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Dr. Don Schertz and Dr. Tom Stewart taught their last classes and advised their last senior projects as full time professors this past semester. These two ECE faculty members retired in May after many years of service to the ECE Department and Bradley University. Dr. Stewart graduated with his BSEE degree in 1959 from Bradley (the first class) and Dr. Schertz graduated with his BSEE degree in 1960 (obviously the second class). They both taught for a few years then took some time off to earn their MSEE and PhD degrees. If you count their time as students, Tom Stewart has been part of the Bradley community for 53 years and Don Schertz for 52 years; more than a century combined. Obviously, their retirements mark an end of an era and, to recognize this unique event in the history of the department, the ECE Department is throwing the “End of an Era” bash. The Bash will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2008 as part of Homecoming 2008, about which more information can be found at http://www.bualum.org/homecoming/. The tentative schedule for the Bash is as follows:

• ECE Department Open House in Jobst Hall: 1pm to 5pm
• Reception in Student Center Ballroom: 5pm-6pm with munchies and beverages
• Buffet Dinner in the Student Center Ballroom: 6pm-7:30 pm
• Speakers and a faculty "roast" in the Student Center Ballroom: 7:30pm-9:30pm

For more information, contact Brian Huggins at 309-677-2732 or via email at bdh_at_bradley.edu