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Emeriti Association (UCBEA)

Though the Center is almost ten-years-old, it is predated by the Emeriti and Retiree Associations (UCBEA and UCRAB) which began as membership organizations on the Berkeley campus in the 1980s. In fact, several retired faculty and staff members who were active in those groups were instrumental in bringing the Center concept to fruition at Cal. Today, these self-funded, self-governed associations are still going strong. Center staff provides them with administrative support and their leaders sit as members of the Center’s Policy Board.

Association membership is not necessary for participation in Center events. However, the associations offer additional member-specific events and serve an important advocacy function. They also participate in the Council of University of California Emeriti Associations (CUCEA) and the Council of University of California Retirees Association (CUCRA). These systemwide councils actively work to develop communication channels among campus groups and among emeriti, retirees and UC. They also foster the retention and improvement of the benefits and privileges of UC retirement. (For information on Association membership, call or email the Center.)

Executive Committee

Roger Glassey

Professor Roger Glassey serves as President of the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. He retired in 1994 and has been working on the campus since 1965 with the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research where he currently servces as an Emeritus Professor. Roger obtained his BME from Cornell University, his M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell. In his free time Roger enjoys traveling and outdoor activities including tennis and hiking, drama and building and programming small robots. Rodger also does volunteer work with his church and enjoys staying informed on current affairs and politics.

Edwin Epstein

Professor Edwin Epstein serves as First Vice President. Biographical information pending.

George Leitmann

Professor George Leitmann serves as Second Vice President of the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. He retired in 1991 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering after 49 years of teaching and research. He has been Professor of Engineering Science and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and an Associate Dean for Research. He is presently on recall as Associate Dean for International Relations serving as Professor in the Graduate School. He has done research on dynamic systems and control and served as editor or associate editor of 13 journals. Professor Leitmann received his B.S. and M.S. in Physics from Columbia University; Ph.D. in Engineering and Science at UC Berkeley; Honorary Doctorate from University of Paris, Technical University of Vienna and the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Ann Jensen

Ann Jensen serves as Secretary. She is a Science Librarian who served the University for 23 years in separate UCB libraries:  Lawrence Hall of Science, Kresge Engineering Library and the Mathematics/Statistics Library. She received her B.A., from Occidental College in Los Angeles are, M.L.I.S. from UC Berkeley and is currently working on a M.A. degrees in Humanities from the Dominican University of California in San Rafael.

Ann enjoys reading, primarily non-fiction in broad areas like sociology, religion, linguistics and politics.  She also enjoys hiking and exploring North America, as well as spending memorable time with her five young grandchildren.

George E. Goldman

George Goldman serves as a member and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. Further biographical information pending.

Council of University of California Emeriti Associations (CUCEA) Representative

Errol Mauchlan Biography pending.

Past UCBEA Presidents

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 pastime is gardening in Grass Valley where she lives, attending concerts, going to the theater and entertaining friends.

Richard Malkin

Professor Richard Malkin serves as the President of the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. He retired in 2004 after working for 35 years in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Professor Malkin served as Chairman of that 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, listen to classical music – especially opera.

Lawrence Waldron Biography pending.

Berkeley Emeriti Times Editor

Claude Babcock

Claude Babcock serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. Claude received her A.B. & M.S.W. at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a volunteer docent and propagator at the University Botanical Garden and serves on the Berkeley New Member Opera Company Executive Committee. Claude enjoys traveling, new sights, good food and ceramics.

Members at Large

Richard Herr Biography pending.

Caroline Kane Biography pending.

Jack Kirsch Biography pending.

John K. McNulty

Professor John K. McNulty currently serves as an Member at Large for both the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association and the Center’s Policy. He retired in 2002, working for 38 years in the School of Law. He is the Roger J. Traynor Professor of Law, and has taught numerous courses within the fields of Federal Income Taxation, U.S. International Taxation, Estate and Gift Taxation, and Tax Policy. He received his L.L.B. at Yale Law School, and A.B. degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, and Political Science at Swarthmore College. Prior to entering law practice and teaching at Berkeley, he served as Law Clerk for Mr. Justice Hugo L. Black of the U.S. Supreme Court. He relishes classical music, grand opera, reading, and traveling abroad, and currently lectures in special programs for foreign students at Berkeley and in Vienna. He has three adult children and five grandchildren of whom he is very proud.

Karl Pister

Professor Karl S. Pister currently serves as a Member at Large for both the Policy Board and the UC Berkeley Emeriti Association. He retired in 1996 after working 47 years in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the Senior Associate to the Chancellor for Southeast Campus Integrated Projects, and oversees many capital projects. He received both his B.S. and M.S. at UC Berkeley, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. He holds memberships on the Board of Directors for several non-profit foundations connected with education.

Stewards

Betty Carpenter

Sue Cork

Mary Mortimer



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