UC Berkeley Retirement Center Policy Board
Chair
Louise Taylor
Louise Taylor currently serves as the Retirement Center’s Policy Board Chair, as well as an at-large member of the Executive Committee of the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association.. She retired in 1998 after working 34 years in the Chancellor’s office. After retirement, she then worked another eight years , first for the College of Engineering to help establish the new Department of Bioengineering, and then UC Merced where she worked on two plans - enrollment and faculty recruitment. After her post at UC Merced, Louise took a position with the UC Office of the President Budget Office where she worked on the California Institutes for Science and Innovation. Louise received her B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her favorite pastimes are gardening in Grass Valley where she lives, attending concerts, going to the theater and entertaining friends.
Past Chair
Lawrence Waldron
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare
Sheldon Zedeck
Sheldon Zedeck is the Vice Provost of Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare and
Professor of Psychology. The Retirement Center reports to his office administratively and he serves on the Center's Policy Board.
Representing UC
Berkeley Emeriti Association
Errol Mauchlan
Richard Malkin
Professor Richard Malkin serves as Policy Board member, as well as the President of the
UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. He retired in 2004 after working for 35 years in the Plant
and Microbial Biology Department. Professor Malkin served as Chairman of Plant and Microbial
Biology Department and Associate Dean of College of Natural Resources. He received his B.S.
in Chemistry from Antioch College and the Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. He continues
to teach undergraduate biology courses, loves to travel, and listen to classical music – especially
opera.
Representing Academic Senate Committee on University-Emeriti Relations
Howard Mel
Calvin C. Moore
Representing UC Retirees’ Association at Berkeley
Marian Gade
Marian Gade serves as Secretary of the UC Retirees’ Association at Berkeley (UCRAB) and as one of its representatives on the Center Policy Board. Marian was a Research Associate with UC President Emeritus Clark Kerr for 35 years both with the University and through other sources. Together they worked on a variety of projects, mainly involving studies of college and university governance, finance, and history. She assisted with the research, organization, and editing of his two-volume set of memoirs of his years as Berkeley Chancellor and UC president. For the last two years of her employment, Marian was also Deputy Director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education.
Marian is active both organizationally and playing/singing music with the San Francisco Folk Music Club. She is a 50+ year Girl Scout, a former president of the SF Bay area council, and is also currently a member of a committee recommending a governance structure for a new consolidated Northern California council. Marian is a former whitewater kayaker and kayaking trainer. Other long-time interests and activities include being a ham radio operator involved in west Contra Costa County emergency preparedness efforts, the chair of the Council of University of California Retiree Associations (CUCRA), president of UCRAB, and the grandmother of a wonderful 2-year-old girl.
Iola James
Iola James serves as President of the UC Retirees' Association at Berkeley (UCRAB) and as one of its representatives on the Center Policy Board.
Representing UC Office of the President Retirees’ Association
Patricia Pelfrey
Keith Sexton
Keith Sexton serves as the UC Office of the President and Regents Retirees’ Association representative for the Policy Board. He retired in 1994 after working 23 years at UC with his last appointment being statewide Dean of the University Extension and Summer Sessions programs. Currently, Keith serves on the Executive Committee for PARRA, and the UCOP Advisory Committee on Health Care Facilitator. Other activities include volunteering at the Moraga Library and enjoying his grandchildren. He received his B.A. in Political Science and his M.A. in South Asian Studies at UC Berkeley.
Representing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eugene Binnall
Eugene Binnall is a past President of the EX-Ls, an organization of retired and former LBNL employees. He joined LBNL in 1960 as an Electronics Engineer and became an Electronics Group Leader in 1964. He retired as a Senior Staff Electronics Engineer at the end of 1998 after over 38 years with the Laboratory. Gene has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, both from UC Berkeley. As an LBNL employee he has served as a Participating Guest at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and spent nearly five years assigned to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in the Washington, DC area. Gene continues his association with LBNL as a “Rehired” Senior Staff member.
Donald F. Grether
Donald Grether is the Calendar-Year 2009 President of EX-Ls, an association of retired and former LBNL employees. He received his PhD in particle physics from the University of Illinois Urban-Champaign and came to then Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in the fall of 1968 as a post-doc in the Physics Division. He helped start a Solar Energy Program in the early 1970s that was a key part of the Energy & Environment Division established in 1973. Don was the Deputy Director of the Division now known as the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) for many years until his retirement in the spring of 2005. Don continues his association with LBNL as a Senior Advisor to the EETD Division Director.
Members at Large
Carol D’Onofrio
Donald A. Riley
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