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RETIREES ASSOCIATION OSURANews 2200 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 September 2020 614-292-2281 • 1-800-762-5646 • [email protected] • osura.osu.edu That was Then... This is Now By Nancy Wardwell THAT WAS THEN... Before OSURA was founded almost 50 years ago, there was no designated individual or office on matters, insurance and “outliving your money.” campus to assist with the transition and ongoing needs of Health and health care have been much-appreciated university retirees. In the early years of OSURA, pension and programs with topics ranging from stress, falling, heart other information was incorporated into lunch and other meetings. disease, and vaccines (just do it!) to home health care and John T. Mount, Vice President of Student Services and Dean how to get the most from visits with your physician. And we of University Colleges, retired in 1983 and, according to Fern Hunt, have enjoyed features from around campus such as Chadwick immediately became Chairman of OSURA Benefits Committee. Arboretum and Mirror Lake – to the Arts – modern dance, the He began scheduling afternoon get-togethers centered around OSU Marching Band – and glee clubs. STRS and OPERS and other topics of interest to retirees. The Fall Conferences have always been rich with useful (and Fern Hunt started the OSURA Newsletter – and served as entertaining) information. The future will be no different in that the editor for many years. She reports that Tom Rockwell regard – but it will be different. did a study to find what OSURA members really wanted THIS IS NOW! and needed. Information was the clear response. Fern During this pandemic, to keep us well, and with the amazing was charged to first develop the proposal for the first Fall technical help from the Alumni Association, our 2020 Fall Conference. The first all-day conference was held in 1998 and it Conference will be coming directly to our homes! You can was so successful that Fern served as Conference Coordinator wear anything – bring your own coffee – and you can for many of the next “Coping With Change” conferences. The participate from anywhere in the world! “Coping” title remained for the next 14 such fall conferences! WE HAVE GONE VIRTUAL! In 2012 it occurred to someone that “Coping With Change” made We’ll be on tablets, computers, and if your eyesight is good retirement sound a little ominous, so we had the first of several enough – on your phone! You have seen the Conference “Embracing Retirement” meetings. One was sub-titled “Back to Program spelled out in the last two Newsletters– and in this the Future.” The Keynote Speaker for that one was no less than edition on page 5 you will find the schedule of the 2020 the first OSU President Edward Orton (aka Ronald St. Pierre). program – four consecutive Wednesdays: September 23, Our conferences have always included pension and health September 30, October 7, and October 14. benefits updates from representatives of STRS and OPERS This year the conference is free, we won’t have to fight – with the rest of the day packed with a huge variety of other Tuscan Salad – but we must register. topics. Our conferences have not gone without activity – Tai Chi, lei Qigong, Yoga, and even dance. Our Finances have Registration is simple and starts August 26. been featured with Estate Planning and sessions on legal Go online: osura.alumni.osu.edu or call 614-292-2281. From the New OSURA Calendar of Conference Service President—2 Retirees—3 Spotlight—3 Events—4 Program—5 Award—6 2020-2021 OSURA Executive Board Officers President FROM: The President Jerome G. Dare Vice President/President-Elect Dear Friends: Gemma B. McLuckie Secretary The presence of Ohioans is to be found in all corners of the Michelle B. Hobbs Treasurer world. I still haven’t forgotten running into my around-the- Edward J. Schlechty corner neighbor, a Professor from the Electrical Engineering Immediate Past President Margaret H. Teaford Department, at the old Hong Kong Kai-Tuck Airport. He was on his way to Singapore to do a presentation. I was just returning Members at Large after a teaching assignment in Shanghai at the Shanghai Shirley M. Flowers Shari L. Lorbach 2nd Medical University, where the chair of Radiology was a Beverly J. Maselli Jerry Dare graduate trainee and fellow with the University of Cincinnati. Jessica J. Pritchard Darian M. Torrance My story begins when I was undertaking coursework at the Debra J. Zang Donner Laboratory of UC Berkeley in an Atom-for-Peace Program initiated by Ernest Committee Chairs Orlando Lawrence, Nobel Laureate and his brother, Dr. John H. Lawrence. The faculty at Benefits Carol Newcomb-Alutto the Donner Lab were individuals from many scientific disciplines but all had participated Budget/Finance in the testings at Alamogordo, NM and the Bikinis. John Lawrence was the director at Gerald H. Newsom Donner Lab. I signed up for a course in Radiation Biology, taught by Professor Robert Bylaws Marie T. Taris Mortimer. Dr. Mortimer was also the concertmaster of the UCB university symphony. Communications A five-hour with 3 lectures and three 3-hour labs. Nancy S. Wardwell Conference The lab assistant for this course was the real focus in this diatribe. She had a hearty Sally E. Dellinger Event Planning staccato cackle laugh and quick zany wit to boot. Yes, of course, she was from Ohio. She Cultural Arts – Jessica J. Pritchard had a retort to any comment or question that anyone would pose to her. Aah, she was and Debra J. Zang Social – Elenore R. Zeller light-hearted and effervescent. She elaborated on Fang and her many kids. Through her, Travel – Alabelle Zghoul I enjoyed the course enough to take its sequel, Radiation Biology II. In 1955, the faculty, Friendship staff and students coaxed her to appear at The Purple Onion in San Francisco. All of us Sally E. Dellinger Membership occupied the first three rows of seating to witness the Debut of, THE ONE AND ONLY, Sandra F. Bell Phyllis Diller, from Lima, Ohio. Debra J. Zang Representatives This is not the end yet. All of you have seen the two buildings sitting on top of the levee, Bucks for Charity Drive immediately west of the parking lot of The Ohio Stadium. They currently carry the labels David Crawford as the storage and workshop of the Department of Theater. In earlier years, the North Campus Campaign Thomas L. Sweeney building housed an accelerator, a Cyclotron designed by E. O. Lawrence. The South Faculty Compensation and building was the control room from where an operator would run the system. These Benefits Committee structures were identified and commissioned by Dr. John H. Lawrence in 1940 and Harold J. Moellering Ohio Council of Higher dubbed it as the “World’s 1st Medical Cyclotron.” My old lab director gets around. Education Retirees Just another little bit of OSU history. Nancy Wardwell and Gerald H. Newsom Jerry Dare Ohio Public Employees Retirement System President of OSURA Beverly J. Maselli Debra J. Zang State Teachers Retirement System Gerald H. Newsom Historians Thomas L. Sweeney WELCOME Emeritus Academy William I. Ausich KRISTINA JOHNSON Newsletter Editor 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Nancy S. Wardwell OSU Foundation The retirees of this great university wish you OSURA Endowment Fund every success, and look forward to a happy and Number – 605419 OSURA Fund to Combat Student productive collaboration. Food Insecurity – 316596 osura.osu.edu OSURA News 3 Welcome New Retirees Troy Stephen Aldrich Rosemarie Gobeli Karen Martin Randy Martin Sefchick OARDC Hort & Crop Sciences University Hospitals East Internal Medicine Athletics Marilyn D. Baehr Nancy Ann Goodall Maria Mazon Thomas Andrew Teeter Introductory Biology Cancer Hosp & Research Instit History Trans & Traffic Mgmt Mary Beth Beguin Susan Bryan Hadley Keith Edward Mullins Peter John Tender Comprehensive Cancer Center RU Dance Shared Services School of Music Pamela Bivens Susan Marie Hines Elizabeth Ann Nini Donna Lynn Thimdit University Libraries Cancer Hosp & Research Instit University Hospitals Shared Services Nora Lynn Bolon Dawn E. Hutta Ralph Ray Orr Betty M. Toland–Lyles Academic Affairs Admin Shared Services Mechanical & Aerospace Engr Shared Services Peggy J. Christman Beena E. Jameson Richard C. Payne Robert James VanDyne OARDC Food, Agric & Bio Eng Cancer Hosp & Research Instit Facilities Operations Strategic Enrollment Planning Carolyn Yvonne Cook Denise Mihalko Johnson Robert James Perry Jimmie William Waddell Dining Services OSUE-Agr & Natural Resources Physics University Hospitals East Elizabeth Ann Eastlake Lee Ann Johnson Victoria Gale Peters Dorothee Wernicke–Jameson Cancer Hosp & Research Instit OSUE County Operations Shared Services Comprehensive Cancer Center RU Jana M. Fletcher Nora Latimer Karen Leigh Rose Henry Leon Wilson Vet Teaching Hospital University Hospitals University Hospitals East John Glenn Coll Public Affairs Karen J. Gaynor Linda Joan Locke Brendan Michael Saup Linda Kay Wood Ctr/Human Resource Rsch Shared Services SBS-Physiology & Cell Biology Ross Heart Hospital Columbus. Steve explained that “the Collaborative was composed of more than a dozen agencies and institutions, including Ohio OSURA State, that transformed the Weinland Park neighborhood.” A Toledo native, Steve says, “I had a wonderful career at Ohio State. I was very fortunate that my work in University Communications Spotlight and Campus Partners permitted me to meet people from across the university, from the president and trustees to faculty and staff at all levels, as well as civic leaders and neighbors.” By Shari Lorbach His OSURA membership, Steve remarks, “permits me to maintain my MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Steve Sterrett ties to a great university and affirm my friendships with colleagues, Steve Sterrett whom I have known for years. OSURA reflects the breadth of Ohio State itself and offers an amazing variety of social, educational and Many OSU retirees will remember OnCampus, the faculty-staff service activities for its members.” He adds, “I am convinced, too, that newspaper that featured topics of interest, recognized research Ohio State benefits enormously from the active retirees in OSURA and awards, and included campus events.