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title: "Recent departures and retirements"
description: "Thanking Patrick Bridges and Hussein Al-Azzawi, and wishing Jim Prewett a happy retirement."
type: News
tags:
  - News
status: draft
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  at: "2026-08-30T00:00:00Z"
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# Recent departures and retirements

<p class="carc-byline">By CARC staff</p>

CARC extends its deepest gratitude to three colleagues whose leadership and
service shaped the center:

* **Patrick Bridges**, outgoing CARC Director — thank you for your years of
  leadership of the center.
* **Hussein Al-Azzawi**, outgoing senior CARC manager — congratulations on
  your appointment as HPC Center Director at the University of North
  Carolina at Charlotte.
* **Jim Prewett** — congratulations on your retirement, and thank you for
  your many years of service to CARC and its users.

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