Mayo Clinic staff have an identification photo taken on the first day of employment and an updated one every five years thereafter.
As I was preparing to retire I asked Julie, my assistant, to retrieve my staff photos from the archive. Here was my evolution from 2000-2008:
I added the facial hair in 2003 when Lisa and I took our six kids (and a nephew) on a two-week vacation to Washington, D.C. With no need to shave, I let I grow.
Lisa liked my goatee and mustache and still won’t let me get rid of them. They had a distinct reddish/orange tint back then.
For some reason I have an extra 2008 portrait. Perhaps Mayo was putting in a new system at the time.
Here are the 2010, 2015 and 2020 editions:
That last photo at right was taken in March 2020, just before we all began working from home.
As I finished my work at Mayo this week, here’s my updated photo in my new home office. I guess I’m a graybeard both in career experience and in physical reality.
I’m thankful to have at least some of my hair remaining.
And looking forward to interesting work in my third career.
I just love this post, am I’m so glad I knew some of those faces too! Best wishes on your new adventures, you helped me so much in my career Lee, thank YOU from the bottom of my heart. You were always an innovator and a great inspiration!