Retirement reception to honor Bob Gallager is Thursday A retirement reception will honor Bob Gallager, vice president for finance and operations, Thursday, Dec. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the J. Lloyd Stone Alumni Center. He will retire following eight years of service to the University. Please join us in wishing Bob well in his retirement. He and his wife Marian will return to their home state of South Carolina, where they have built a new home. "Bob has done an outstanding job, not only in managing the finance and operations division, but also in helping the University prepare for the future," said President Robert Kelley. "His innovative approaches to securing funding for some of our building projects have been critical to their success. We will miss Bob immensely, and we will wish him the very best in retirement."