Title
Roy Bailey
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Award Year
2009
Title of Position
Senior Desktop Support Specialist- IT
Description
Roy Bailey, senior desktop specialist at Illinois Wesleyan University, was named 2009 winner of the University’s Max. L. Starkey Service Award at the 18th annual Recognition Celebration at Bloomington’s Double Tree Hotel on Wednesday, April 1. Bailey, a 1984 graduate of the American College of Technology, earned a degree in computer electronics. Before joining the staff of Illinois Wesleyan’s Information Technology Department in 1998, Bailey was a service manager for Thorn Services International and for STL Office Solutions, both in Bloomington. He was a certified Novell administrator for The Pantagraph, and helped custom build their computer system. Bailey also worked for Watts Copy Systems in Springfield, Ill., and for Tandy Electronics in Downers Grove, Ill. He is a U.S. Navy veteran, formerly stationed on the U.S.S. Sylvania. In one of his nominations for the award, a colleague declared his “enthusiasm and outstanding computer knowledge keeps our campus running.”