2018
Thomas W. Schmitt Prize
Manuel (Manny) De La Torre
Nominators cited De La Torre—whose duties include managing equipment and supply procurement for multiple labs—for his hard work, cheerful attitude, and eagerness to help others. In the words of one supporter, De La Torre makes those he works with feel "like you're part of a winning team."
Team Impact Award
Procurement & IMSS Teams
The Procurement and IMSS teams' P2P project—which saw members working with vendors, Caltech divisions, and employees to implement a new and efficient payment-and-invoice processing system for the Institute—"meaningfully responded to years of frustrations many [on campus] had with old ways of integrating purchasing and payments," one nominator wrote. "This has taken an incredible amount of effort, and yet they have maintained positive, even cheerful attitudes throughout."


Honorees
Service Year | First Name | Last Name | Division Abbreviation - HR |
---|---|---|---|
50 | Pat | Anderson | CCE |
50 | Bob | Logan | IMSS |
45 | Alan | Cummings | PMA |
45 | Susi | Martin | PRES |
40 | David | Woody | PMA |
40 | JoAnn | Boyd | PMA |
35 | Gloria | Brewster | SAO |
35 | Larry | Wallace | PMA |
35 | Johnny | Noyes | FACILITIES |
35 | Bob | Carr | PMA |
35 | Harry | Irby | FACILITIES |
35 | Juan | Sanchez | FACILITIES |
35 | Ken | McCue | BBE |
35 | Sally | Newman | GPS |
35 | John | Good | PMA |
35 | Heidi | Aspaturian | LIB |
30 | Javier | Solorzano | IMSS |
30 | Michael | Baker | GPS |
30 | Mark | Bartelt | IMSS |
30 | Davida | Perez | B & F |
30 | Jane | Mendel | BBE |
30 | Tracy | Sheffer | PMA |
30 | Andre | Jefferson | FACILITIES |
30 | Aurora | Ruiz Sandoval | BBE |
30 | Marion | Schmitz | PMA |
30 | Fred | Raab | PMA |
30 | Joaquin | Gutierrez | PROV |
30 | Connie | Rodriguez | EAS |
30 | Laurel | Auchampaugh | HSS |
30 | Phuong | Trinh | LIB |
30 | Ann | Martin | OGC |
30 | Tim | Rao | FACILITIES |
25 | Marta | Murphy | BBE |
25 | Diana | Bisel | PMA |
25 | Lindy | Alo | FACILITIES |
25 | Margaret | Vinci | GPS |
25 | Terry | Scott | FACILITIES |
25 | Becky | Hernandez | PROV |
25 | Alison | Ross | CCE |
25 | Leslie | Rico | PROV |
25 | Andy | Boden | PMA |
25 | Tom | Mannion | SAO |
20 | Tom | Giedraitis | IMSS |
20 | John | Kelley | SAS |
20 | Matthew | Chang | IMSS |
20 | Viktor | Shcherbatyuk | BBE |
20 | Liyuan | Zhang | PMA |
20 | Dexter | Jeremiah | ATH |
20 | Briana | Ticehurst | EAS |
20 | Corey | Gray | PMA |
20 | Schuyler | Van Dyk | PMA |
20 | Jenny | Mercado | RES ADM |
20 | Armando | Rivero | PROV |
20 | Gustavo | Gonzalez | ATH |
20 | Diana | Alvarez | B & F |
20 | Naveed | Near-Ansari | IMSS |
20 | Monica | Marquez | B & F |
20 | Lorena | Sandoval | PROV |
20 | Erin | Lindsay | IMSS |
20 | Lisa | Frenchie | B & F |
20 | Santiago | Lombeyda | PMA |
20 | Marcella | Ta | PMA |
20 | Robert L | Hurt | PMA |
20 | Dario | De La Rosa | FACILITIES |
20 | Alexander | Hui | PMA |
20 | Jennifer | Reyes | B & F |
20 | Thanh | Tran | IMSS |
20 | Gordon | Squires | PMA |
20 | Miguel | De La Torre | SAS |
20 | Rachel | Akeson | PMA |
20 | Sonjong | Hwang | CCE |
20 | Violana | Nesterova | BBE |
20 | Jonathan | Kakumasu | PMA |
20 | Trey | Roby | PMA |
20 | Carson | Bennett | PMA |
20 | Grace | Fisher-Adams | PROV |
20 | Heather | Steele | PMA |
20 | Karel | Zumbrunnen | B & F |
20 | James | Ingalls | PMA |
15 | Timothy | Brooke | PMA |
15 | Paula | Antoshechkin | GPS |
15 | Mary | Martin | HSS |
15 | Igor | Antoshechkin | BBE |
15 | Bruce | Brunschwig | BECK INS |
15 | Steve | Groom | PMA |
15 | Todd | Swart | FACILITIES |
15 | Agustin | Valadez | FACILITIES |
15 | Kimberly | Van Auken | BBE |
15 | Lyn | Cross | PRES |
15 | Malina | Chang | SAO |
15 | Bronagh | Glaser | GPS |
15 | Michael | Thomas | PMA |
15 | Michael | Papin | PMA |
15 | Aileen | Liu | INVST |
15 | Jason | Surace | PMA |
15 | John | Lilley | IMSS |
15 | Hillary | Sanchez | B & F |
15 | Cesar | Carlos | PROV |
15 | Lijun | Zhang | PMA |
15 | Whitney | Clavin | VPSI |