Effective January 3: in Building Services, lead custodian Roger Lee, after 22 years; Building Services, custodian Carlos Palacios, after 20 years.

Effective January 4: in the Department of Economics, professor Orley Clark Ashenfelter, after 58 years; in the department of Physics, professor Curtis Gallan, Jr., after 51 years; in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, professor Bruce T. Draine, after 42 years; in the Department of History, professor William Chester Jordan, after 50 years; in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, professor Bruce E. Koel, after 13 years; in the Department of Art and Archaeology, professor Michael Koortbojian, after 15 years; in the Department of Physics, professor Peter Daniel Meyers, after 40 years; Center for Human Values, professor Peter Albert David Singer, after 25 years; Department of Art and Archaeology, professor Andrew Mark Watsky, after 16 years; in the Department of History, professor Nikolaus Wegmann, after 17 years; in the Lewis Center for the Arts, professor Susan Wheeler, after 19 years; in the Department of Politics, professor Keith E. Whittington, after 26 years.

Effective January 9: in Disability Services, director of access and disability services Elizabeth A. Erickson, after 16 years.

Effective January 13: in Network Operations, network operations telephony senior administration Vincent M. LaPrete, after 19 years.

Effective January 16: in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, manager of finance and administration Laura Rossi, after 39 years.

Effective January 19: in University Libraries, senior prebindery assistant Muhammad Nasir Cheema, after 21 years.

Effective January 27: in Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Students, dean Kathleen Deignan, after 39 years.