AEF Annual Meeting June 20, 2005

Agenda for the June 20, 2005 AEF Annual Meeting

ASSOCIATION of EMERITUS FACULTY
Annual Meeting
10:00 a.m., Monday, June 20, 2005
W401 Pappajohn, College of Business

Agenda

• Call to Order - Keith Thayer, Emeritus Faculty Council President

• Opening Remarks - Tom Rocklin, Associate Provost

• Action on the Minutes of the Fifth Annual Meeting of June 21st 2004

• Introduction of Council Members - Keith Thayer, President

• Report of the Elections Committee - Al Hood, Past President

• Report on the Emeritus Faculty Council 04/05 - Keith Thayer, President

• Questions or Comments from the Membership

• Memorial Moment, in honor of colleagues who died during the year

• Passing of the Gavel

• Speaker: Introduction by Charles Davidson, Chair – Annual Meeting Committee
“Exploring Saturn with the Cassini Spacecraft”- Donald Gurnett

• Adjourn

• Lunch and Fellowship HourMinutes of the June 23, 2003 AEF Annual Meeting

 

MINUTES OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

(To be approved June, 2006)

Association of Emeritus Faculty
10:00 a.m., Monday, June 23, 2003
W401 Pappajohn, Henry B. Tippie College of Business

Call to Order: President Keith Thayer called the 2005 [Sixth] Annual Meeting to order. He thanked EFC Annual Meeting Committee Chairman Charles Davidson for arranging today's splendid meeting.

Opening Remarks [Tom Rocklin, Associate Provost]: Tom Rocklin has acted as liaison to the Emeritus Faculty Council [EFC] from the Provost's Office for 2004-2005. He briefly reviewed doings of the Council over the past academic year, mentioning concerns about revisions of the UI Operations Manual's Intellectual Property Policy and other workings of the University of Iowa Research Council, and a series of very interesting speakers, almost monthly, with information relevant to business of the Council. Tom also pointed out how his experience increased his appreciation for the lifestyle and wisdom of emeritus faculty, providing insights of potential future use to him in his present "pre-emeritus" status.

Approval of the June 21,2004, minutes: Minutes of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Association were approved unanimously. Introduction of the Emeritus Faculty Council members: President Thayer introduced members of the 2004-2005 EFC - Charles Barfknecht (Pharmacy), Sam Becker (Liberal Arts), Tom Conway, Secretary (Medicine), Charles Davidson (Law), Miriam Gelfand (Liberal Arts), Al Hood (Liberal Arts), William Hausler (Public Health), Richard Hoppin (Liberal Arts), Marion Johnson, Vice-President (Nursing), George Lance (Engineering), Valdean Lembke (Business), Dee Norton (Liberal Arts), Carl Orgren (Library and Information Science), Hal Richerson, Secretary Pro Tern (Medicine), lan Smith (Medicine), Eugene Spaziani (Liberal Arts), and Keith Thayer, President (Dentistry).

Report of the Elections Committee: Al Hood, Immediate Past President and
Chairman of the Elections Committee, named the elected members of the EFC for the 2005-2006 academic year:

  College of Medicine: Tom Conway (Biochemistry) - re-elected
  College of Public Health: William Hausler (State Hygienic Lab) - re-elected
  College of Liberal Arts: Jim Lindberg (Geography); Robert Sayre (English)
  College of Nursing: Marion Johnson - re-elected
  College of Law: Pending

Leaving the Council on July 1,2005, will be Sam Becker and Miriam
Gelfand, representing the College of Liberal Arts, and Charles Davidson,
representing the College of Law.

Report on the Emeritus Faculty Council 2004 - 2005: President Thayer
presented highlights of EFC activities over the past year, naming the various standing and ad hoc committees, existence and work of Big Ten retirees organizations and annual meetings, and discussed the distinction and relationships between the Association of Emeritus Faculty - open to faculty retirees only, and the University of Iowa Retirees Association (UIRA) - open to all retired faculty and staff.

Speakers at monthly EFC meetings throughout the year included Provost Michael Hogan, Joseph Cannon (EFC representative to the UI Research Council), Vice Provost Pat Cain, Brace Wheaton (Executive Director, University of Iowa Research Foundation), David Johnsen (Dean, College of Dentistry), Judy Hurtig (Artistic Director, Hancher), Robert Downer (Interim Chair of the Iowa Board of Regents), Robert Kirby (Assistant Director of the Honors Program), Robert Wallace (Professor of Epidemiology, College of Public Health), and special guest Kris Maser (Minneapolis elder law attorney). Ms. Maser presented to both the EFC and UIRA with support from the Office of the Provost.

Memorial Moment: A list of colleagues who died during the past year was
included in the agenda package. A period of silence was observed in their honor.

Passing of the Gavel: President Thayer passed the President's Gavel to President-elect Marion Johnson. Other officers for 2005-2006 include George Lance, Vice-President, Tom Conway, Secretary, and Hal Richerson, Secretary Pro Tern.

Speaker: Donald Gumett, Physics, presented "Exploring Saturn with the Cassini Spacecraft." The speaker, subject, presentation, and enthusiastic delivery were received with admiration and fascination, and warmly appreciated by all.

Adjournment: The Sixth Annual Meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM.

Respectfully submitted,
Hal B. Richerson, Secretary Pro Tern