The SUNY Fredonia Retirement Recognition Dinner will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the Horizon Room in the Williams Center. This dinner is a collaborative initiative among the SUNY Fredonia Office of the President, UUP, CSEA, Council 82, and PEF. The cost of the dinner is $16.50 per person. 
A reception starts聽at 5:15 p.m., with dinner and the formal program beginning at 6 p.m. Soft drinks, juice, coffee, and tea are complimentary. A cash bar will be available. Meal choices include:聽Chicken Marsala;聽Rotisserie Roasted Eye of Beef Round;聽Vegetarian Gnocchi Sardi w/Broccoli (sundried tomato pesto sauce). 
The retirees to be honored at this fifth annual campus-wide retirement dinner include:聽
- Paul Bowers, Professor, Visual Arts & New Media
 - Dennis Cecala, Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
 - Tat Hung Chan, Associate Professor, Computer Science
 - Daniel G. Chapman, Motor Equipment Maintenance Supervisor 1, University Services
 - James P. Chapple, Cleaner, Facilities Management
 - James East, Professor, School of Music
 - Vivian M. Garcia, Associate Dean/Director Academic Advising
 - Linda M. Gillette, Lecturer, School of Music
 - Thomas H. Goetz, Distinguished Service Professor, Modern Languages & Literature
 - Sharon L. Higgs, Janitor, Facilities Management
 - Ida M. LaBarbera, Secretary 1, Registrar鈥檚 Office
 - Paul F. McDonald, Plant Utilities Engineer 3, Facilities Management-Heating Plant
 - Barbara E. McKoon, Janitor, Facilities Management
 - Donna R. Mehlenbacher, Secretary 2, College of Education
 - Dorothy Merrill, Keyboard Specialist 1, Registrar鈥檚 Office
 - Malcolm Nelson, Distinguished Teaching Professor, English
 - Michele Notte, Director of Youngerman Center
 - Wilma Parry, EAP Coordinator, Employee Assistance Program
 - Keith L. Peterson, Professor, School of Music
 - Harry W. Thomas, Instructional Support Assoc., ITS, Academic Information Technology
 - Mary L. William, Secretary 1, Biology