{"id":62175,"date":"2018-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/07\/retirement-reception-friday-for-terry-vail\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:48:58","slug":"retirement-reception-friday-for-terry-vail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/07\/retirement-reception-friday-for-terry-vail\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement reception Friday for Terry Vail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>A retirement tea will be held Friday for Terry Vail of the UNMC Department of Facilities, Management and Planning, who will be leaving UNMC after a 49-year career.<\/p>\n<p>The tea will be held from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the University Tower Private Dining Room C.<\/p>\n<p>After starting at UNMC in the laundry, Vail transferred to plant operations, which is now facilities, management and planning, in 1977 as a plumber\/pipefitter, becoming a plumber supervisor in 1993. 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