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RFSA MAGAZINE RETIRED FACULTY-STAFF ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SPRING 2015 HTTP://SITES.UTEXAS.EDU/RFSA RFSA Spring 2015 | 1 CONTENTS RFSA MAGAZINE VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 2 RFSA BOARD 2014-15 2015-16 MESSAGE FROM 4 THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Peggy Mueller Nancy Payne PRESIDENT-ELECT Nancy Payne Cecil Martinez INTEREST GROUPS SECRETARY Sharon Justice Corky Hilliard 6 TREASURER EMERITUS John J. McKetta John J. McKetta TREASURER Cecil Martinez Clemith Houston HISTORIAN EMERITA Martha Boyd Martha Boyd SPRING LUNCHEON HISTORIAN Barbara Frock Barbara Frock 10 MEMBERS AT LARGE Terry Martin Terry Martin Ruth Rubio Ruth Rubio Barbara White Barbara White PAST PRESIDENT Barbara Myers Peggy Mueller BOARD UPDATES 12 OTHER OFFICERS ACTIVITY CALENDAR EDITORS Barbara Frock Barbara Frock George Frock George Frock THANK YOU DONORS 13 MAGAZINE EDITOR Tany Norwood Tany Norwood MEMBERSHIP Peggy Kruger Peggy Kruger Norman Minter Peggy Mueller PHOTOGRAPHER & IT Miles Abernathy Miles Abernathy RFSA SCHOLARSHIP 14 RAFFLE Della Sprager FUND SCHOLARSHIP FUND Judy Amis Eleanor Moore INTEREST GROUP CHAIRS BRIDGE William B. Crook William B. Crook FROM OUR MEMBERS 16 DISCUSSION Don Davis Don Davis Summer Reading 16 Alice Reinarz Alice Reinarz UT History Corner 17 EXERCISE Carolyn Wylie Carolyn Wylie Poetry 19 FINANCE/INVESTMENTS Phil Kelton Phil Kelton Letter to President Powers Pauline Lopez 20 FINE ARTS Deena Mersky Deena Mersky FOODIES Sharon Justice HEALTH Cecil Martinez Carol Obianwu IN MEMORIAM Carol Obianwu Norm Minter 22 TRAVEL Carol Kay Johnson Carol Kay Johnson TEXAS EXES SUPPORT & Carol Barrett COORDINATION 2 | http://sites.utexas.edu/rfsa RFSA Spring 2015 | 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello again, Longhorn campus life from the past. Dean John McKetta, assisted Retired Nation. It’s been by Judy Amis, graciously presided over the drawing a very busy and fun year for the five McKetta Attendance Awards. Dr. McKetta for RFSA. We have seen generously donates these $200.00 awards at the fall and Plan. Retire. Relax. many changes to our spring RFSA meetings. Sharon Gentry, Angie Gonzales, organization and to UT Clemith Houston, Marian Maxwell, and John Pace were System and UT Austin. the lucky recipients. Thank you to President Powers UT System Chancellor and President’s Office staff members for their support of Bill McRaven began in this meeting and luncheon. I also am grateful for Carol January 2015. McRaven Barrett, our coordinator, and the staff and facilities of follows Dr. Francisco the Texas Exes for their outstanding help and support. Cigarroa who is now the We wouldn’t be RFSA without Carol Barrett and the Director of Pediatric Texas Exes! Thank you. Wasn’t it great to again meet Transplantation at the University of Texas Health Samuel Palka, one of our RFSA Scholarship students, Science Center at San Antonio. UT President Bill and to hear him graciously thank RFSA donors for Powers returns to the Law School faculty in June. We his scholarship and to hear some of his activities as are grateful to President Powers for his leadership and a Pharmacy doctoral student? The UT ID Center’s for his support of RFSA. New UT President Gregory Christy Sanchez and specialist Alfredo made 39 UT ID Fenves (formerly UT Executive Vice President and “retiree” cards for our members and answered many Provost) also begins in June. questions. Let us help plan your retirement. Judith Langlois, senior vice provost and dean of I am always in awe of our Board members, Committee graduate studies, has agreed to serve as interim and Interest Group chairs who have so many, many At UFCU the investment advisors, available through our broker/dealer CUSO provost. We wish these individuals success in their new talents and use their skills to provide ideas, organize Financial Services, L.P.*, can discuss your different options and point out positions. (Because of the changes and construction at events, plan for succession, donate and raise funds UT System, we were unable to schedule our reception for RFSA, and support each other and me in my year potential risks and opportunities. at the Bauer House. We look forward to the reception in as president. We thank our retiring, welcome our new the fall.) and keep moving forward with our returning Board RFSA has a new website, redesigned by Miles members, Committee and Interest Group Chairpersons. • 401(k) Rollovers • Traditional and Roth IRAs Abernathy and University Communications. Our We have room for you—we need volunteers to serve. website has a new URL: sites.utexas.edu/rfsa. Miles is Contact us, please, if you are interested. able to add content more easily in this new environment. Your donations to the Hearts of Texas (State • Long Term Care • Mutual Funds UT Athletics invited us to participate in two women’s Employee Charitable Campaign) in October 2014 basketball games with special invitations to the Lone totaled $11,614.00. Thank you for supporting these • Annuities • Term Life Insurance Star Room before and after both games and with organizations and UT’s campaign via your donations. discounted prices. One of our Membership Committee Your donations to the RFSA Scholarship Fund have members makes a brief presentation to the “Retiring allowed us to give $37,000.00 to our students this We’ll provide you with knowledgeable and informative recommendations to from UT Austin” class offered by UT Human Resources year: $1,250.00 for both fall and spring semesters to 14 every month. We talk about RFSA purposes and students and $1,000.00 to two students for summer. The help you generate the income you may need to meet your personal retirement activities. The Board also began a review of the RFSA Board will evaluate increasing the number or amount goals. For more information or for a complimentary consultation, email Constitution. of scholarship funds in the next year because of YOUR [email protected] or call (512) 467-8080 x21081. At the spring membership meeting and luncheon, support. held on April 29, 2015, we heard Jim Nicar’s delightful Thank you for the honor of serving as RFSA president presentation: “Out on the Roof: Faculty-Staff for this past year. I know Nancy Payne, RFSA’s new (512) 467-8080 | ufcu.org Misadventure in 1915.” Jim’s talk included excellent president, will be a great leader and wonderful president. photos of old campus buildings, drawings, Daily Texan * Non-deposit investment products and services are offered through CUSO Financial Services, L.P. (“CFS”), a registered broker-dealer (Member FINRA/ articles, typical student expenses and faculty and Peggy Mueller SIPC) and SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Products offered through CFS: are not NCUA/NCUSIF or otherwise federally insured, are staff salary information in 1915. Check Jim’s blog, RFSA President, 2014-15 not guarantees or obligations of the credit union, and may involve investment risk including possible loss of principal. Investment uthistorycorner.com, for articles and illustrations of Representatives are registered through CFS. UFCU has contracted with CFS to make non-deposit investment products and services available to credit union members. 4 | http://sites.utexas.edu/rfsa RFSA Spring 2015 | 5 Retired Faculty ad 3-14.indd 1 3/20/14 2:23 PM INTEREST GROUPS Bridge about the gems associated with final guest of spring was Rebecca Rec Sports; there is a 50% discount Finance and the UT Austin that provide significant McInroy, Senior Producer and Host If you are a bridge player, come for retirees. For more information, Current Market.” Mr. community outreach. These at KUT. A delightfully interactive join us! We usually play the first contact chair Carolyn Wylie Burns is a newspaper facilities are crucial to the research speaker, she shared many “behind Monday of each month, at the Ex- ([email protected] or 512-453- columnist and author and teaching of the University but the scenes” stories about KUT and Students Association. Contact Bill 2556). who has covered also have a function to provide NPR. Our attendees were fans of Crook if you are interested: wcrook@ personal finance programming for the public. KUT and KUTX and appreciated satx.rr.com or 210-251-3584. and investments for learning about recent programming Finance/Investments In February, our guest was nearly 40 years, and expansion. McInroy emphasized Stephen Enniss, Director of We have had terrific speakers is one of the most that the stations are always Discussion the Harry Ransom Center. He this semester, starting with Katie widely read personal cognizant of local/state news finance writers in the All members of UT RFSA are provided an informative overview Stephens on January 12. Ms. stories. She described also the focus country. The Finance cordially invited to attend and of the Ransom Center’s heritage in Stephens is the Education Program RFSA members are encouraged on UT talent with Two Guys on your Interest Group meets on the second participate in the lively dialogue providing resources for the study Manager for the UT Center for to contact any of us with ideas and Head and Views & Brews. A new Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m., with interesting speakers on of the humanities with insights Identity, and spoke on “Identity suggestions for fine-arts related program, Texas Standard, covers the usually in the Howson Library. relevant topics at the monthly about the impetus and guidance Challenges in the Retirement possibilities. We also want to keep state from the perspectives of local Contact co-chairs Phil Kelton Discussion Interest Group meetings. provided by Harry Ransom. He Years,” focusing on how identity an email list of interested arts reporters. And many programs are ([email protected]) or Pauline You are encouraged to bring also described recent highly valued theft and data breaches can enthusiasts.