The Retirement Luncheon Honoring Steve Nadler and Becky Westerdahl

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Steve Nadler and Professor/Extension Becky Brown Westerdahl of the Department of Entomology and Nematology were honored at a recent retirement luncheon in the UC Davis Student Community Center.

Together they chalked up 70 years of service to UC Davis: Westerdahl, 40, and Nadler, 30. Here are a few images of the event. (See news story)

(Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Diane Ullman, Steve Nadler, Becky Westerdahl

Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, welcomes the crowd.

UC Davis doctoral alumna Amanda Hodson, assistant professor of soil ecology and pest management, thanks retiring faculty member Becky Westerdahl for her work.

Retiring nematologist Becky Westerdahl gives her farewell speech, thanking her colleagues and students.

UC Davis doctoral alumna Amanda Hodson, assistant professor of soil ecology and pest management, with her mentor, Becky Westerdahl.

Joanna Chiu (left), professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, presents an award to retiring faculty member and nematologist Becky Westerdahl. In the background is Amanda Hodson, assistant professor, who delivered a tribute to Westerdahl.

Nematologist Shahid Siddique, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, thanking retiring nematologist Steve Nadler for his work.

Nematologist and UC Davis doctoral alumnus Chris Pagan shows a slide of some of the former members of the Steve Nadler lab.

Nematologist and UC Davis doctoral alumnus Chris Pagan praises the work that his major professor Steve Nadler accomplished in the field of nematology and with his students

Nematologist and UC Davis doctoral alumnus Chris Pagan smiles as he recalls a hiking trip with retiring nematologist Steve Nadler.

Nematologist and UC Davis doctoral alumnus Chris Pagan with his mentor, retiring nematologist Steve Nadler.

Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, presented a thank-you plaque and praise the work of retiring nematologist and former department chair Steve Nadler.

Former lab member Curtis Carlson with his mentor Steve Nadler.

Three smiling adults with name tags seated at a table with plates and cups

Retiring faculty member Becky Westerdahl reminiseces.

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus (on recall) Frank Zalom shares a smile.

Professor Louie Yang, community ecologist, and Professor emerita Sharon Lawler, aquatic entomologist, share memories.

Some of the attendees at the faculty retirement luncheon honoring Steve Nadler and Becky Westerdahl.

Presentation slide with teal text Thank you, Steve and Becky!