A changing of the guards will soon take place in the Iowa State residence halls.

Chuck Frederiksen, director of residence at Iowa State, will retire tomorrow after 40 years of service to the university.

During his time at ISU, Frederiksen said he saw the building of a large number of new residence halls and a doubling in the number of staff and students in them.

Frederiksen’s service at ISU will be honored at a banquet to be held in the Wallace-Wilson Commons at the Towers residence halls on Friday, from 1 p.m. to 4 pm. Iowa State faculty, staff and students, as well as the Ames community, are welcome. There will be a short program preceding the banquet.

“We are thinking that given [Frederiksen’s] longevity and popularity here, that over the course of the afternoon we may have 500 to 800 people showing up to wish him well,” said Doug Gruenewald, complex manager of the Towers residence halls.

Frederiksen said he plans to stay in Ames, doing volunteer work and watching his nine grandchildren grow up. He will also travel.

“This town is just filled with opportunities, with social service groups and church and community events,” Frederiksen said. “We are looking forward to that.”

“[Frederiksen] has certainly earned a chance to step aside and do other things with his life,” Vice President of Student Affairs Tom Thielen said. “He has contributed much to the campus life of students at Iowa State.”

Frederiksen will be succeeded by Randy Alexander, director of university housing at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. More than 30 candidates applied for the ISU position. Alexander was chosen from five finalists by a committee of faculty, staff and students following the national search, Thielen said.

“I think in the 90s, the students are coming to us with different ideas about how they want to live,” Thielen said. “Whether we modify some of our halls or build additional apartments is something we will have to decide in the very near future.”

Thielen also said that a careful examination of diverse housing arrangements will be necessary to encourage students to live on campus, rather than off.

Alexander begins his term on Aug. 1. His starting salary will be $96,000.

“We are dealing with a $30 million operation and a supervision of three to four hundred staff,” Thielen said. “In this day and age I think that would be a very competitive salary on the market.”

Virginia Arthur, assistant director of residence, will serve as interim director of residence during the month of July.