Bob Powell, long time Professor of Biology and Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri is retiring at the end of the Spring semester. Many of you know Bob personally, and others know him through his work on the natural history of West Indian reptiles and amphibians. Bob has had a major positive influence on numerous undergraduate students through his very successful REU program (11 different programs, 101 undergraduate students from 68 different colleges and universities).
Avila is hosting a celebration of Bob’s career at 2 PM on Saturday, 19 May in the Whitfield Conference Center on campus. Avila is located at 11901 Wornall Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri.
Detailed information about the celebration can be found at the following website: https://www.avila.edu/dr-powell-retirement
The webpage includes a link to RSVP, for donations to Avila in Bob’s honor, and to leave him a personal message.
Please join me in congratulating Bob on a fantastic career.
Finally, I will be attending the celebration, so if you have any messages or stories about Bob, please send me a personal message (megifford *at* uca *dot* edu) and I’ll include it in my remarks.