Eight Employees Served for a Cumulative 231 Years
Eight faculty and staff members retired this summer after serving Wilmington College students for a collective 231 years.
They include Karen Garman, Terry Inlow, Rhonda Burton, Carol Mercer, Beverly Carpenter, Bob Sandman, Dr. Edward Agran and Charlotte Fairlie.
(PICTURED) Clockwise from the left are: Edward Agran, Beverly Carpenter, Charlotte Fairlie, Karen Garman, Terry Inlow, Carol Mercer and Bob Sandman. Not pictured: Rhonda Burton.
President Jim Reynolds spoke of the great number of students whose education was enhanced by the more than two centuries of service provided during the retirees’ WC careers.
“We’re grateful for their longevity and commitment to the College,” Reynolds said.
In order of descending years at WC, Garman, registrar and assistant dean for academics, retired after 44 years. She started at WC working in the library before, in 1977, beginning a progression of positions in Academic Records that included credentials clerk, assistant director, acting director, director and, in 1991, registrar. Garman was special assistant to the vice president for academic affairs during 1998 and became assistant dean for academic affairs in 1999, with registrar again added to her title and responsibilities in 2003.
Inlow, assistant professor of art, retired after 41 years on the fine arts faculty while Burton, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs since 1997, started in 1982 as an administrative assistant for Project Talents and then became assistant to the director of financial aid for eight years.
Mercer, tutor coordinator for the Academic Resource Center since 2008, retired after 32 years. She came to WC in 1984 as secretary/receptionist for both the offices of the President and Development before, in 1993, joining the staff at the Skills Center, which is now known as the Acedemic Resource Center.
Carpenter, who retired this spring, came to WC in 1987 as secretary/receptionist for both the offices of the President and Development. Her significant institutional knowledge proved especially valuable as new staff members joined the development and alumni relations areas. For the past 15 years, she was a mainstay in Advancement, most recently as gift recorder.
Sandman, assistant professor of business administration, joined the Cincinnati Branch in 1991 as an adjunct faculty member before serving full time beginning in 2011. Agran, professor of history, was a faculty member since 1993 and his wife, Fairlie, associate professor of English, started as an adjunct in 1993 and went full time in 2000.
