University College and Extension Services Dean Marilyn Crego, College of Education Dean Jean Houck and five faculty members have announced this year that they are retiring from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Angela Bowen, Department of Women’s Studies; Sandra Cynar from the College of Engineering; Mark Gross, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Ruth Knudson, Department of Teacher Education; and Jae Shim, Department of Accountancy announced their retirement. They were honored at a luncheon on May 21 along with the following 13 faculty members who announced their retirement in 2007:
Paul Bott, Department of Professional Studies
Keith Collins, Department of History
Eric Hansen, Department of Management and HRM
Tomotaka Ishimine, Department of Economics
Carol A. Itatani, Department of Biological Sciences
John C Jernigan, Department of Comparative World Literature and Classics
Bonnie Kellogg, Department of Nursing
Arthur Levine, Legal Studies in Business Program
Alice Littlejohn, Library Information Program
Nnenna Ohalete, Department of Nursing
Dee B. Sun, Department of Information Systems
Cher C. Thomas, Department of Psychology
Shirley C. Tsai, Department of Chemical Engineering
In addition, a retirement dinner was held May 22 to honor Deans Crego and Houck.
“Congratulations to all of the retirees,” Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Karen L. Gould said at the luncheon. “Thank you all for your outstanding service, scholarship and leadership. We hope that you will stay connected to our campus community and remain engaged in many of the events and activities that make CSULB a very special and dynamic university.”
