Award luncheon honors long-term dedication of ASU faculty, staff

The March 5 Sun Devil Service Award Luncheon honored 178 ASU faculty and staff celebrating 25-, 30-, 35-, 40-, 45- and 50-year anniversaries. There were also 19 staff members retiring with 25 or more years of continuous ASU service.

The Sun Devil Award for Service recognizes the ongoing commitment of employees to ASU in five-year increments of employment and is just one component of the university's Employee Recognition Program. This annual university-wide celebration is managed by the Office of Human Resources and supported by the Office of the President.

These staff members had 40 or more years of dedicated service:

George Pettit, 50 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Carl Cross, 45 years
ASU Libraries
Bibliographic and Metadata Services

Robert Marzke, 45 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Physics

Elizabeth Brandt, 40 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Donald Burt, 40 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration

Richard Creath, 40 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Life Sciences

Jill DeMichele, 40 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Office of the Vice Provost and Dean

James Eder, 40 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Elliott Goldstein, 40 years
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Life Sciences