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In This Issue
Celebrating Facilities
Management’s People &
Accomplishments
The November 11 Annual BBQ wrapped up the
Combined Virginia Campaign with great fanfare.
To celebrate our diverse workforce – many from
other countries, many who have always lived
within a few miles of UVa and others from all
over the state and country, employees were
asked to place map pins showing where on the
world, U.S. or Virginia map they called “home.”
Top photo: Wei Sun from Shanghai, Doug Lane
from Hopewell, VA, Chris Smeds of Palmyra and
Donald Eubanks from Maryland marked their homes. Right:
Gidey Gezahey of
Ethiopia and Ibrahim
Ali and Mahmoud
Ibrahim of Sudan
marked their homes
on the world map.
Left: Tim Spencer,
Don Goebel and
Earnest Scott were
among the landscapers who set up and took down the event. Thanks!
Leaf season: Gathering, bagging and removing the leaves from the University’s many trees is
necessary for safety and aesthetics. (Left) Earnest Scott, David Starkes and Shawn Tindell harness a
heap on Alderman Road while Sheik Mohammed and Kassim Hassan clear sidewalks on McCormick
Road.
Hoo’s in Focus...........2-3
Customer Profile............2
Recognition Awards.......4
Hoo’s Retired & New....5
Hoo’s Promoted............5 On September 22, more than 75 Facilities Management employees from 10 different divisions
Compliments.................6 volunteered their time and talents to improve the facilities of selected non-profit community service
News for Hoos ............6 agencies identified by the United Way. This is University’s traditional opening of the annual
Photos from Events.......7 Combined Virginia Campaign. Above left: Bonnie Hurtt and Christine Eppard clean windows at
Work in Progress..........8 Barrett Early Learning Center. Right: Heat Plant staffers Richard Lilly, Tom Frazer, Kris Henderson
and Kennedy West placed posts for a handrail at Camp Holiday Trails. More photos on page 7.
Perspective 4th Quarter 2004 1

Part of the Zone 4 team: Mark Conner,
Steve Powell, Scott Borelli, Mark Rash,
Larry Dean and Rita Durrer. See page 3, too.
Facilities Management’s newest addition is
Health System Physical Plant Zone 4, an
energetic team of highly skilled, witty and
totally dedicated individuals who are
responsible for 20 facilities including Kluge
Children’s Rehabilitiation Center (KCRC),
Northridge Medical Building, and Stuarts
Draft Family Practice. Previously known as
the Kluge Maintenance Team with a staff of
eight, Zone 4 now has 10 members .
Previously located in KCRC, the team has
moved to the nearby Seig Building on Ivy
Road for a larger, more efficient base of
operation.
Customer
Profile
Doug Hurd greets his interviewer with a sincere
smile and a warm welcome. He speaks highly of
Facilities Management – he mentions many times
how all sectors of Facilities Management have
been extremely helpful to him and he mentions
the employees by name and the services they
performed.
Doug Hurd came to UVa in 1981 after
receiving his Masters in Library Sciences
from the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. After his first five years at the
Sciences and Environmental Library in Clark
Hall, he moved on to become director of
Interlibrary Services, managing several
functions including Library Express on
Grounds (LEO). He also managed the
Interlibrary Loans from other countries and
worked with the Continuing Education
Library Services around the state. In 1994,
Doug was selected to be director of the Ivy
Stacks Storage. Earlier this year, Doug
began his present position as Director of
Library Facilities. He is responsible for
facilities and budgetary support to 13 of
the University’s libraries located in 10
different facilities.
Hoo’s in Focus:HSPP ZONE 4
Early on a November morning, a visitor to
HSPP Zone 4’s Ivy Rd. office sees a flurry
of mechanics in their crisp new uniforms,
planning their routes and sorting their work
requests. Two of the mechanics are just
back from hunting vacations so occasionally
their work conversation is interspersed
with hunting anecdotes such as Scott
Borrelli’s story about being dive-bombed
by a hawk and Steve Powell’s comical
demonstration of how a fox evaluated him
as a possible threat, and then charged at
him. (Fortunately Steve out-foxed the fox.)
With all this going on, there’s an atmosphere
of true teamwork and camaraderie.
Leon Morris, the senior electrician - who
can also do painting, plumbing, drywall
and locks - has worked at the University 30
years. His after work hobbies include
fishing, landscaping, being on the water,
generally being outdoors, and raising
Douglas P. Hurd, Director of Library
Facilities, has held various library
positions during his 23 years at UVa.
miniature Dachshunds. Leon is also the
stand-up comic on the team. Keep reading.
Larry Deane, the senior carpenter, started
work in 1966 at Alderman Rd. and has
spent the last 15 years at KCRC. He has
an easy smile, a quiet voice and perfect
enunciation – good characteristics for an
entertainer, which he is. Larry’s well
known in the Central Virginia area as the
mandolin player in the gospel blue grass
band, The Deane Family. He started
playing music years ago when he traded a
gun for a banjo – his brother took over the
banjo so Larry bought himself a mandolin
– “I’ve taught myself what little I know
over the last 20 years,” Larry said modestly.
Mark Rash, a five-year veteran of HSPP, is
the “can do” man for the Health Services
Foundation and Northridge, Leon says.
continued on pg. 3...
Customer Profile is a feature written by Bonnie Hurtt, customer relations manager, to help
us, as Facilities Management staff, learn more about our customers and how they view our
roles in their environments.
would also like to add green spaces adjacent
to Clemons and, with the assistance of
Architecture students and the University
community, Doug’s office is exploring the
possibilities of enhancing the terrace to make
it more functional. Also, there are plans with
Chemistry Library faculty to make needed
improvements there.
How can Facilities Management help him be
successful in meeting his challenges?
“Continue to be patient with me,” he says.
Doug admits that he is pretty demanding at
times: the library has many facilities and each
has its own culture and its own character.
Doug wants to see continued timely
responses and he wants to be kept current
on what is going on. He values being able to
talk to the FM supervisors and he realizes
that that resource has saved a lot of time and
increased accuracy in decision-making and
work order requests.
Doug noted that a challenging and aggressive
schedule that is on the horizon. First,
the area vacated by Special Collections’
move to the new facility will be renovated
to office and public spaces. With a grant
from the McGregor Foundation, Library
Facilities plans to restore the McGregor
Room to a quiet, comfortable reading room.
This will also be a place that students and
faculty can use to study and meet with
friends. Other plans include a move
toward making Clemons Library more
accessible to international media information
by adding satellite capabilities. They
When Doug is not at work he likes to sit
down with a good book—mostly fiction.
He also follows college baseball and keeps
up with UVA’s team. Doug and his wife
have two children. His 23-year son and
daughter-in-law are both in the military and
currently serving in Iraq. His 15-year old
daughter is a freshman at Charlottesville
High School.
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Hoo’s in Focus:HSPP ZONE 4
Mark is skilled in all the trades. Afterhours,
he is home in Boswell’s Tavern with
his family and pets – three pugs and a
chow. His dad was an Air Force engineer
and later a civil engineer who finally settled
his family in Christiansburg after living in
at least five other states. Mark’s wife has
family in Charlottesville so they were
drawn to settle here.
Scott Borelli, an electrician and a native of
Long Island, New York, came to Central
Virginia 20 years ago. Scott wanted an
environment similar to his great memories
of family vacations at their cabin in the
Catskills when he was growing up. “My
wife and I bought 113 acres in Greene
County,” he explained. “We share the
property with our three sons, my sister and
her three daughters, my parents and
another sister.” Scott has several hobbies;
he enjoys hunting and he has also
refurbished a 1968 Dodge Charger.
Keith Tyler is the quiet one in the group –
he has worked at HSPP for 15 years doing
electrical and plumbing work. After hours,
he enjoys his time with his two-year old
son. One of their hobbies is flying remote
control airplanes. “Yes, I know there’re
clubs for that, but we’re still crashing
planes so we’re not ready for a club,” he
smiled. Keith’s quieter hobby is attending
classic car shows.
Randy Campbell, one of the team’s two
HVAC technicians, lives on Afton Mountain
with his family, which includes four
children, ages 16, 15, 10 and 5. Outside of
work, he’s an inventor – he designed a
dump truck that will dump from 3 sides.
Randy and two friends have also designed
and built rehab aquatic equipment to help
special needs swimmers into and out of the
pool. “I get a lot of satisfaction from
helping someone with disabilities so their
quality of life is improved.” He has even
built a frame for a friend with no arms so he
can hold and hunt with his 243 caliber rifle.
“The deer got away but he’s shot a few
squirrels with it!” Randy added proudly. “I
enjoy hunting, too,” he added. “It is
serene, calming – helps reduce stress.”
“Stress?!” Leon quipped. “Who has
stress?!”
Larry Bebout grew up in Guatemala,
Kenya, Pakistan and California as the son
of a State Department official.
He speaks fluent Spanish
which, he says, he learned as a
kid hanging out on the streets
of Guatemala. He moved his
family to Orange 14 years ago
while he was working at a
Northern Virginia hospital. He
enjoys fishing and hunting. “I
earned my piloting license a
year ago,” he added, and with a
quick smile, said “I’m not flying
an F-22 Raptor yet, but I enjoy
flying small planes when I can.”
“I’m a pilot, too,” comes a quick aside
from Leon, the comedian. “After I cut the
wood, I take it to the shed and ‘pile it’.”
Steve Powell has worked at Facilities for
24 years, first in the cabinet shop at
Alderman and then at KCRC. “I really
enjoy the variety of the work,” he says.
Steve is known for the standing tables and
other equipment he designed and built
years ago to accommodate the special
needs of KCRC patients. He is a skilled
carpenter but also a knowledgeable
painter and locksmith. After hours, he
enjoys hunting and fishing and spending
weekends being with his 11-year old son,
attending Fluvanna Travel Soccer games.
Mark Conner, the quiet HVAC technician,
started work at UVa in the Housing
Division during the summers when he was
still a student at Albemarle County High
School. After graduation, he worked in
Utilities’ Systems Control Center, then
completed UVa’s four-year apprentice
program. His two children, ages 9 and 7,
are “very cute and smart, of course,” he
adds. He’s a coach for his 9-year old’s
Challenge League soccer team. Mark
enjoys golfing and has fabricated his own
custom golf clubs. “I knew I could buy a
big name brand for $1000,” he said, “or
spend $200 to get exactly the components
I wanted and assemble them myself.
Mark’s a musician, too: he plays guitar
and bass for his church’s “praise band.”
“Yep, I play music, too,” Leon chimes in.
“Yeah? What instrument?” Scott asks.
“The radio,” Leon replies, “but sometimes
I get a lot of static.”
Larry Shackelford came to HSPP 12 years
ago as a project manager/planner estimator.
Prior to that, the master electrician had
worked for a local contractor. His move to
Also Zone 4: Keith Tyler, Randy Campbell, Larry
Shackelford (center) Larry Bebout and Leon Morris.
superintendent of Zone 4 was a good
move for him, he says. “This is a good
group of people and I enjoy my work.”
And when he’s not at work he enjoys
hiking in the Blue Ridge. Around his
office are several patriotic prints on the
walls, and that leads to another important
topic for Larry. His son Ken served in the
U.S. Army in Afghanistan, and now is a
MP sergeant at Ft. Drum, NY. In August,
Sgt. Shackelford was awarded the Global
War on Terrorism Service Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal and the National Defense Service
Medal for support missions of Enduring
Freedom. Early in 2005, he anticipates
being deployed again. Larry continues:
“My daughter lives locally and, wait, I
have to show you this.” He reaches under
some work files and retrieves a color
portrait of two little girls, “My granddaughters,”
he says proudly.
Then there’s Rita, who keeps the entire
team in line. Rita Durrer has been at UVa
20 years “this week” she said on November
17, as she scanned and highlighted
work orders, working with the proficiency
of a woman who knows how to run a fastmoving
shop. She applied at UVa after
she and her husband returned from his Air
Force assignments in different states.
“This group here is like a second family
and Kluge feels like home,” Rita said after
she took a call. Indeed, she’s famous: “I
was standing in line at J.C. Penney’s one
day, talking to a friend and the person
behind me said ‘Your voice is so familiar....’”
“ I work at HSPP,” Rita hinted.
“OH!” the obviously-a-satellite-facilitycustomer
exclaimed. “You’re RITA!!”
Most people have never seen her, but
everyone in Zone 4 facilities has probably
talked to Rita on the phone.
Perspective 4th Quarter 2004 3

Hoo Received Employee Recognition Rewards
One of Perspective’s goals is to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of Facilities Management employees. Recipients
of Employee Recognition awards have been included over the years because we want all our colleagues and our
readers throughout the University to know the many people for whom outstanding service is the custom rather than the
exception. The Employee Reward and Recognition Program rewards staffers with a monetary or non-monetary award as
allowed by University policy. (See Directive 135B, Facilities Management Employee Rewards and Recognition). We will
continue to recognize a representative sample of the employees who receive recognition under the program. Our colleagues
named here earned Reward and Recognition Awards September through November 2004.
Operations
Eugene Bellomy
James Cashwell
Ronald Clark
Gregory Clements
Michael Clements
James Copeland
Shirley Davis
Edmond de Bary, Jr
Marcellus Dent
Emmett Dudley
William Edwards
Thomas Fischer
Russell Jackson
Gordon Jones
George Kidd
Mark Knight
Cynthia Madden
Melvin Marshall
Joseph Mattera
Danny McDaniel
Troy Miller
Laurence Morris, Jr
Darrell Napier
Richard Reuschling
Health System Physical
Plant
Richard Barbour
Robert Bishop
Charles Carter
Keith Chambers
Roger Conner
Brian Gibson
Mike Lynch
William S. Martin
Glen McCain
Eddie Morris
Raymond Moton
James Offield
Business Mgmt Services
Ernestine Burruss
Brenda Buttner
Joyce Chewning
Utilities and Energy Director Cheryl Gomez presented Employee Recognition Awards to members of
her staff for commendable work. Shown above are (standing L-R) Chuck Pugh, Bruce Lovelace, Vern
Lamb, Robert Watson, Don Beyers, Alan Jarvis and Charlie Durrer; (L-R) Bud Hindes, Clayton
Robertson, Director Cheryl Gomez, Bill Seibert and Bill Farish. In September at Health System’s
Jordan Hall, the main heating system converter developed a severe leak, putting untreated water into
the return line to the heat plant, jeopardizing the boilers. Bud Hindes, Alan Jarvis, Richard Barbour,
Scott Martin and Brian Gibson performed a superior and extremely critical emergency replacement on
the converter, saving the University potential boiler problems and avoiding future problems for
Jordan Hall.
In October, problems turned the scheduled annual 12-hour shutdown at the Heat Plant into a marathon
27 hours straight for staffers Vern Lamb, Bruce Lovelace,
Clayton Roberts, Robert Watson, William Siebert, Bud Hindes,
Larry Shifflett, Alan Jarvis, Donnie Hackney, Bill Farish, Don
Byers and Charlie Durrer. (Right) Fred Reese and David Gowen
were recognized after they came to the aid of a pedestrian who
took a bad fall while walking to her office. She was impressed
by and appreciative of their act of kindness. “The University is
very fortunate to have such men in their employ,” she said.
Martha Creasy
Karen Fischer
Wanda Hedges
Richard Maupin
Josa Perry
Facilities Planning &
Construction
William Blodgett
Clyde Edgar
Amy Forbes
Julie Garmel
Karoline Kemp
Amanda Kutch
Sarah Kutch
John Leonard
Nancy Rush
Eugenio Schettini
Peter Thorsen
Ruta Vasiukevicius
Utilities
Robert Adcock
Barry Brock
Mikel Clements
Kenneth Collins
Alanson Coss
Michael Daddezio
Russell DeShong
David Dillon
Sophal Enn
Clinton Frazier
Kristopher Henderson
Earl Hindes
James Jackson
Alan Jarvis
James Jefferson
Vern Lamb
Richard Lilly
Bruce Lovelace
Scott Messer
Gary R. Moon
James Morris
Human Res. & Training
Stephanie Burnette
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Bonnie Hurtt (left), customer service manager, retired after 17
years at Facilities Management and a total of 40 years with the
State of Virginia. Joining her colleagues for a farewell are Rick
Rice, Mark Webb and Jay Klingel and the team with whom she
first worked as supervisor of the service desk, Darlene Webb
(center) and Brenda Buttner. In a letter of congratulations, CFO
Bob Dillman wrote, “As we think about customer service in
Facilities Management, we first think about Bonnie Hurtt.” She
served as acting Customer Service Representative for nine
months and was selected to fill the position permanently in
October 1997. “That was probably one of the best decisions
Facilities Management has made,” Bob continued. “You have
been a model for us all.”
Business Mgmt. Services
Kimberly B. Cobbs
Utililties & Energy
Ibraham Abdalla Ali
Brandon Lee Allen
Duane L. Hogge
Mahmoud M. Ibrahim
Bradley D. Ingram
Jonathan D. Ramsey
Hoo’s New...
FP&C
Joseph D. Lahendro
HSPP
Larry Bebout
Scott Borrelli
Darryl Catay
Larry N. Deane
Rita F. Durrer
please see next column...
Hoo’s Promoted...
Peter Ampuja, HSPP Landscape, to Groundsworker Lead
Thomas Fischer, Lockshop, to Trades Technician IV in
Business Management Services Contract Management
David Hamill, HSPP Zone I, to Master Maintenance
Technician/Trades Technician IV
Travis Mawyer, Operations Landscape, to Motor Vehicle
Operator B
Lee Meadows, from Electrical Distribution Division, to
Systems Control Operator
Doug Rush from McCormick Zone Maintenance to
HSPP Zone 2 HVAC Installation & Repair Technician
Senior
Michael Stephenson from Recycling to Fire Systems
Technician Assistant
Congratulations!
Hoo’s Retired...
Harry Pontious, retired after 17 years at Facilities Management.
His career here began as an HVAC mechanic leadman. He was
promoted to senior technician with the Systems Control Center in
1995, and later to B&G supervisor A. The Systems Control team
has worked together through blizzards, hurricanes, thunderstorms
and more. Being on the “thunderstorm shift” (starting at 4 p.m.),
Harry handled more than his share of them, but that he did it so
smoothly and with little notice by customers is a credit to him.
Because Harry is also a World War I French history enthusiast, his
colleagues presented him with a mounted bayonet on a plaque
with the phrase “la votre connaissance et sagesse seront
douloureusement manquees” (translation: Your knowledge and
wisdom will be sorely missed.) With him here are (clockwise from
lower left) J.J. Jefferson, Mike Dalton, Chris Greene, David Reed,
Tommy McRay, J.B. Agee, Vince Muscarella, and Wesley Chesser.
Sarah Ann Gooch
Eric Hairston
Robert K. Hendin
Christopher Kern
Corey Kuck
Ronald D. Lackey
William J. B. Mayo IV
Robert L. McKenney, Jr.
Joseph J. Molenda, Jr.
Kevin J. Monroe
Leon Morris
Dale H. Novotny
Stephen G. Powell
Shirley N. Racer
Jonathan A. Shomo
Allan E. Thomson
Stanley J. Tokarz
Samuel K. Tyree
Human Res.& Training
Judith Mendoza
Blair Morris
Operations
Donnie C. Armstrong
Dassa M. Chambers
Laura A. Cook
Hoo’s New...continued
Jerry Craig, Jr.
J. Hunter Pearce
Richard Davis, Jr.
Karen Ann Easley
Grace M. Gough
Monica E. Johnson
Paul M. Johnson
Christopher Land
Wanda E. Lucas
Paisius Robert McGrath
George E. Prokopic
Tina Marie Redmond
Philip C. Saunders
James E. Sayre
David H. Simpson
James M. Staton
Saramma Varughese
M. Todd Wills
Jessica L. Worley
Pera Zarubica
Angela C. Zuniga Giron
Health Systems FP&C
Amelia C. Gunn
Shiloka Kachabe
Daniel C. Moore
Brian R. Pinkston
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Important
News for Hoos:
Information sessions on the electronic
payroll system (paperless payroll) will
begin in January. Sessions will be held at
both HSPP and Alderman Road and will
be scheduled to allow all shifts to attend.
Watch for flyers with more information.
Facilities Management is sponsoring
English as a Second Language classes
Mondays and Wednesdays from 2-3:30
p.m. in the Alderman Road Training
Room. This is for employees for whom
English is not their native landuage.
GED classes will continue to be offered
Tuesday and Thursday from 2-3:30 p.m.
in the Alderman Road Training Room.
More information or to register, contact
the Human Resources & Training Office,
982-5898, Room 124.
Congratulations
on Professional
Development:
Roger Conner, landscape supervisor
for HSPP, earned certification as
Grounds Manager from the Professional
Grounds Management Society
in October. He joins a select group
since there are less than 100 certified
grounds managers in the U.S.
Tracy Tanner Bond, real estate
contract administrator with FP&C,
recently completed the University
Human Resources Employee Career
Management Program in November.
Warren (Hubba) Wood of the Sign
Shop earned a Certificate of Achievement
from the United States Sign
Council’s Continuing Educational
Program in Sign Technology and
Marketing in December.
Customer Compliments to...
Reggie McGhee, Sharon Eldridge, Larry
Brooks, Louise Toliver, Wanda Snead,
Catherine Miles, Dora Gholson, Jesse
Johnson, Christine Vaughan, Sandra
Morris, Cindy Drumheller, Ann
Gatewood, Lystra Cedeno — These
housekeepers did great work in Gilmer in
responding to the flood on 12/16/04. In
trying to track the water’s source, I came
upon six housekeepers from Chemistry
and told them of the problem. They
literally took off running down the hall to
secure some vacuums. Our own building
staff responded immediately. Were it not
for these workers starting to vacuum water
early, the damage would have been far
worse and would not have stopped at
ground floor...(and) losses would have
been much higher. Thanks for a job well
done! – Ed Lumadue, Facilities Coordinator,
Biology Dept.
Scott Burns: I want to express my
gratitude for your support of Scott Burns
and his service to the EVP/COO Employee
Communications Council. Serving on the
Council may require employees to conduct
Council business and attend meetings…
during the regular workday. Thank you
for your flexibility, and for helping
facilitate the service of one of your team
members. I also wanted to commend
Scott’s active and responsible service to
the Council since his term began. … Scott
has demonstrated a high level of leadership
in fulfilling his duties as a Council
representative. – Leonard W. Sandridge,
Executive Vice President & Chief
Operating Officer
Diane Morse & Materials Division: This
is a note of appreciation to the Materials
Division for your help obtaining special
items for the Zehmer Hall A/C job. In
particular, I’d like to commend Diane
Morse for “going above and beyond the
call of duty” when she ordered a nonstandard
sized high temperature rise door
for me. As usual, this job had tight time
constraints, and according to one vendor I
spoke with, this special door had a very
lengthy lead time. Diane voluntarily found
another vendor who could easily supply
the door and hardware well within the
allotted time. I look forward to working
with you all in the future. - Jennifer Oman,
FP&C Engineering & Design
Kathy Moon: The new housekeeper on 5 th
Floor of Alderman Library – Kathy Moon -
does an amazingly fantastic job – everything
sparkles when she’s done! - Anne
Behnke Kinney, Professor of Chinese &
Direct East Asia Center “Kathy Moon is
the best we have ever had and she has a
great attitude, too. She is a gem and we
just love her.” – Karen Kates Marshall,
Director of Humanities & Social Sciences
Linda Brown: I am writing to tell you what
a truly outstanding job a member of your
staff, Linda Brown, does each and every
day. She is friendly, helpful and works
hard every minute of the day. Linda is
doing an exceptionally wonderful job. -
Cristina Van Sant, Laboratory Technician,
MR-5 Linda Brown takes care of all
our cleaning needs on MR-5 3 rd floor for
Pathology Admin and Pathology Labs.
My co-workers and I commend her for her
services on this floor. She is a wonderful
employee, caring and hard working. When
she is on duty, everything is done even
before it is asked of her. -Sue Vaswani,
Accountant, UVa Dept. of Pathology
Deborah Palmer and her staff: We are very
pleased with Deborah’s work. When I called
for the cleaning schedule, I got a prompt
response. In addition, Deborah managed to
fit us into her floor waxing schedule- I was
stunned that anything could be arranged so
quickly! She and the staff did a beautiful
job on the floors. Deborah is a “takecharge”
person and delivers what she
promises to do. She knows who to contact
to get things done- she is professional,
personable and diplomatic. You have a real
winner on your team! – Sarah Hudson,
IACUC Director, Cobb Hall
Charlotte Philen: I have received very nice
Special thanks HSPP’s Mike Meade, Tammy Dean, Jonathan Smith, McKinley Gowan,
compliments on Charlotte’s work from her
Chris Fox and Melissa Berry for helping with Andrew’s Toy Drive. Melissa made
customers in Old Cabell Hall. They
arrangements and the team quickly unloaded over 1300 toys from the trucks and
appreciate the organization of the work,
moved them into the Clinical Engineering Conference Room for distribution . The
and Charlotte’s communication with them
annual holiday event gives toys to pediatric patients in memory of Andrew Shifflett
during the process. Your work has very
who loved to share toys when he was a patient in oncology. — Elaine M. Finley,
much improved the auditorium. – Bonnie
MSW, Clinical Social Worker, Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
Hurtt, Customer Relations Manager
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In Service to Our Community
Among the 77 Day of Caring volunteers
were (clockwise from top left) Trish
Mathews and (next photo) Alton Morris,
Roger Henry and Joan Im fixed playground
equipment at Westminster Child Care Center.
Steve Clark, Jo Lawson, Wendy Steesy,
Margie Freeman, Josa Perry, Lou Persinger,
Ronnie Herrion and Robert Garland built a
deck at Innisfree Village.
Keith Payne, John Toney, Gary Shifflett and
Ron Herfurth built cabinets for the
Charlottesville Free Clinic.
Joyce Chewning, Thomas Evatt, Beth
Harper, Barry Wood, Brenda Buttner and Bill
Martin built a handrail at Camp Holiday
Trails.
Sallie Carter and Ann Gatewood,
Johnny Turner (in bucket) with David
Gentry and Travis Henderson
operating the lift, Ike Turner, Christine
Vaughan and Armando Vasquez
polished windows at the Senior
Center.
At the Barrett Early Learning Center,
Linwood Ayers and Lynn Rush
scraped paint and did general
cleanup while Amy Forbes (inset)
attacked the yard work and Bobby
Shafer repaired plaster.
Perspective 4th Quarter 2004 7

Work in
Progress
Construction of the new
Observatory Hill Dining
Hall is progressing.
(Right) Gary Conley,
facilities & system
engineer in the Office of
the Associate Vice
President for Business
Operations, reviews the
work with Libba Bowling,
project manager, and Jackie Darnell, construction manager, in front of the window
overlooking Alderman Road. The 62,000 square ft. dining hall has a March 2005 finish
date; site completion is anticipated for Summer 2005. The staircase to the right leads
to the upper level serving and dining area
shown.
(Left) Wendy Steesy, AIA, senior project
manager for the Hospital Expansion Project,
and Christopher Hoy, senior construction
manager, noted another project milestone
November 22 when the operating rooms were
occupied. Clinical labs, morgue/autopsy and
Heart Center offices occupancy are scheduled
for February 2005. The project involves
construction of a new six-level addition at the
rear of University Hospital as well as substantial
renovations. New construction
accounts for approximately 130,000 sq. ft.
The east elevation shows where the new
construction joins the existing hospital.
The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American
History, Literature and Culture, and the Albert and Shirley
Small Special Collections Library reached final completion
in November. Donald Riggin, P.E., was project manager,
and Steve Ratliff was construction manager.
Photo by Scott Crittenden
8 University of Virginia Facilities Management