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CUCEANEWSLETTER APRIL2017

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NEWSLETTER April 2017

PreviousissuesofthenewsletterhavefeaturedUCemeritiwhoreceivedmajorawardsinrecognitionoftheirdistinguishedachievementsduringretirement.Thetwomostprominentawardsarenamedaftertheirfoundingdonors,ConstantinePanunzioandEdwardDicksonWeareproudtodevotethisissueofthenewslettertotheremarkablelivesandachievementsofthesespecialpeopletowhomweowesomuch.

ConstantineMariaPanunzio:HisLifeandLegacy

onstantinePanunzioisafamiliarnametoemeriti,mostlybecauseoftheemeritiawards program he created through a

bequest prior to his death in 1964.With fewexceptions, these awards have been madeannuallysince1983.Thelifestorybehindthisgenerousbequest ismuch lesswellknown. Itisaremarkablestorydeservingofrecognitionandadmiration.Hislegacygoesfarbeyondtheemeriti awards in his name – as this articleattemptstorelate.

Panunzio’s life was a patchwork of theunexpected.Hewasbornin1884intheancienttownofMolfettainSouthernItaly.Hisparentsplanned for him to follow in the familytradition of professional and civic leadership.Buthewasnotinterested.Instead,attheageoffourteen,hejoinedthecrewofamerchantship

and sailed theseas for fouryears. On hisfirst voyage toNorth America,the hardshipsand brutaltreatment hereceived at thehands of theship’s captainled him to jumpship in Boston.This was

September1902.However,heenduredfurtherhardshipsandbitterexperiencesasanewimmigrantthathe laterdocumentedin a moving book,The Soul of anImmigrant. As apenniless youngman without familyor friends in a newcountry, rather than

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receiving help, he was jailed, robbed, cruellytreated, deceived and repeatedlydisadvantaged. His difficulties as anew immigrant began to improvewhen he was hired as a farm handby a devout, Protestant, church-goingfamilywhogavehimkindnessandhumanetreatment,restoringhisfaith in the goodness of an“American.” These experiencesundoubtedly contributed to shapinghis character and the course of hislife.

Following advice to seek aneducation,hesucceeded indoingsoafter securing much-needed helpwithadmissionsandexpenses.

Asweknow,heeventuallybecameprofessorofsociology at UCLA. On the way, he attendedKent's Hill Academy (a preparatory school inMaine); Wesleyan University, Connecticut,graduatingwith theA.B. in1911and theM.A.in1912;BostonUniversitySchoolofTheology,earning the Bachelor of Sacred Theology(S.T.B.) in 1914; andultimately theBrookingsGraduate School of Economics, where heearned the Ph.D. in 1925. He became anaturalizedUnitedStatescitizenin1914.

AlthoughhewasbornintotheCatholicfaith,heserved as pastor in Methodist churches inMassachusetts for several years, and wassuperintendent of Social Services House,Boston, from 1915-1917. It seems probablethathischurchmissionwasmotivatedmoretoserve the needs of the community than toadvocatereligiousideology.Duringtheseyearshe worked closely among immigrantpopulations and observed their difficultiesassimilating into the local “American” cultureand the sad consequences of non-assimilation(poverty,ghettos).Heattributesthisinparttothe lack of acceptance of “foreigners” by thecitizenry and in part by the immigrant’sreluctance tomodify thehabits and traditions

of the country of their birth and adapt to theculture of their newenvironment.

The First World Warinterrupted Panunzio’smissionwork.Heenlistedforwar service from 1917 to1918 on the Italian front.Uponhisreturnafterthewar,heheldanumberofacademicpositions in sociology orsocial science, frequentlyinterrupted by variousadministrative and socialresponsibilities, viz:superintendent of theimmigrant labor division in

the International Church Movement; lectureron immigrant backgrounds at Hunter College;professor of social sciences at WillametteUniversity; professor of social economics atWhittierCollege;professorofsociologyatSanDiego State Teachers College. In 1931 hewasappointed assistant professor of sociology atthe University of California, Los Angeles, andhe remained at UCLA until he retired asprofessorofsociologyin1951.

Panunzio’s writings up to and including histenure at UCLA include several books, manyarticles, reviews, monographs and editedcompilations, including a collection of paperson the internment of Japanese Americansduring WWII. As previously mentioned, hisfirstbook,TheSoulofanImmigrant,publishedin1921,remainsanimportantpersonalinsightintothehardshipsofanimmigrantintheearly1900s.

Asecondbook,TheDeportationCasesof1919-1920,concernstheendofWorldWarIwhenanextraordinarynumberof foreign-borncitizensleft the United States for Europe. Some 2799persons were deported and many others leftvoluntarily in 1919-1920. From interviewswithimmigrants,Panunzioreportedthatmanymentioned “persecution”, “repression”, and


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“Americans don’t want foreigners” as reasonsfor their departure. This stimulated him tomake a thorough study of the deportationcasesof200persons,which is the topicofhisshort but revealing book, The DeportationCases of 1919-1920. The parallel with thecurrentimmigration/deportationdilemmaandvoluntary departure of immigrants is striking.Thefollowingquotefromtheprefacerevealsalot about the difficulty immigrants faced ingainingacceptanceinourculture.

SincethebeginningofourparticipationintheWorld War, the American people havebecome aware of an unwholesome situationoccasioned by the absence of closeunderstanding and sympathy between themainbodyofourpeopleandlargenumbersofits immigrant population....The study herepresented embodies the findings of aninvestigation into the recent deportations ofpersons deemed to be unlawfully in thecountry,undertheanarchistprovisionsoftheImmigrationLaw.Itspurposeistocallpublicattention to practices that are inconsistentwiththeAmericantraditionofjusticeandfairplay.The data here recorded concerning thedeportation of aliens reveal the necessity forthoroughgoingreforms.

Heconcludesthebookwiththestatement:

Itisdifficulttoavoidtheconclusionthat,withthe exception of the comparatively fewpersons who were clearly deportable underthe law, these aliens needed not legal, butsocial and educational treatment, lookingtowardaneffectualinterpretationtothemofthe best ideals of American life. (C. M.Panunzio1921)

Panunzio’s service to society never waned,particularly his interest and concern forimmigrants, and their difficulties in becomingpart of the social framework of the UnitedStates. Itwasa fittingrecognition that, at the1940NewYorkWorld’sFair,TheMajorSocialInstitutions Committee named him as among

the foreign-born who made “outstandingcontributionstoAmericanculture.

It is remarkable thatPanunzio arguablymadehisgreatest sociological contributionsafterhe

retired. In 1952, theexisting Universitypension system wasgrossly inadequate.Theaverageincomeofemeritiwassomethinglike $108 per month.Insteadofretiringatamaximum of four-fifths of the terminalsalaries, many foundthat they werereceiving barely one-fifth of their highestpay. Non-academic

employeeswhowereenrolledunder the statecivilservicepensionsystemfaredmuchbetter;whereas a full professor might draw $110, aplumber with an equivalent time record ofservice received something in the vicinity of$210amonth.

Panunzio,upondiscoveringhisownplight--hewastoreceive$129amonth--wenttowork.Hedrewup a bill of particulars, setting forth thefacts and statistics, and comparisons withbenefits derived from the state's civil servicepension system. It was a six-page document,signedbyfiftyemeriti;copiesof thememorialwere sent to the President of the University,the provosts and chancellors on the variouscampuses and to members of the Board ofRegents. The document created a sensation.The reactionof certainmembersof theBoardwas particularly vivid. A special Regentscommitteewas appointed to study thematterin 1953. Professor Panunzio met with thisspecial Committee on Pensions andRetirements and recommended in thestrongest terms that a University retirementsystem comparable in benefit structure to theCalifornia State Employees' Retirement beestablished to replace the then existing


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Retiring Annuities System. Shortly thereafterhe was appointed by The Regents as aconsultant to the Special Committee andparticipated in most of its subsequentmeetings.

Inthemonthsthatfollowedheplayedamajorrole indrafting theprovisionsof the StandingOrders of The Regents establishing the new“Pension and Retiring Annuities System.” Hewas also instrumental in drafting theprovisions of the “interim plan,” under whichfacultymemberswhohadretiredpriorto1953received “Fellowship Stipends” supplementingtheirannuitypayments.TheRegentsapprovedthis interim measure in April 1953. TheRegentsalsocreatedtheAcademicRetirementOffice, the functionofwhichwas to lookaftertheinterestsofretiredandabout-to-be-retiredfaculty members. Panunzio was itsdefactoDirector until January 1955. His adviceand counsel were of great value to TheRegents, and we (emeriti) have benefitedgreatlyfromallhedidonourbehalf-ashaveall retiredUCpersonnel. AsaconsequenceofPanunzio's characteristic unwillingness toaccept things-as-they-are, he set in motion achain reaction that has resulted in a pensionstructure for the University of Californiafacultywhichisamongthebest.AsoneofTheRegentssaid:“Ifanyonemanmaybesaidtobethe architect of this reform, it is ProfessorPanunzio.”

Yet,atseventyyearsold,thisrestlessmanhadnot finished. He recognized that the plight oftheemeriti of theUniversityofCaliforniawasbutasampleofwhatwashappeningtoretired

professorsnationwide.Hesoughtandobtainedgrants from the Ford Foundation and theUniversity of California in order to create anation-wide registry of emeriti. Propelled byhis enthusiasm and compelling energy, aNationalCommitteeontheEmeritiwasformedin 1956, composed of a group of some fiftyinterested individuals who took it uponthemselvestopromotethe interestsofcollegeprofessors throughout the United States. Healso organized an employment service forretiredfacultymembers,wherebytheneedsofcolleges and universities and the talents andcompetencies of retired and interestedacademiciansmightbebroughttogether.

In themidst of these numerous activities andresponsibilities, which he was reluctant torelinquish, ProfessorPanunziodied,August 6,1964, after an incapacitating illness. Until theveryendhebemoanedthefactthatheknewofno onewhowaswilling to carry onhiswork.Yettheresultsofhistirelesseffortsdidnotdiewithhim.TheyendureandevolvethroughtheUC Retirement System in place today for thebenefitofallUCretirees. Lastly,wehopethathis concern for fairness and justice for ournation’s immigrants will also endure andevolve.

MostoftheinformationinthisaccountistakenfromPanunzio’sownpublicationsandtheUCInMemoriamarticleavailableonCalisphere(UCdigitallibrarycollections)texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb658006rx&doc.view=frames&chunk.id

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EdwardAugustusDickson:HisLifeandLegacy

F asked to name past heroes of theUniversity of California, Edward A.Dickson should be among the top on

the list.Hehas thedistinctionofbeing thefirst UC Regent from Southern California,andtheyoungest,longestservingRegentinUC history (43 years from 1913 until hisdeathin1956).Mostimportantly,hewasacofounderofUCLA.

EmeritimayknowofhimthroughtheTrustheendowedtofundemeritiprofessorships.The objective of these fellowships is tostimulate and recognize faculty whocontinue exceptional teaching, research,and service in retirement. The originalendowment of $207,000 has grown to over$2.5 million and, from the earnings, provides$15,000 annually to each UC campus for theawardees.

Evidence of his long, productive career indiverse areas lives on in the collection ofDickson papers housed in the UCLA archives.The collection is huge. Unfortunately it is notdigitized. It is stored offsite in the SouthernRegional Library Facility (SCLF) in 37 regularboxes (18.5 linear feet of them) and in 41oversized boxes. We could not research theentire file but have tried to capture thehighlightsinthefollowingbriefsummaryofhislife.

Hewasbornin1879inSheboygan,Wisconsin.At age six, his parents moved to Californiawherehelivedfortherestofhislife,initiallyinSacramento and San Francisco but mostly inLosAngeles.

In1901hegraduatedfromUCBerkeleywithaBachelorofLawdegree.Heimmediatelybegana twenty-eight-year career in the newspaperbusiness, initially with the Sacramento UnionandtheSanFranciscoChronicle.Then,in1906he moved to Los Angeles and joined theeditorial staff of the Los Angeles EveningExpress. In1919,hepurchasedthenewspaper

and became its editor. In1931, William RandolphHearst acquired the paper,and Dickson left thenewspaper business for anew career in banking. Heserved as the president ofWestern Federal Savingsuntilhisdeathin1956.

Early in Dickson’s career,Governor Johnsonappointedhim to theBoardof Regents. The year was1913, and at age33hewas

the youngest Regent ever appointed. Thisremarkable action was most likely madebecauseof (a)theneedforaRegentfromthesouthern part of the state, (b) Dickson’sincreasingefforts tobringhighereducation tothe Los Angeles area, and (c) his position aseditor of an influential metropolitannewspaper. He served as Regent for the next43 years. His devotion to the University ofCaliforniawaslife-long.

TheFoundingofUCLA

Although Dickson was not an educator byprofession,herealizedtheneedtobringhighereducationtotheLAregion.Inhisownwords:

"When I first receivedmy appointment [as aRegent], there was no visible evidence of theUniversityofCaliforniainthisarea.Theredidexist, however, a growing demand for highereducational facilities and I early came to theconclusion that this needmustbemet soonerorlater."

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Theclosestexampleatthetimewasatwo-yearteacher-training college on Vermont AvenueknownastheLosAngelesStateNormalSchool.(ItwasactuallyasouthernbranchoftheStateNormal School that is now San Jose StateUniversity).Dickson wastireless in hisefforts to convincethe Regents andthe state toupgradetheschooland convert it to asouthern UCcampus. Heworked inpartnership with the Director of the LosAngeles Normal School, Ernest Moore. TherewasfierceoppositionfromthoseRegentswhofavored the status quo with Berkeley as theonlycampusoftheUniversityofCalifornia.The“powerofthepress”wasonetoolhewasquicktouse toadvancehisgoals,ashe freelystatesinhismemoir:

"I dedicated my newspaper - editorially andthrough its news columns - to an intensivecampaign,settingforththeeducationalneedsofthissectionofthestate."

The Dickson-Moore proposal ultimatelyprevailed, and in 1919 the Normal SchoolbecametheSouthernBranchof theUniversityof California. By 1927, the southern campuswas upgraded to a 4-year school with acomprehensive undergraduate degreeprogram.

From the start, the southern branch campusentered a period of rapid growth. It quicklybecameclearthattheVermontAvenuelocationwas inadequate. Dickson and Moore hadanticipated this and made a strong case torelocatethecampustoalargersite. Dickson’schoice was a site north of Beverly Hills (nowWestwood).Thebighurdlewastoraisefundstopurchasethesite.Dickson’sefforts todoso

were ultimately successful and enabled theRegents toapprove thesite for the relocation.In 1927, ground was finally broken forconstruction on theWestwood site. Also, theSouthern Branch campus of the University ofCalifornia was officially renamed theUniversity of California Los Angeles–UCLA.Ernest Moore became UCLA’s first executiveandservedasvicepresidentforthirteenyears.BothDicksonandMooreareacknowledgedascofoundersofUCLA.

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Dickson became a highly respected citizen ofLos Angeles. He was active in many diversecivic and community projects, includingpolitics. He was an active Republican andinfluentialintheRepublicanPartyeventhoughhe had no official title and had never held orsoughtanelectiveoffice.Hehadmanyinterests,including the arts, and his private collectionswere prized. Hewas amember ofmany civicclubs,museums and other organizations. Buthis singular life achievement was bringinghigher education to Southern California. HewillalwaysberememberedforthecriticalroleheplayedinthefoundationofUCLA.

Reference sources of information in the articleareUCLASpotlight,HistoryofUCLAWikipedia,andUCLALeaders.

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LetterfromtheChair

RichardAttiyeh,UCSanDiego

neof thehighlightsof the upcomingCUCEA and CUCRA

jointmeetingatIrvinewillbethetalkstobegivenbyRachael Nava, the UCExecutive Vice Presidentand Chief OperatingOfficer, and GarySchlimgen, the ExecutiveDirector of RetirementPrograms and Services. Since PresidentNapolitano spoke at the Los Angeles meetinglastApril, therehasbeendiscussionaboutthevalue of hearing from more high-level OPadministrators - and the Irvinemeeting takesusasignificantstepinthisdirection.

At theCUCEAmeeting lastOctober, therewassupport for the idea that we should holdmeetings at the Office of the Presidentperiodically. This would make it easier forhigh-leveladministratorstoattendsomeofourmeetings, and ifOPwouldpick up the cost ofthose meetings, there would be moderatefinancialsavingsformemberassociationsoverthe years. After discussions with VicePresident Dwaine Duckett, the decision wasmade to hold the October 2017 meetings inOakland. Since UCSF had been scheduled tohost that meeting, the CUCEA and CUCRAleadershipthoughtthatitwouldbeagoodideato have UCSF and OP co-host the meetings.Thatway,OPwouldbenefitfromworkingwithanearbycampuswithexperienceinorganizingthesemeetings.Thisisprobablymakingthingsmore complicated forUCSF, and I amgratefulfor their willingness to participate in thisexperiment. We have not yet addressed thequestionofhowfrequentlyOPshouldserveasa host and, as a result, we have not yet puttogetheraschedulewiththelocationsoffuturemeetings. Clearly, there’s more work to bedone.

The format for the upcoming Irvinemeetingshas the two councils meeting simultaneouslyonWednesdayafternoonandthejointmeetingon Thursday morning. In planning for themeetings, a majority of the CUCEA ExecutiveCommittee favored this format, and it lookslikeitwillbeusedfortheOctobermeetingsaswell. The principal argument in favor of thisformat, compared to the traditional format, isthat it makes travelling to and from themeetings more convenient. The principalargument in favor of the traditional format isthat it makes it possible for people to attendboth council meetings. This is something wecan discuss again at the CUCEA meeting inIrvine.

IamhappytoreportthatJohnVohshasagreedto manage the 2015-18 survey of emeritiactivities. Given the outstanding job he didwith the 2012-15 survey, we are indeedfortunatethatheiswillingtotakeonthistask.WecancertainlycountonTheVirtualEleventhCampus continuing to thrive for at least threemore years! One idea discussed at the lastCUCEAmeetingwasthatwemightexplorethepossibility of a school of education or anappropriate social science departmentparticipating in this effort. It could be avaluable experience for graduate students towork on the development of a survey andanalyzeandinterprettheresults. Thusfar,noschools or departments have been contactedaboutthispossibility,butifanyofourcampusrepresentatives know of one that might beinterested,theyshouldletmeknow.

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TheUCSDEmeritiMentoringProgramforChancellor’sScholars

ver a decade ago, it became clear toseveral UCSD emeriti professors thatfreshmen students would benefit from

some one-on-one mentoring. Having taughtthousands of students over the years, theseprofessors recognized that students whoappeared tohave themostdifficultyadjustingtoUCSDwere those from low-income familieswhowerethefirstintheirfamilytoattendtheuniversity. Concomitantly, many of thesestudents were also from fourth and fifthquintilehighschoolswherestudentcounselingandextracurricularactivitieswerelimited.

The initial idea of creating a mentoringprogram where emeriti professors wouldmentor freshmen students came fromProfessor Emeritus Mel Green. He beganthe programwith a handful of students in2006, and informally recruited a fewadditionalemerititojoinhim.TheprogramwaslaterformalizedwhenMaryeAnneFox,thenUCSDChancellor,supportedthe joint-venture proposal of the Emeriti andRetirementAssociationstocreatetheUCSDRetirement Resource Center to be led byDirector Suzan Cioffi. The Center wouldprovide space and funding to develop thenascentmentoringprogramidea.

The next challengewas to identify a group ofstudents who could derive the most benefitfrom theprogram. Through the leadershipofKim Signoret-Parr, Senior Director ofDevelopment, the Chancellor’s Scholars weretargeted for the program. These students, allwith exceptional academic merit andleadership potential, and from thebackgrounds described above, each receive a$5000scholarshipyearly.

IntheFallof2007,therewere25Chancellor’sScholarsand12EmeritiMentors.BytheFallof2008, the Chancellor’s Scholars Program waslaunched at the Retirement Resource Center.

The program had two key components:monthly meetings with a focus on publicspeaking skills and leadership development,andtheongoingEmeritiMentorProgramwitheach scholar being paired with an emeritimentor.

Eight years later, the program now has 40Chancellor’s Scholars recognized among thefreshman cohort, and 46 emeriti and retiredadministrators serving asmentors. Almost allthementorsaremembersofboth the campusRetirementandEmeritiAssociations.

The program includes weekly meetingsfocusing on campus resources, leadershipdevelopment,andspeakingskills.

A highlight of the first year is always theetiquette dinner where students andmentorsenjoyafive-coursemealtogetheratthefacultyclub. This event is sponsored by the UCSDChancellorPradeepKhosla.

In the Spring, all students work together insmall groups to create poster presentationsthat are judged, and the winners awardedsmallprizes.

In addition to emeriti faculty giving theirvaluabletime,manyalsodonategenerouslytothe Emeriti Chancellor’s Scholarship Fund.Each year, between $20,000 and $150,000 indonations are raised for scholarships. Asecond formal dinner, a donor-recognitiondinner,bringstogetherdonorsandscholarsforanothermemorableeveningeachspring.

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By the Fall of 2016, the program had grownsufficiently that, with additional funding fromChancellor Khosla, it was increased to twoyearsforeachstudent.Studentsintheirsecondyear participate in an Advanced Chancellor’sScholar’s Program that focuses on careerdevelopment, life skills, and leadership.VolunteeractivitiesincludeparticipationintheFall Fiesta Island Beach Cleanup (see photo),the January Martin Luther King parade, andSoup Kitchens. In addition, the scholars ontheir own created the Chancellor’s Alliance,whoseBoardofDirectorsmeetmonthlytoplanand organize various social events forChancellor’s Scholars throughout their UCSDtenure.

ThroughthesuccessoftheChancellorScholar’sProgram,webelieveourEmeritiMentorshaveclearly contributed to the acculturation andsuccess of these students as evidenced by anover 90% four-year graduation rate amongstudents in the program.This graduation rateandthemedianGPAforourscholars(3.47)aresignificantly higher than that of UCSDgraduatesoverall.

The Emeriti Mentor program for Chancellor’sScholars was showcased at the 2015 jointmeetingofCUCEA/CUCRAheldatUCSD.Therewas great interest by other campuses inreplicating part or all of the UCSD program.Accordingly, a book is in preparation andwillbepublishedin2018.Thegoalofthebookistoguide other campuses in the UC system andbeyond should they choose to embark uponthisveryrewardingprocess.

We thank Dr. Marguerite Jackson forcontributingthisarticle.Dr.JacksonistheChairoftheEmeritiMentorProgram,2015-2017,andUCSDDirector Emerita, Administrative Unit, the National Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortium (NTCC).

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NewItems

TheValueofCUCEAandEnsuringitsContinuedSupport.

heFebruaryissueofthebenefitsnewsletterforUCRetirees,NewDimensions,hasamost-welcomearticle

aboutCUCEAandCUCRA,andtheroletheyplayasadvocatesforthewelfareofallUCretiredpersonnel.Toourknowledge,thisisthefirsttimethatNewDimensionshasmentionedeitheroftheseCouncilsorConsortiaasaresourceforemeritiandretirees.EachissueofthebenefitsnewsletterincludescontactinformationforcampusEmeriti/RetireeAssociationsandcampusRetirementCenters,but,forsomereason,doesnotincludecontactinformationforCUCEAorCUCRA.

Thearticleistimely,asitwillsurelyhelptoremindemeritiandretireesofthepositiveroletheseorganizationsserveontheirbehalfandwillhopefullyencouragemoreofthemtojointheirrespectivecampusassociationsfollowingretirement.Membershipnumbershavealwaysbeenmuchsmallerthanthenumbereligible,butsadly,theEAandRAnumberscontinuetodeclineonseveralcampuses.

Withoutasustainingmembership,thecampusorganizationsandtheassociatedcouncilsmaynotsurvive.TheirlosswouldleaveretireesandemeritiwithnovoiceintheUniversity’shealthandretirementbenefitsstructure.Theadvantageofretainingconnectionwiththeuniversitywouldbegreatlydiminished,andthemanycontributionsemeritiandretireesprovidetotheuniversity(sowelldocumentedinthereport“TheVirtualEleventhCampus”)wouldalsobediminished.

All these organizations have operationalexpensesthathavetobemet.Neitherstatenorregent funds are provided. Each campusorganization (EA and RA) derives support inlarge part from membership dues set by theassociation. In some cases, additional sourcesof discretionary funding may come from the

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campusadministrations.However,theCouncil(specifically CUCEA) has no similar source offunding. Instead, CUCEA’s support has untilvery recently come from taxing the campusemeriti associations. Each associationcontributed support to CUCEA based on theirrespective membership numbers. This hasproved tobe increasingly inadequate to coverthe council’s expenses, which are primarilymeeting expenses. This has mandated achange in the Council’s dues structure.Accordingly, the Council recently approved abylawchange thatnowrequirescontributionsfromthe individualEA’sbasedonthenumberof campus emeriti rather than the number ofEAmembers.TheargumentisthattheCouncilworks to serve all emeriti, not just the EAmembers. Thereforeallemeriti should in turnsupport the Council. Without this additionalsupport, the Council’s service to emeriti willfalter. Thechangeinduesstructureiseasytojustify, but it remains to be seen how easy itwill be to implement. Understandably, EAmembers may resent being required tosubsidizeemeritiwhochoosenot to join theiremeriti association. This would not be aproblem(bemore“affordable”)ifmorefacultyjoined their campus emeriti association uponretirement.

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PresidentNapolitano’srecentnewsletteraddressestheUniversity’sconcernovertheTrumpAdministration’sactionsonimmigrationandtravelbanstotheUnitedStates,andtheiradverseeffectontheUniversity’sinternationalcommunity.Internationalstudents,faculty,staff,researchersandscholarsareseriouslyimpactedbytheAdministration’ssuddenandrapidlychangingtravelpolicies.

ThemostrecentTrumpexecutiveorder(13780)thatwastotakeeffectMarch16hasbeentemporarilysuspendedbyarestrainingorderandapreliminaryinjunctionissued

respectivelybytheDistrictCourtsofHawaiiandMaryland.Thisofferstemporaryreliefbutleavestheproblemunresolvedandconfusing.Also,somesectionsoftheexecutiveorderremainineffect,includingincreasedscreeningsandsuspensionofcertainvisawaivers.

Understandably,internationalstudentsandscholarscurrentlyintheUSareseriouslyworriedabouttheirvisastatusandwhethertheywillbeabletore-entertheUSshouldtheyleavethecountry,howeverbriefly.Studentsareconcernedthattheymaybeunabletocompletetheirstudies.

TheUniversityisdoingallitcantoadvisestudentsoftheirrights,helpandassistthemwherepossible,andkeeptheminformedofthesituation,whichislikelytochangerapidly.PresidentNapolitanohasalsoreachedouttomakesuretheTrumpAdministrationismadeawareofthedisruptiveconsequencestheseexecutiveordershaveontheUniversityanditsinternationalcommunity.

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FutureNewsletterTopics

Wehadhopedtofeatureinthisissueshortdescriptionsaboutvariousactivitiesandprogramsorganizedbycampusemeritiassociationsthatservetheircampusandlocalcommunities.Ourobjectivedidnotquiteworkoutasplanned.ApartfromtheinformativeUCSDarticleontheChancellor’sScholarsMentoringProgram,relatedarticlesfromothercampusemeritiassociationswerenotforthcoming–atleastintimetoincludehere.Theseprogramsareofwideinterest,especiallyamongUCcampuses.However,itseemsunlikelythattherewillbeenoughresponsestojustifyaspecialissueonthetopic,butanyresponsewillalwaysbewelcomeforinclusioninthenewsletter.


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CUCEAOfficers2016

RichardAttiyeh(SD) Chair(2016-18)

CarolineKane(B) ChairElect(2016-18)

RogerAnderson(SC) PastChair(2014-16)

DougMorgan(SB) PastChair(2012-14)

ErnestNewbrun(SF) PastChair(2010-12)

WilliamParker(I) Treasurer(2017)

LouiseTaylor(B) Inf.Officer(2017)

MarjorieCaserio(SD)WebManager-NewsletterEditor(2017)

WilliamAshby(SB) Secretary(2017)

Open Archivist,Historian

CharlesBerst(LA) CUCEAHonoraryMember

JohnVohs(D) Chair,SurveyCommittee,EmeritiActivities

JOINTBENEFITSCOMMITTEE

AdrianHarris(UCLA) AppointedbyCUCRA

RandyScott(UCOP) AppointedbyCUCRA

JoelDimsdale(UCSD) AppointedbyCUCEA

DanMitchell(UCLA) AppointedbyCUCEA

LouiseTaylor(UCB) SelectedbyJBC

LarryPitts(UCSF/UCOP) SelectedbyJBC

RogerAnderson(UCSC) SelectedbyJBC

MarianneSchnaubelt(UCI) CUCRAChair

JoeLewis(UCOP) CUCRAChair-Elect

DickAttiyeh(UCSD) CUCEAChair

CarolineKane(UCB) CUCEAChair-Elect


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members, meeƟngs, campus reports, awards, memorials,

bibliographic surveys, and perƟnent arƟcles.

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