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Tom Rush is congratulated by President Joanne Creighton for his forty years of service to the College at the employee service awards breakfast held February 18. |
Diane Anci, director of admission, shares a special moment with Susan Beaulieu, systems coordinator in the admission office. Beaulieu has worked for the College for twenty-five years. |
On February 18, the College recognized the accomplishments of its staff through its annual service awards program. Employees with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 40 years of service were honored. Mount Holyoke proudly thanks the following staff members:
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In today's climate--where
changing jobs and career paths often is the norm rather than the
exception--the dedication, loyalty, and length of service of many MHC
employees is particularly impressive. The College honored close to
one hundred long-term employees, whose length of service ranged from
five years to more than forty, at a special employee service awards
breakfast February 18 at the Willits-Hallowell Center. This is the
seventh year that the College has organized the event, which
recognizes employees who have worked here for five years or more.
The breakfast began with
remarks by President Joanne Creighton, after which Lauren Turner,
director of human resources, presented an employee service award to
each honoree. For those who had been with College for twenty years or
more, supervisors offered words of praise and congratulations. The final award recipient was
Supervisor of Painters Thomas Rush, who has worked for the College
for nearly forty-one years (this March). Since he began his career at
MHC, Rush has worked under four presidents and has seen the buildings
and grounds department undergo considerable expansion. He took the
podium at the breakfast and spoke of the chance meeting that resulted
in his hiring. After doing some painting at
the home of an MHC professor, Rush decided to inquire about work at
the College. Losing his way after driving through the main gates, he
asked a tall, well-dressed man in an overcoat for directions to the
buildings and grounds department. The man asked Rush if he was
interested in working for the College and told him to "Go down to B
and G, and tell them Otto Kohler sent you." Kohler, of course, was
the longtime head of buildings and grounds (he worked at MHC from
1933 to 1942 and 1945 to1967, retiring as assistant treasurer,
business manager, and superintendent of buildings and grounds).
Needless to say, Rush, who was an experienced painter even then, got
the job, and the rest is history.
photos by Nancy
Palmieri
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