BATON ROUGE – The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business celebrated some very special faculty and staff at its most recent faculty and staff meeting, held December 8, 2011. Twelve individuals were recognized for their years of service to the college and the university, with the most tenured award being presented to Elizabeth Russ, an administrative coordinator for the LSU Public Administration Institute who has been on campus now for 20 years.

E. J. Ourso College of Business Dean Eli Jones congratulated each of these dedicated employees and presented them with a certificate of appreciation.

“The passion and loyalty that these and all of our other employees bring to the E. J. Ourso College on a daily basis is truly remarkable,” Jones said. “We look forward to many more years of excellence from each of them.”

Also recognized during the event were:

     15 Years of Service:

• Larry Crumbley,  KPMG Peat Marwick Endowed Professor in the Department of Accounting
• Laura Delaune, Undergraduate Adviser and Instructor in the Department of Accounting 
• James "Scott" Fargason, Lee D. and Cynthia C. Bloch Distinguished Professor of Business Law in the Department of Finance
• Wendy Luedtke, Director of Alumni & External Relations
• Dek Terrell, Director of the Division of Economic Development and the Freeport-McMoRan Corporation Endowed Chair in Economics in the Department of Economics

    10 Years:

• Joey Legoria, U.J. LeGrange Endowed Professor in the Department of Accounting 
• Jackie Moffitt, Fred B. and Ruth B. Zigler Developing Scholar Professor in the Department of Accounting
• Hettie Richardson, Co-chair of the Rucks Department of Management and William W. & Catherine M. Rucks Professor
• Richard Stahl, Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow and Instructor in the Department of Economics
• Anne Tauzin, Assistant to the Chair for the Rucks Department of Management
• Randall Verret, Network Analyst and Security Administrator in the Highway Safety Research Group

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