marx, Urban Studies and Planning, 21 years
Leonard McDonald, Physical Plant, 33 years
Winifred McDonough, Treasurer's Office, 44 years
Charles D. McGinley Sr., Lincoln Laboratory Group 15, 32 years
Miriam M. McGinley, Lincoln Laboratory Group 15, 12 years
William Mele, Physical Plant, 13 years
Wilfred J. Meuse, Lincoln Laboratory Group 12, 8 years
Stanley Miller, Comptroller's Accounting Office, 43 years
Victor Miselis, Lincoln Laboratory Group 73, 13 years
Clarence J. Mosey, Lincoln Laboratory Group 12, 31 years
Joyce Mulhern, Lincoln Laboratory Group 35, six years
Emerson Munroe, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, 12 years
Katherine M. Murphy, Lincoln Laboratory Group 28, 17 years
John Musto, Physical Plant, nine years
Elizabeth C. Nelligan, Lincoln Fiscal Office, 39 years
Mary A. Normile, Admissions, 14 years
Richard J. Noyes, Center for Advanced Engineering Study, 16 years
Kevin J. O'Toole, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 20 years
Robert E. Pacheco, Graphic Arts, 39 years
Helen Panis, Lincoln Laboratory Group 13, 41 years
Albert K. Paone, Graphic Arts, 39 years
Francis R. Parady Jr., Lincoln Laboratory Group 18, 29 years
Christopher D. Parker, Lincoln Laboratory Group 87, 32 years
Calvin C. Patten, Lincoln Laboratory Group 18, 27 years
Robert Earl Payson, Operations and Systems, 30 years
John J. Pellegrino, Jr. , Physical Plant, 25 years
Lee Pettingill, Lincoln Laboratory Group 51, 22 years
Anne Prialaga, Registrar's Office, 16 years
John Prialaga, Housing, 20 years
Joseph Privitero, Physical Plant, 24 years
Anthony L. Puleo, Physical Plant, 14 years
David Reiner, Lincoln Laboratory Group 42, 35 years
John Ribeiro, Graphic Arts, 37 years
Jeanne Richard, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, 46 years
Professor Jerome Rothenberg, Economics, 28 years
Professor Jack Ruina, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 31 years
Joseph M. Salvatore, Physical Plant, 43 years
William F. Saunders, Lincoln Laboratory Group 16, 42 years
Eleanor Ann Schools, Graphic Arts, 26 years
Janusz Sciegienny, Lincoln Laboratory Group 91, 40 years
Anthony J. Scoppettuolo, Lincoln Laboratory Group 72, 42 years
Anne Shepley, Architecture, 31 years
Madge Slavin, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 26 years
Clare F. Smith, Research Laboratory of Electronics, 44 years
Eric Sollee, Athletics Department, 23 years
Joseph W. Souza, Lincoln Laboratory Group 15, 44 years
Estelle F. Spinos, Graphic Arts, 21 years
Leo J. Sullivan, Lincoln Laboratory Group 52, 43 years
Albert L. Taylor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 41 years
J. Derek Teare, Energy Laboratory, 17 years
Professor Leon Trilling, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 43 years
Professor Wallace E. Vander Velde, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 39 years
Frank M. Vecchia, Lincoln Laboratory Division II, 41 years
Walter R. Vecchia, Lincoln Laboratory Division III, 41 years
Elena Marie Victoria, Endicott House, four years
William W. Ward, Lincoln Laboratory Group 68, 42 years
Malcolm F. Wetherbee, Lincoln Laboratory Group 16, 23 years
Barbara L. White, Lincoln Laboratory Group 68, 18 years
Werner S. Willmann, Lincoln Laboratory Group 28, 10 years
Professor David Gordon Wilson, Mechanical Engineering, 28 years
Professor David Wormley, Mechanical Engineering, 31 years
Clara O. Worrell, Physical Plant, 13 years
A version of this article appeared in the July 20, 1994 issue of MIT Tech Talk (Volume 39, Number 1).
