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NEWSLETTER April 2018

2017-2018 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Awards

UCLosAngelesandUCSanDiegoProfessorsHonoredwith2017-2018ConstantinePanunzioDistinguishedEmeritiAward

herecipientsofthe2017-2018ConstantinePanunzioDistinguishedEmeritiAwardhavebeenannounced.Therearetwoawardees:ProfessorEmeritusofEnglishHenryAnsgarKellyofUCLosAngeles,andProfessorEmeritusofPoliticalScienceSandyLakoffofUCSanDiego.

HenryAnsgarKelly,UCLosAngeles

“Andy”Kelly,DistinguishedResearchProfessorofEnglish,retired in2004andhiscontributionstoUCLAandtoscholarshipsincethattimehavebeenimpressive.Hisscholarlycontributionssinceretirement include6booksand37papersonawiderangeof topics: literature(Chaucer);RomanandCanonLaw;History(inquisitionsand other ecclesiastical trials; torture; Galileo); Theology (exorcism; heresies);

Biblical Studies (textual investigations; English Bible).Most notable is Satan:ABiography published by the Cambridge University Press in 2006. This bookbecame an academic “best seller” and has now been translated into six otherlanguages (French; Italian; Greek; Portuguese; Russian; and Czech). He alsopublishedstudiesonheresytrialsincludingthatofSirThomasMore,andhowtheEnglishInquisitiondifferedfromitscontinentalcounterpart.Andy’s“service”hasbeentwomajorcontributionstothescholarshipoftheMiddleAges:returningtothe editorship of the journal Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies in2003. Viator, published by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, has anInternationalprofileforitsscholarshipandtwogenerationsofgraduateassistantshaveprofitedfromworkingonit.Andyalsodirectedthedigitizationofthe1582editionofCorpusJurisCanonici(CorpusofCanonLaw),whichisnowavailableon-lineforlegalandecclesiasticscholarsworldwide.

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SandyLakoff,UCSanDiego

SandyLakoff,ProfessorEmeritusofPoliticalScience,haspublished5booksand24researcharticlessincehisretirementin1992.HearrivedatUCSDasFoundingChairof Political Science in 1974 and for four decades has been a vital support of thatdepartmentandof the campus.Hisbook,Democracy:History,Theory,Practice,waswidely and positively reviewed in both scholarly and popular journals, aswas his1998biographyofthejournalistandradicalthinkerMaxLerner:MaxLerner:PilgriminthePromisedLand.Hismostrecentbookwaspublishedin2011,TenPoliticalIdeasthat Shaped the Modern World. His continual service to UCSD as a teacher andUniversitycitizen is remarkable.For25yearshehasofferedMaster

ClassestotheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteaswellasanExtensionDivisioncourse,“People, Power, and Politics,” for 20 years. He has also continued teachingundergraduatecoursesonDemocracy,PoliticsandtheEnvironment,andMiddleEastPolitics. He was also, for ten years, the editor of Chronicles, theNewsletteroftheUCSDEmeritiAssociation.

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Emeriti Honors and Awards UCBerkeley

Professor Emeritus DonaldA. “Al”RileyhasreceivedtheBerkeleyEmeritiAssociation’sDistinguished2018Emeritusof the Year Award. Rileyretired from the Departmentof Psychology in 1991 butcontinued to do activeresearch with graduate

students until 1994, andwith undergraduatesthrough 2000. He was a foundingmember ofthe University of California BerkeleyRetirement Center, and its policy board ofwhichhewasanearlychair.Heisamemberofthe UC Berkeley Emeriti Association, andwasPresident of the Association. He was a Co-Founderofthewildlypopular,freeLearningin

Retirement program - a series of talks giveneachsemestersinceits inception17yearsagothat are available to retired faculty, staff,administrators,andthecommunityatlarge.Hecontinues serving the Psychology Departmentoncommitteesdevotedtohiring,teachingandfundraising. He also mentors other faculty intheDepartment,especiallynewfaculty.UCDavisTheUCDavisEmeritiAssociationhasawardedthe 2018 Distinguished Emeriti Award toRobert Cardiff, Distinguished ProfessorEmeritus of Pathology, School ofMedicine.In addition to continuing his highly effectiveteachingandoutstandingserviceinretirement,hemaintainsanactiveresearchprogram.Muchofhisrecentworkhasfocusedoncellsignalingmotifs and pathways associated with breastcancer.Hehasplayedaseminalandsignificant

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role in the leadership and development ofresearch units that focus on comparativemedicine, biomedical informatics, and cancerresearch. In these areas, his work has hadexceptionalnationalandinternationalimpact.UCIrvineProfessorEmerita JudithS.Olson,SchoolofInformation and Computer Science, has beenelectedtotheNationalAcademyofEngineering,one of the highest distinctions for those inengineeringandtechnicalfields.Professor Emeritus Daniel Gajski,Department of Engineering and ComputerScience, has been recognized for hisoutstanding lifetime contributions andachievements in research, development andapplication of electronic design automation(EDA)withtheEDAContributionAward.ProfessorEmeritaMoyraSmith,Departmentof Pediatrics and Human Genetics, has beenawarded the2017UCI Outstanding EmeritaAward.ProfessorEmeritaSmith wasrecognized as anemerita who,since retirement,has continued tocontribute to theUniversity’scentral missions of teaching, research andservice in highly significant ways. Hercontinuingresearchongeneticsandgenomics,her strong record of publications includingnumerousbooks,heractiveengagementintheprograms within herdepartment, hermentoring of graduate students, and herinvolvement with theCART Autism Centermorethanjustifiesherselectionfortheaward.

Librarian EmeritusDaniel TsanghaswonaFulbrightUSScholargranttoconductresearchonprotest literature inHongKong, justas theformer British crown colony marks the 20thanniversary of its return to China. TsangwasborninHongKong.AtUCI,Tsangwasthedatalibrarianandbibliographerforpoliticalscience,economicsandAsianAmericanstudies.Heranthe University’s Social Science Data Archivesand was campus administrator for theCalifornia Digital Library’s web archivingservice, which captured political literaturewebsites,includingmanyfromHongKong.UCLosAngelesDistinguished ProfessorEmeritus StephenYeazell has been namedrecipient of the 2017-2018Carole E. GoldbergEmeritiServiceAward.The Carole E. GoldbergAward was created in2015torecognizetheextraordinaryservicebyanemeritus/emeritaprofessortotheacademicenterpriseafter retirement.StephenC.Yeazellis a specialist in the history, theory, anddynamics of modern civil litigation, and inretirement he continues to teach courses inCivil Litigation.TheCaroleE.GoldbergAwardhonors his extraordinary service to the LawSchool and the campus as a whole. He hasservedasAssociateDeanand InterimDeanofthe School of Law, aswell as the Chair of theUCLA Academic Senate and Chair of theCommitteeonAcademicPersonnel inadditionto innumerable importantsearchcommittees.He has been an exemplary University citizensince1975.


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DicksonAwards

Three UCLA emeriti professors have beenselectedtoreceivethe2017-2018EdwardA.Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award.Theyare:William A. V. Clark, Rita Effros, and JudeaPearl.William A. V. Clark, Distinguished ResearchProfessor of Geography, is knowninternationally for his scholarship ondemography, migration and urban residentialsegregation. He has remained extraordinarilyactive in retirement and is recognized for thegreat policy relevance of hiswork.AmonghismanyawardssinceretirementwastheLifetimeAchievement Award last year from theAmericanAssociationofGeographers.Rita Effros, Professor Emerita of Pathologyand Laboratory Medicine, continues inretirement to be a national and internationalleader in the biology of aging. In 2014-2015sheservedasthepresidentoftheGerontologySociety of America. She maintains an activeprogram in cutting-edge research onmucosalimmunology, and the relationship betweenaging and HIV infection. Besides also beingprofessionally active, she has a full teachingschedule.Judea Pearl, ProfessorEmeritus of ComputerScience, is a world-renowned computerscientist who has made extraordinarystatistical contributions in diverse fields,including artificial intelligence, andinformation science. His accomplishmentssince retirement have been prolific. Inparticular,hisrecentworkoncausalinferencehasrevolutionizedthewayscientistsviewand

processcause-effectrelationships.Hehasbeencalled“themostoriginalandinfluentialthinkerin statistics today,” and has received manyawards, notably the 2011ACMAlanM.TuringAwardwhich iswidelyregardedasthe“NobelPrizeofComputerScience.”UCSantaBarbaraProfessor Emeritus of Anthropology, BrianFagan, received the Lifetime AchievementAwardfromtheShanghaiArcheologicalForum.Fagan'sresearchistiedcloselytoamajorandemerging trend in archaeology: the synthesisand interpretation of world prehistory. Hisrecent popular writings include a historicalaccountoffishing:HowtheSeaFedCivilization.Professor Emerita, Emma Lou Diemer,Department of Music, was recentlyrecognized for her celebrated work in musiccompositionat a concertin her honorat theTrinityEpiscopalChurch inSantaBarbara.Professor Diemer has taught theory andcomposition at the University of California,SantaBarbara,from1971untilretiringin1991.ShewasComposerIn-ResidencewiththeSantaBarbara Symphony from 1990 to 1992 andorganist at First PresbyterianChurch in SantaBarbara from1984 to2000.This concert alsocelebrated her 90th birthday and included aprogram of her works. Her music has beenpublished since 1957 and includes works fororchestra, band, chamber ensembles, soloinstruments, voices, andelectronicpieces. Shehas received annual awards for performancesandpublicationsfromtheAmericanSocietyfor


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Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)since 1962. Other recognitions include aLouisville Orchestra Student Award, a FordFoundationYoungComposersGrantfora2-yearcomposer-residency in the Arlington, VAschools,anNEAfellowshipinelectronicmusic,

a “Composer of the Year” award from theAmerican Guild of Organists, and others. In1992,shereceivedaKennedyCenterFriedheimAward for her Concerto in OneMovement forPiano.

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LetterfromtheChairRichardAttiyeh,UCSanDiego

s I look ahead to mylast CUCEA meeting asChair, I am struck by

whatagreatorganizationthisisandwhataprivilege ithasbeen toserveasChair. In addition to playing a key role inpreserving the valuable emeriti retirementbenefits, CUCEA has helped to build asubstantive relationship among the campusemeriti associations. As our campusorganizations share information about theiractivities, we all learn from each other. AndourpartnershipwithCUCRAhasalsobeenanenrichingrelationship.Personally, I have enjoyed therelationships I have shared withtheothermembersof theCUCEAExecutive Committee. Mypredecessor,RogerAnderson,hasbeenagreatmentortome,andIam grateful to him for servingasChairoftheJointBenefitsCommitteeandas

the CUCEA representative tothe Retiree Health BenefitsWorkingGroup.Mysuccessor,Caroline Kane, has been aterrific partner who broughtgood judgment and creativity

to our deliberations. She will make an

excellentChair.Although the Chair and Chair-elect play a keyrole in CUCEA activities, the organizationdepends heavily on the othermembers of theExecutiveCommittee. MuchofthetimeIhavedepended on Louise Taylor for guidancebecause of her deep knowledge andunderstandingofCUCEA’sorganizationanditsrelationships with the Office of the Presidentandthecampuses.Thiscomesinpartfromherhaving servedasChair in2006-07andasourInformationOfficerforthepast10years.

AnotherkeyplayerontheCUCEAteamis Marjorie Caserio who has managed theCUCEAwebsite since 2003 and has served aseditor of the CUCEA Newsletter since2011. Marjorie has suggested that since shecan’t do these jobs forever, we should beginlooking for someonewhowouldbe interestedinservinginthiscapacityinthefuture. Whenoneconsidersherserviceasa formerChairofCUCEA, newsletter editor, and websitemanager,it ishardtothankherenoughforallthatshehasdoneforus.

Two others who play key roles on the

Executive Committee are Secretary Bill Ashbyand Treasurer Bill Parker. The minutes fromourbi-annualmeetings,whichareavailableonthe website, provide a history of CUCEA’sactivities since1987. Bill Ashbyhasprovideduswithanespeciallyclearanddetailedrecord

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of the past 7 years. Bill Parker took over asTreasurer in 2015 at a time when we werefacing budgetary issues. He has managed tokeep the campus associations’ annual duesfrom becoming too burdensome. But he (we)mayfacesomechallengesinthecomingyears.

AtourupcomingmeetinginApril,there

are a number of matters we will need toconsider. One of these concerns the progressof the Retiree Health Benefits WorkingGroup. I expect thatwewill getanupdateonthisfromRogerAndersonatthemeeting. TheWorkingGroupwasestablishedbytheOfficeofthePresidenttoaddresstheissuesunderlyingits effort to eliminate the 70% floor touniversity funding of retiree supplementalhealth insurance costs. After the discovery ofthe“stealthRegentsagendaitem”whichwouldhaveeliminatedthe70%floor,CUCEA,CUCRA,andtheAcademicSenatestronglyobjectedtoiton multiple grounds. As mentioned in myprevious letter, this led to withdrawal of theRegents item. After our Octobermeeting, theWorkingGroupwascreated.Wecanhopethatits work will lead to a resolution to theproblem that is better than the erosion of avaluable benefit that helps the Universityattractandretainexcellentemployees.

Another matter we need to consider

relates to the Huron Consulting Group’sassessment of UCOP’s organizationalstructure. One of the Huron Report’srecommendations is to align the RetirementAdministrationServiceCenter(RASC)withtheUCPath Center in Riverside. UCPath is asystemwide program to align HR and payrollprocessesandtechnologyacrossallcampuses,medical centers, and research units, and theUCPath Center will be the hub for theseactivities across the UC system. What does itmean to “align” RASC with the UCPath

Center? What would be the implications forcurrent and future emeriti? Perhaps we canget some answers about this from UCOPattendeestoourjointmeetingwithCUCRA.

A third set of questions we should

discuss in April concerns the timing andlocation of future meetings. Some membershavesuggestedthatweneedonlymeetonceayear. Others have suggested that we alwaysmeetatthesameplace–forexample,atUCOP– so that the campuses need not serve ashosts.Personally,Ifindthebi-annualmeetingsto be beneficial, and I like the experience ofrotating the meetings around thecampuses.ButIalsobelieveinmajorityrule.

Related to these questions is how to

maintain the higher level of participation byUCOP that we had at last October’smeetings. One idea put forward was to haveUCOPco-hostameetingeveryotheryear.Iamnotsurethatwouldbenecessarytokeeptheirhigherlevelof involvement. Anotherideawasto have PARRA serve as the 10th campusassociation – but PARRA is not an emeritiassociationandalsoitpreferstokeepitscloseconnections to the Berkeley RetirementAssociation rather than to host meetings byitselfatUCOP. Howeverweproceed,weneedto make the effort to keep meaningfulconnectionswithUCOPleadership.

Finally, we need further discussion of

association dues, assessing them fairly andreducing expenses without undercuttingCUCEA’svaluetoUCemeriti. I’msurethatBillParkerwill lead us in a rational discussion ofthese points. I look forward to our gettingtogetheratRiversideinApril.

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Updateonthe2015-2018SurveyofEmeritiActivity

UCEAispreparingto launchitstriennialSurveyofEmeritiActivitythisfall.Giventhe favorable reception of the report of

the most recent survey (“A Virtual EleventhCampus”),projectplannersareexpectingtogetahighparticipationrateinthenextstudy.

The“VirtualEleventhCampus”reportdrewtheattentionofTheChronicleofHigherEducation,which then did a story last year on theimpressive ways that retired UC facultycontinue to contribute to the mission of theUniversityandthepeopleofCalifornia.

The report is readily available online at:http://cucea.ucsd.edu/reports/documents/AVirtualEleventhCampus.pdf

Bywayofabrief illustration,during2012-15,more than 300 emeriti taught undergraduatecourses and 940 respondents reported thattheyhadpublishedjournalarticles.

When the new survey is launched this fall, itwillaskUCemerititoreportontheiractivitiesduring the period 2015-18. As before, theemphasis will be on teaching, research andwriting,aswellasservice.EachUCcampushasresponsibility for reaching its own emeritipopulationandaskingfortheirparticipationinthe study. Again, the results will becoordinatedby JohnVohs, ProfessorEmeritusofCommunication,UCDavis.Thesuccessoftheproject depends heavily on a high level ofparticipationoneachcampus.

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ScienceLiteracyandLessonsfromHistory

MarjorieCaserio,Editor

s this ismy last contribution as the CUCEAnewsletter editor, I opted to draft a longer-than-usual editorial to share my growing

concern regarding science literacy. Concern iswidespread that competency in science andtechnologyfallsshortofnationalneeds.Itdoesnotkeep pace with either progress in science or itspitfalls. Incompetency is usually the result ofignorance—andignoranceisacombinationof“notknowing” and “ignoringwhat is known.” It is thelatter that most concerns me as it seems to be aphenomenon that is increasingly pervasive inrecent years and is particularly malevolent whenpracticedbyournationalleaders.Thedenialaspectofscientificevidenceistheunderlyingfocusofthisarticle.Ireadilyacknowledgeresponsibilityfortheeditorialopinionsexpressedhere.

ScienceandPolitics

Sciencehasalwayshad its cadreofnaysayers,butultimatelywinswhenbasedonsoundevidenceandreproducibility - facts that can be verified andpredictions realized. History reveals theimportance of science for mankind and how pastpractices, ideas, and discoveries relate to currentprogress. They seed the development of modernscience. However, science can be beneficial ordestructive, depending on how it is used. For thisreason,sciencemattersrequireinformedattentionofscientists,nonscientists,andnationalleaders.

Few US Presidents have scientific backgroundsstrong enough to make informed decisions onmatters of technical and scientific importancewithoutexpertadvice.Thequestionmaybeasked:“Who does advise the President?” And morebroadly, where does the Administration andCongress get advice on scientific matters?Traditionally, the governmental agency withtechnicalexpertise is theAdministration’sOfficeofScienceandTechnologyPolicy(OSTP).ItsDirectoris

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the President’s Science Advisor.There are several science-relatedcongressional committees but, likethe US President, their membersseldom have expertise in science,and look instead to OSTP andnational science committees forinsight and advice on importanttechnical matters. However, at thepresent time, no candidate forScienceAdvisorhasbeennominatedbyour currentPresident, and the existingOSTP isshortalmosttwothirdsofitsmembershipbecausemembers who departed at the end of the Obamaadministrationhavenotbeenreplaced.

Democraticmembers of theHouse Science, Space,andTechnologyCommitteewroteanopenlettertothePresidentinMay2017urginghimtoappointaDirector of OSTP out of concern over how hereceives information and how he distinguisheswell-vetted scientific facts from alternative news.Without a well-staffed OSTP and its Director, thePresident will continue to be vulnerable tomisinformationandfakenews.ItisnowApril2018and,asfarasweknow,thereisstillnoresponsetotheHouseCommittee’srequest.Asecondletterhasbeensent toPresidentTrump,remindinghimthatheisrequiredbylawtoappointaScienceAdvisor.

The currentvoid innational leadership inmattersofscienceandtechnology isdisturbingandhasnoreadysolution.Itisaduelproblembecausethelackof attention paid to important issues in science iscompoundedbyalackofscientificcomprehension.National interests are at risk as much by theAdministration’s inaction to address problems asbythepotentialformisguideddecisionsforlackofknowing better, lack of sound advice, and anapparentlackofinterest.

PromotingInterestinScience

TheFederalgovernment’ssupportforeducationinSTEM fields of study (Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) is a long-rangeproject initiated in 2015 by the Obamaadministration.Theobjectiveistoincreasescience

literacy in the work force bystimulatingmore student interest andproficiencyinSTEMfields. Toachievethis goal, we need to make scienceeducation more interesting andrelevant. Greater interest can beachieved by connecting the sciencewith the scientist. By introducing thehuman factor, science becomes lessabstract and more “alive.” We alsoneed to stress the important influence

advancements in science have had historically. Ihavechosentoillustratethesepointswithfamiliarexamples of some very simple molecules, naturaland man-made, that have greatly affected theearth’s atmosphere with major societal andenvironmental consequences. They include ozone,freons, and carbon dioxide. These examplesunderscore the potential for special interests toundermine sound science objectives - with tragicconsequences.

TheOzoneHole

Ozone is a simple molecule composed of threeoxygen atoms and occurs naturally in the earth’supper atmosphere (stratosphere). It protects theearth and its inhabitants from harmful radiationfromthesun.Inthe1970’s,theDutchclimatologistPaul Cruzen realized that oxides of nitrogen

released into the atmosphere frommany sources (soil, animal wastes,electrical storms, fires, volcanoes, andaviation fuels) eventually reach thestratosphere where they fragment bythesun’shigh-energyradiation.Thesefragments destroy ozone. Cruzenrecognized the adverse effect thiscould have on the earth’s protectiveozone layer. However, the real threatto the ozone layer arrived with theadventoffreons.

We owe freons to refrigerators, ormore correctlytotheir inventor,ThomasMidgleyJr.,anemployeeof Frigidaire in the 1960’s. He had alreadydistinguished himself as the inventor of

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tetraethyllead and, not surprisingly, wascommissioned to find a safer refrigerationsubstitute than those in common use. Tragicfatalities due to chemical refrigerants werefrequent, mostly during their production, but allthis changedwith the advent of freons. Midgley’ssuccess and then infamy is legendary. Freons arethe least toxic, odorless, stable, nonflammable,noncorrosive, inexpensive, and appropriatelyvolatile refrigerants ever produced. They arecommonly referred to as CFC’s after theirmolecular composition as “ChloroFluoroCarbons”.They rapidly became the chemicals of choice forrefrigeration, air conditioning, and aerosolpropellants. Midgley was honored with majorawards and prized medals, but there is a darkerside to this story.He suffered from leadpoisoningas a result of his careless promotion oftetraethyllead.Hewasavictimofpolioanddiedanearly death from strangulation arising from themalfunction of a contraption he designed to lifthimself.Itisfortunateinsomerespectsthathedidnot live tosee that thechemicalshe invented,andwassohonoredfor,turnedouttobeunimaginablydestructive.

By the 1970’s, staggering tonnage of CFC’s wasproduced by chemical industries worldwide, andultimately discarded into the atmosphere. Therewas no apparent harm in doing so as CFC’s wereconsidered nontoxic. But where did they go andwhatwoulddestroythem,ifanything?Thesewerethe questions asked by atmospheric physicalchemists, Sherwood (Sherry) Rowland and MarioMolina, of the University of California Irvine. Weare indebted to them for their work that exposedtheozoneproblem.

The Rowland-Molina team reasoned that CFC’swould eventually reach the stratosphere whereexposure to the sun’s radiationwould cause themto fragment and form highly reactive chlorineatoms (Cl). Chlorine atoms are the culprit in thiswhole scenario because they react with ozone toformchlorinemonoxide(ClO)which,inturn,reactswith more ozone to reform chlorine atoms. Thus,the chorine atoms consumed in one reaction are

regeneratedinanotherwiththeresultthatasinglechlorineatomcandestroylargequantitiesofozone.This is a threat to the integrity of the protectivelayerofozoneintheupperatmosphere.

RowlandandMolinapublishedtheirpivotalreportin 1974, complete with kineticstudies estimating how long itwouldtakefortheozonelayertobe depleted to the point of noreturn. The results were scaryand prompted efforts to seek aban on CFC’s. The rest is a sadstoryofyearsof testifyingbefore

Congress, heavy lobbying by industryagainst them,andsustainedefforts to

discredit their work. YetRowland and Molinacourageously staked theircareersonconvincing theWorldof the dangers of CFC’s. Theircomments echo today: “ toachieveat leastonethingofrealsignificance for the commongood makes the journey allworthwhile.”

Eventually,chlorinemonoxidewasdetected in the stratospheric region aboveAntarctica(nowcalledthe“ozonehole”)andsinceit can only reasonably be attributed to CFCs, itconvincedskepticsthattheglobalthreatofCFCstothe ozone layer was real. Congress, and theinternational community, reacted constructivelyand, in 1987, signed the Montreal Protocol – aninternational treatydesigned tophaseoutCFCs. Itwent into effect in 1989 and has since beenmodified numerous times. By 1995, Congress had

effectivelybannedtheuseofCFCs.This was the year that Rowland,Molina, and Crutzen were jointlyaward the Nobel Prize for theirwork in atmospheric chemistry,particularly concerning theformation and decomposition ofozone.

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Theozoneholeproblemisacontinuingone. Evennow,noteveryoneisconvincedbytheevidence.

NASA scientists and others around the worldcontinue to monitor the ozone levels aboveAntarctica, and while there are encouraging signsthat the “hole” is “shrinking”, it will take decadesbefore it returns to 1980 levels. Also, thereplacementchemicals forCFCs (calledHFCs)arealsoathreattoozone.Asfortheoxidesofnitrogen,therearenoregulationsyetfortheircontrol.

AtmosphericPollutionandClimateChange

There are serious atmospheric problems due tochemicals besides those that destroy ozone. I amreferring to the connection between greenhousegases and climate. Greenhouse gases includemethane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and oxidesofnitrogen.TheirnaturalfunctionistoprotecttheEarth’s surface from heat loss and becoming toocold. But too much of a good thing is harmful.There is a scientific consensus that increasinglevelsofcarbondioxideintheatmospherederivedmainly from fossil fuel emissions, result in a slowrise in the Earth’s average temperature (globalwarming).

The origin of climate change is being challenged.When the solution to a problem (limiting CO2emissions) adversely affects short-term interests(fuel and transportation industries) priorities getconflicted. Efforts to control pollutants becomehard to achieve when science-based evidence isdiscounted. In denying a problem exists orignoring its origin, we are headed towards thesamefateasthelivelobsterplacedinapanofcoldwaterandslowlyheateduntil it is toohotandtoolatetohavethesensetocrawlout.

Thebest chance for reducingCO2emissions camein 2015 at the UN Climate Change Conference inParisinwhich196nationsparticipated.Itresultedin the Paris Agreement signed by nationscontributingtoworldcarbonemissions.Themajorcontributorsagreedtononbindingcommitmentstoreduceemissionsbyagivenamountby2020. TheUS target was a 1.5% reduction by 2020. The

agreement was heralded as a major internationalachievement. It was therefore a seriousenvironmental setback when the current WhiteHouse Administration decided to withdraw fromthe Paris Agreement. President Trump hasdescribed it as a “terrible agreement” and a“disaster for the US” that somehow unfairlydisadvantagestheUS.

Thelatestchallengetotheenvironmentcamefromthe Director of the Environmental ProtectionAgency who announced implementation of thePresident’s intent to roll back former PresidentObama’s restrictions on polluting emissions inenergy production and most recently, in vehicleemission standards. This is a victory for the fossilfuel and automobile industries but a sad loss forprotectionoftheenvironment.

Conclusion

What canbedone? In thewordsofThomasKuhn,the famous philosopher of science and author ofTheStructureofScientificRevolutions: “Thenotionof scientific truth,atanygivenmoment, cannotbeestablished solely by objective criteria but isdefinedbya consensusofa scientific community”.Thisdeservesourseriousattention.

Footnote: This article is based in part on a talk given by itsauthorataHistoryofChemistrySymposiuminhonorofsciencehistorianJeffreyI.SeemanattheMarch2018NationalMeetingoftheAmericanChemicalSocietyinNewOrleans.

Cheers,andmanythanksfortheopportunitytoserveasnewslettereditor.Itwasagreatride.

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NewstoAmuse

To commemorate her birthday, actress/vocalistJulieAndrewsmadeaspecialappearanceatRadioCityMusicHall. NYC, for a benefit. She performed“My Favorite Things” from the legendary movie“SoundofMusic.”Herearethelyricssheused.Theyarehysterical!Singit.

Botoxandnosedropsandneedlesforknitting,WalkersandhandrailsandnewdentalfittingsTheseareafewofmyfavoritethings.

Cadillac’sandcataracts,hearingaidsandglasses,PolidentandFixodentandfalseteethinglasses,Pacemakers,golfcartsandporcheswithswings,Theseareafewofmyfavoritethings.Whenthepipesleak,Whenthebonescreak,Whenthekneesgobad,IsimplyremembermyfavoritethingsAndthenIdon’tfeelsobad.Hotteaandcrumpetsandcornpadsforbunions,Nospicyhotfoodorfoodcookedwithonions,Bathrobes and heating pads, and hot meals theybring,TheseareafewofmyfavoritethingsBackpain,confusedbrainsandnoneedforsinnin’,Thinbonesandfracturesandhairthatisthinnin’,Andwewon’tmentionourshortshrunkenframes,Whenwerememberourfavoritethings.Whenthejointsache,Whenthehipsbreak,Whentheeyesgodim,ThenIrememberthegreatlifeI’vehad,AndthenIdon’tfeelsobad.(MsAndrewsreceivedastandingovationfromtheaudiencethatlastedoverfourminutes.)

UCNews

ThereareseveralnewsitemsrelevanttoUCemeritithatwerefertointerestedreaders.Thereisinsufficientspaceinthenewslettertodocumentthemhere,butincludedbelowarelinkstothepertinentinformationpostedontheCUCEAwebsite.

First,thereisasummaryreportoftheMarch8meetingofrepresentativesfromCUCRAandCUCEAwithUCPresidentJanetNapolitano.http://cucea.ucsd.edu/reports/REPORTONCUCRACUCEAMEETINGWITHJANETNAPOLITANO.htmSecond,thedraftAprilreportoftheJointBenefitsCommitteeisavailableforreview.http://cucea.ucsd.edu/reports/DrraftJBCReport18April2018.htmThird,UCOPispreparingtomakesignificantchangestoretireehealthbenefits,asmentionedinChairAttiyeh’sLetterfromtheChair.PresidentNapolitanohasappointedaRetireeHealthBenefitsWorkingGroupandprovidedthemwithoptionstoreviewandinstructionstosubmitrecommendationsbyJune2018.http://cucea.ucsd.edu/reports/documents/RetireeHealthBenefitsWorkingGroupSummary9-Apr-18.pdf

TheUCBemeritiassociationhasrespondedwithaletterofconcern.http://cucea.ucsd.edu/reports/Letter2toEmeritifromUCBEA4-7-18.htm

AlsomentionedintheChair’sletter,UCOPcontractedwithHuron,aprivateconsultinggroup,toexplorewaystorestructureUCOPtooptimizeitsfunction.HuronhasnowsubmitteditsreportandofferssixoperatingmodelsforUCtoconsider.ItisunderreviewandalreadyconcernshavesurfacedoverthesuggestedmoveofRASCfromUCOPtoUCPathatUCR.http://cucea.ucsd.edu/reports/documents/Huron_Report2018.pdf


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TableofContents

PanunzioAwards2017-2018……….1EmeritiHonorsandAwards………….2-5LetterfromtheChair…………………….5-6SurveyofEmeritiActivity-Update….7Editorial-ScienceLiteracy…………………..7-10NewstoAmuse………………………………….11UCNews……………………………………………11

CUCEAOfficers2018

RichardAttiyeh(SD) Chair(2016-2018)

CarolineKane(B) ChairElect(2016-2018)

RogerAnderson(SC) PastChair(2014-2016)

WilliamParker(I) Treasurer(2018)

LouiseTaylor(B) InformationOfficer(2018)

MarjorieCaserio(SD) WebManager–NewsletterEditor(2018)

WilliamAshby(SB) Secretary(2018)

Open Archivist,Historian

JohnVohs(D) ChairSurveyCommitteeEmeritiActivity

JointBenefitsCommittee(CUCEAandCUCRA)

AdrianHarris(LA) CUCRArep.

RandyScott(UCOP) CUCRArep.

JoelDimsdale(SD) CUCEArep.

DanMitchell(LA) CUCEArep.

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