function preloadImages(){
    // preload common images for quicker loading
    preloads = new Array();
    preloads[0] = new Image();
    preloads[0].src = "/faculty/images/johnson.jpg";
    preloads[1] = new Image();
    preloads[1].src = "/faculty/images/amann.jpg";
    preloads[2] = new Image();
	preloads[2].src = "/faculty/images/amar.jpg";
    preloads[3] = new Image();
    preloads[3].src = "/faculty/images/aoki.jpg";
	preloads[4] = new Image();
	preloads[4].src = "/faculty/images/ayer.jpg";
    preloads[5] = new Image();
    preloads[5].src = "/faculty/images/barrett.jpg";
	preloads[6] = new Image();
	preloads[6].src = "/faculty/images/bartosic.jpg";
    preloads[7] = new Image();
    preloads[7].src = "/faculty/images/bernhard.jpg";
	preloads[8] = new Image();
	preloads[8].src = "/faculty/images/bjorklund.jpg";
    preloads[9] = new Image();
    preloads[9].src = "/faculty/images/brownstein.jpg";
	preloads[10] = new Image();
	preloads[10].src = "/faculty/images/bruch.jpg";
	preloads[11] = new Image();
	preloads[11].src = "/faculty/images/chacon.jpg";
	preloads[12] = new Image();
	preloads[12].src = "/faculty/images/chander.jpg";
	preloads[13] = new Image();
	preloads[13].src = "/faculty/images/chavez.jpg";
	preloads[14] = new Image();
	preloads[14].src = "/faculty/images/cooper.jpg";
	preloads[15] = new Image();
	preloads[15].src = "/faculty/images/dobris.jpg";
	preloads[16] = new Image();
	preloads[16].src = "/faculty/images/doremus.jpg";
	preloads[17] = new Image();
	preloads[17].src = "/faculty/images/dunning.jpg";
	preloads[18] = new Image();
	preloads[18].src = "/faculty/images/elmendorf.jpg";
	preloads[19] = new Image();
	preloads[19].src = "/faculty/images/feeney.jpg";
	preloads[20] = new Image();
	preloads[20].src = "/faculty/images/fessler.jpg";
	preloads[21] = new Image();
	preloads[21].src = "/faculty/images/florey.jpg";
	preloads[22] = new Image();
	preloads[22].src = "/faculty/images/gandara.jpg";
	preloads[23] = new Image();
	preloads[23].src = "/faculty/images/goodpaster.jpg";
	preloads[24] = new Image();
	preloads[24].src = "/faculty/images/greenwood.jpg";
	preloads[25] = new Image();
	preloads[25].src = "/faculty/images/grossman.jpg";
	preloads[26] = new Image();
	preloads[26].src = "/faculty/images/hillman.jpg";
	preloads[27] = new Image();
	preloads[27].src = "/faculty/images/hing.jpg";
	preloads[28] = new Image();
	preloads[28].src = "/faculty/images/hogan.jpg";
	preloads[29] = new Image();
	preloads[29].src = "/faculty/images/ikemoto.jpg";
	preloads[30] = new Image();
	preloads[30].src = "/faculty/images/imwinkelried.jpg";
	preloads[31] = new Image();
	preloads[31].src = "/faculty/images/joh.jpg";
	preloads[32] = new Image();
	preloads[32].src = "/faculty/images/johns.jpg";
	preloads[33] = new Image();
	preloads[33].src = "/faculty/images/Afsharipour.jpg";
	preloads[34] = new Image();
	preloads[34].src = "/faculty/images/joo.jpg";
	preloads[35] = new Image();
	preloads[35].src = "/faculty/images/jorjani.jpg";
	preloads[36] = new Image();
	preloads[36].src = "/faculty/images/joslin.jpg";
	preloads[37] = new Image();
	preloads[37].src = "/faculty/images/kulwin.jpg";
	preloads[38] = new Image();
	preloads[38].src = "/faculty/images/kurtz.jpg";
	preloads[39] = new Image();
	preloads[39].src = "/faculty/images/larson.jpg";
	preloads[40] = new Image();
	preloads[40].src = "/faculty/images/lee.jpg";
	preloads[41] = new Image();
	preloads[41].src = "/faculty/images/lewis.jpg";
	preloads[42] = new Image();
	preloads[42].src = "/faculty/images/lin.jpg";
	preloads[43] = new Image();
	preloads[43].src = "/faculty/images/malagrino.jpg";
	preloads[44] = new Image();
	preloads[44].src = "/faculty/images/mccormack.jpg";
	preloads[45] = new Image();
	preloads[45].src = "/faculty/images/mikos.jpg";
	preloads[46] = new Image();
	preloads[46].src = "/faculty/images/murphy.jpg";
	preloads[47] = new Image();
	preloads[47].src = "/faculty/images/NoImage.jpg";
	preloads[48] = new Image();
	preloads[48].src = "/faculty/images/oakley.jpg";
	preloads[49] = new Image();
	preloads[49].src = "/faculty/images/orr.jpg";
	preloads[50] = new Image();
	preloads[50].src = "/faculty/images/parnas.jpg";
	preloads[51] = new Image();
	preloads[51].src = "/faculty/images/perez.jpg";
	preloads[52] = new Image();
	preloads[52].src = "/faculty/images/perschbacher.jpg";
	preloads[53] = new Image();
	preloads[53].src = "/faculty/images/poulos.jpg";
	preloads[54] = new Image();
	preloads[54].src = "/faculty/images/pruitt.jpg";
	preloads[55] = new Image();
	preloads[55].src = "/faculty/images/rabin.jpg";
	preloads[56] = new Image();
	preloads[56].src = "/faculty/images/reeves.jpg";
	preloads[57] = new Image();
	preloads[57].src = "/faculty/images/reynoso.jpg";
	preloads[58] = new Image();
	preloads[58].src = "/faculty/images/schooley.jpg";
	preloads[59] = new Image();
	preloads[59].src = "/faculty/images/schwartz.jpg";
	preloads[60] = new Image();
	preloads[60].src = "/faculty/images/shestowsky.jpg";
	preloads[61] = new Image();
	preloads[61].src = "/faculty/images/simmons.jpg";
	preloads[62] = new Image();
	preloads[62].src = "/faculty/images/smith.jpg";
	preloads[63] = new Image();
	preloads[63].src = "/faculty/images/stroman.jpg";
	preloads[64] = new Image();
	preloads[64].src = "/faculty/images/sunder.jpg";
	preloads[65] = new Image();
	preloads[65].src = "/faculty/images/talley.jpg";
	preloads[66] = new Image();
	preloads[66].src = "/faculty/images/tanaka.jpg";
	preloads[67] = new Image();
	preloads[67].src = "/faculty/images/ventry.jpg";
	preloads[68] = new Image();
	preloads[68].src = "/faculty/images/west.jpg";
	preloads[69] = new Image();
	preloads[69].src = "/faculty/images/white.jpg";
	preloads[70] = new Image();
	preloads[70].src = "/faculty/images/wolff.jpg";
	preloads[71] = new Image();
	preloads[71].src = "/faculty/images/wolk.jpg";
	preloads[72] = new Image();
	preloads[72].src = "/faculty/images/wydick.jpg";
}