35 Years: Andrea Litton

Andrea Litton
Andrea Litton

Diners in the food court on UT Southwestern Medical Center’s South Campus might not even notice the lady who moves quietly from table to table cleaning the tables, moving trays, and changing the trash bags when they’re full.

Andrea Litton, a Food Service Worker, is renowned for having a smile on her face and a song on her lips, and she’s celebrating 35 years at UT Southwestern.

And she continues to seek to improve.

“I’ve always just wanted to be myself,” Ms. Litton said, “to do my job right and work hard. But I think I could be nicer to my boss.”

When the food court closes, her tasks shift to vacuuming the floors and helping with storing pots and pans, dishes, and paper products.

A gold medal winner off campus – she took home first place in the Special Olympics Bowling Tournament – Ms. Litton revealed that that’s her enduring hobby. She also likes to go to movies, to dine out, and go to parties. Not surprisingly, she can sing and dance, too.

By constantly circulating around the food court during working hours, she’s also become a one-woman lost-and-found department. “I’m always finding wallets, purses, umbrellas, and things that people left behind,” Ms. Litton says. “I like it when I can locate the owner of something lost.”

Those times make the job even more pleasurable, she says.

“I’m really happy to have worked at UT Southwestern all these years,” she says, praising her “wonderful” fellow employees. “I hope to be remembered as someone who works hard and is never late.”

Employee Recognition 2015

Long-term employees play an invaluable role in the life of UT Southwestern Medical Center. Their faithful, dedicated service has helped the institution become what it is today. In this special edition of Center Times, we showcase some of these employees and their varied interests.