Two Longtime Employees Retire

Fisheries and wildlife sciences lost two longtime employees when administrative assistant Linda Boothe and fiscal technician Ramona Shaver retired from the college on Dec. 21, 2007.

Boothe, who retired as assistant to department head Eric Hallerman, was hired by both Henry Mosby, the first department head for fisheries and wildlife sciences, and Burd McGinnes, the leader of the Virginia Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit, to serve as administrative assistant when the two units merged to become fisheries and wildlife sciences. In the next 24 years, Boothe assisted six department heads and helped more than 400 graduate students through their programs.

Shaver came to work at the college in 1997 to supplement to her employment as a school bus driver in Montgomery County. After finishing her morning bus route, she worked part-time at the college. After completing her work here, she returned her student charges safely home. The forestry department hired her to work full time in 2000. She was senior fiscal technician for the past six years.

Boothe and Shaver have similar retirement plans. “I plan to do volunteer work and travel, visiting relatives, friends, and former students,” Boothe said. “I will be traveling more to see my children and seven grandchildren. I will also enjoy more gardening and yard work,” Shaver added.

Hallerman said both will be missed. “We are sad to see them go, but happy for their transition to a life of doing what they want. We send them off with an expression of gratitude for both their service and friendship.”