“A Continuing LearningExperience” Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 Volume XXXV Number 4

President’s Message Spring Semester Preview Thoughts on the eve Saturday, January 18, 10:00 am to Noon of our 35th CSUF Campus, Ruby Gerontology Center OPEN to the PUBLIC anniversary year Would you like to take classes with a vital group We start the new year off of active adults aged 50 and better? Join us for an with a bang beginning with informative presentation. See our Osher Lifelong the Volunteer Opportunities Learning Institute classrooms and computer labs. Workshop and free pizza No exams or grades at OLLI – just fascinating fun lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 15, classes and activities. the Spring Semester Preview * Free light lunch refreshments program on Saturday, Jan. 18, the start of spring * Overview of 140 classes and activities semester classes on Tuesday, Jan. 21 and the third * Opportunities to register OLLI Retirement Boot Camp on Saturday, Jan. 25. * Free parking with shuttle service from State Please add these dates to your schedule. College Parking Structure (enter on Gym Drive, Our “Organizational DNA” off of State College Boulevard) At its initial meeting, the Anniversary History OLLI’s Spring Preview – Open House is Team heard from Trustee Phil Barnhard regarding an opportunity for members to invite family and his perspectives on our origins based on his detailed friends to visit our facilities in the R G C. Visitors review of our historical files. OLLI’s successes will be provided with information on the new and today, he said, can be traced to the foundations laid continuing programs for the coming year. The Open by the organizers of the CSUF Continuing Learning House is a good time for new members to learn Experience—our predecessor organization. CLE about OLLI’s diversified and interesting programs. leaders and members established a tradition of “community,” volunteerism, instructional excellence, close bonds with campus leaders and audacious ambitions. OLLI Scholarship Application Deadline Betty Robertson’s untimely passing in November Friday, January 3, 2014 was a great loss. I worked with Betty on several OLLI members who wish to apply for a projects and valued her friendship and insights. Scholarship for the Spring Semester must return Her contributions to the start of lifelong learning the completed form to the OLLI office no later than at CSUF was underscored by noon on Friday, January 3, according to Suzanne Leo Shapiro who called Betty Mills, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee. the “Godmother of CLE.” Application forms for OLLI Scholarships may be As we celebrate our 35th picked up at the office between 8:30 am and 3:30 anniversary throughout 2014, -pm any weekday. we should—and will— applaud the legacy of our CLE founders including Betty President’s...Continued on page 3  2014 - OLLI’s 35th Anniversary Year The Leo Shapiro Connection President ...... Mike Stover In 1979 OLLI began as Vice President Administration ...... Barry Escoe CLE (Continuing Learning Vice President Programs ...... Jim Monroe Experience). Throughout Vice President Communication ...... Gary Bates 2014 we will be celebrating Vice President Membership ...... Jane Brubaker Vice President External Relations . . . . . Bill Mills our organization’s 35th Vice President Facilities ...... Tony Package anniversary, and through a Vice President Hospitality . . . . . Linda Lockwood series of articles, etc. we Vice President Technology ...... Don Lake will shine a light on the Treasurer ...... Ellie Monroe history that lead to today’s Secretary ...... Sandy. Potter OLLI. Lorraine Gerni, Editor; Chris Shaw, Associate Editor; In 1978 David Walkington and Betty Robertson Jerry Pollack, Assistant Editor; Juanita Driskell, Alice of the California State University Fullerton (CSUF) Gresto, and Elaine Mitchell, Staff Writers . Extended Education Department proposed the Desktop Publishing: Celia Reynolds establishment of an outreach program for senior Photos: Ken Kamber, Will Cornell and Kirt Spradlin citizens to access lifelong learning. Betty Robertson recruited Leo Shapiro, and the three of them New Classes and Series for Spring 2014 recruited community leaders and CSUF faculty members, who became the founding committee, Following is an overview of the excellent comprised of Florence Arnold, Russell Ball, programs prepared by coordinators, instructors and Ernest Lake, Lucien Miner, E. Ray Nichols, and lecturers, along with the Curriculum Committee, for Charles Ruby, along with David Walkington, Betty the 35th anniversary year at OLLI - CSUF. Robertson, and Leo Shapiro. One of the featured programs of the 35th My focus in this article is Leo Shapiro, who anniversary year is Tales of a Great University, became the first president of CLE, and who my coordinated by Mike Stover. Also kicking off this father referred to as CLE’s founding father. Betty year, is the return of the Retirement Boot Camp, told Leo about a program called The Institute of Turbo-charging Your Retirement. This program on Continued Learning at the University of California Saturday Jan 25 is open to the public. San Diego, one of the few such programs at that Susan Hanna and Rick Hearn are leading the time. They went to San Diego to learn it, which What Science Knows About Cancer series on resulted in the committee deciding to emulate it for Thursday afternoons; Ken Luke is restarting U.S their program. Civil Aviation, Part 2, early on Thursday afternoons. The committee debated many names for their Bonnie Shirley is continuing her archaeology class new organization, and Continuing Learning on Tuesday afternoons. To help with members’ Experience won out. Then Leo’s wife pointed out use of computers, tablets, and smartphones, the that the acronym “CLE” is the word for “key” in Computer Education Committee has added a new the French language. So, in earlier logos for CLE, class on Google apps, Google Apps and Cloud including the ChroniCLE, you’ll see the image of a Computing – Okay, I’ve Got the Basics, Now key, representing the key to a fulfilling retirement. What?, designed for the more experienced user. In an interview for CSUF’s Oral History Program Another class, Social Media 101, was introduced in 1988, Leo stated that CLE obtained a written late in the fall semester and will continue in the agreement from the university that “as long as CLE spring. is a viable organization it will be operating on this From the CSUF College of Education, Jackie campus. New Classes ...Continued on page 5 Initially, the university granted CLE the use of

OLLI is a program of the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation administered by University Extended Education, California State University, Fullerton 2 Mahr House (now Golleher Alumni House), but President’s ...Continued from page 1 their burgeoning membership soon outgrew the fire Robertson and Leo Shapiro. codes for that facility. Leo and other CLE leaders Instead of relying on paid instructors and decided that, rather than limiting membership, they paid staff, our founders chose the lesser traveled would request some land on the campus where they path of relying on CLE members to organize could build a new facility for CLE. There were lifelong learning and vast majority of support two turning points early on that gave that project activities. Their faith in what they and others could the momentum to succeed. First, Charles Ruby accomplish remains our inspiration and organizing and his wife, Rachael, told Leo they would pledge principle. $100,000 to the project. With that backing Leo Tales of a Great University convinced Dr. L. Donald Shields (then president of I am coordinating a new class that begins on our CSUF) that the CLE facility could also be used for a “opening day,” Tuesday, Jan. 21. The class, “Tales gerontology program, a first in Orange County, and of a Great University in a Period of Unprecedented only the second such program in all of California. Change” (10:00 a.m., Mackey Auditorium), is part The university granted CLE the use of 2.3 acres just of our outreach effort to enhance our interaction to the south of the Arboretum for the facility, where with CSUF leaders. the Ruby Gerontology Center (RGC) now sits. Each class will introduce one or more CSUF Shapiro and his project committee solicited leaders and the top brass of the University’s eight donations and grants from many individuals, colleges. President Garcia and her leadership team corporations, foundations, and municipalities. Leo will be invited to discuss University strategic plans was very proud of the fact that $700,000 of the and restraints.. money they raised was donated by CLE members. 35th Anniversary Despite this, it took a long, hard seven years to raise Members of our seven anniversary teams are the $2 million needed for the construction of RGC. busily planning for an active anniversary year. Leo used an office at Langsdorf Hall, where he Some examples: worked full time for over four years on the project. * The history team is developing a master Although no money came from the university or timeline covering all 35 years as well as anecdotes the state, Dr. Cobb (who succeeded Dr. Shields as that tells the lifelong learning story at CSUF from a CSUF president) helped Leo and his committee personal perspective. On March 25, the team will members with presentations to potential donors. An present the first of a series of Eclectics presentations Honor Board, listing the benefactors, hangs on the on our beginnings. A monthly series of lifelong wall of the Shapiro Wing of RGC. learning history articles in 2014 begin with this In 2005 OLLI threw a big 100th birthday edition of the ChroniCLE. celebration for Leo, commissioning his bust, which * The Hospitality Committee is preparing two is located in the hallway to the kitchen in the major anniversary themed events in 2014—a Shapiro Wing. It is reported that Leo, who was a bit kickoff lunch in the spring semester and a of a curmudgeon, took one look and announced that recognition banquet in the fall. The fee for these it didn’t look like him. Someone put black-rimmed events will be as affordable as possible allowing the glasses on the bust, and everyone agreed - now it maximum degree of member participation. looks like Leo. To this day, the glasses remain part * The logo and merchandise committee is of the bust. developing a logo to “brand” anniversary activities Chris Shaw, Associate Editor and communications. Some logo merchandise, such as high quality membership name badge lanyards, will be free at anniversary activities; others will be available for purchase.

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4 President’s ...Continued from page 1 Volunteer Opportunities Workshop * The outreach, public relations and Wednesday, January 15, 2014 communication team is contacting campus and The Spring Semester Volunteer Opportunities community media “gatekeepers” to prepare the Workshop and Fair will be held on Wednesday, groundwork for coverage of anniversary activities. January 15 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, including * The special programs team has requested space lunch, in Shapiro ABCD. Both prospective and at the Pollak Library for a judged anniversary art current volunteers are invited to participate. show. The event will showcase the breadth and “Some members may want to shift their volunteer quality of our artists across many creative media. service to another area or to expend their volunteer * The recognition team is developing programs contributions to OLLI,” said workshop chairman, and criteria to select individuals who have made Barry Escoe. sustained contributions to the success of lifelong “Without a growing volunteer corps, OLLI could learning at CSUF. not exist as we know it today in either the range Please contact me if you wish to help organize of classes and activities or the relatively low cost any of the Anniversary activities and programs. of OLLI membership,” said Mike Stover, OLLI Mike Stover, President president. “Over 90 percent of OLLI work is done [email protected] by member volunteers.” The workshop goal is to let OLLI members know the range of opportunities,  so they may select those that best suit their interests and time availability. New Classes ...Continued from page 2 In addition to an overview presentation Rojas, is coordinating a new monthly series on on available opportunities to help OLLI, the Thursday afternoons highlighting the innovations Volunteer Fair component of the workshop features and developments in education at CSUF, and how information tables on each volunteer area staffed that will influence the classrooms of tomorrow. by OLLI leaders who will answer questions and Dr. Lawton is bringing us a new medical program sign up members who want to make a commitment at the Fullerton Library, with the advantage of no at the workshop. The workshop will explore such parking congestion. Started on a trial basis in the OLLI volunteer opportunities as: fall, this monthly, early Thursday morning series * OLLI Office assistance: Assist with office provides an update on the latest medicine. From work flow including collation, copying, telephoning a holistic perspective, Marty Cole is leading a and mass mailings. class on Wisdom Healing on alternate Thursday * OLLI programs/classes: Become a class afternoons. coordinator, assistant coordinator, or instructor; Jon West returns, hosted by Fritz von Coelln, to assist with new curriculum development. examine the Apostle Who Changed the World on * AV Technical Support: Become a tech Thursday mornings. On Thursday afternoons, Sam representative to support instructors and Prum takes Jewish World, People, and Events in a coordinators with their AV needs. new direction with a review of the history of Poland * Computer Education Committee (CEC): and the Jews. In early March join other OLLI Share your computer and mobile device expertise members for Academy Awards Nite, coordinated by with OLLI members by helping in instruction, Dave Musante. instructing a class, or providing technical support When you receive your Blue Book, take a during Open Labs. moment to read about these new classes, and look at * Day Trips Committee: Organize/assist single- the many other classes that you may not have been day field trips and one-time events. able to attend in the past. We look forward to seeing * Facilities/room setup: Assist with special you at OLLI in 2014! event setups. Jim Monroe, Vice President Programs Volunteer ... Continued on page 7 5 2014 OLLI-CSUF Retirement Boot Camp Dedication To A One Year Old The Transitions in Retirement Committee is Beyond who you are my child sponsoring its third Retirement Boot Camp from We salute all that you stand for 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 25, 2014, You represent INNOCENCE now as one the first events for OLLI’s 35th anniversary Before the world closes in on you year. The boot camps conducted in September 2011 With all of its directions and contradictions and 2012 were highly successful and attracted a You represent POSSIBILITY capacity attendance of up to 225 men and women. For all that stands before you The 2014 version, Turbo-charging Your Retirement, You represent HONESTY is for people planning to retire or retirees who wish Before the world equips you with guile to “reset” their retirement goals and activities. You represent HOPE A partial list of speakers are Dr. Debra Rose, For all who know Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Center That life is struggle for Successful Aging, CSUF (keynoter); wellness You represent LOVE and its divine product physician Dr. Nicole Garcia; Dr. Barbara Cherry, New life and family Associate Professor of Psychology; and Certified Financial Planner Zelda Benson. May you over time The general sessions will include Navigating Become wise and loving Your Retirement, Preparing Your Retirement May you bring CREATIVITY to the world Financial Plan, Remaining Healthy in Retirement, May you show the power of KINDNESS and Trends and Options in Retirement Living. May you achieve your dreams Some of the topics during the breakout sessions are Which will surely come Laugh and Learn, You’re Retired, Lessons Learned May you find LEARNING in your errors in Retirement, and Remaining Mentally Agile in May you keep HUMILITY in your Retirement. achievements This is a great opportunity for OLLI members to May you bring PEACE to all who know you invite friends who may be considering retirement May you find the right partner or who retired recently. Since seating is limited, To continue the magic cycle of life please RSVP no later than Tuesday, January 21 Michael Sultan, MD, Contributor to [email protected]. A flyer describing the Retirement Boot Camp is inserted with this month’s Graduation. The term Café is used to encourage ChroniCLE. participants to bring a lunch since in eating we Russ MacKeand, Chairman remind ourselves that we are still alive. OLLI started a trial Café during the Fall Death Café is Alive and Well at OLLI Semester which was quite a success. During the Helen Keller wrote, “Death is no more than meetings members took turns at leading the weekly passing from one room into another. But there’s a discussions; topics included Memorial service difference for me, you know. Because in that other options, personal experiences of being spared death, room I shall be able to see.” passages from C.S. Lewis, how to live one’s last The Death Café is a discussion group aimed year, Hospice led by a Hospice nurse and death at clarifying, philosophizing about and opening humor. our minds to a taboo subject. As an example, at Because attendance has been larger than a Death Café in St. Louis one member asked the expected, the Death Café is scheduled for the others to give a word that is conjured up by the Spring Semester. Check the Spring Bluebook for term, “Death.” Suggestions include Freedom, time and day. Grief, Finality Transition, Relief, Finality, and Hank Smith, Coordinator

6 Christmas Cookies Volunteer ... Continued from page 5 I reach into the drawer * Hospitality Committee: Help plan, organize and pull out and staff OLLI hospitality events including the handmade cobbler’s apron, the annual Open House, Fall Dinner, Holiday Mom’s last gift to me. Luncheon, General Meeting, Spring Luncheon, Annual Meeting and Summer Dinner. As I tie the strings around the back, * Membership Committee: Become a “Front I feel her arms Door” greeter at the two OLLI Open Houses, in draw around me once more. August and in January, responsible for signing in Tears cloud members and guests, and handing out Blue Books the batter smudged recipe for the coming semester. before me. * OLLI-CSUF Collaboration: Share life experiences and skills in service to the University. Clearing eyes * Outreach and membership recruitment: with the back of a floured hand, Assist with Blue Book distribution; become a I plunge deep into the dough speaker’s bureau member. kneading flour, spice, butter and eggs * OLLI Trolley drivers: Sign-up for weekly into earlier scenes and/or “on-call” shifts; drivers trained by CSUF of a cluttered kitchen, Police. laughing brothers and sisters * Sports Ushers: Become an OLLI usher darting in and out, volunteer, allowing OLLI members and their sneaky fingers dipping friends to attend CSUF games at no cost. into the sticky frosting or soft dough. * TiR Committee/New retiree curriculum: Help plan and organize special classes and activities Sweet, warm aroma for members who are recent retirees. Transitions of chocolate, vanilla and sugar in Retirement (TiR) Committee classes include waft through the room. Retirement Boot Camp, TiR Essentials and New I must call the grandchildren Member Welcoming Social. to come and help me As you can see, there is a wide range of cut out the stars, wreaths opportunities for you to choose from, and the best and candy cane cookies. way to determine the best fit for your particular They’ll put the silver buttons interests, talents, and availability is to go to the on the gingerbread man’s belly. Volunteer Fair and talk to those who are currently We will laugh and sing Jingle Bells. involved. For additional information or questions Alice Gresto, Staff Writer about the Workshop, pick up a flyer in the OLLI office and/or contact Barry Escoe atrdrnner@ sbcglobal.net. November mailing crew Barry Escoe, Vice President Administration THANK YOU to the volunteers who helped with the November OLLI Holiday Luncheon – Dec 11, 2014 ChroniCLE mailing: Lu Attal, Registration for the Holiday Luncheon at the Susan Attal, Jean Bryant, Don Yorba Linda Country Club will begin at 11:30 am; and Inez Fallis, Dar and Norine luncheon will be served at 12:30 pm. Entertainment Fredrickson, Eugenia Hathaway, will be provided by Linda King Pruitt, a well- Jerry Pollack, Eileen Okasaki and known Storyteller of this ancient art. Maps to the Marie Stiegler. country club are available in the OLLI office.

7 found in Austrian TV Vault The fall session of Opera on DVD at OLLI concludes with a World Class performance of Bizet’s famous opera, CARMEN, which will be presented beginning at 9:30 am on Friday, December 6, in Room 21 of the Ruby Gerontology Center. In 1978 Austrian television wanted to introduce opera to its TV audience so they persuaded the great , directing the Wiener Staatsoper, to collaborate with Franco Zeferelli (known for staging opera and movie successes) to create this outstanding performance of the opera. The cast, headed by the young Placido Domingo in glorious voice, includes Elena Obraztsovia in the title role with Isobel Buchanan and , all outstanding artists. This performance remained unheard, locked in the vaults of Austrian television for 26 years until Deutsch Gramophone released this masterpiece for a short while in 2004. Opera lovers, as well as those who love good music are welcome to join us to enjoy the best version of CARMEN. Leonard Beck, Instructor/Coordinator

History Revisited famous people and various construction styles of the On a typical summer day, we began our journey past. Included in our scheduled stops, we savored in and around Los Angeles in order to appreciate a the flavor of China, Mexico and the Far East and little of its past. On arrival, a symbolic door leading learned a little about each culture’s contributions to the historic past was soon opened. At one of our to our country. We enjoyed a lunch at the much early stops we traveled back in time by walking changed Farmer’s Market where they now provide through the Avila Adobe which is an integral part of visitors with many different restaurants. And all in the always colorful Olvera Street. Consider that in the shade. 1781 Spain laid claim to the area and named it The Thanks are owed to the members of the Day Trips Town of the Queen of the Angels. It wasn’t until Committee who made this interesting trip come to 1821 that Mexico took over, then twenty-nine years fruition: the leadership of Donna Spradlin, Barbara later that the historic city became an important part Stocker, Bill Sampson, and Pat Fox. It was a very of the state of California. Luckily in many places nice outing, especially since we didn’t have to do old architecture is still nestled amongst the new. the driving. Because of the unique beauty, like in other countries Marilynn Bates, Contributor around the world, a concerted effort is being made by the city to keep the original facades. We saw one such frontage propped up by heavy beams while the rest of the new building is under construction. In other areas old warehouses and businesses have been converted into flats and condos. From our very knowledgeable professional guide, John Dougherty, we learned the lineage of a number of historic buildings, their owners and/or benefactors. We were told how the city’s transportation system helps make getting around much easier. In an increasing number of areas, no cars are necessary. Our very capable bus driver maneuvered us up narrow streets so we could appreciate the history of View from Main Plaza - Kirt Spradlin

8 SPECIAL EVENTS Holiday Luncheon 11:30 am, Dec 11 Y. L. Country Club Volunteer Workshop 10:00 pm, Jan 15 ABCD Spring Semester Preview 10:00 am, Jan 18 RGC OLLI Retirement Boot Camp 9:00 am, Jan 25 RGC OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Best of Eclectics II 12:30 pm, Jan 23 AUD Best of Eclectics I 10:00 am, Jan 28 AUD Musical Performances 2:15 pm, Jan 28 AUD

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December Is A Time For Music Prelude, to the sweeping rhythms of a Chopin December brings two special music programs Polonaise, to a beautiful sonata by Beethoven, to featuring OLLI members: the melodious Arabesque of Schumann, to the less (1) On Tuesday, December 3 (2:15 - 3:45 pm) familiar works of Cimerosa and Kuhlau. a program of holiday music will be presented by The Recital audience is invited to a reception the OLLI Orchestra, OLLI Chorale, OLLI Kats, in Shapiro ABCD at intermission, hosted by Intermediate Recorder Ensemble, and the Guitar Elaine Mitchell and her associates. The Recital is Group. organized by Ellie Monroe and Betty Redmon. (2) On Tuesday, December 10 (1:00 - 3:00 pm) Although a few of OLLI’s instrumental musicians OLLI presents its fourth Instrumental Recital have only recently taken up an instrument, most featuring solo and small ensemble musicians. played when they were children or teens, and are Learning to play the piano, oboe, violin, or any just now returning to their instruments. Several of musical instrument requires years of study, but it is our soloists are currently working as professional the incentive of performance that prompts hours of musicians; others were (or still are) music teachers, practice. The musicians thank OLLI for sponsoring church musicians, or volunteers in community these performance opportunities. But these orchestras. OLLI even has its own composers. The programs are not so much for the musicians as they two things that all have in common are a love of are for the audience. What better way to spend your music and pleasure in sharing their talents with Tuesday afternoons than sharing traditional holiday others. music with the OLLI music performance classes, OLLI is pleased to present these two musical and a week later enjoying the amazing sounds programs and invites members, family, and invited from the works of some of the world’s greatest guests to attend. composers? Betty Redmon, The Instrumental Recital will feature pianists Contributor Frederic Brkljacic, Elizabeth Dahl, Esther Footnote: If you are Fieldhouse, Don Ludwig, Marge Osborn, and Betty a “would-be” per- Redmon; oboist Rayleen Williams and violinist former but haven’t David Doo. Guest musicians will be Alia Kahn, yet taken that step, please let the office a young woman from FCC, and professional know, and they will musicians Michael La Van and our own Robert put you in contact Fields. The music is sure to excite from the rousing with an OLLI music opening octaves of the famous Rachmaninoff coordinator.

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