LINDA K. EDSON
Clerk IV Extraordinaire
3063 Sweeney Hall
(515-294-1660)
lkedson@iastate.edu

Job Description
Hello! I'm a Clerk in the ChE Department. I've been working here since 1983 and provide technical typing support (complex class work, exams, forms, manuscripts, journal articles, nominations, book chapters, web pages). I serve as liaison with the ChE Safety Committee, assisting with record keeping, databases, and chemical inventory. I keep busy assisting with details related to the annual Association for Crystallization Technology meeting and Phi Kappa Phi.

Work Experience:
2002 - Present Clerk IV, Chemical Engineering, ISU, Ames, IA. Typing of a technical nature for the department using MS Word, Powerpoint, WordPerfect, AXUM, ChemDraw, Windows Draw, and FileMakerPro (class work, exams, forms, manuscripts, journal articles, detailed or complex nominations, figures, drawings, book chapters, web pages, and databases).

1983 - 2002 Clerk Typist III, Chemical Engineering, ISU, Ames, IA.

1979 - 1983 Clerk Typist III, Ames Laboratory, ISU, Ames, IA.

1977 - 1979 Clerk Typist III, Ames Laboratory Research Reactor, ISU, Ames, IA.

1971 - 1977 Stenographer II, Ames Laboratory, ISU, Ames, IA. Personnel Office.

1970 - 1971 Typist Clerk, Ames Laboratory, ISU, Ames, IA.

Department Activities:
ChE Safety Committee, 1996 - present
ChE Web Committee and New Look Subcommittee, 1997 - present
ChE United Way Representative, 1997

Award:
Dean's Staff Excellence Award, August 2001

Personal Information/Hobbies:
Tom and I live in Boone. I have two children, LaDonna and Jason, and two grandchildren, Halie and Dylan. I enjoy remodelling our home, cooking, baking, canning, reading, and camping.