Partying like it’s 1985
It’s simple math, really. Since 1985, the combined efforts of the 145 employees honored at the 56th annual 25-Year Recognition Ceremony total “3,625 years of service,” said Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann. “Thank you for bringing your excellence to work every day and serving the University so long and so well,” Hausammann told the proud crowd of staff, faculty, and friends and family Wednesday (Oct. 13) at Sanders Theatre. “I think staying at one place for 25 years is a very special kind of solidity and engagement in this world of changing and moving and transition,” said Harvard President Drew Faust, who dug into Harvard’s past 25 years to offer a history lesson of sorts. “Today I wanted to talk to you a little about your history, and what has happened at this institution since you arrived here in 1985,” she said. “You arrived here just as the personal computer was becoming...