Dear Colleagues, I wanted to add a few words to David's message below. Ever since he joined our School as Senior Director of Development (DoD) in August 2013, David Williams has served our Development programs in an admirable way in all regards. He brought a unique perspective to Development and is uniformly admired by our School's alumni. In fact, I hear regularly from our alumni (from the Forneys to recent graduates) about his personal and effective approach with them - quick and efficient follow-ups, and always with a smile and can-do service attitude. David's commitment to his word is evident from the fact that when he joined our School, he and I had a verbal agreement that he'll stay for at least 3 years with ChE. He's kept his word and delayed his promotion as the Director of Advancement for the College of Liberal Arts until August 1, 2016 - full 3 years after joining us and the date when I'll leave my current position as School Head. Believe me, I know from long experience that such deep commitment to one's word is uncommon. On behalf of our School, I thank David Williams for the outstanding job he's done as our School's Senior Director of Development. We look forward to several more months of his association with us. On our behalf, I wish David the very best for the future. Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University From: Williams, David M. [mailto:DMWilliams@prf.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 4:21 PM To: chme@ecn.purdue.edu Cc: Varma, Arvind Subject: David Williams Dear All: The announcement below was shared this morning by Cheryl Altinkemer, Associate Vice President for Advancement in the University Development Office. Please know how much I have enjoyed working with you and will continue to enjoy working with you through July 31, 2016. Sincerely, David David M. Williams Senior Director of Development | School of Chemical Engineering University Development Office | Purdue Research Foundation Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060B 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 Office: (765) 494-4065 Cell: (765) 427-0527 E-mail: dmwilliams@prf.org<mailto:dmwilliams@prf.org> www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> [cid:4EB85FD5-0B1D-4D18-B48D-B3F5EA520F5A] The Purdue Research Foundation is an independent organization that acts for the benefit of Purdue University. From: alldev-bounces@lists.purdue.edu<mailto:alldev-bounces@lists.purdue.edu> [mailto:alldev-bounces@lists.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Altinkemer, Cheryl L. Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:55 AM To: alldev@lists.purdue.edu<mailto:alldev@lists.purdue.edu>; devrelations@lists.purdue.edu<mailto:devrelations@lists.purdue.edu>; sdod@lists.purdue.edu<mailto:sdod@lists.purdue.edu> Subject: [Alldev] Congratulations David Williams Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that David Williams will be joining the College of Liberal Arts as Director of Advancement on August 1, 2016. We have agreed to delay his start in order to fulfill a commitment he made to remain with the School of Chemical Engineering through July 31, 2016, when Arvind Varma will step down as Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering. David has been Senior Director of Development for the School of Chemical Engineering since August 2013 when he returned to Purdue after a brief stint as Senior Major Gift Officer for the Riley Children's Foundation in Indianapolis. David first came to Purdue in September 2004 as UDO Communications Coordinator for what was then Purdue Marketing Communications. He then joined the University Development Office as Associate Director of Planned Giving in January 2006 and served the College of Engineering Dean's Office as Director of Development and then Director of Advancement from January 2009 to April 2013. We appreciate David's commitment to ChE and will be slowly transitioning until August 1 with questions about Liberal Arts to be referred to me until that time. Please join me in congratulating David on his new role. Cheryl Cheryl L. Altinkemer Associate Vice President for Advancement Purdue Research Foundation|Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center| Shau Wai Lam Office|403 West Wood Street| West Lafayette, IN 47907| 765.494.8218|765.427.4175 cell|800.677.8780 Lacretia Rothenberger, Executive Assistant 765-494.6615 larothenberger@prf.org<mailto:larothenberger@prf.org> [PRF LOGO]
