1 8 Curiosity,CommunityandConnection Karsh Alumni Center Duke University May 31, 2023 Celebrating 45 Years of
Thank you for joining us to celebrate our 45th anniversary of lifelong learning. On behalf of Dr. Yakut Gazi, Vice Provost for Duke Learning Innovation and Digital Education, the OLLI Board of Advisors, and OLLI staff, we welcome you.
What began in 1977 as the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement with just 42 members is now the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University (OLLI at Duke), with nearly 1600 members. Today, we are recognized nationally for our outstanding instructors, and our diversity, equity and inclusion work.
OLLI grew and evolved over the years thanks to the tremendous dedication and creativity of thousands of OLLI volunteers. Recruiting instructors, curating our course offerings, providing tech training for our instructors, moderating classes and building course websites are some of the many ways our volunteers contributed to the growth and national reputation of OLLI today.
COVID was a catalyst for creativity and innovation at OLLI, and its impact is still being felt today.
OLLI at Duke is more geographically diverse than ever before and nearly 50% of our members have some affiliation with Duke, thanks to our partnership with Duke’s Office of Alumni Engagement and Development.
Online courses allow us to serve a broader market of adults - those who are unable to drive and those with caregiving responsibilities. The accessibility of Zoom also makes it easier for our members with hearing, vision and mobility challenges to participate. In order to support our expanded reach, OLLI’s full time and part time staff has grown in the last four years.
North Carolina’s population of older adults is projected to grow substantially over the next two decades which presents an opportunity for OLLI at Duke to engage newcomers and increase our membership. We look forward to expanding our programming as we welcome many new residents into our OLLI learning community.
North Carolina ranks 9th nationally in total population and 8th in the number of people 65 and older.
In 2020 alone, an estimated 44,660 people 60 and older migrated from other states and abroad to North Carolina.
As we look to our 50th anniversary in 2027, we are excited about the future and the opportunities to reimagine how OLLI can make a difference.
With deep gratitude,
Chris McLeod, JD Director OLLI at Duke
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LetterfromtheDirector
45thAnniversaryCelebration
WelcomeandRemarks
Chris McLeod, JD Director
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Duke University
Yakut Gazi, PhD Vice Provost
Learning Innovation and Digital Education, Duke University
Heather Whitson, MD Director
Duke Aging Center, Duke University School of Medicine
KeynoteAddress
"Redefining Aging, Embracing Elderhood"
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA
Professor of Medicine and NYT Bestselling Author University of California San Francisco
ConcludingRemarks
Marion Jervay, JD ’76 President
OLLI Board of Advisors
Reception to follow.
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BoardofAdvisors
Marion Jervay, President
Bobbie Hendrix, President Elect
Ellen Luken, Secretary
Ben Edwards, Advisor-At-Large
Kenneth Chesnut, Sr., Advisor-At-Large
Ted Segal, Advisor-At-Large
Diane Hundley, Community Engagement
Beth Anderson, Curriculum
Alan Teasley, Instructor Relations
Lisa Gabriel, Legacy
Sue Dennison, Leadership Development
BillWrightAwardRecipients
2022 Marion Jervay
2021 Beth Anderson, Howard Koslow
2020 Ginny Knight
2019 Gregg McPherson
2018 Jack Gartner
2017 Margaret McKeon
2016 Richard Ellman
2015 Tony Waraksa
2014 Jan Tuchinsky
2013 Wendell Musser
2012 Santo and Kathy Leonardis
2011 Susanna Chabinak-Uhlig
2010 Mike Bahnaman
2009 Phil and Betty Hopkins, Bill and Isabel Green
2008 George Nelson and Maurita Paprocki
2007 Rita and Bob Weimer
2006 Gwynn Griswold, Myron Miller, Sara Craven
2005 Fred Parsons
2004 Ed and Mary Anne Gross
2003 Jarus and Peggy Quinn
2001 Pete Selleck
2000 Mickey Enriquez
1999 George Kingman
1998 Bill and Fode Wright
OLLIPastPresidents
2020-2023 Marion Jervay
2019-2020 Matt Epstein
2018-2019 Margaret Riley/Alan Vaux
2017-2018 Ginny Knight
2015-2017 Gregg McPherson
2013-2015 Wendell Musser
2011-2013 Mike Bahnaman
2010-2011 Diane McGrath/Richard Ellman
2009-2010 Jack Gartner
2007-2009 Phil Hopkins
2005-2007 Rita Weimer
2004-2005 Gwen Griswold
2003-2004 Bill Green
2002-2003 Mary Ann Gross
2001-2002 Jarus Quinn
2000-2001 Tynette Hills
1999-2000 Pete Selleck
1998-1999 Barbara Conklin
1997-1998 Fred Parsons
1996-1997 Phyllis Magat
1995-1996 Jack Sheldon
1994-1995 Helen Baird
1993-1994 George Kingman
1992-1993 Alan Reckow
1991-1992 Lynne Blake
1990-1991 Winston Kirby
1988-1990 Armando “Mickey” Enriquez, Jr.
1987-1988 Lillian Mays
1986-1987 Elizabeth Reed
1984-1986 G.W. Wright
1982-1984 Musie Ulsh
1981-1982 Elizabeth Reed
1980-1981 Frank King
1978-1980 Jack Caraher
1977-1978 Frank Mooers
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GivingtoOLLIatDuke
OLLI members responded generously to challenge gifts made by OLLI instructors, Ginger & Gerald Wilson and Brand Fortner. Together we raised close to $47,000 to support special guest speaker events, community memberships, and OLLI operations.
This list recognizes gifts made between July 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023.
President’sCircle
Virginia S. & Gerald Lee Wilson
Brand Fortner & Sue Andresen
LeadershipCircle
Theodore D. Segal & Joyce Wasserstein
SummaCumLaude
Kenneth Chestnut, Sr.
Dameron Family Foundation
Diane B. Hundley
Marion Jervay & Ramona Jervay
Ellen & Michael Luken
Tina Falker & Russell Schoudt
MagnaCumLaude
Bruce D. Barton
Sue H. Dennison
Suzanne Fetscher
Bobbie Hendrix
Philip B. Hopkins, Jr.
Ann M. McLamb
Dr. Andrew J. Wheeler & Dr. Alan B. Teasley
CumLaude
Nadia Malouf Anderson
Charles S. Berlin
Peter Blaufeux
Ada Milenkovic & Frank R. Brown, Jr.
Teddie & Tony Brown
Virginia M. & Robert D. Buysse
Emily Oliver & Ben Edwards
Sioux & Richard Ellman
Barbara M. & Peter G. Fish
Lisa M. Gabriel
Dr. Margaret Jones & Richard E. Hodel
Herbert Juli
Catherine Underhill & Dr. Randolph L. Lambe
Virginia S. Lee
Harriet T. Holderness & James Edward Luebchow
Elizabeth Ann Ries
Reverend Dr. Betsy Alden & Reverend Dr. Mark Rutledge
Virginia E. Knight & Sidney Simon
Rita & Robert F. Weimer
Dean’sList
Beth Ellen Anderson
Victoria Y. & Charles S. Atwater, Sr.
Frederick S. Battaglia, Jr.
Edwin D. Bower
Beth & Lewis D. Bowling
Lynne E. Bresler
Linda S. & Philip L. Carl
John Christian
Mary L. & Dan J. Clement
Harold E. Daniels Jr.
Sara Gourley & Robert Benson Euler
Patricia A. Gaegler
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Dean’sList(Continued)
Rita & Jack Gartner
Gail McMurray & Dr. J. McNeill Gibson
Judith Grauer
Susan Hadler
J. Carolyn Hammond
Lynne K. Kane
Helen Brewer & Dr. William E. King, Ph.D.
Kathleen S. & Daniel Kuntzman
Dr. Vicki L. Lamb
Dorothy L. Lichtwardt
Carolyn W. London
Sandra L. & Ned S. McClurg
Carole C. Molder
Janie C. & Jerry M. Morris
Dr. Jo Ann Lutz & Dr. Lawrence H. Muhlbaier
Lois Pounds Oliver
Toni Pendergraph
Susan Ellis Price
Warren Ort
Carol B. Rist
Kathleen J. Roth
Sally Renee & Eldon Elsworth Senner
Dr. Barbara S. Shane
Catherine Singley
Terri Strug
Gilda M. & Dr. John E. Thomas
Sandra & Dr. Leigh Morton Vaughan
Joan Dickinson & Henry H. Walker
Carmen Ward
Dr. Thomas Mark Wolf
HonorRoll
Catherine Alguire & Robert H. Durovich
Susan Jean Antle
Susan Booth
Linda T. & George Carlson
Jeff Cobb
Gretchen Cooley
Melanie D. Crain
Sue W. & Michael D. Crane
Claire & William Davidshofer
Susan H. Dennison
Mary Randolph Waring Dent
Dana Euler
Joanna Fringer
Dale W. Gaddis
Barton Holtz
Helen Hutchings
Mary C. Kaiser
Joan & Robert Kastin
Cynthia W. & Jim Kinney
Anne Lewis
Rae Ellen & Preston Martin
Diane E. McGrath
Elizabeth A. & R.E. Morrissett, Jr.
William J. Neuffer
Julie Blume Nye
Nancy Nye
Francis Pelzman & Joel Jay Lerner
Stacy Rappleyea & Robert L. Towne
Barbara Raymond
Kitty P. Sherwin
Gene PK Cobau-Smith
Georgiana & Stephen Snyderman
Phyllis Scholl Thomas & Alan S. Curtis
Sandra & Dr. Leigh Morton Vaughan
Suzanne C. Ward
Kathleen H. Wilkinson
Dorothy M. Winkler
Cheryl Zagoria
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SpecialRecognitionGifts
Gift made in honor of Sara Craven
Lynne K. Kane
Gift made in honor of Rande Dent
Mary Randolph Waring Dent
Gift made in honor of Kris Door
Cheryl Zagoria
Gifts made in honor of Winifred Garrett
Catherine Alguire
Patricia A. Gaegler
Silver Springs Harp Ensemble
Barbara Lee Raymond
Gift made in memory of Elizabeth “Betty” Hopkins
Philip B. Hopkins, Jr.
Gifts made in honor of Marion Jervay
Jeff Cobb
Lynne K. Kane
Rosemarie A. Kitchin
Gift made in honor of Chris McLeod
Phyllis Scholl Thomas & Alan S. Curtis
Gift made in honor of Arch Reid
Catherine Singley
Gift made in honor of Jane Seitel
Joan Dickinson & Henry H. Walker
Gift made in honor of Alan B. Teasley
Nancy H. Nye
Gift made in honor of Harriet & Tony Waraksa
Richard Chady
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45thAnniversaryTaskForce
Marion Jervay
Bobbie Hendrix
Ellen Luken
Jenny Levine
Chris McLeod
OLLIHistoryPhotoExhibit
Mike Bahnaman
OLLIHistoryVideo
Margaret McKeon
OLLIStaff
Jonathan Bitner, Beth Bowling, Alease Davis, Annette Gooch, Betina Huntwork, Jenny Levine, Kathy Parrish, Jay Starks, Annie Taft, Mary Thompson, Beverly Thorpe
WithAdditionalSupportFrom:
Barbara Thompson, Jessica Wilkerson, Cherisa Williams, Tiwonda Johnson-Blount, Sonia Rhodes, Valorie Zanders, Duke Tech Services, Karsh Events Team
