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Award Year

2015

Title of Position

Publications, Printing and Mail Services

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Eric Gordon is the 2015 winner of the Max L. Starkey Service Award at Illinois Wesleyan University. President Richard F. Wilson announced Gordon as the winner Aug. 21 at the annual Faculty-Staff Breakfast. A 20-year employee of IWU, Gordon is mailroom coordinator in Publications, Printing and Mailing Services (PPMS). Gordon volunteered to take on daily mail delivery in spring 2014 in addition to his other responsibilities, which include working with the United States Postal Service, coordinating UPS and FedEx package delivery services, and assisting students, faculty and staff with mailing questions. Several nominators mentioned Gordon’s cheerfulness, enthusiasm, ‘can-do’ attitude, and sense of humor while delivering mail to their offices. “You can hear his laughter coming down the hall when he’s on his mail route, and you know you’ll experience a few brief minutes of fun in your stressful day,” one nominator wrote. Another wrote that Gordon “always tries to make people feel good through humor. He’s a great ambassador for the school.”

And now, this year’s clues…

  • While some might confuse our recipient with a recent NFL draftee, many wouldn’t get the connection.
  • Others might say there’s a trace of Daryl Adkins, who like our recipient does not go by his given name.
  • While his NFL namesake is expected to light up scoreboards with touchdowns on Sundays, our recipient lights up campus offices every day.
  • And, just like Daryl--better known as Trace--our recipient also knows how to bring down the house and put a smile on the faces of his fans.
  • If you haven’t yet guessed who our recipient is, all I can say is that Elvis is not dead at least not on this campus or in this room.

    • Please join me in giving it up for Melvin Gordon--not the former Wisconsin Badger and now San Diego Charger--but our very own Trace Adkins, better known as Eric Gordon!

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