Please join me in wishing Wendell Hogg well in his retirement from the University Library. For the past 30 years, Wendell has provided consistent and timely mail delivery and receipt of our precious packages of library materials and important documents. Wendell joined the library community in May of 1979, starting as a mail processor reporting to Albert Hawkins. In 1982 Wendell earned a reclassification to Senior Mail Processor and in 1985 was temporarily reclassified to Mail Room Supervisor, permanently earning this promotion in 1986.

In 1996 Wendell received a distinguished service award for meeting cost saving targets by reducing operations costs and improving services. Wendell implemented a number of mail processing systems/ techniques which greatly improved the timely delivery of mail, efficiency of mail services, and resulted in cost savings for the library.

Beginning November 1, 2009, Susan Francisco, who manages Mail and Transportation Services for the Library, will assume responsibility for the daily mail room operations in addition to her other duties. My thanks to Susan for her adoption of these new responsibilities to provide continuity in communications with library staff, and to Wendell for his many years of service to the Library.

Elise Woods
Chief Financial Officer