Partings
Penn State Intercom......January 18 , 2001

Several retire from
University service

Norma T. Berman, campus health services nurse at Penn State Abington, from March 1, 1982, to Sept. 30.

Anne S. Cornell, information planning specialist in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from July 16, 1979, to Nov. 1.

Leslie M. Creggar, coordinator for farm and greenhouse operations in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from Jan. 1, 1983, to Oct. 1.

Harold L. Dixon, maintenance worker in the Office of Physical Plant, from Jan. 1, 1961, to July 29.

Dale J. Drost, assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette, from Sept. 1, 1966, to July 1.

Willie Mae Floyd, nutrition adviser in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from April 1, 1982, to Dec. 1.

Rodger A. Glunt, assistant operations supervisor in Computer and Information Systems, from April 1, 1967, to Sept. 1.

David H. Gordon, senior extension agent in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from Sept. 16, 1963, to Sept. 30.

Kay M. Hastings, senior extension agent in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from June 7, 1962, to Sept. 30.

Marian H. Lauck, staff assistant V in the Corporate Controller's Office, from Feb. 7, 1977, to Sept. 30.

Nan-Qian Li, research associate in the College of Health and Human Development, from Jan. 23, 1982, to Sept. 1.

Betty J. Matyas, residence hall worker in Housing and Food Services, from Sept. 4, 1973, to July 15.

Tony A. Rebuck, engineer III in the Office of Physical Plant, from Sept. 3, 1974, to July 31.

Carolyn M. Rorabaugh, staff assistant VI in the College of Medicine, The Hershey Medical Center, from Dec. 12, 1983, to Oct. 1.

Richard M. Russler, maintenance worker in the Office of Physical Plant, from Sept. 30, 1985, to Sept. 30.

Lorna K. Stover, residence hall utility worker in Housing and Food Services, from April 16, 1979, to Sept. 30.

James F. Susa, maintenance mechanic B at Penn State Hazelton, from Oct. 11, 1976, to Sept. 30.

Valerie A. Torretti, office manager in the Office of the President, from Sept. 1, 1961, to Sept. 30.

Mary Jane Wronski, instructor in the Eberly College of Science, from July 1, 1980, to Oct. 1.

John L. Zeiders, engineer III in the Office of Physical Plant, from Sept. 6, 1983, to Dec. 1.

Emeritus rank

The following individuals have earned emeritus rank from the University for their longstanding and productive years of service:

Roy H. Hammerstedt, professor emeritus of biochemistry in the Eberly College of Science, from Feb. 1, 1970, to Jan. 1.

William D. Horrocks Jr., professor emeritus of chemistry in the Eberly College of Science, from July 16, 1969, to Oct. 1.

Operations management leader retires

After a 38-year career at the University, Michael P. Hottenstein, professor of operations management in the Department of Management Science and Information Systems, has retired.

Since his appointment at the University on Jan. 1, 1963, Hottenstein developed the field of operations management at the undergraduate, MBA and doctoral levels. His course development and teaching led to an undergraduate major, an MBA emphasis and a Ph.D. concentration in operations management. He also started an executive program in production management, later renamed the Manufacturing Strategy and Technology Program.

In the early 1990s Hottenstein and Al Soyster, then dead of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, conceived a joint masters program in manufacturing management, known as the Quality and Manufacturing Management (QMM) Program. Hottenstein and Clay Ruud, professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, were the first co-directors of the QMM Program.

Hottenstein chaired the promotion and tenure committee of The Smeal College, where he previously served as graduate dean, MBA program director and department head. He also was very active at the University level

Hottenstein has been the faculty director of the Manufacturing Strategy and Technology Executive Program since its inception in 1978. He currently serves as external examiner for MBA programs at the University of West Indies in Jamaica and Barbados.

He will continue to reside in State College with his wife, Star Campbell. He expects to consult and lecture in manufacturing strategy and related areas.

Theatre professor gains emeritus rank

Robert E. Leonard, professor of theatre, has retired with emeritus rank after 20 years with the Penn State School of Theatre. Leonard has also served as head of the Master of Fine Arts Directing Program since 1981.

Before joining the faculty, Leonard worked professionally for 18 years. He toured nationally for five years as an actor and served for eight years as a resident director for Houston's Alley Theatre.

He has directed at numerous professional theatres across the United States and has served as chair of the National Audition Committee for the University Resident Theatre Association.

In addition, Leonard was artistic director of the Pennsylvania Festival Theatre for five seasons. He has acted in or directed more than 300 productions.

His future plans include freelance directing and sailing. He will continue living in the area with his wife, Joann, who runs the MetaStages Children's Theatre outreach program for the School of Theatre.

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