Volume 46 Issue 1 | Fall 2017

FALL LEARN & LUNCH Choose your learning adventure! Friday October 20 — Alder Hall Commons We’ve moved our popular Learn & Lunch event to fall to make room for a winter Travel Fair. Sign up now for the two-hour session of your choice on Friday, October 20, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Alder Hall Commons. Select the topic that interests you and expect an in-depth presentation from a leader in that field. After the presentation, continue the conversation over lunch or get the download from friends who attended other sessions.

Cardiology in the 21st Century: What we’re learning and what you need to know, with Dr. Creighton Don and Dr. Alex Moorman

UW Medicine is at the forefront in discovering and adopting new

ways to keep our hearts pumping, prolonging and improving the quality of our lives. Learn about newer treatments for coronary ailments in this two-for-one session. Dr. Don and Dr. Moorman will each present a one-hour talk and Q&A. Their topics:

TAVR and Beyond: Treating diseases of the structures of the heart

Not Just Stents and Bypass: New treatments for coronary artery disease

Sustaining Food from the Sea, with Prof. Ray Hilborn

The oceans provide a significant portion of the animal protein for the world, especially for the poorest people. This talk will reveal a number of surprising facts about our oceanic fish stocks, the relative impacts of food production on land and at sea, and the future of fish (it’s not as bleak as you’ve heard).

Ray Hilborn is a professor in the UW’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, specializing in natural resource management and conservation. The author of several books, he teaches undergraduate classes on food sustainability and conservation.

Reforming the Juvenile Justice and Foster Care Systems, with Justice Bobbe Bridge

Meet a frontline advocate for reforming Washington’s juvenile justice and foster care systems. Discover how dedicated individuals are developing innovative, evidence-based, sustainable reforms to improve the lives of the most vulnerable members of our society. Retired State Supreme Court Justice Bobbe Bridge has dedicated her post-retirement life to changing the way young people experience the child welfare and juvenile justice systems — for the better. She is the founder of the Center for Children and Youth Justice and a 2012 Encore Purpose Prize Fellow.

Register today online at uwalum.com/learnandlunch. To pay by check, use the form that will come in the mail. $20 per person includes the seminar, morning beverage and pastry, and a sandwich buffet lunch.

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Suggest a candidate for nomination to UWRA Board Do you know a UWRA member who can bring skills and knowledge to the work of the UWRA

Board of Directors? The Nominating Committee seeks board nominees who are current or retired staff or faculty from any UW campus who reflect the diversity of our population in terms of ethnicity, gender and orientation.

Members of the board commit four to six hours a month to the organization. They attend monthly meetings, chair or serve on a UWRA committee and attend UWRA programs. You can see a list of current board members at uw.edu/uwra/about/board.

You may suggest names for candidacy by contacting the UWRA office by November 1.

FROM THE UWRA PRESIDENT

Greetings and Welcome to the 2017-2018 Academic Year! It’s been three years since I retired from the University Libraries, and while I admit to

floundering a bit at the beginning as to what I would do, I have found that travel, good friends, and service at UW through the University of Washington Retirement Association (UWRA) has been an unbeatable

combination, and the inspiration for much of what I do today.

I am honored to serve as president of UWRA for this year, and am energized by the extraordinary talent, knowledge, and wisdom around me. I use the term “energized” deliberately, as it describes what The Economist recently called our “dawn of pre-tirees.” We have energy, we have focus, and we have a drive to make a difference. Creating pathways to make that happen will be the focus of UWRA this year.

Close to 600 employees retired from the UW this year, continuing an upward trend (double the number of 2009). With an estimated 8,000 UW retirees living in the PNW, this is a dynamic and growing group with tremendous

potential for continuing to be connected with the university.

To meet this challenge, UWRA will work hard this year to make opportunities for post-retirement engagement more visible, more accessible, and more universal, whether through mentoring younger faculty or students, helping with research or grants, providing scholarship support, serving on committees and boards, or attending lectures and seminars. UW Encore is expanding its program to include numerous new opportunities for you to help students, faculty, and the community with a broad range of activities.

Additionally, part of our mission at UWRA is to keep our members informed and inspired, and we think that this year’s stellar programming will do just that. If you have a question, suggestion, or comment, we’d love to hear from you. Give us a call or send an email. We are looking forward to a wonderful year and hope to see you.

Best Regards,

Jill McKinstry

Librarian Emeritus, University Libraries President, University of Washington Retirement Association

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RETIREMENT TRANSITIONS Information and resources for navigating change Change, no matter how welcome, is often challenging. The best defense, as they say, is a strong offense: gather information from experts and join forces with others in the same life stage. This is where UWRA’s Transitions workshops come in. Watch the UWRA calendar and e-digest for the topics that apply to you, and then register as soon as you receive an emailed or mailed invitation — these workshops fill quickly!

Workshops planned for this fall and winter:

Non-Financial Retirement Planning: Planning for a Life Worth Living. All the careful financial planning in the world doesn’t answer one of the central questions many face at retirement: Who will I be without my job? UW retirees Maurice Warner (Counseling Center) and Nancy Wick (News & Information) lead this engaging, interactive and highly useful workshop. Monday, November 13, 5:15—7:15 PM.

Ducks in a Row: Take an afternoon to think through the end-of-life decisions and documents with a team of experts. Three speakers cover the legal, medical and practical issues that everyone needs to consider. Saturday, January 27, 12:30—3:30 PM.

Also projected for the coming year, with details to follow: a repeat of Non-Financial Retirement Planning, scheduled for March 6; a series on downsizing; and a forum on retirement housing.

EXPLORING NEW POLICY DIRECTIONS IN MEETING LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS UWRA Seminar coming November 6 11:00 AM—1:00 PM, UW Seattle campus Recently The Seattle Times projected the number of Washington citizens age 85 and older — those most likely to need some form of long-term care services — will reach 216,000 by 2030: a population roughly the size of Tacoma. Both need and costs are increasing rapidly. At the same time, the size of the pool of informal family caregivers will decline by nearly half, as families of retiring baby boomers are smaller. New ideas are needed in the design, delivery and funding of long-term care services.

At this seminar, speakers will explore international and local initiatives to deal with long-term care costs. Nancy Jecker, UW professor of bioethics and adjunct professor of law, will discuss the experience of other industrialized countries, such as Japan. State Representatives Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, and Norm Johnson, R-Yakima, will present the innovative bipartisan bill they cosponsored in the 2017 legislative session — The Long Term Care Trust Act — now carried over for 2018 consideration.

The program will include moderated discussion among the speakers as well as interaction with the audience.

This seminar continues UWRA’s sustained interest in exploring healthy options for older adults, including dependent care, choosing long-term care insurance and wellness.

Space is limited. Find details and a registration link at uw.edu/uwra/calendar, or call the UWRA office at (206) 543-8600. This program is free.

Save the date! UWRA winter (chocolate!)

gathering Friday, December 1

1:30—3:30 PM

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Attend a UW Benefits Fair October 31, November 1 or 2 Save one of these dates to attend a UW Benefits Fair. Meet health plan providers and investment vendors; explore all your benefits. All fairs 10 AM – 3 PM.

Tuesday, October 31 – Health Sciences Building Lobby, UW Seattle

Wednesday, November 1– Research & Training Lobby, Harborview Medical Center

Thursday, November 2 – HUB North Ballroom, UW Seattle. At the UW HUB fair only: Retiree Medical Presentation by the Health Care Authority and Flu Shot Clinic. Locations and times to be announced. Watch for updates in the UWRA’s weekly e-digest, or go to hr.uw.edu/benefits/annual-benefits-fair

Attending a Benefits Fair is especially important if you will be making changes to your insurance during open enrollment (November 1-30).

Explore interest groups UWRA’s interest groups welcome you to their programs for the coming year.

Birding — varying Tuesdays

Book Review — 2nd Friday

Bridge — 3rd Monday

Computer Help — 2nd Wednesday

Garden Club — 1st Tuesday

Husky Sports — About once a month

Walking — every Wednesday

What’s the Big Idea? — About once a month, on Wednesdays

For contact information, visit uw.edu/uwra/interest-groups, or contact the UWRA office.

Schedules are publicized in the weekly e-digest, online at uw.edu/uwra/calendar, and directly to group members.

Update on UWRA’s Travelogues program With enormous gratitude, we recognize Joan Bowers’s many years of volunteer leadership of UWRA’s Travelogues program. Joan has stepped away from this task, and we are at work finding new leadership.

For the moment, Travelogues are on hiatus. Once new leadership is in place, we look forward to resuming this program. We hope to offer Travelogues beginning this winter.

SAVE THE DATES

Other upcoming UWRA Events October 5—UW Encore/Pipeline Project tutor orientation

November 15 — What’s the Big Idea discussion group: Speaking of Dying

December 1 — Member gathering. Chocolate!

February 13 — Travel Fair for Older Adults

March 6 — Non-Financial Retirement Planning

April 13 — Spring Scholarship Brunch

Do you receive email from UWRA? UWRA sends a weekly email with event updates. Do you receive it? If not, please send your email address to retiremt@uw.edu so we can subscribe you. This concise weekly digest is the best way to stay informed about UWRA and UW events.

You can also see UWRA events at uw.edu/uwra/calendar. The calendar also has a subscription option.

No email? UWRA will still send paper mail for member events.

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In our hectic lives, how much would we give for moments of reflection – about experiences that matter, our place in the cosmos, or simply our thoughts about where the world is headed? And what if we could share those moments with an eager, intelligent and socially aware college student who would bring an infusion of enthusiasm, idealism and optimism to that discussion?

This is the opportunity afforded to mentors in the UW’s Husky Leadership Certificate Program. A component of the Husky Leadership Initiative, it brings

together eager undergraduates with seasoned mentors to discuss the student’s recent experiences and projects that are meant to deepen the student’s understanding of who leaders are and how they lead. Mentors are not limited to current faculty or staff; retirees are invited to apply.

Participants describe the mentoring experience as the ultimate win-win arrangement. “Our discussions were relaxed and informal,” says Samantha “Sami” Bailey, a senior majoring in public health. Her mentor was Michaelann Jundt, associate dean of undergraduate academic affairs. “We discussed my feelings about the projects I was engaged in,” Bailey says. “Because this occurred in 2016 and 2017, a lot of our discussions ended up touching on the presidential campaign. Michaelann’s views are very practical and she was open in our discussions.... She was definitely someone I want in my circle of advisers.”

Jundt, who has been involved with the leadership program since its inception five years ago, sees it as much more than a service to students. “It has given me an opportunity to reflect on my own experiences regarding leadership, on campus and in the community. It’s rare to have time to reflect on how you interact with coworkers and others with whom you come in contact.”

Jundt also describes the value of the bond she formed with Bailey. “The mentoring experience is special because although I work in a student-focused unit I normally don’t have the opportunity to develop relationships with individual students. So for me this is especially satisfying.”

Bailey’s experiences for the certificate program included spending time in Chile, volunteering through the service learning option by working with Planned Parenthood VOTE, and working on leadership issues in her sorority. “My experiences, and the opportunity to reflect on them with the help of my mentor, have changed my perspective on leadership. I know now that when I lead I will do it in my own way.”

“We’re fortunate to be able to work with such amazing young people,” says Jundt. “They are thoughtful, energetic, full of ideas, and optimistic. Working with them will make you feel good about the future of the world.”

—Bob Roseth

To learn more about the Husky Leadership Initiative and sign up for HLI mentor training, contact Kevin at uwencore@uw.edu or (206) 685-7728.

HLI participant Sami Bailey

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UWRA marks the passing of Ernest Henley, professor emeritus of physics, who died March 27, 2017. Professor Henley served as president of the UWRA for two years, from 2001 to 2003.

The UW has celebrated the value of Henley’s academic career and university service, which

included a term as chair of the UW Faculty Senate, three years as chair of the Department of Physics, and eight years as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

For many staff, faculty and retirees of UW, what lingers enduringly is the memory of his warmth, humility and wonderful sense of humor. He is missed.

In Memoriam

Janice Ames, spouse of William Ames (Communications),

August 9, 2017

Eileen Ballard (Mechanical Engineering), April 10, 2017

David Bary (Pediatrics), October 24, 2016

Joseph Becker (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences),

March 2015

Mae Benne (Information School), March 26, 2017

Erika Bohm-Vitense (Astronomy), January 21, 2017

David Bonsteel (Architecture), January 28, 2017

Constance Brennand, spouse of Charles Brennand (Music),

April 24, 2017

Elizabeth Cantrell, spouse of James Cantrell (Surgery),

May 4, 2017

Donald Chase, spouse of Darlene Chase (UW Medical Center),

April 26, 2017

Eugene Collias (Ocean & Fishery Sciences), May 8, 2017

Hans Dehmelt (Physics), March 7, 2017

Lynn Dexter (General Surgery), February 28, 2017

James Douglas, spouse of Alexandra Harmon (American

Indian Studies Program), April 11, 2017

Hazel Evans (Library), January 26, 2017

Ernest Henley (Physics), March 27, 2017

Jessie Johanson, spouse of Lennart Johanson (Aeronautics &

Astronautics), July 9, 2017

Mary Jones (Nursing), February 16, 2017

Mary Jo Kilbourn, spouse of John Heinz (Pathology),

April 5, 2017

Russell Light (Sponsored Projects), July 5, 2017

Rena Lude, spouse of Mike Lude (Intercollegiate Athletics),

July 12, 2017

Carol Marshall, spouse of Francis Marshall (Bakersfield

College), December 22, 2016

Norma Nelson (Radiation Oncology), December 2016

William Resler (Accounting), February 4, 2017

Georgia Battin Roberts, spouse of Richard Roberts

(Oceanography), November 5, 2016

Ivan Settles (Education), March 29, 2017

James Shapley (Speech & Hearing Sciences),

January 2, 2017

Ralph Wedgwood (Pediatrics), July 23, 2017

Edgar Winans (Anthropology), July 14, 2017

Karyl Winn (Library & Information Science), May 20, 2017

Norman Wolf (Pathology), January 24, 2017

John Yoneda, spouse of Karen Yoneda (Chemical

Engineering), December 24, 2016

Nominate a distinguished retiree for UW award Nominations are now being accepted for the UW-UWRA Distinguished Retiree Excellence in Community Service Award. This annual award recognizes a UW faculty or staff retiree who is noteworthy for distinguished community service at the local, regional, national or international level.

A joint UW-UWRA committee selects the winner. The award is presented at the UW Awards of Excellence ceremony in June.

Award criteria and a nomination form are available online at the UWRA website, uw.edu/uwra.

Nominees not selected are retained in the pool of candidates for a second year.

If you have questions, please contact the UWRA office at (206) 543-8600 or by email at retiremt@uw.edu. Nominations received by November 20 will receive first consideration.

ERNEST M. HENLEY

June 10, 1924 — March 27, 2017