Also inside...Annual meeting and election.................32017 Sustainability Honor Roll..........4-5In Memoriam............................................6OLLI Friend’s Fund Update.....................7

Announcing a New Gift

N E W S L E T T E RApril 2018

LIVES WELL LIVEDCelebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age

40 people.

3000 years of collective life experience.

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

Thursday, May 17th Michigan Theater

A fundraiser benefiting

Ann Arbor Meals on WheelsHousing Bureau for Seniors

Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteSilver Club Memory Programs

Turner Senior Wellness Program

See page 9

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

A Community Program of the Geriatrics Center

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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 officioThe University of Michigan, as an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for Institutional Equity and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator, Office of Institutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432. (734) 763-0235. TTY (734) 647-1388.

N E W S L E T T E ROSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTEAT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Turner Senior Resource CenterSuite C, Room 1163

2401 Plymouth RoadAnn Arbor, MI 48105-2193

STAFF DIRECTOR, Lisa Barton

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Ben RichardsADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, 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

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ONLINE SOURCES: FRONT COVER, pp. 9, 14-15 GREGORY FOx, p. 11 BEN RICHARDS, p. 8

MARC GERSTEIN, p. 10JULIE HAINES, pp. 7, 12-13, 16

REGAN KNApp, p. 17

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Candidates, Officers Leadership Council Election 2017-2018

Up for Election

At-LArge MeMbersGerry GardnerMark Kolins

Sydney Kaufman

study groups CoMMitteeStu Simon

Leadership Council Positions Continuing in Current Terms:

presidentCraig RamsayViCe president

Bill Furtwangler treAsurer

John DorceyseCretAry

Laurie Barnett

LeCtures CoMMitteeTwila Deigert

oLLi out of town CoMMittee

Ruth PrimassoCiAL interACtion CoMMittee

Lynn Boyer

At-LArge MeMbers Peyton Bland

Arnetta Burroughs Kay Hodges

Carol MacciniSharon Quiroz Leo Shedden

pAst presidentBill Roberts

AssociAte Director of sociAl Work AnD community ProgrAms, geriAtrics center,

michigAn meDicine

Nina Abney

AssistAnt Director of geriAtrics center community ProgrAms, Director of turner

senior Wellness ProgrAm

Rachel Dewees

OLLI Annual Meeting and Election:

May 24, 2018-9:15 a.m.

We invite you to attend the Annual Meeting of OLLI 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 OLLI’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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Gwen AdlerRolf AmslerMargaret and Richard

AndersonGeorge and Grace BaconRichard and Beverly

BagozziBernie BanetKaren Bantel and Steve

GeiringerJeffrey and Laurie

BarnettCarolyn BartleLisa and Michael BartonJohn and Jann BayerlPatricia BeckFran BeckleyGene and Kay BerrodinMary E. Black*Drs. Laurie and

Marshall BlondyEd and Hanneke

BonnewitJerry Breuer and Diane

CuppsSusan and Oliver

CameronKen and Jean CaseyDaniel ChapmanMorton and Beverly

ChethikKaren ClaryPeggy CloughMarian Cohen and

Sheldon Ginns

Barbara A. ColwellBarbara ComaiDaniel and Muriel

ConverseHoward CooperLinda CoughenourMac and Nita CoxMary and Sterling

CrandallChris Dahl and Ruth

RowseColin and Jennifer DayWayne and Julie

DeLoriaMildred DeneckeRaymond DetterJanine and Thomas

DohertyJohn DorceyBarbara DunnCarol and Steven

DworkinMorgan and Sally

EdwardsInta ErtelHarold C. FeltyKenneth Ernest FinkScott and Janet FoglerLeon and Marcia

FriedmanCarol S. FrielBill and Ann

Furtwangler

Richard and Linda Galant

Gerald T. GardnerJane S. GelmanRenate GerulaitisSid GilmanElizabeth and Karl

GlennAnita and Albert

GoldsteinJudy and Al GourdjiDaniel and Norma

GreenJean F. GreenfieldDavid GriffithsSondra GunnSusan HarrisClifford and Alice HartJon D. HartmanJohn and Terrie HayesGeorgiann HenritzyMarge HigleyHelen M. HillCarolyn HissGail French HubbardDiane ImredyMary Z. JohnsonRobert KahnJoan and Yale KamisarJohn and Janet KnappMark Kolins and Maria

AbrahamsenLinda KorobkinJohn Kotre

2017 Honor Roll of DonorsOsher Lifelong Learning Institute

at the University of Michigan

Fund for SustainabilityWe thank all donors to this 2017 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 $100+ received from January 1 through December 31, 2017 are in this Honor Roll.

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Jane T. KulpinskiIrene LamanenGerald LapidusAnne E. LawrenceErwin LezbergMargaret I. LomaxBarbara and Michael

LottBruce LoughryJim and Tindy MacBainLouis and Carol MacciniEd and Cathy Marcus*Andrei and Irena

MarkovitsMargaret and Harris

McClamrochLinda McCreaTim Mervak and Sheila

MarcusBette MichaelRichard MillerJohn and Dorothy

MorenoEliana Moya-RaggioGavin Eadie and

Barbara MurphyClaire and Michael

MurrayJoAnn NeherBarbara Nevins-Soong

and H. Kaz SoongGlenina and Michael

NolteRob and Quincy

NorthrupV. Elaine NuttOLLI Current Event

Class of 2017 Jerry and Marilyn OttenKaren PancostFred E. PattersonJanet PeacockMary and Richard PriceArnold and Sally Proehl

Barbara QuiltySharon and Hugo QuirozDarlene RaczRadrick Women’s 18

Hole LeagueCraig Ramsay and Susan

Ewing-RamsayRobert ReedPaula RichMarlin and Dorothy

RistenbattBill RobertsJoy RomeHazel RoodSherry Root and Roger

CraigEsther R. RubinNancy W. RuganiCarolyn H. RussellJoan McGowan SchmerlMarilyn K. ScottKeith ScottDavid Seaman and

Helen ZylmanHarriet SelinJoAnne and Bob ShawShirley SheaMarguerite ShearerCliff and Ingrid SheldonJudith and Ivan SherickSheila SikkengaLillian M. SimmsStu and Ronnie SimonFrances and Scott

SimondsKathleen SingerBrooks SitterleyIrene Sidor SmithRadley and Sandra

Smith*JoAnn R. SochaMaxine and Al SolvaySharon J. SpragueNancy and Jim StanleyMaureen and Leon SteinNancy B. Sudia

Ann and Tony TaiMichael and Ellen

TaylorBette M. ThompsonAnn TomlanovichMichael and Susan

TranquillaGodfrey and Mary UdojiMarie Vitale and

Carolyn SiebersLonni Vitale and Royce

WilliamsCarolyn and Jack

WallaceJames R. Walter Sherry WardenJack and Fran WeinsteinJoan B. WellsMary Westhoff and

Mara MarkovsRobert WestveerMargaret B. WhiteTom Easthope and

Donna WinkelmanLawrence and Mary

Wise*Max and Mary

WisgerhofDominic K.H. WongWenli Zhang and Ron

Frisch*denoted matching gift

Total gifts from individuals

January 1 – December 31, 2017

$25,657.00

Please see page 6 for Friends of OLLI Fund and In Memory and In Honor of gifts.

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In Memory of Judith Millman Aufhauser

Fran and Jack Weinstein

In Memory of Joan B. Innes

George and Grace BaconPatricia Beck

Ryamond DetterAndrei and Irena Markovits

OLLI Current Event Class of 2017Radrick Women’s 18 Hole League

In Memory of Eric WardenSherry Warden

In Honor of Rolf and Harriet Amsler

Stuart and Ronnie Simon

In Honor of Julie HainesBette Michael

In Honor of Michael Lasinski

Fran and Jack Weinstein

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 FrielDorothy and John MorenoMaureen and Leon SteinFran and Jack Weinstein

In Honor of Leo SheddenFran Weinstein

In Honor of Fran Weinstein

Marian Cohen and Sheldon GinnsAlfred and Judith Gourdji

Ann and Tony Tai

In Memory Of or In Honor Of Gifts

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

In Honor of Michael Lasinski

Fran and Jack Weinstein

Friends of OLLI Endowment Gifts

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

Bev BagozziRobert KahnBill Roberts

Harriet SelinFran Weinstein

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Fran Weinstein and Bill Roberts

OLLI Friends Fund Announces a New

Gift

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 was created the Friends of OLLI Endowment Fund, which will help make sure OLLI continues to enrich the lives of others well into the future. They each made a major pledge of $25,000 to kick off the Fund. “The friendships I’ve made at OLLI have truly contributed to the sustainability of my life and led me to set this fund up,” Bill said. “The personal connections I’ve made at OLLI and the events I go to every week moved me to 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,

and she felt strongly that a gift to ensure that OLLI is sustainable into the future is also very important.” OLLI members will soon receive a letter for annual sustainability in May, which goes towards OLLI’s annual operating expenses. Gifts to the endowment fund will help sustain OLLI into the future and now gives OLLI members a second way to support OLLI. “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 grow, change, and be challenged in 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 Gerry 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 instances I got to know the speakers far better than I’d otherwise, an opportunity only made possible by volunteering... definitely a big plus.”

These days, Syd continues his research in chocolate making.

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.

From left to right: Kathleen

Scott, Marjorie Lynn, Sigrid Bower, and Syd Kaufman

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

Purchase tickets or check out the silent auction at: www.med.umich.edu/geriatrics/BHS Tickets are available at the door (general admission only). FOR MORE INFORMATION:Contact Julie Haines 734-998-9351 or hainesj@umich.edu.

WHEN:Thursday, May 17, 20185:30 - 6:15 p.m. V.I.P. Reception6:15 p.m. Doors open for general admission6:30 p.m. l Barton Organ played by Henry Aldridge l Golden Years Troupe perform7:00 p.m. Film followed by a conversation with film producer Sky Bergman and Victor J. Strecher, Ph.D., MPH Director for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship, UM School of Public Health

2018 Big Hearts for Seniors Event

LIVES WELL LIVEDCelebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age

40 people. 3000 years of collective life experience.

Thursday, May 17th

Michigan Theater603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI

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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 2014, a few months before celebrating her 100th birthday. She now lives in a four-gener-ation household with daughter Rebecca and Rebecca’s partner Dann, granddaughter Dorothea, great-granddaughter Sophie (age 13) and pet guinea pigs Phèdre 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

well in a motorized wheelchair. Rebecca reads her the New York Times every morning at breakfast, since her vision 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.

Helen Hill at home in California.

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OLLI Lives Well Lived Spotlight on Study Group 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 their 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 OLLI. 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 highlight 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 2010. 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 of LIR/OLLI, written for OLLI’s 25th anniver-sary celebration, let us know and we’d be happy to send you a copy.Interviewed by Lisa Barton and Julie Haines, OLLI staff

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

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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 of OLLI’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.

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

Craig Ramsay, Leadership Council President

Nina Abney, Associate Director of Social Work

and Community Programs

Pat Wells and Arnetta Burroughs, OLLI members

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OLLI Summer Lecture Series

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

Thursday June 21June 28July 1210 - 11:30 a.m.

Twila Deigert, OLLI member, enjoying displayed works from

OLLI’s Monday Art group.

Bill Janner and Ginny Bentz, OLLI members enjoying the presentation.

Lynn Boyer, Mimi Harris, Sdyney Kaufman and Stu Simon, OLLI members

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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 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 of 2017. 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 of Birmingham titled “The New Party Challenge: Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Europe and Beyond.”

OLLI 2018 Fall Kick Off

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

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

OLLI’s First Ever Pop-Up Event a Great Success!

Kevin Deegan-Krause

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News Update from your OLLI-UM Study Group Committee

Growth in OLLI membership (a good thing) has caused your Study Group Committee to work even harder to create more cours-es 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 find 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 9:30-11:30 am, usually at TSRC. Contact Stu Simon, Study Group Committee Chair, for further information [stuart341@gmail.com, 734 429 5935].

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.

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.

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Highlights of a Day in Chelsea, MIby Ruth Primas, OLLI Out of Town Chair

On the morning of March 7th, a group of 34 OLLI members decided to address their “cabin fever” and boarded a bus to Chel-sea, MI. Their first stop was at the Chelsea Milling Company, home to JIFFY Mix products, for a tour of its facilities and operations. Most of the company’s products are produced in-house, which includes grain storage, the grinding of grains into flour, product mixing, and box manufacturing. An outstanding fact regarding the company is its production of over 1 million boxes of its products each day.

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

from which to choose. The leisurely lunch was thoroughly enjoyed. Because of the proximity of the Common Grill to the Purple Rose Theater, we were able to walk to the theater. We saw a performance of “FLINT” written by Jeff Daniels. The play dealt with the harsh realities of the current conditions in Flint regarding unemployment, the

water crisis, and racial tensions. A “talkback” was arranged following the play especially for the OLLI attendees.

This provided a unique opportunity

for actors to respond to our mem-bers’ questions regarding what it takes to provide such an emotional and thought-provoking performance. In response to the question on the survey following this trip regarding suggestions the participants have for future OLLI trips, a response was “Make them resemble this one!” The OLLI Out of Town Committee accepts the challenge. OLLI audience

at the Purple Rose Theater

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

Vicki Parsons and Kim Hussey sporting their hair nets.

Joanne Culbertson and the Jiffy Mix Box

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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 research. John was born in Tiffin, Ohio, served in the Army during the Korean War, and earned a BA and MA in English from Mi-ami 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 came to Ann Arbor in 1971, and worked in the consumer education field until the late 90s. He was director of the Consumer

in memoriAmAction Center, writing a weekly consumer column for the Ann Arbor News, consult-ing for EMU, and winning the Philip A. Hart Award for his work in the consumer field. Starting in the ’90s at

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 WWII 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 re-viving its Classical vinyl collection.

Marlin P.Ristenbatt died in Ann Arbor at age 89. He is survived by his wife Dorothy (Rickard) Ristenbatt, his son and daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, extended family, and dear friends. Marlin was born and raised in Leb-anon 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 Penn State, graduating second in his class in Electrical Engineering, and first chair in the marching Blue Band.

Marlin earned his Ph.D. at University of Michigan where he worked for the next 20 years, passionately promoting Electri-cal 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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For more information: https://olli-umich.org/olli/index.php/member/ctlg

OLLI Calendar

Open Study GroupsApril 4/2 Computerized Investing: Using Morningstar Data and Actively Managed Funds4/2 Hercule Poirot Through the Years4/4 The Art Film4/18 Mindfulness for Health: A Book Reading4/18 Some Perspectives on Shakespeare’s King Lear4/20 Picasso in Context4/24 What’s Going on in Housing?

May5/1 Basics of Retirement Investing5/2 Experiences of World War II5/2 Women in the New Testament5/4 Shodo-Japanese Calligraphy5/7 How to Use Your Smart Gadgets Securely5/8 A Walk in the Woods: Nature Writing5/29 U.S. Health Care Costs

August8/3 Group Facilitation Training

Lectures, After Five, and Out of Town Events

April 4/10 Distinguished Lecture Series - Cochlear Implants: New Technology, Applications, and Outcomes 4/18 After Five – IBM’s Watson and the Future of Artificial Intelligence4/19 Faces of Addiction Lecture Series Begins

May5/8 After Five – Refugee Resettlement in Washtenaw County: An Update from Jewish Family Services

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5/8 Distinguished Lecture Series – Albert Kahn in the Sec-ond Industrial Revolution5/16 Out of Town Event – Spanish Motown: Exploring De-troit’s Hispanic Communities5/17 BHS Event

June6/12 Distinguished Lecture Series – Stem Cell Therapy for Neurological Diseases – Where Are We Now?6/13 After Five – Downtown Ann Arbor Development – A View From the Front Lines6/21 Summer Lecture Series Begins – Voices of Local Mi-norities

July 7/10 Out of Town Event – Journey to Freedom: Under-ground Railroad Bus Tour7/17 After Five – Touring Michigan Ladder Company and its Historic Building7/19 After Five – Exploring the Spectrum of Gender Expres-sion

August8/1 Out of Town Event - WILLOW RUN Comes to Chelsea8/14 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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