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St. Olaf College to honor 17 retirees at public reception Wednesday, May 9

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May 7, 2001

NORTHFIELD, Minn. ? Seventeen retiring St. Olaf College faculty and staff members will be honored for their many years of service to the college at a reception Wednesday, May 9.

The celebration, free and open to the public, will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Black and Gold Ballroom of Buntrock Commons. A brief program will begin at 4:45 p.m. The honorees have retired or will retire from St. Olaf during the current academic year.

The retirees include: Ruth Baldus, office assistant in the Alumni and Parent Relations Office; Bob Bruce, co-college librarian; Pat Conklin, library acquisitions book processing specialist; Nancy Downhour, student post office clerk; Mac Gimse, professor of art; Jim Holden, assistant professor of education, Wayne Kivell, music library associate; Odd Lovoll, professor of Scandinavian-American studies; Dorothy Malecha, custodian; Kandie Mensing, telecommunications coordinator; Frank Odd, associate professor of Spanish; Roger Rasmussen, groundskeeper; Bruce Roberts, professor of psychology; Lois Slinger, custodian; James Tallon, associate professor of sociology; Al Warner, groundskeeper; and Lawrence Zimmerman, associate professor of education.

(Malecha, Roberts, Rasmussen and Tallon have informed the college that they won?t be able to attend the reception.)

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Michael Cooper at 507-786-3315 or cooperm@stolaf.edu.