Bethzaid Alvarado, custodian, Plant Operations Custodial Services.

Angel Bacabac, mechanic II, Housing Faculty House.

Catherin Bernstein, supervisor, LARC.

Paul Bieniasz, Aaron Diamond Associate Professor, head of the Laboratory of Retrovirology.

Bryan Cardenas, animal attendant, LARC.

Peter Chahales, research assistant, Fischetti Laboratory.

Elizabeth Conley, laboratory administrator, Allis Laboratory.

Alicia Couraud, clinical research nurse, Kreek Laboratory.

Priya Gogia, research assistant, Gilbert Laboratory.

Evan Greene, office assistant, Development.

Margaret Hogan, assistant archivist, Archive Center.

Richard Hunter, postdoctoral fellow, McEwen Laboratory.

Christoper T. Jones, postdoctoral associate, Rice Laboratory.

Magdalena Kartvelishvi, research assistant, George Cross Laboratory.

Kristine Kelly, science writer/media relations specialist, Communications and Public Affairs.

Uri Lavi-Gefel, visiting professor, Friedman Laboratory.

Bruce P. Lee, postdoctoral associate, Hatten Laboratory.

Gregory Lee, postdoctoral associate, Bargmann Laboratory.

Jose F. Leon, gardener, Plant Operations Grounds.

Jennifer Lew, immigration and academic appointments assistant, Human Resources.

Raquel Martin Palomeque, postdoctoral fellow, Chua Laboratory.

Christie McPherson, research assistant, McEwen Laboratory.

Kyle Miller, postdoctoral fellow, de Lange Laboratory.

Maria Soledad Miranda-Rottmann, postdoctoral associate, Hudspeth Laboratory.

Mark Nocito, receiving clerk, Purchasing.

Jose Pagan, research assistant, Ravetch Laboratory.

Claudia Peissert, scientific database programmer, Hospital Informatics.

Angela Plowden-Ward, assistant director for stewardship, Development.

Melissa Rosado, skilled laboratory helper, Nottebohm Laboratory.

Marcus Carl Stensmyr, postdoctoral fellow, Mombaerts Laboratory.

Sarah Tobey, research assistant, Karayiorgou Laboratory.

Richard Torres, assistant project archivist, Archive Center.

Anja Zeigerer, postdoctoral associate, Friedman Laboratory.

Anton Zilman, postdoctoral associate, Magnasco Laboratory.

Keith Akama, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, McEwen Lab.

Gavin Bart, from research associate to assistant professor of clinical investigation, Kreek Lab.

Giulia B. Celli, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, de Lange Lab.

Kavita Dhodapkar, from instructor in clinical investigation to assistant professor of clinical investigation, Steinman Lab.

Diego Loayza, from postdoctoral fellow to research associate, de Lange Lab.

Kevin J. O’Donovan, from postdoctoral fellow to research associate, R. Darnell Lab.

Uta-Maria Ohndorf, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, MacKinnon Lab.

Matteo Ruggiu, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, R. Darnell Lab.

Xiaozhou Ryan, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, Greengard Lab.

David J. Solecki, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, Hatten Lab.

Mihaela Stavarache, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, Pfaff Lab.

Kristin Tarbell, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, Steinman Lab.

Francis Valiyaveetil, from postdoctoral associate to research associate, MacKinnon Lab.

Walter Chen (Pfaff Lab), Alexander Dubbs (Magnasco Lab), Zachary Einzig (Goulianos Lab), Avril Johnnidis (Vosshall Lab) and Josh Silverman (Tuschl Lab) — all high school students participating in Rockefeller’s Science Outreach program — semi-finalists in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, which recognizes outstanding science projects contributed by high school seniors. Two additional high school students in the Rockefeller program, Ashish Bakshi (Reeke Lab) and Lee Cooper (Allis Lab) are semi-finalists in the 2004 Siemens Westinghouse Science Talent Search competition.

Former Rockefeller University President Frederick Seitz, for initiating the Rockefeller Hospital’s Clinical Scholars Program in 1976. During a December 15, 2004 symposium Seitz was presented with an award, Attallah Kappas and Jules Hirsch spoke about the program’s founding and the history of clinical research, and four former clinical scholars gave presentations of their research.

Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, with the Numbers and Nature Symposium. Twenty-four physicists and mathematicians presented papers at the symposium, held December 17 and 18, 2004. Feigenbaum is Toyota Professor and head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Physics.

Patricia Mackey

“I want to catch up on all my reading,” says Patricia Mackey, who retired as university librarian at the end of January. Mackey joined the staff of Rockefeller’s library as an interlibrary loan assistant in 1972. She rose through the ranks to become librarian in 1981 and university librarian in 1991, earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree along the way.

Mackey’s mission has been to “move the library into the 21st century and make it user-friendly,” she says. In the 1990s, working with a faculty committee, Mackey led a major transformation of Rockefeller’s library from a traditional academic library to a specialized biomedical research collection. Holdings of 300,000 volumes were pared down to about 95,000, and the streamlined catalog was entered into the worldwide database known as OCLC. In 1995 tri-institutional borrowing privileges took effect. The security system that allows 24-hour access, installed in 1999, was the first in the country for a university library. This system also allows users to check out books themselves, and it gathers statistics on library usage.

Information technology continues to change the way the library is structured and used. Since 2001 the number of electronic journals has grown from 11 to 458. “The Rockefeller library is a wireless zone,” adds Mackey. “More people come with laptops now.”

But less paper does not mean less work for library staff. “Having a digital collection is three times the work,” says Mackey. “It used to be a matter of ordering, cataloging and binding journal issues. Now you have to evaluate and negotiate site licenses, maintain different points of access, and make sure Web links are active.”

Mackey will retire to her home in York, Pennsylvania. Among other projects, she plans to combine her passions for reading and for high tea. “I’m going to start a book club,” she says. “That’s a great way to have your high tea — discussing a book.”

“I can’t imagine a more professionally and personally satisfying place to work than Rockefeller,” adds Mackey. “It always felt like family. And it’s almost like reading a novel. New faculty come, you meet new characters. Relationships develop and evolve. Every day is like starting a new chapter.”