Rockefeller holds annual Employee Anniversary Celebration

The Rockefeller University President, Richard P. Lifton (center), with honorees Alicia Sicangco, Rita Devine, Luz Vargas, and Alex Buenaventura, and guest, Edgar Santana

On Thursday, April 4, The Rockefeller University celebrated members of its community who retired or reached 10 to 50 years of service. University President Richard P. Lifton personally congratulated each honoree at the event in the Bass Dining Commons.

“No matter what your role is, all of you have contributed to the advancement of knowledge and the spirit of community on our campus,” said Lifton. “Please know that you all are leaving indelible marks on the University that will not be forgotten.”

Nine retirees were present:
Dacia Vasquez, Burnetta Levy, Deena Oren, Young Zhang, Angela Plowden-Wardlaw, Sara Gonzalez, Marcela Lopez, Miguel Torres, and William Roldan

More than 60 employees achieved notable work anniversaries:

50 years
James Darnell

45 years
Michael Young

40 years
Charles Gilbert, Catherine Vanchieri, and Torsten Wiesel

35 years
Anthony Agosto, Alex Buenaventura, James Carozza, Frederick Cross, Marta Delgado, Andrew Gallina, Celia Gonzalez, Ruben Peraza, Magdalena Rondiak, and Ismael Roman

30 years
Bhagwattie Bhagwandin-Colosi, Jeffrey Ravetch, Eric Siggia, Ann Viteri-Jackson, Sharon White, Chingwen Yang

25 years
Andrew Apostolopoulos, Linden Baynes, Elizabeth Campbell, Nieves Caraballo, Israel Coats, Frank Colosi, Luis Fernandez, Kristina Hedbacker, Askia Herbert, Christopher Keogh, Lisa Kressbach, George Lee, Alex Mateo, Lourdes Matthew, Priscilla Rogerson, Anderson Santana, Anthony Santoro, Dan Zhang, Connie Zhao

20 years
Joseph Alexander, Ross Gillman, Maura Gilmartin, Laura Kus, Jihong Li, Jenny Li, Ryoko Mandeville, Rosaura Mejia, Jonathan Negron, Mary O’Donnell, Sarah Schlesinger, Peter Selestrin, Annmarie Sharak, Thomas Tuschl

10 years
Marlon Almonte, Victor Baez, William Beazer, Amanda Bermudez, Emily Brown, Lindsey Cole, Shawn Davis, Eduardo Dias Ferreirs, Leslie Diaz, Meghan Dilillo, Stephen Doyle, Aitor Garcia, Riva Gottesman, Maisah Hargett, Richard Hutt, Sebastian Klinge, Victor Laboy, Shu Li, Thiago Olivieira, Leonora Cisneros, Francesco Piccolo, Cricket Powell, Stephanie Rose, Iris Taylor, Michael Tomasini, and Luz Vargas