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
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.
George Goldman
Professor George Goldman 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.
Lawrence Grossman
Professor Lawrence Grossman retired in 1991 after working for the University for 42 years.
He serves as a member and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the UC Berkeley Emeriti
Association. His area of specialization and areas of interest are: Reactor Physics, numerical
approximation methods in neutron diffusion and transport theory, and control and optimization
theory in nuclear reactor engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at
the University of California, Berkeley. Grossman serves on the Editorial Board of Transport
Theory & Statistical Physics, as reviewer for Nuclear Science & Engineering and the
American Nuclear Society Math & Computation Division’s Benchmark Committee. Professor
Grossman also serves as a consultant to the General Electric Nuclear Division, San Jose on
Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) control problems.
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.
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
John Helms Biography pending.
Richard Herr 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 Dee Vermeulen
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