Staff Staff Coordinates Numerous Services ASSisting faculty members and administrators with their responsibilities, and directing various auxiliary enterprises that served the university, as well as the community, were just a few duties of the 329 full· time staff employees, according to Jim Nichols, director of staff personnel. The two dining hall staffs fed 2,444 students during the fall semester. The educational media center and the computer center reinforced the academic program as well as providing valuable services in the day-byday functioning of the university. Residence hall directors and resident assistants substituted for parents in providing counsel to students away from home. The financial aid office served a majority of students in finding the means for them to finance their education. The admissions staff worked hard in recruiting future Harding students. The maintenance staff, with many part·time student workers, kept the buildings clean and attractive, and maintained a beautiful campus. The engineering staff worked day and night to keep equipment and "energy" functioning properly. The security officers kept mischief in check and served students in a number of ways. The construction staff, assisted by a few sub-contractors, erected the $1.8 million J. E. and L. E, Mabee Business .Center, as they had most of the buildings on campus. The Idell M.. Ables, Director, Stephens Ha ll Cecil Adams, BS, Loan Col lection Officer Claudette Alexander, M.AT, Secretary, Recording Center Jana Altman, BA, Postal Clerk Carolyn Anderson, BBA, Secretary, School of Education Marcella K. Bailey, Secretary, Athletic Center Peggie L. Baker, BS. Secretary. Bible Department Johnnie Ballard, Paint Foreman Barbara Y. Barnes, MAT. Women's Intramurals Director Jerome M. Barnes, EdD, Director of Media Center LaVerne Beach, Secretary, Home Economics Department Carol I. Beaudry, Secretary, CCP Ray Beaudry, Academy Dorm Supervisor Cecil M. Beck, MA, Men's Intramurals Director P. Scott Bellamy, BS, Admissions Advisor Amy S. Bennett, Secretary. Registrar's Office Rheba L. BerryhUl. BA, Library Lucille Bohannon, Postmis tress William E. Bridges, BS. Bookstore Manager Christy A. Broadaway, BA, Secretary, library development staff completed Phase IV of the "Decade of Ex· cellence" and began planning for Phase V which will concentrate on increasing the university's endowment. A highly competent secretarial staff, more than 100 strong, worked closely with students as the "arms and legs" of the administrators and academic divisions. Bookstor~ . employees, post office clerks, laundry attendants. and other auxiliary enterprise employees met important needs of students. To recognize the important contribution staff members make each year, a Distinguished Staff Award of $1,000 was made to two staff members at the Facu lty-Staff Dinner in I~ ; -' . \ Herman L. Brown, Electrician Sue C. Buey. Monthly Payrol l Clerk Ronnie V. Burkett, Assistant !"'aintenance Superintendent ,~ 64 · Starr J. Edward Burt, Manager, Bowling Lane Ruth C. Burt, Accounts Payable Clerk ~ • I April. Recipients of the 1981 awards were William Bridges, manager of the bookstore, and Merle Elliott, shipping and receiving clerk. Commenting on the staff at Harding, Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, Vice President for Academic Af· fairs, said, "Harding is truly blessed with many highly skilled, very competent staff members who are dedicated to the objectives of Harding. They are at Harding to serve. Many have been at Harding for fifteen or more years and have turned down much higher salaries because they believe in Harding and want to contribute thei r talents to Christian education. They are a vital part of the Harding family." ~
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