NEWSLETTER '· Apri12018

LIVES WELL LIVED -=---:-- ---Celebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age

40 people.

Ann Arbor Meals on Wheels

Housing Bureau for Seniors

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Silver Club Memory Programs

Turner Senior Wellness Program

MICHIGAN MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Thursday, May 17th see 9 Michigan Theater l'~ge

Trailer. ticket & event information: www.med.umich.edu/geriotrlcs/bhs

An Update on OLLI Lives Well Lived ............. page 10-11

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

A Community Program of the Geriatrics Center

Also inside ... Annual meeting and election ................ .3 2017 Sustainability Honor Roll... ...... .4-5 In MemoriaJn ............................................ 6 OLLI Friend's Fund Update ..................... ?

Announcing a New Gift

MICHIGAN MEDICINE t.;NI \LbtnCIPMIUIICA'

NEWSLETTER OSHER UFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT THE UNNERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Turner Senior Resource Center Suite C, Room 1163

2401 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2193

STAFF

Du~.ECTOR, Usa Barton AssJSTA.'\1 DIRECTOR, Ben Richards

Amm."lSTRATIVE AssiSTA.'\1, Julie Haines

Office hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone: (734) 998-9351 Email: olli.info@umich.edu

Web site: www.olli-umich.org

APRIL, 2018

PHOTOGRAPHS

ONLINE SOURCES: FRONT COVER, PP. 9, 14-15 GREGORY Fox, P. 11

BEN RICHARDS, P. 8 MARc GERSTEIN, P. 10

JULIE liAINE.s, PP. 7, 12-13, 16

REGAN KNAPP, P. 17

Regents of the University of Michigan

Michael J. Behm, Mark Bernstein, Shauna Ryder Diggs, Denise Ilitch, Andrea Fischer Newman , Andrew C. Richner, Ronald Weiser, Katherine E. White, Mark Schlissel, ex officio The Univcnity of ~lichlgan, as an Eqll41 Opportunity 1 Affirmath'e Action employer, complies with al l applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affinnative action, including Title IX of the Education Amend menlo of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The University of Mlchlgnn is committed to a policy of nondlscrintlnatlon and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientBtion, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status in cmpiQYment, educational prognuns and activities, and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for lnstltut.ional Equity and Title IX/ Section 504 Coordinator, Office of Institutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432. (734) 763·0235· TIY (734) 647-1388.

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OLLI Annual Meeting and Election:

Ma~ 24, 2018·9:15 a.m.

1Ue uw.tte ~ to attend the Annual Meeting ofOLLI at UM, including the election of officers and Leadership Council (slate of candidates listed at right). The agenda will include comments from executive officers, a brief update on 0 LLI 's annual financial report, and highlights of upcoming spring and summer offerings. All OLLI members are invited. Please join us - refreshments will be served and are complimentary!

The meeting will be held at the Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building on Thursday, May 24 at 9: 15 a.m. After the Annual Meeting, our last Thursday Morning Lecture will begin at 10:00. The speaker for Thursday, May 24 is Carl Christensen with a presentation entitled "Origin and Treatment of Addiction."

Please come early for the 9:15-9:45 a.m. annual meeting and consider staying for the lecture!

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Candidates, Officers Leadership Council Election 2017-2018

Up for Election

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

Gerry Gardner Mark Kolins

Sydney Kaufman

Sroov GROUPS CoMMITIEE

Stu Simon

Leadership Council Positions Continuing in Current Terms:

PREsiDENT

Craig Ramsay VICE PREsiDENT

Bill Furtwangler TREASURER

John Dorcey SECRETARY

Laurie Barnett

LECTURES COMMITIEE

Twila Deigert OLLI OuT OF ToWN

COMMITIEE

Ruth Primas SociAL INTERACTION CoMMITIEE

Lynn Boyer

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

Peyton Bland Ametta Burroughs

Kay Hodges Carol Maccini Sharon Quiroz _Leo Shedden

PAST PREsiDENT

Bill Roberts

AsSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF

SOCIAL WoRK AND CoMMUNITY PROGRAMS, GERIATRICS CENTER,

MicmGAN MEm~

Nina Abney

AsSISTANT DIRECTOR OF

GERIATRICS CENTER COMMUNITY

PROGRA.\.fS, DIRECTOR OF TUIU'Io'ER

SE!'lOR WELL!II'ESS PROGRAM

Rachel Dewees

2017 Honor Roll of Donors Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

at the University of Michigan

\\e thank all donors to this 20 17 OLLI Fund for Sustainability for their willingness to help close the gap between OLLI revenues and expenses. Continual support of this annual fund will help assure ongoing growth in

programming and reasonable fees. Donors of gifts of $1 00+ received from January I through December 31 , 2017 are in this Honor Roll.

Gwen Adler Barbara A. Colwell Richard and Linda Rolf Amsler Barbara Comai Galant Margaret and Richard Daniel and Muriel Gerald T. Gardner

Anderson Converse JaneS. Gelman

George and Grace Bacon Howard Cooper Renate Gerulaitis

Richard and Beverly Linda Coughenour Sid Gilman

Bagozzi Mac and Nita Cox Elizabeth and Karl

Bernie Banet Mary and Sterling Glenn

Karen Bantel and Steve Crandall Anita and Albert

Geiringer Chris Dahl and Ruth Goldstein

Jeffrey and Laurie Rowse Judy and AI Gourdji

Barnett Colin and Jennifer Day Daniel and Norma

Carolyn Bartle Wayne and Julie Green

Lisa and Michael Barton DeLoria Jean F. Greenfield

John and Jann Bayer! Mildred Denecke David Griffiths

Patricia Beck Raymond Detter Sondra Gunn

Fran Beckley Janine and Thomas Susan Harris Gene and Kay Berrodin Doherty Clifford and Alice Hart Mary E. Black* John Dorcey Jon D. Hartman Drs. Laurie and Barbara Dunn John and Terrie Hayes

Marshall Blondy Carol and Steven Georgiann Henritzy Ed and Hanneke Dworkin Marge Higley

Bonnewit Morgan and Sally Helen M. Hill

Jerry Breuer and Diane Edwards Carolyn Hiss

Cupps lnta Ertel Gail French Hubbard

Susan and Oliver Harold C. Felty Diane Imredy

Cameron Ken and Jean Casey

Kenneth Ernest Fink Mary Z. Johnson

Daniel Chapman Scott and Janet Fogler Robert Kahn

Morton and Beverly Leon and Marcia Joan and Yale Kamisar

Friedman Chethik

Carol S. Friel John and Janet Knapp

Karen Clary Bill and Ann

Mark Kolins and Maria Peggy Clough

Furtwangler Abrahamsen

Marian Cohen and Linda Korobkin Sheldon Ginns John Kotre

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Jane T. Kulpinski

Irene Lamanen Gerald Lapidus Anne E. Lawrence Erwin Lezberg Margaret I. Lomax Barbara and Michael

Lott Bruce Loughry

Jim and Tindy MacBain Louis and Carol Maccini Ed and Cathy Marcus• Andrei and Irena

Markovits Margaret and Harris

McClamroch Linda McCrea Tim Mervak and Sheila

Marcus Bette Michael Richard Miller John and Dorothy

Moreno Eliana Moya-Raggio Gavin Eadie and

Barbara Murphy Claire and Michael

Murray

JoAnn Neher Barbara Nevins-Soong

and H. Kaz Soong Glenina and Michael

Nolte Rob and Quincy

Northrup V. Elaine Nutt

OLLI Current Event Class of 2017

Jerry and Marilyn Otten

Karen Pancost Fred E. Patterson Janet Peacock Mary and Richard Price Arnold and Sally Proehl

Barbara Quilty Sharon and Hugo Quiroz

Darlene Racz Radrick Women's 18

Hole League Craig Ramsay and Susan

Ewing-Ramsay Robert Reed Paula Rich Marlin and Dorothy

Ristenbatt Bill Roberts Joy Rome Hazel Rood Sherry Root and Roger

Craig Esther R Rubin Nancy W. Rugani Carolyn H. Russell

Joan McGowan Schmerl Marilyn K Scott Keith Scott David Seaman and

Helen Zylman Harriet Selin JoAnne and Bob Shaw Shirley Shea Marguerite Shearer Cliff and Ingrid Sheldon Judith and Ivan Sherick Sheila Sikkenga Lillian M. Simms Stu and Ronnie Simon Frances and Scott

Simonds Kathleen Singer Brooks Sitterley Irene Sidor Smith Radley and Sandra

Smith• JoAnn R. Socha Maxine and AI Solvay Sharon J. Sprague Nancy and Jim Stanley Maureen and Leon Stein Nancy B. Sudia

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Ann and Tony Tai Michael and Ellen

Taylor Bette M. Thompson Ann Tomlanovich Michael and Susan

Tranquilla

Godfrey and Mary Udoji

Marie Vitale and Carolyn Siebers

Lonni Vitale and Royce Williams

Carolyn and Jack Wallace

James R Walter Sherry Warden Jack and Fran Weinstein Joan B. Wells Mary Westhoff and

Mara Markovs Robert Westveer Margaret B. White Tom Easthope and

Donna Winkelman Lawrence and Mary

Wise• Max and Mary

Wisgerhof Dominic K.H. Wong

Wenli Zhang and Ron Frisch

•denoted matching gift

Total gifts

from individuals

Please see page 6 for Friends ofOLLI

Fund and In Memory and In Honor of gifts.

I vv Me-mory Of or I vv flo-nor Of G f.{t¥

OLLI so appreciates the gifts given to our program In Honor of and In Memory of someone special.

In Memory of Judith Millman Aufbauser

Fran and Jack Weinstein

In Memory of Joan B. Innes

George and Grace Bacon Patricia Beck

Ryamond Detter Andrei and Irena Markovits

OLU Current Event Class of 2017

Radrick Women's 18 Hole League

In Memory of Eric Warden Sherry Warden

In Honor of Rolf and Harriet Amsler

Stuart and Ronnie Simon

In Honor of Julie Haines Bette Michael

In Honor of Ginny Rezmierski

Alfred and Judith Gourdji

In Honor of Sherry Root

Maureen and Leon Stein

In Honor of Sherry Root and Roger Craig

Carol Friel Dorothy and John Moreno Maureen and Leon Stein Fran and Jack Weinstein

In Honor of Leo Shedden Fran Weinstein

In Honor of Fran Weinstein

Marian Cohen and Sheldon Ginns Alfred and Judith Gourdji

Ann and Tony Tai

In Honor of Michael Lasinski

Fran and Jack Weinstein

Fv~ofOLLI Endow~Gf.{t¥

To date gifts to the Friends of OLLI Endowment Fund have been received by:

BevBagozzi Robert Kahn Bill Roberts Harriet Selin

Fran Weinstein

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OLLI Friends Fund Announces a New

Qift

Former OLLI Leadership Council presidents Bill Roberts and Fran Weinstein are so grateful for OLLI's impact on their lives that they wanted to do something to give back. Thus Fran Weinstein and Bill Roberts was created the Friends of OLLI Endowment Fund, which will and she felt strongly that a

gift to ensure that OLLI is help make sure OLLI continues sustainable into the future is to enrich the lives of others well also very important." into the future. They each made a major pledge of$25,000 to OLLI members will soon kick off the Fund. "The receive a letter for annual friendships I've made at OLLI sustainability in May, which have truly contributed to the goes towards OLLI 's annual sustainability of my life and led operating expenses. Gifts to me to set this fund up," Bill said. the endowment fund will help "The personal connections I've sustain OLLI into the future made at OLLI and the events I and now gives OLLI members go to every week moved me to a second way to support OLLI.

do this."

Long-time OLLI member Harriet Selin agrees, and recently added her contribution of $10,000 to the Friends of OLLI Fund. Harriet has enjoyed OLLI since its Learning in Retirement days, and joined its curriculum committee when asked by then OLLI employee Sheila Silver. Harriet shared that "OLLI is very important to her,

"OLLI has encouraged me to grow in a way that I never had to do in my regular work life," Fran says. "OLLI represents the essence of life--that we can ~ow, change, and be challenged m new ways as we age. OLLI is different because it is created by its members."

For more information or to give, please contact Lisa Barton OLLI Director at 734-761-2540.'

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OLLI Volunteer Spotlight A Multifaceted Volunteer- From

Climate Change to "Mr. Chocolate" by Geny Lapidus, OLLI Volunteer

Syd Kaufman likes the learning experiences and opportunities to meet new people that OLLI provides. It also gives him a way to make significant contributions. Since joining in 2008, he has been an instructor, a student and a committee member. Syd says: "Volunteering is perhaps the wrong word; participating is somewhat better." He currently participates in both the Lectures and the Study Group Committees. In this OLLI semester, Syd also leads a chocolate tasting study group and the Mystery Book Club. The Mr. Chocolate title comes from the many study groups he has conducted on the making and tasting of chocolate treats. He also led classes on brain health, weather, and climate change.

The Lecture Committee plans and administers the Thursday morning Lecture series. Besides working on planning, Syd enlisted and introduced speakers for the Supreme Court and Russia lecture series in the 2016 and 2017 period. "In both these · 1 got to know the speakers far better than I'd otherwise, an opportunity only made possible by volunteering ... definitely a big plus."

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The Study Group Committee plans, evaluates and helps implement the wide array of OLLI study group offerings. Syd assembled and edited the Instructor's Manual and a Course Vetting Manual. He also serves on the Science subcommittee, which seeks new subjects for classes, reviews course proposals and vets new instructors for study groups.

Syd has a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Carnegie-Mellon University and has spent 28 years at Ford . Motor Company's Research Lab. He also taught undergraduate courses at U of M Dearborn and undergraduate and graduate courses at Wayne State University. After leaving Ford, Syd started a recycling company based on a patent he holds, where he worked for six years. Later, he retired as a consultant in metal recycling. These days, Syd continues his research in chocolate

From left to -' right: Kathleen

Scott, Marjorie Lynn, rid Bower, and Syd Kaufma~

2018 Big Hearts for Seniors Event

LIVES WELL LIVED Celebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age

40 people. 3000 years of collective life experience.

Michigan Theater 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Ml

WHEN: Thursday, May 17,2018 5:30- 6:15p.m. V.I.P.

Reception 6:15p.m. Doors open for

general admission 6:30p.m.

• Barton Organ played by Henry Aldridge • Golden Years Troupe perform

7:00 p.m. Film followed by a conversation with film producer Sky Bergman and Victor J. Strecher, Ph.D., MPH Director for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship, U_M_ -=' SchoolofPublic Health

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COST:

Thursday, May 17th

General admission: $15 VIP tickets: $60, and include an hors dbeuvres reception provided by Atria Park of Ann Arbor, and meet & greet with Emcee Rob Reinhart and Honorary Chair Victor]. Strecher.

Purchase tickets or check out the silent auction at: www. med.umich.edulgeriatrics/BHS Tickets are available at the door (general admission only).

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Julie Haines 734-998-9351 or hainesj@umich.edu.

OLLI Lives Well Lived Greetings from Helen Hill

When Eleanor Linn was in California recently, she stopped in to see our OLLI friend, Helen Hill.

Helen Hill, who led OLLI's popular writing group, Memoirs and Personal Essays from 1993 to 2014, asked that we say hello to both the long-time OLLI people she knows and to newer members whom she has not met. Helen moved to San Diego in late 20 14, a few months before celebrating her l OOth birthday. She now lives in a four-gener­ation household with daughter Rebecca and Rebecca's partner Dann, granddaughter Dorothea, great-granddaughter Sophie (age 13) and pet guinea pigs Phedre and Penelope. Their sun-filled house sits at the edge of a cliff with a commanding view of the southern California landscape. She also has two sons, a grandson, and two great-grandsons in the area.

Although Helen says that she has slowed down in her second - or is it her third? -retirement, having been Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University, and co-founded the Washtenaw County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and its Trailblazers clubhouse, she gets around quite

Helen Hill at home in California.

well in a motorized wheelchair. Rebecca reads her the New York Times every morning at breakfast, since her vi sion is getting worse. After dinner and the PBS News Hour, they read whatever happens to be of interest at the moment: memoirs, novels, non-fiction, plus the New Yorker every week. They are also co-knitting squares for an afghan that will be a surprise gift for young friends who hope to marry next year.

Helen continues to read essays sent by students in the class, which Eleanor Linn, a former participant, now leads. Her comments remain astute and constructive. We' re so glad to know that Helen has again retired successfully, but hardly withdrawn from active life.

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OLLI Lives Well Lived Spotlight on Study Croup Instructor Joy Rome

Former OLLI Program Director Ann Tai reached out to Joy Rome in 2004 hoping that Joy would consider teaching a writing class for OLLI. Joy stepped forward with an interest in offering an opportunity where writers could workshop ~heir work and improve it in an atmosphere that fostered honest input from fellow OLLI writers. Joy said this format worked well. Writers Unlimited was born, and continues to this day.

Joy was a Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and brought 23 years of writing experience to OLLL Joy shared that former OLLI student Phil Zaret challenged the group to write more dialog, which Joy said many did and continue to do. Mary Fancher, who has been a long-time student in this study group shared that she has read everything that others wrote, and that even if you didn't have anything to contribute at times you always learned so much about writing. All felt that Writers Unlimited is an informative group in that it offers textbook criticism like creative writing.

Joy said the high light of the class has been the variety of

writing the students share including novels, poetry, short stories, and memoirs. Members present during our interview included students Jerry Janusz who joined the group in 2008 and Don Skiff in April of 20 I 0. Jerry shared that there was an urgency in keeping the group going because it has been such a pleasure for him to be a part of it. He recently agreed to lead the group when Joy decided to step down as the instructor and continue as a member. It was obvious to us how much the group has meant to the students we were fortunate enough to speak with.

If you'd like to read Joy's poem The Ballad ofLIR/OLLI, written for OLLI's 25th anniver­sary celebration, let us know and we'd be happy to send you a copy. Interviewed by Lisa Barton and Julie Haines, OLLI staff

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Joy Rome reading her poem at the OLLI 25th Anniversary celebration.

OLLI's 2nd Winter Open House and 30th Anniversary Celebration

150 OLLI members gathered on a very cold January day to celebrate OLLI's 30th year, share the warmth of friends, and hear about upcoming winter/spring programming. OLLI Leadership Council President Craig Ramsay served as Emcee for the event, welcoming OLLI's program chairs who highlighted upcoming events and introducing OLLI's new Associate Director of Social Work and Community Programs, Nina Abney. Delicious food by the WCC culinary staff was enjoyed by all. OLLI's Social Interaction Committee set up displays of OLLI through the years, which highlighted warm memories of OLLI members and events during the last three decades. Creative work was shared from OLLI's Monday Painters and from several ofOLLI 's writing groups, including several published works. And those cakes! Stay tuned for further celebration and sharing of our past, including at OLLI's Fall September 6th kickoff.

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Nina Abney, Associate Director of Social Work

and Community Programs

Pat Wells and Arnetta Burroughs, OLLI members

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Twila Deigert, OLLI member, enjoying displayed works from

OLLI's Monday Art group .

OLLI Summer Lecture Series

SAVE THE DATE! Summer Lecture Series Voices of Local Minorities W ashtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, MI $15/series or $10/day pass

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Thursday June 21

June 28 July 12 10- 11:30 a.m.

OLLI2018 Fall Kicb Off One of OLLI's most recent

Thursday Morning Lecture Series speakers, Kevin Deegan-Krause, Ph.D., is back! Professor Deegan-Krause has agreed to be

the keynote speaker for our 2018-2019 OLLI Fall Kick Off event on September 6 at 10:00 a.m., hosted

KevinDeegan-Krause at WCC. Deegan-Krause, a rising star in the Political Science Department at Wayne State University, wowed attendees with his lecture in the Populism series "The Future Lies

East: Postcommunist Europe's New Model of Populism") in December of2017. His Kick-Off presentation will be on "How to Talk Across the Political Divide", a topic of interest and relevance.

Deegan-Krause is the recipient of the Truman and Fulbright Scholarships as well as IREX Individual Advanced Research Grants. He has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of State on the politics of Central Europe. He is currently working on a new book with Tim Haughton of the University ofBirmingham titled "The New Party Challenge: Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Europe and Beyond."

For more information: https:l/olli-umich.org/special_events.html

OLLI's First Ever Pop-Up Event a Cireat Success!

OLLI at UM tried its first ever "Pop-Up" event as it held an After Five at the Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium titled "How Will Americans React to Tax Cuts for the Rich" with Stephanie Leiser, PhD., and Lecturer in Public Policy at the UM Ford School of Public Policy. Her writing has been featured in the Washington Post and other sources. There were over 60 people who attended and the event was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Look for other "Pop-Up" events in the future. Stephanie Leiser

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News Update from your OLLI·UM Study Ciroup Committee

Growth in OLLI membership (a good thing) has caused your Study Group Committee to work even harder to create more cours­es you will enjoy. We are not only welcoming proposals from our members (still the core of our offerings), but we are also looking outside our membership to fmd people capable of leading classes. Recent examples have included UM grad students and journalists coming to Ann Arbor as part of the Knight Wallace Fellowship program. Our 'net' also includes interesting people in our community that we tap to lead After Five sessions. Please let us know if you have good contacts for us to pursue.

The Committee is now processing course proposals throughout the year. No need to wait for the deadline for the Fall 2018- May 14, 2018 -get your proposals in as early as possible.

The Committee is seeking assistance with processing course quality surveys. Only a few hours per week is required, and you can work from home. Contact OLLI Assistant Director Ben Richards in the OLLI office if you can help (734 998-9357).

And as always, we are welcoming new members to our Study Group Committee. It is a great group of people with a passion for adult learning. To make your entry to our Study Group as easy as possible, we have just completed creating a "Study Group Committee Guide" that describes all our process-es. The committee meets on the fourth Friday of each month, from 9:30-1 I :30 am, usually at TSRC.

Contact Stu Simon, Study Group Committee Chair, for further information [ stuart341 @gmail. com, 734 429 5935].

Join us for lunch! OLLI offers a post lecture luncheon every series. Please join us for the next one on May 24th. For more information, please see our website or call 734-998-9351.

OLLI is looking for volunteers to help plan trips, study groups, lectures, and After Five events. Please contact the office for more details and if you are interested in volunteering- 734-998-9357.

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Highlights of a Day in Chelsea, Ml by Ruth Primas, OLLI Out ofTown Chair

On the morning of March 7th, a from which to choose. The leisurely group of34 OLLI members decided lunch was thoroughly enjoyed. to address Because of the proximity of the their "cabin Common Grill to the Purple Rose fever" and Theater, we were able to walk to boarded a the theater. We saw a performance bus to Chel- of "FLINT" written by Jeff Daniels. sea, MI . r The play dealt with the harsh Their first realities of the current conditions in stop was at Flint regarding unemployment, the the Chelsea water crisis, and Milling racial tensions. A Company, home to "talkback" was JLFFY Mix products, arranged for a tour of its facilities following the play and operations. Most especially for the the company's products OLLI attendees. are produced in-house, is provided a which includes grain sporting their hair nets. unique opportunity storage, the grinding of grains into for actors to respond to our mem-flour, product mixing, and box hers ' questions regarding what it manufacturing. An outstanding takes to provide such an emotional fact regarding the company is its and thought-provoking performance. production of over I mill ion boxes In response to the question on of its products each day. the survey following this trip

Judy Ward, Sue Beard, and crew at the Common Grill for lunch.

The next stop on the tour was the Common Grill restaurant, where we were presented with a menu of five delicious lunch entrees

regarding suggestions the participants have for future OLLI trips, a response was "Make them resemble this one!" The OLLI Out

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IN MEMORIAl\1 John Paul Knapp died

at age 85 from Alzheimer's disease. According to his wishes, his body has been donated to the U-M Medical School for Alzheimer's

Center, writing a

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ly consumer column for Ann Arbor News, consult­

ing for EMU, and winning the ilip A. Hart Award for his

in the consumer field. research. John was born in \ } Starting in the '90s at Tiffm, Ohio, served in the Army during the Korean War, and earned a BA and MA in English from Mi­ami University. At the U of Kansas, he was a teaching assistant and studied 18th century English literature. Before coming to Ann Arbor, John taught at Kent State University and was there at the time of the shooting in May 1970.

John carne to Ann Arbor in 1971 , and worked in the consumer education field until the late 90s. He was director of the Consumer

Marlin P.Ristenbatt died in Ann Arbor at age 89. He is survived by his wife Dorothy (Rickard) Ristenbatt, his son and daughter-in­law, two grandchildren, extended family, and dear friends. Marlin was born and raised in Leb­anon County, Pennsylvania where, accompanied by his brother on the accordion, he played the trumpet at church services and swing music celebrations. Marlin played the trumpet in the Army band, greeting soldiers as they passed through San Francisco. He attended Perm State, graduating second in his class in Electrical Engineering, and first chair in the marching Blue Band.

U-M LIR, John, and his wife Janet, organized "Perspectives on WWII" (part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series), arranging for 20 OLLI members to report on their WWll experiences. They also organized a retreat at Michigania for LIR volunteers. John was a long term member of two OLLI groups: Nancy Major's Opera Study Group and the Short Story Group. Last year John donated over 500 LPS to the AA District Library, which is re­viving its Classical vinyl collection.

Marlin earned his Ph.D. at ·versity ofMichigan where worked for the next 20 years,

passionately promoting Electri­cal Engineering. Marlin wrote articles and technical reports, and chaired many Engineering Sum-

mer Conferences. He was awarded the IEEE/USAB Citation of Honor for "outstanding contribution ... of national professional activities."

Marlin loved being physically active. He was a hot air balloon pilot, biked to work every day, and played a weekly volleyball game for over 50 years. An avid reader, Marlin attended and chaired many discussions and courses with OLLI, always thirsting for knowledge regarding the human experience.

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OLLI Calendar

Open Study Groups April 412 Computerized Investing: Using Momingstar Data and Actively Managed Funds 4 I 2 Hercule Poirot Through the Years 4 I 4 The Art Film 4118 Mindfulness for Health: A Book Reading 4 I 18 Some Perspectives on Shakespeare's King Lear 4120 Picasso in Context 4 I 24 What's Going on in Housing?

May 5 I 1 Basics of Retirement Investing 5 I 2 Experiences of World War II 512 Women in the New Testament 5 I 4 Shodo-Japanese Calligraphy 5 I 7 How to Use Your Smart Gadgets Securely 518 A Walk in the Woods: Nature Writing 5129 U.S. Health Care Costs

August 813 Group Facilitation Training

Lectures, After Five, and Out of Town Events

April 4110 Distinguished Lecture Series- Cochlear Implants: New Technology, Applications, and Outcomes 4118 After Five- IBM's Watson and the Future of Artificial Intelligence 4 I 19 Faces of Addiction Lecture Series Begins

May 518 After Five- Refugee Resettlement in Washtenaw County: An Update from Jewish Family Services

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5 I 8 Distinguished Lecture Series - Albert Kahn in the Sec­ond Industrial Revolution 5116 Out of Town Event - Spanish Motown: Exploring De­troit's Hispanic Communities 5117 BHS Event

June 6112 Distinguished Lecture Series- Stem Cell Therapy for Neurological Diseases - Where Are We Now? 6113 After Five- Downtown Ann Arbor Development- A View From the Front Lines 6121 Summer Lecture Series Begins- Voices of Local Mi­norities

July 7 I 10 Out of Town Event- Journey to Freedom: Under­ground Railroad Bus Tour 7 I 17 After Five -Touring Michigan Ladder Company and its Historic Building 7 I 19 After Five - Exploring the Spectrum of Gender Expres­sion

August 811 Out of Town Event- WILLOW RUN Comes to Chelsea 8114 After Five- Argus Farm Stop: A Year-Round Shop for Local Food

WE'RE ACCEPTING FALL 2018 STUDY GROUP PROPOSALS !

The deadline for proposals is May 14. Contact Ben Richards at 734-998-9357 or ribenjam@umich. edu for more information or to submit a proposal.

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Suite C, Room 1163 240 I Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, Ml 48105-2193

MICHIGAN MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF MICHICAN