Recognized for Service
DEP Honors Its Longest-Serving Staffers

By HOWARD MEGDAL

Though he's been with the Department of Environmental Protection for 40 years, Administrative Engineer Michael Sherard has no plans to give up his work just yet.

DEP Photo 40 YEARS AND COUNTING: Administrative Engineer Michael Sherard was honored for his four-decade-long tenure at the Department of Environmental Protection's Employee Recognition Day Nov. 8. Mr. Sherard was so dedicated to his job, he returned to work less than 96 hours after returning home from a two-year stint in the army.

"I'll stay on for at least another year or so," he said at DEP Employee Recognition Day Nov. 8. "I just like what I do."

'A Morale Booster'

It was a sentiment shared by many at the event, which honored scores of long-serving employees at District Council 37 headquarters.

"It's a great thing for my members," said DC 37 Local 375 President Claude Fort. "These are hardworking people, and recognizing them is a big morale booster."

Mr. Sherard, who said he started his career "at the bottom, as a junior draftsman," took so much pleasure in his work that upon returning from the Army in May 1967, he hit the ground running.

"I came back on a Thursday," he said, "and went back to work on Monday."

Life Begins at 40

Other DEP employees honored for more than 40 years of service were: Salvatore Dellecave, Stanley Siebenberg, Chung K. Kuo, Frank Munari, Ann M. Progler, Joginder Sehgal, Roy Durig, Herbert M. Kass, Ado Uriko, Michael Mannino, Elviro Villani, Walfridson Sigvard and Sandra Stecker.

Those with at least 35 years' service are: Anthony Annaruma, Nicolas Audi, Patrick Burke, Shirley Bush-George, Edward Coleman, Magdi A. Farag, Michael A. Gimbel, Richard Greenwald, Stephen Greenwald, Deborah Hunt, Dolores Love, James Mahaney, Mary Nicoll, Joseph Ribando, Dennis Rizzo, Barry Schwartz, Yashavant Shah, Bharatkumar Shah and Frank P. Sozio. Thirty-year veterans included: Luis Baerga, Angelo Barca, Paul Caglianone, Gloria Cardona, Mel O. Hansen, Aaron Koffler, Joseph Landau, Ana Lopez, Mae Mack, Luz Martinez, Harvey Nachshon, Monaca Roth, Kivock D. Tang, Gertha Toney and Alan Wasserman.

Silver Anniversaries

Honorees with 25 years at DEP were: Paul Alvarez, Tapan K. Bandyopadhyay, Scott Belmont, Stanley Berman, Alla Bernshteyn, John Bolembach, Bernice Bookman, William Brand, William Calbert, John Carbonella, Daniel Cunningham, Rosaura DeJesus, Mark Donecker, Margarita Dubovoy-Cheney, Mikhail Esterov, Grigory Faybushevich, Anatoly Freydin, Elsa Frias, Lawrence Friedman, William Fuccillo;

McKinley Fulton, Nellya Furman, Diane Futrell, Stephen Gifford, Michael Giglio, Bryan Gleason, Vladimir Goldenshteyn, Nelson Gonzalez, Felix Gonzalez, Josephine Guzman-Delerme, William Haberland, Edward Hayes, Randall Hooks, Betty Howell, Raymond James, Reginald Jordan, Stephen Kaufer, Delores A. Kelly, Yakov Kushner, Victor Lara;

Nicholas LaSalle, Leslie Laylock, Vernon Lee, Vincent Lewis, Randall Licari, George Marino, Lourdes Martinez, Gary Mascolo, Vincent A. Masullo, Andrew Mayo, James Montgomery, Andrew Moss, Ramendra Nandi, Joseph F. Natale, Moses Nealy, Adedoyin Oduba, Richard Orengo, Michael Panzarino, Joseph Parziale, Edna Pennie;

Robert Petrelli, Richard J. Prado, Ronald Reuter, Craig Rosenberg, Charles Rotter, Stella Rozelman, Florence Sayers, Charles Shamoon, Attila Sioreti, Ana Soler, Lawrence Somerville, Irina Veytsman, Thomas Viola, David Waithe, Anne Whalen and Linda Wilson.