Pres Office Executive Assistant Linda Stapleton Retiring

Linda Stapleton has a sort of serenity about her as she talks about her impending retirement.

The executive assistant to the president – who has held the position for 19 of her 30 years at the University, serving four presidents and one interim president – will work her final day at the UA on Nov. 23.

The University is holding a farewell reception in her honor from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Tucson Room of the Student Union Memorial Center.

"It’s been such a good ride," she said on a recent Friday afternoon in her office on the seventh floor of the Administration building, just outside the president’s office.

"It’s been really, really good."
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