The Staff Plaza and Memorial Garden is located near the Physics 2000 courtyard, immediately east of the Science Lab 1 and Geology Buildings. Surrounded by roses and other flowers, it is a place of quiet reflection and a memorial to staff members who have passed away while employed at UC Riverside. These include regular staff as well as faculty with administrative positions.
The garden is supported and maintained by UCR's Grounds & Facilities team.
Staff Assembly partners with UCR Human Resources to identify staff members to be included in the garden.
Staff Memorials List
2025
Douglas Mcculloh
2024
Lawrence Harper
Dennis Cosentino
E Hanson
2023
Mahsa Zakeri
Mir Mulla
D Rush
Richard Arnott
William Thomson
Robert Jones
Azadin Issak
Richard Goeden
Rakesh Chopra
Robert Dominguez
Julie Cline
Joshua Fenton
2022
Kenneth Weigel
Marilyn Fogel
Matthew Gonzales
Dennis Focht
Gerald Maguire
Oladipo Obembe
Jack Reid
Stewart Shankel
Adalberto Castro
Stephen Wimpenny
Amnon Rapoport
2021
Hartland Schmidt
Christina Cicchetti
Stephen Cullenberg
Richard Smith
Marina Pianca
William Frankenberger
William Dunlop
Jorge Silva-Risso
Robert Anderson
Manual Urrizola
Bruce Ziemienski
Reinhold Mankau
2020
James Cameron
Thomas Morton
Marguerite Waller
Ralph Crowder
Eric Shigeno
Anne Kernan
Travis Bean
Mason Gaffney
Dennis Phillips
Robert Luck
Daniel Gallie
William Walton
Margarita Vizcarra
James Press
Dennette Montoya
Alan Williams
Seymour Van Gundy
Stephen Cockerham
2019
Wendy Ashmore
Joseph Eckert
Carlton Bovell
Michael Pollak
Randy Robinson
Samuel Andress
Marie Peikert
Royal Ervin Taylor
Dimitrios Morikis
Anthony Norman
Robert Beaver
Douglas Parrott
Richard Stein
Richard Sutch
Roger Burgraff
Jolinda Traugh
Tadashi Hiraoka
Keith Knapp
Julette Barta
2018
Candido Ayllon
Dericksen Brinkerhoff
Helen Henry
Richard Hornby
Shuichi Kurai
Thomas Laughrey
Donald Munnecke
Albert Paulus
Ed Plummer
Orlay Plummer
Michael Rettig
Touraj Shafai
James Sims
P Sterling Stuckey
2017
Marcos Moragues Canela
Tony Cho
Doran George
Harry Green
William Mayhew
Rudy Ruibal
William J. Sovich
2016
Richard Alexander
Nicolas Ferguson
Dattaprabhakar Gokhale
Robert Haddon
Peter Kaus
Robert Krieger
Junji Kumamoto
Laurie Panowicz
Michelle Sessions
Rainer Scora
Stanley Stewart
2015
Karen George
Laura Sobrino
Tracy Wandel
Naomi Yorty
Lewis Weathers
Shapiro Theda
Bruce Chalmers
2014
Laura Abbott
Irving Eaks
Charles Labanauskas
John Letey
Mark Nicolay
Austin Turk
2013
Ronald Faria
David Musser
Soon Park
Josh Radewald
Victor Shapiro
John Vickery
Lowell Jordan
2012
Nancy Beckage
Juanita Bullock
James Brown
Suresh Kumar Ramachandran Nair
Cheryl Votaw
2011
Gordon Bradford
Lori Bryant
Thomas Goatcher
Sandra Graffell
Edward Kerley
Steven Lashier
James Russell
Victor Goodman
2010
Tom Embleton
Ana Fagundo
Paul Hoffman
Walter Reuther
2009
Emory Elliott
Glenn Hatton
Todd Ransom
Mary Rolland
Cao Tangyuan
2008
Lindon Barrett
Ana Garcia
Heather Hamilton
Martha Plender
2007
Gregory Bredbeck
Caril Dundon
Gene Gonzales
Xiao-Song Lin
Carol McKinney
Anna Quinn
Beatriz Santiago
2006
Muriel Johnson
Stephanie Seligman
Latosha Wallace
2005
Maria Agius
Achilles Dugaiczyk
Geoffrey Kostiuk
Cynthia Lowery
2004
Andre J. Chagnon
Linda J. Terry
2003
T. Gordon Anderson
Brian L. Bauer
Rafael Valle
2002
Dayle E. Hinds
Patrick H. McCafferty
Janet A. Oliver
Barbara Pitzer
2001
Charles Glover
William F. Vanore
2000
Lessie M. Perry
Joe B. Roughton
Rebecca A. Seefried
Rosana M. Soto
1999
Sharon Conditt
Christy Laclaire
James T. Lee
Larry L. Sautter
1998
Russell Moy
1997
Laurene Fazio
1996
Brenda F. Gallegos
Kathleen A. Rounds
1995
Shelby (Skip) Coffman
R.P. (Pete) Givens
1994
None
1993
Aurelia Marias
Roy McJunkin
1992
Frank K. Higson
Judith J. Schuster
1991
The Hguyen Barrett
Joyce Kepler
Paul D. Otjen
Marlow D. Peterson
1990
Wendall Ervin
Gilbert Henning
Kenneth R. Nobles
1989
Charles M. Brown
Andrew J. Page
1988
Marilyn Balance
Odell E. McFadden
Lucia M. Millfelt
Sheila Neaves
Henry S. Ramirez, Jr.
Monika Romero
1987
Diofanto Garro
Nancy Harris
James J. Kistner
Ernest L. Lucas
1986
Howard F. Ellenberger
Judith C. Singleton
1985
Betty A. Medved
1984
Raymond M. Capra
Lillian Escarcega
1983
Joe Kirkland
John N. Regan
Sylvia B. Shorey