To: Brian O’Connell, Vice President & General Manager of the Midwest Region, and Mark Hubatch, District Manager for the City of Chicago, Allied Barton Security Services, 500 N Michigan, Suite 1810, Chicago, IL 60611, fax: 312-527-9091
cc: Gloria Graham, Assistant Vice-President and Assistant Chief of the UCPD, in charge of Security Services; Marion Lynch, Associate Vice-President & Chief of the UCPD and Nim Chinniah, Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, Department of Safety & Security, University of Chicago, 6054 S. Drexel Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, fax: 773-702-1828
cc: Debra Stojak, Property Manager for the Cloisters, and Myriam Weaver, Senior Manager, Residential Properties, University of Chicago, 5100 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago, IL, 60615, fax: 773-753-1332
From: The undersigned residents of the Cloisters, 5801-5811 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago, IL 60637
Date: January 23, 2014
In re: Marcella Barnum Jones
As residents of the Cloisters, a building owned and managed by the University of Chicago, we are very unhappy about the loss of Marcella Barnum Jones, who has for many years filled the daytime shift at the front door of our building. From our vantage point, she has done her job in an exemplary way. She is courteous and professional, prompt and efficient in addressing and steering building service requests, and completely responsible and trustworthy. She is also appreciated for her kind, attentive, and friendly manner. Many of us have depended upon her for years and have never been disappointed.
Surely a record of service so deeply valued by the people she serves every day should be important to the agency that employs her. We ask that you take this testimony about her service into account as you weigh whatever matter led to her apparent suspension this month, and that you reinstate her in her position at the Cloisters.
We would appreciate an acknowledgment of our petition, which may be sent to: Katherine Taylor, k-taylor@uchicago.edu.