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Purchasing
(r.li'
verything
came
rifrom somewhere.
Furniture, scan–
trons, nuts, and bolts did
not Just appear from the
sky above. Somebody
was actually out compar–
ing prices, working with
vendors, and buying ev–
erything seen on cam–
pus. ·From copiers, clean–
ing supplies, and uni–
forms, to chemicals for
science labs . . . every–
thing.
It
was the Purchasing
Department: Mary Grif–
fith, and Nancy Olson
plus one secretary and
one student. They were
in charge of working with
7,456 vendors through–
out the year. Whenever a
department needed to
purchase something, it
was Purchasing who did
the ordering, but not the
paying. Doesn't sound
like fun, doing every–
body's shopping, with
their money? "When
your done you don't feel
like shopping over the
weekend, because
you've been doing it in
here the office all week,"
said Mary.
"People don't realize
everything you do," said
Nancy. "Everything you
do has a different ven–
dor."
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The
Fab Four of University Services: Nan·
cy
Olson, Mary Griffith, eldrln Rowe and Pal·
ma Scheumack.
H uman resources take a minute out of
their busy schedule
to
pose for the camera.
Nancy
Olson shows her supports for our
troops.
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