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Retirements

Laurie Makowski, the finance manager at UConn Hartford, will be retiring as of November 1 after 25 years of service to the university.

In Memoriam

Robert Bouchard, 58, of Chaplin, Connecticut, who worked at the machine shop at the Institute of Material Science, on September 19.

Frederick Geary, of Old Lyme, Connecticut, a former teacher at the UConn Medical School, on Oct. 10.

Doris Haggerty, 63, of Willimantic, Connecticut, a 20-plus year employee before retirement, on Oct. 21.

Donald Labins, 59, of Queensbury, New York, who was an HVAC and emergency management systems technician at UConn, on Oct. 23.

Richard Norgaard, 89, of Mansfield Center, Connecticut, a retired professor of finance, on Oct. 9.

Ruth Randall, 89, of Chaplin, Connecticut, who worked as a cook and housekeeper in various dormitories, on September 28.

Edmund Wehrle, 89, of Storrs, Connecticut, a retired history professor and former department head.

William Zeller, 98, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, a former professor of psychiatry, on September