Employee News - September and October 2020

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New Arrivals

  • Rachelle Walker, visiting assistant professor of political science, and husband Kevin, visiting assistant professor of political science, welcomed a girl, Emmaline Marie, on July 11, 2020. 
  • Isla Globus-Harris, assistant professor of economics, and husband Eric Lillethun, assistant professor of economics, welcomed a boy, Quincy Alexander, on August 5, 2020. He was 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 inches long. 
  • Zachary Collins, classroom and event support specialist, and wife Kelsey, welcomed a boy, Howard on September 14, 2020. He was 8.5 lbs and 20 inches long.  

Marriages

  • Jeff Blanchard, custodian, married Sarah Goldstein on July 25, 2020. 

Retirements  

  • Tracy Piatti, administrative assistant, department of geography, the environmental studies program, and the Russian and Eurasian studies program, retired on August 21, 2020. 

In Memorium

  • Douglas Glass, custodian, passed away on August 17, 2020.
  • Bertram Levine ’63, served as a director and assistant director of the Washington Study Group Program, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of American Institutions, A. Lindsay O’Connor Professor of Political Science, and a Charles Evans Hughes Fellow in political science, passed away on August 29, 2020. 
  • William Oostenink, retired professor of biology, passed away on September 6, 2020.
  • Roger “Jack” Williams, teaching assistant and researcher in the physics and astronomy department, passed away on September 6, 2020.