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Week of 12 May 1998 Vol. I, No. 31 Feature Article BU honors 385 for long-term service The Service Recognition Dinner on April 29 honored 290 BU employees who have reached the 10-year mark in their service, 62 who have reached the 25-year mark, and 33 who are retiring. Above, Jon Westling congratulates retiring Physical Plant employee José Pereira, a professional gardener and landscaper for Boston University's properties in the Cottage Farm section of Brookline. Pereira, a native of the island of Sao Miguel, in the Azores (a group of islands belonging to Portugal), who came to the U.S. in 1962, is leaving BU after 33 years. He, along with fellow retirees, received a black wooden chair imprinted with the University seal on the backrest.Those who have worked on campus for a quarter-century, including Carol T. Walsh, associate professor at the School of Medicine (on the right, with Medical Campus Provost Aram Chobanian) were presented with Chelsea clocks. Employees with a decade of service received crystal bowls. Ronald Cass, dean of the School of Law, served as master of ceremonies. Photos by Fred Sway