Press Release

For Immediate Release
Contact: Tom Capezzuto
(973) 972-7273
E-mail: capezzta@umdnj.edu

UMDNJ Presents Annual Service Awards To 119 Employees With 25-Plus Years Experience

One-hundred-nineteen employees who have worked for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) for 25 or more years were honored at a recent employee recognition ceremony.

The annual ceremony, hosted by the UMDNJ Department of Human Resources on June 14, is designed to express appreciation for service to the University. The presentations were made by Allen C. Abramson, UMDNJ vice president-human resources.

Dr. Stuart D. Cook, UMDNJ president, addressed the honorees. The keynote remarks were made by Sidney Mitchell, president of UMDNJ-University Hospital in Newark.

Those recognized for 25 to 40 years of service were:

Bergen County|
40 years
Kate Scott of Hackensack
25 years
Jeanne Freitag of Elmwood Park

Burlington County
25 years
Joan Treske of Willingboro

Essex County
40 years
Audrey-Fischer Perry of Belleville
35 years
Lawrence Feldman of Short Hills
30 years
Bernard Sarrel of Millburn; Marion Samuels of South Orange; Antonietta Castillo of Belleville; Janet Ashley of Glen Ridge; Wilma Rivers and Rosemarie Ramsey-Wilson, both of Irvington; Valerie Freeman and Carrie Watts-Gregory, both of East Orange; Lilia Tere Balingit of Nutley; Gloria Arroyo, Deborah Brown, Teresita Guerrero, Javette Hobbs, Regina Jackson, Gwendolyn James, Mary Kenney, Dolores Mathis, Levester McNeil, Lorine Slater, Elaine Smith, Carolyn Wiggins and Helen Woods, all of Newark.
25 years
Beatriz Gomez-Klein of North Caldwell; Evelyn Estrella of Belleville; Nelida Laracuente and Nathaniel Lockhart, both of Bloomfield; Munira Majeed of Millburn; Patricia Fort and Sosamma Jacob, both of West Orange; Gislaine Benfield, Michael Lewis and Lena Williams, all of Orange; Alberto Bahia, Blandina Montemayor and Evelyn Tabao, all of Livingston; Barbara Evans, Eileen Hill, Diane Townsel and Sharon Waters, all of East Orange; Clara Burgman, Saida Crespo-Young, Derrick Johnson, Vanessa Johnson, Mary Lewis, Michael Mayo, Karen McCombs, Jurlene McEachin, Barbara Rowlett, Felix Ruiz, Barbara Stanislaus, Dorothy Wiggins and Johni Wilcher, all of Newark

Hunterdon County
25 years
Naty Lampa of Lebanon

Middlesex County
35 years
Barbara Malone of Piscataway
30 years
Ignacio Claudio of Fords; Patricia Reid of North Brunswick; Andrea Palomares of Sewaren; Evangeline Fernandez of Edison; Emma Gries and Jeanne Marotto, both of Piscataway
25 years
Nora Cosgrove of New Brunswick; Joanne Forte and Mary McPhatter, both of Old Bridge; Enfemia Adamiak, Maureen Gillhooly, Marie Kleeman and Susan Krieger, all of Piscataway; Mable Graham of South Plainfield; Josefina Mejia of Avenel; Aida Greenspun of East Brunswick; Robbin James and Angela Joseph, both of Edison; Harold Klein of Highland Park; Joann Humphrey of Milltown; Rona Lynne of Monroe Township; Shari Lane of North Brunswick

Monmouth County
35 years
Barbara Hudson of Manalapan
25 years
Elizabeth Peragine-Taylor of Lincroft

Morris County
30 years
Stuart D. Cook of Mendham; Sonia Banaag of East Hanover; Nenita Paschal of Whippany
25 years
Paulette Hines of Monroe

Ocean County
30 years
Diane Omdal of Point Pleasant
25 years
Louis Masciocchi of Point Pleasant

Passaic County
30 years
Earl Blakely of Paterson; George Dikdan of Clifton
25 years
Sally McFadden of Paterson

Somerset County
25 years
Govindan Balakrishnan of South Bound Brook; Mark Saible of Basking Ridge; Mark Aronson of Bernardsville; Melody Massa of Green Brook; Mae Wright-Riscinti of North Plainfield; Stephanie Meister of Somerset

Union County
30 years
Aguida Noriega of Hillside; Nimia Valencia of Roselle
25 years
Janet Hollins and Cynthia Wilson-Price, both of Roselle; Diane McVey of Scotch Plains; Gary Duerr of Rahway; Gwendolyn Barber of Union; Narda Flynn of Cranford

Warren County
25 years
Deloise Smith of Belvidere; Frank Watts of Oxford

UMDNJ comprises New Jersey's only three medical schools, the state's only dental school, a nursing school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions and a school of public health on campuses in Newark, Piscataway/New Brunswick, Camden, Stratford and Scotch Plains. UMDNJ also operates University Hospital, Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare. It is affiliated with more than 200 health care and educational institutions throughout the state.

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