Delta State University honored retiring members of faculty and staff during a reception held recently in the Stateroom of the H.L. Nowell Union. Pictured are: (front row, from left) ; Frieda Quon, IRC librarian; Mary Jane Ervin, senior secretary; Sharon Ford, associate professor of accounting; Jessie Eatmon, grounds man; Mary Robbins, senior secretary; Bonnie Horton, instructor in English; Hazel Hilley, transcript clerk; Billy Silas, painter; Sally Rogers, administrative secretary; Rebecca Foster, director of university accounting; (back, from left) Linda Ross, director of H.L. Nowell Union; Lavorne Jones, laundry worker; Peggy Gladden, administrative secretary, president emeritus; Frances Scarborough, library assistant II; Loretta Holmes, library assistant II; Ray Bridges, assistant athletic director; Sondra Rakes-Pedersen, professor of elementary education; Houston Longino, purchasing supervisor; Collier Parker, dean of Arts and Sciences; and Paul Starkey, chair and professor of Management, Marketing, and Business Administration will retire at the close of the 2009-2010 academic year.
