Five retired University of California, Davis, faculty and staff members will be honored Saturday at a ceremony marking the completion of The Colleges at LaRue, the newest student residential complex on campus. The ceremony will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at The Colleges at LaRue Community Center, 164 La Rue Road. Parking is available in Lot 35 on Orchard Park Drive near the corner of La Rue Road. The 450-bedroom complex houses more than 600 students in five thematic "pods." Each of the five courts will be named for faculty and staff who have contributed to the undergraduate life of UC Davis students. The honorees are: -- Ruth Anderson, who served as dean of women for 20 years and helped found the original Women's Center on campus in 1968 (now the Women's Resources and Research Center) as well as the Network for Graduate and Faculty Women. Anderson, who retired in 1987, also was a force behind the implementation of Title IX at Davis, the federal law prohibiting discrimination against female athletes at high schools and colleges that receive federal funds. She is being honored as a source of inspiration and help to countless women students and for her contribution to the campus's awareness and sensitivity in regard to women's issues. -- Robert Matthews, who helped establish an environmental geology program within the Department of Geology at UC Davis. He set aside his own pursuit of a doctoral degree to devote his efforts to the program and to teaching. After retiring in 1996, he completed his doctoral requirements and was awarded the Ph.D. that he began in 1968. Matthews, who specialized in engineering geology and hydrogeology, continues to be involved with students. -- Harry Walker, who headed the exploratory program in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, which was created to assist students with career decisions and major courses of study. Walker, a senior lecturer in Land, Air and Water Resources who retired in 1990, was also active in the summer advising program that welcomed new students and prepared them for their first year at Davis. In addition, he developed numerous courses designed to alert students to the relationship between natural resources and our well-being. -- Marya Welch, who was the first woman hired in the physical education department at UC Davis and played a key role in establishing intramural and extramural sports programs for women. During her 40-year career before her 1987 retirement, she was a leader in state organizations committed to the advancement of women's athletics. In addition to her contributions to women's athletics, she served as dean of women for two years and organized the Prytanean Honor Society. -- Emmy Werner, an internationally recognized developmental psychologist who has spent a lifetime studying how children cope when confronted with adversity. She has served as a role model to generations of students through her research and her teaching. She has published several books on children of the western migration, the Civil War and World War II. Since her retirement in 1994, she has continued to teach undergraduates as well as supervise graduate students.