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Wisconsin responded with memories
To recognize Thliveris’s lasting legacy,
Whatever Gordon Lark said during
of his meticulous teaching, patience,
the department dedicated its new
those 11 pm phone calls to Andy
wisdom, and, of course, his delightful
Surgical Skills Training Facility in
Thliveris must have been memorable.
sense of humor.
his honor. The new space, which
And now with the K. Gordon Lark
expands the department’s training
Endowed Chair poised to announce its
Thliveris will also be remembered
capacity by providing 10 training
first recipient soon, the undergraduate
for his work as director of the
pods, each outfitted with state-of-the-
has made sure the legacy of the
department’s cataract extraction
art equipment, will be instrumental
founder of the School of Biological
phacoemulsification course. In this
in training the next generation
Sciences will continue. <
three-year progressive course, medical
of eyecare specialists. “While the
and veterinary ophthalmology
decision to retire was a very emotional
residents, UW and visiting medical
one,” says Thliveris. “It comforts me
students, and pre-residency fellows
greatly to know that I am leaving
from around the country learn the
things in such capable hands. Full
latest cataract surgical techniques.
steam ahead.”
Read more about Dr. Thliveris's retirement on the UW-Madison website from which some of this article was taken.
KAREN ZUNDEL
HE RE COM ES T R OU BLESHO OTING pretty much seen it all. But to talk to
Perhaps it’s the nature of the job, like
her about her work, her contributions
a forest ranger taking care of hectares
and her stamina is like pulling a sequoia
of Douglas Fir: have your influence be
out by the roots (not that anyone
immeasurably felt but don’t ever be
would dream of doing that these
heard or seen; you aren’t the one to
days). Ask her about her critical legacy
take that bow. That’s what it means to
in making the School run, and she
be the personification of the shrubs,
reflexively refers to the faculty as the
small trees, vines, and saplings of the
reason for SBS’s functionality and fame.
more visible canopy trees. And Zundel wouldn’t have it any other way. <
Zundel isn’t about to give away the hows, whys and wherefores of ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR K AREN ZUNDEL IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT’S CALLED IN FORESTRY THE “UNDERSTORY.”
Winner of this year’s College of Science Outstanding Staff Award, the twenty-year veteran in what is now the School of Biological Sciences has
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what it’s like to be the kingpin of a celebrated understory as large as that of SBS’s. The operational nexus for not only a large community, but a complex one as well, with a single admin like her supporting as many as 16 faculty members at a time while managing a team of other admins simultaneously.
Read a more detailed version of this article at biology.utah.edu
