About 60 people attended a surprise party May 2 for Iftekharuddin Khan in honor of his 50th anniversary of teaching as an adjunct at the College. He has continuously taught part-time at UWM after earning his master’s degree in industrial engineering from UWM in 1974.
Khan was greeting by faculty, staff, students, family and friends, who spoke fondly about him and his influence on the College, including the following from the industrial engineering department: Chair Jaejin Jang; Rina Ghose, professor; Hamid Sefoddini, associate professor; Wilkistar Otieno, associate professor; and Matthew Petering, associate professor.
Others speaking were Professors Pradeep Rohatgi and Kishna Pillai, both materials engineering, and teaching faculty Dan Beller, who years ago had been a student of Khan’s. Associate deans Andy Graettinger and Prasenjit Guptasarma also paid tribute.
No plans to retire are in the works, Khan said.
