Summer 2014 tees need volunteers to step forward and take a turn as chair of that commitby Jo Madonna,, 2014-2015 ASURA President tee. Options include involvement in our organization's advocacy work at And so begins a the State Legislature or with ASRS and new year for ASURA ADOA on issues related to retirement and my tenure as and insurance benefits; joining a comyour president. It is mittee to help plan our program and my sincere hope to travel opportunities; or, volunteer to serve you well during help staff ASURA's office. If you are the coming year. interested and willing to answer the As I look back on the 20-plus year call, please contact me. history of the ASURA, it is clear to me My personal experience, and that no president has been successful in based on conversations that I've had this role without the significant contri- with others' experiences as well, is that butions of other members of the orbeing actively involved in ASURA ganization and I hope that many of you contributes to the common good but, will be active members. ASURA is an also provides a very rewarding perorganization solely run by volunteers sonal experience. It is a terrific way to and success occurs only when our stay in touch with colleagues, meet members step forward and lend a hand. new people, continue to enjoy being The adage that many hands make light associated with the positives of univerwork is very true so I invite -- and en- sity culture but without the stress of a courage -- you to become involved job, and have the satisfaction of makwith ASURA in an area of our efforts ing a difference. in which you have a particular interest At the ASURA annual meeting in or passion. April, these outgoing board members Several of our standing commit- were thanked for their years of service: tees would welcome additional mem- Art Ashton, Barry Bruns, Barbara bers and, in some cases, the commitBradford Eschbach, Cecelia Fiery, President’s Message Dick Kelly, Bill Moor and Jeannette Robson. Although no longer on the board, several of these members will remain active on various committees. New members of the board who will serve a three-year term are: Joyce Hartman Diaz, M. J. "Jack" Fouquette, Ruth Kingsley, Trudy Perez and Rick Wall. We are fortunate that these individuals have answered the call because ASURA will benefit from their involvement in the organization as board members. Over the summer, the ASURA board will be seeking to fill the vacancies in the positions of vice president and treasurer. Plans are already underway for this year's programs and activities that should have broad appeal to our members. Watch for details in this and future issues of the Prime Times, in email announcements, and on the ASURA website. Program and future travel highlights will be presented September 10 at the ASURA Fall Meet and Greet Pizza Party, an annual tradition that is a fun and enjoyable way to kick off a new year of ASURA programming. ASURA Board of Directors and Other Volunteers 2 Wellness for Seniors Your Book Donation = Needed Scholarships 3 An April Choo-choo Ride 6-7 New ASURA Board Members 3 ASURA Annual Meeting 7-8 Welcome New ASURA Members 4 D’vine Bistro Luncheon and Wine Tasting 8 ASURA 2013 Africa Trip Follow-up 9 9 ASURA Video History Project - Summer 2014 4-5 ASURA Helping KAET 5 Fall 2014 Events Schedule ASURA Office - Help Wanted and Update 6 Obituaries 6 10-11 ASURA Board Officers President Jo Madonna Vice President TBA Past President Barry McNeill Secretary Glenn Irvin Treasurer TBA ASURA Board of Directors and Ex-Officio Members Terms Expire April 2015 Elmer Gooding Gary Kleemann Barry McNeill Connie McNeill Bill Stasi Terms Expire April 2016 Karen Hammann Glenn Irvin Jo Madonna Jan Thompson Hal White Terms Expire April 2017 Joyce Hartman Diaz Jack Fouquette Ruth Kingsley Trudy Perez Rick Wall Ex-Officio Members Alumni Association - Rhonda McClintock Emeritus College Liaison - Elmer Gooding Human Resources - Sheree Barron Public Affairs - Barbara Shaw-Snyder and Abby Polito University Club Liaison - Jim Fordemwalt University Senate - Helene Ossipov University Staff Council - Trudy Perez Committees & Liaisons ADOA Health Liaisons: Art Ashton Patricia Moore Phyllis Primas Adopt-A-Family: Joan Leard ASRS Liaison: Open ASRS Health Liaison: Open Book Donations: Mary Stevens Events: Barry McNeill Finance: Connie McNeill Golf Tournament: Open Luncheons/Special Events: Barbara Eschbach Membership: David Schwalm ASURA Office Staff Obituaries: Becky Reiss Prime Times Newsletter: Wilma Mathews (Editor) Jeannette Robson (Designer) Retirees Day: Barry McNeill Scholarship: Sue Blumer Seminars: Jan Thompson State Legislature Liaison: Open Travel: Open Video History Project: David Scheatzle Website & Data Base: Connie McNeill Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times Phone Fax Website Location 480-965-7668 480-965-7807 http://asura.asu.edu/ Community Services Building 200 East Curry Road, Room 201B Tempe, AZ Business Operations Manager Carolyn Minner Coordinator, Office Staff Carol Moore Monday Tuesday Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Subs: 2 Carol Berg - a.m. Jeannette Robson - p.m. Carol Moore - a.m. Linda Van Scoy - p.m. Nancy Lesko - a.m. Open - p.m. Bonnie Scheall - a.m. Mary Williams - p.m Anna Marie Shivers - a.m. Open - p.m. Joan Leard Helen Seaton Dorothy Meunier Maxine LaRoux Summer 2014 M. J. "Jack" Fouquette joined the Department of Zoology (now School of Life Sciences) in 1965, after receiving his doctorate from the University of Texas, and serving the faculties at the University of Florida and the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He served on numerous departmental committees and several CLAS and university committees, and was the faculty senator from his department/school for many years. After 40 years of teaching and research at ASU he retired in 2005, but is still in his office daily, continuing his research. Your Book Donation = Needed Scholarship by Mary Stevens and Bill Moor Now that you’re settled (or still getting settled) in your retirement from ASU, you – like many of us – may find that you have more books in your home or office than you know what to do with. ASURA can help solve that problem and, in the process, help a deserving student complete his or her studies. ASURA collects donated books and sells them online through an established vendor, who splits the sales proceeds with ASURA. Proceeds are put toward ASURA’s annual scholarship, which currently is $10,000. The student who is selected is either a returning student (one who has been away from higher education studies for a period of time) or to a community college student, based on financial and other criteria. Ruth Kingsley is a native of Chicago and attended Northern Illinois University. She began her career in education, working at Parkway School District in St. Louis from 1981 to 1994. After moving to Phoenix, she worked at Apollo High School until she came to ASU in 1999. She worked for 10 years in Student Housing as administrative secretary to the associate vice president. During this time she received the Status Award for making a difference in the lives of students at ASU. She retired in December 2010 and joined ASURA in 2013. Donation books can be delivered to the ASURA office in the Community Services Building, Room 201B, 200 East Curry Road in Tempe. You will receive a gift tax receipt from the ASU Foundation, which administers ASURA’s accounts. Trudy Perez is still employed at ASU but, has joined ASURA and is the liaison to ASURA from the University Staff Council. She has been actively involved with the Staff Council for several years. She works as a Human Resources specialist in Academic & Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. For more information contact: Mary Stevens - marystevens0@gmail.com (602-758-3750) Bill Moor - william.moor@asu.edu (480-838-8348) New ASURA Board Members Rick Wall served the entire ASU community for nearly 17 years. His primary job was to facilitate solving of people's computer problems through the ASU Help Desk and ComJoyce Harman Diaz worked as a buyer at ASU in 1984 puter Accounts offices of IT/UTO. Rick came to be known and, after a break to care for her children, returned to ASU as the "Voice of the Help Desk!" He received more than in 1990 and worked in several departments until she retired 100 ASU Sun Awards from his many in 2007. Her final assignment at ASU was in the Departsatisfied customers at all organizament of Geography, where she worked as tional levels of the university. Rick the business manager. She has served on was born and raised in Cincinnati. For the ASURA Board previously (2008more than 35 years he has supported 2011), was treasurer for two of those original singer/song writer/musicians years, chaired the Finance Committee for throughout the Valley, acting as a one year, served two years on the Retirbooking agent for some. ees Day Committee and most recently served on the History Book Committee. by Jo Madonna Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 3 Summer 2014 Jane Barlow Patricia Koroulis Joella Satterthwait Eugene Garcia Roy Major Susan Sedik-Barker Kurt Hegland Roy Miller Darby Shaw Christine Helms Kathleen Moore Gretchen Hirni Julia Ramsden log. Volunteers are needed to do editing using iMovie software, and the Video History team is now in a position to train a volunteer. ASURA Video History Project - Summer 2014 by Dave Scheatzle Linda Van Scoy has served as project Our archives have become extensive and we are workchair of the video history program for six ing with the ASU Library to use their server for secure years and is now passing the reins of the backup. Our goal is to catalog each interview by searchable ASURA Video History Project to me. topics and to video stream the interviews onto the Internet, The original concept of the Video with assistance from the ASU Public History program. History Project was proposed by Mat Betz, Started as a modest oral history of ASU, the video histhe 11th president of the ASURA, in 2002. He asked June tory program has been complimented by professional histoPayne to be the first chair of the project (2002-2006) and rians for a project that may be unique to any university in she managed the production of 33 interviews. The second chair, Bob Francis (2006-2008), conducted 15 interviews. the country. These first 48 interviews were done by a contract with If you, or someone you know, have stories about Agave Productions (Pam Stevenson). people and events at ASU during the 1950s and 1960s, Great strides were made during please leave a message with the ASURA office staff Linda's leadership (2008-2014). The inter- (480-965-7608) and we'll return the call. views have been conducted with in-house resources allowing the production of more interviews with less expense. A camera, lights and equipment were purchased and a (Recently, Paul Bender, forteam assembled to produce the last 48 inmer dean of the ASU law school, was interviewed by terviews. Linda also initiated a website that allows the pubCatherine O'Grady, profeslic to see video clips from 44 of the 96 interviews (https:// sor of law. Professor Bender asura.asu.edu/VideoHistory). was the 96th interviewee.) A second iMAC workstation has been purchased that allows additional volunteers to work on the editing backFollowing is an updated list of interviewees as of 5/18/14:          Allen, Charles*(video clip) Backus, Charles (video clip) Bardwyck, Loretta Barnhill, Robert * Bender, Paul * Betz, Mat (video clip) Bogart, Quentin*(video clip) Branstetter, Ellamae Brown, Brent (video clip)             Bruns, Barry* Burgess, Hugh * Campbell, Rudy (video clip) Carroll, Alan * Coor, Lattie Crowder, Troy (video clip) DeGraw, Bette Dotts, Don (video clip) Doyle, Roy (video clip) Durand, Barbara* Edwards, John Ellis, Bob Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 4           Elmore, James (video clip) Eschbach, Darel* Eschbach, Barbara* Fearon, Hal Fisher, Marvin Fleming, Robert "Coach" * (video clip) Francis, Bob* Fuchs, Jack* (video clip) Gisolo, Margaret Glick, Milton (video clip) (Continued on page 5) Summer 2014 (Continued from page 4)                           Gooding, Elmer (video clip) Gordon, Leonard Greathouse, Betty Grigsby, Eugene Hardt, Ann Harris, Walter* Harrison, Mernoy*(video clip) Hastings, Vernon* Huizingh, William Jacob, Dick*(video clip) Jankowski, Dan* Kajikawa, Bill Kigin, Denis Kinsinger, Jack (video clip) Krahenbuhl, Gary*(video clip) Kush,, Frank (video clip) Land, Floyd * (video clip) Lessard, Beth Lewis, William * Linton, Marigold* Lombardi, Eugene (video clip) Mason, Bruce Matheson, Alan McHenry, Al *                         McNeill, Connie*(video clip) McSheffrey, Gerry Metha, Arlene Meunier, John* Miller, Victor J. Montiel, Miguel* Moore, Carleton (video clip) Morrell, George (video clip) Mulhollan, Paige (video clip) Murra, Dick Nelson, Russell Oliver, Robert Ostrom, Lonnie (video clip) Parker, Clyde (video clip) Payne, June (video clip) Penley, Larry (video clip) Peplow, Bonnie Peterson, Val* Pittman, Anne M.(video clip) Prust, Zeke*(video clip) Rapp, James *(video clip) Rice, Ross Richards, Gale Sackton, Frank (video clip) Salerno, Nick (video clip) Scannell, Ed*                   Schabacker, Joseph *(video clip) Scheatzle, Dave* Schneider, Anne* Schwada, Wilma Shell, Leon (video clip) Smith, Dean (video clip) Snyder, Jerry* Storad, Conrad*(video clip) Turk, Rudy (video clip) Umberson, George Van Scoy, Linda Weigend, Guido (video clip) Weschler, Louis * Wells, Linda* Winkles, Bobby (video clip) Wright, Madelyn (video clip) Wurzburger, Marilyn* Zafra, Victor * Roundtable discussion: Brent Brown, Russell Nelson, Frank Sackton  Please Note: Those with an asterisk were recently completed and do not have a DVD available at this time. ASURA is operated entirely by volunteers. If you think you might enjoy working with fellow retirees to support the organization and its activities, then look over the list of volunteer opportunities detailed on Page 2 of our Membership Application Form. If interested, please contact the ASURA office at 480-965-7668. members of ASURA. If you would like to have your name included on a list of possible volunteers to work the KAET phone banks, please email me expressing your inDuring the past year the ASURA Executive Board has terest (william.moor@asu.edu). Also note that this is only initiated a new community service activity. In this case the an expression of interest, a willingness to receive an email community we are serving is KAET and its viewers. We from me with a possible date of activity on it. have provided a team of 6 to 10 members (including spouses/significant others) to spend an evening answering When KAET notifies me of the available date, I will phone in pledges for KAET. Those who have already par- broadcast an e-mail to the “KAET Volunteer List”. Then, ticipated have enjoyed the experience and learned so much. the first 8-12 members, and any significant other, who However putting together a team can be problematic. email back that they want to do it will be selected. You will receive maps, instructions, parking passes, etc for the I have been appointed as coordinator and came up downtown Phoenix KAET facility and, if past experience with the idea of making this opportunity available to all holds, have a great time! ASURA Helping KAET by Bill Moor Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 5 Summer 2014 stretching, exercise, nutrition, fall prevention, and the role of protein in building and maintaining muscle health. ASURA Office - HELP WANTED by Carol Moore Audience members appreciated the wealth of information and the energetic delivery style of all our presenters. And there was no time for snoozing during this session, as we were put to work on stretching exercises between speakers. Don't forget to "BREATHE!" Office volunteers for weekly 3 hour shifts on Wednesday and Friday afternoons and for Thursday afternoon during June through September. Another option available is a 3 hour afternoon shift twice a month. Substitutes also are needed to cover staff vacations. The Community Services Building is in a pleasant location at the edge of An April Choo-choo Ride Papago Park on Curry by Gary Anderson Road. It has a beautiful view of downtown Tempe, On April 16th, the day after income taxes were due, 45 plenty of free parking and a ASURA members and their guests, the choo-choos, set off for bright suite of offices. Jerome and the Verde Canyon. We headed up I-17 to Jerome, considered the largest ghost town in America. It is also the site Computer skills and a clear speaking voice desired. of what was the richest copper mine in Arizona. Please contact Carol Moore or Linda Van Scoy at 480-965-7668. ASURA Office - UPDATE by Carol Moore Val Peterson donated a poster-sized framed photograph of the Nelson Fine Arts Center that he took in 1995. He titled it “The New Dawn” because of the futuristic design of the building and the fact that the photograph was taken very early in the morning. The photo is now on permanent display in the ASURA office. Stop by and take a look! After an educational visit in the copper mining museum, we went on up the mountainside to the Jerome Grand Hotel. We reserved the entire hotel for our group so behavior was not an issue. The Jerome Grand has been many things over the decades, including a hospital where removed body parts were dropped down a laundry chute. It is now very popular as a wonderful back-in-time hotel, and, the largest haunted house in America. You cannot get into the Jerome Grand at Halloween. Wellness for Seniors: Backs, Bones, Muscles & More! by Janice Meyer Thompson A full house of 65 attendees enjoyed a varied and highly informative session on Wellness for Seniors at our final seminar of the season on March 20. ASU School of Nutrition and Health Promotion professors Pamela Swan, Jared Dickinson, Cheryl Der Ananian, and Rick Hall, along with doctoral student Sarah Wherry, presented valuable tips on Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times (Continued on page 7) 6 Summer 2014 ASURA Annual Meeting (Continued from page 6) by Barry McNeill The views down across the mountain to the Verde Valley below are spectacular. The old miners’ homes built into the side of the mountain are wonderful, as was our dinner at the Jerome Grand. And only one member of our group claimed to be visited during the night by something that made him pull the sheets over his On left: Norm Perrill & Elmer Gooding. head. On right: Marilyn Wurzburger & Hal White The 23rd ASURA Annual Meeting was held on April 12, 2014 in the Alumni Lounge of the Memorial Union from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The meeting was well attended with 68 registered. There were some light desserts along with the traditional birthday cake - carrot of course! The meeting began at 1:10 when ASURA President Barry McNeill welcomed the audience and presented an overview of the year’s activities. He then spent some time discussing the survey project. Important points made were: The next morning we had a wonderful breakfast, a couple of hours to shop and explore Jerome, and then it was down to Clarkdale for the Choo-choo ride. 1. 2. 3. The Verde Canyon railroad was built to get the copper ore from Jerome to the market. The 29 mile railroad was built in one year, totally by man and mule from Clarkdale to Williams. After the copper was done, the railroad was purchased and became a big tourist attraction. Barry and Connie McNeill 4. 5. The return rate for the Members Survey was around 30 %. ASU retirees are not joining because they are too busy. Members drop membership because they can no longer take part. Overwhelmingly the most important activities for ASURA to undertake are to advocate for retiree benefits and to monitor the health insurance. The importance of seminars placed it above the importance of doing Retirees Day, Luncheons, or Travel. Sue Blumer, Co-chair of the ASURA Scholarship Committee, Hal White & Joyce Hartman Diaz introduced this year’s scholarship recipient, Tomas Espinosa, a meThe Choo-choos boarded the train at noon for the four hour chanical engineering student with extensive experience in commutrip. We had our own reserved st nity. Espinosa then spoke, thank1 class car with an adjoining ing the Association for its support Thomas Espinosa & Sue Blumer open-sided car. The trip up the Verde Canyon, along the Verde and speaking about his backRiver is spectacular: the towering ground. red cliffs, the soaring bald eagles, He then discussed his interest in engineering and the tall green cottonwoods and energy technology and his participation in community the Indian ruins along the way are service activities which included tutoring refugee students. real head-shakers. And in a pic- He anticipates a career in energy technology, economic ture or two. growth, and sustainability. He indicated that as a result of the support from ASURA, he will now be able to enter Forty five tired but thrilled choo-choos slowly chugged graduate school and pursue a master’s degree in engineerinto the Tempe Library parking lot that evening to pick up their ing. cars and head for home. Do you like this kind of energy? Keep your eyes open for what Travel has been planned for next year. Dave Scheatzle presented the Video History Project, which has Choo-choo! completed 96 interviews of ASU retirees. Dave announced that they were working with the ASU Library to get the videos included in the Library’s digital archive (Continued on page 8) Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 7 Summer 2014 on a Saturday afternoon and presented him with a copy of A Second Decade of Success (Continued from page 7) which would make the videos available online. Dave also mentioned that they were collaborating with Mark Tebeau, Director, Public History, to have his students help get key words associated with the interviews. This will allow quick access to interviews addressing a key word. Dave played a 15 minute composite video made up from portions of four of the interviews including: George Morrell, James Elmore, Rudy Turk, and Brent Brown. The meeting closed with Barry handing the “gavel of power” over to Jo Madonna, the incoming ASURA president. Jo introduced the new Board Members, thanked Barry for his year as President and closed the meeting at 3:15 pm. Barry then introduced President Michael Crow, who thanked the members of the Association for their contributions to the University during their careers and their service since. President Crow discussed the direction and emphasis on ASU in the context of higher education in the U.S. and the University’s contributions to the society. He indicated that when he joined ASU, he set a goal for the University to increase its research and the number of graduates and graduation rates. Simply “Divine” at D’Vine Bistro & Wine Bar by Barbara Bradford Eschbach A happy group of 12 ASU retirees met for lunch and a wine-tasting experience at the D'vine Bistro & Wine Bar in Chandler on Thursday, May 15th. Not only did the group enjoy an excellent dining experience, they also received an educational experience from Dvine's sommelier. ASU has worked to give access to all qualified students regardless of background, and at present the undergraduate student population parallels the socioeconomic diversity of the state as a whole. ASU is doing this to encourage talent, which comes from all socioeconomic sectors. To this end: Several wines were presented, from dry sauvignon blanc to chardonnay to pinot noir to the "serious" reds and even a German "ice wine" (sweet!) to accompany dessert! At the end of the luncheon, there wasn't a "whiner" in the 1. ASU will admit every student who meets the admission group! The photos tell the requirements. 2. ASU is the largest producer of Pell-eligible graduates, story best. The group is alof Hispanic graduates, and of Native American gradu- ready discussing a wine tour ates, and the fourth largest producer of Africanor two in AZ with the incluAmerican graduates. sion of other oenophiles 3. ASU has the lowest cost per graduate among research universities in the U.S. amongst the ASURA! 4. 5. Bill & Bobbie Lee Research funding has quadrupled to over $400 million. ASU is in the top ten for nearly every award that can be given to undergraduates. President Crow noted that ASU students are terrific, as good as any student at any institution, and they have a special tenacity and grittiness to them. ASU’s objective is to retain 90% of its freshmen, and have a graduation rate that exceeds 75%. At the conclusion of his presentation, President Crow took a few questions from the audience. Barry then thanked Dr. Crow for taking time Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times Joyce Hartman Diaz (Group Therapy) 8 Arlent Westgard, Joan Taylor, Ruth Ludemann Summer 2014 2013 Africa Trip Follow-up low color. …… My favourite food is rice and chicken meat. I like meat because it is body building. I am the second born in my family. ……. Pass my greetings to your family. Cheers, Sandile by Gary Anderson In late March/early April 2013, 16 ASURA members and their friends went to Africa for three weeks. Part of the safaritype adventure included a visit to a remote village school, Ngamo Primary School, out in the middle of the bush with no electricity, no running water and no vehicles. There is a woodenwire fence around the schoolyard and the village to keep wandering lions and elephants from intruding on recess time. The closest town is miles away. The Ngamo children have since been linked up with U.S. children and continue to write letters that are carried to a ‘nearby’ town where a school official then scans them and emails them to the U.S. school. The following letter is from a U.S. child:  “Greetings Earthling! I come in peace! I am a boy. What is your favorite animal? My favorite animal is a dog. I have never seen a cheetah. ….. My name is James. I am 9 years old. I like to eat pizza with just cheese. ……… Is it hard for you to learn English? ……. I look forward to hearing from you.” Travel is wonderful! Fall 2014 Events Schedule Some of our group members wanted to make donations to help the families purchase the required school uniforms for their children. The donations were made and the uniforms were purchased. by Barry McNeill The Events Committee has been busy planning next year’s activities. The fall schedule is fixed aside from the tentative multi-day trip to the Four Corners. Please put these dates on your calendars. As the events get closer additional information will be available on our web site, https:// asura.asu.edu or phone the ASURA office at 480-965-7668 and you will be able to register for the events. Date Cost Fall Meet & Greet Pizza September 10 Free Tovrea Castle Tour October 10 TBD Health Insurance Seminar October 22 Free Luncheon at Friendship Village November 14 Four Corners Trip October/ November (tentative) December 18 Event We also had a discussion about establishing a pen pal relationship between the children at Ngamo and children in the US. A school official was very enthused about the possibilities and soon had some children writing:   “My name is Thernbelihle Nellovu. I am a girl. I am thirteen year old. This year I am doing grade seven. ….. My favourite sport is netball, football and volley ball. ……. I like to eat sadza, maize and rice. ….. In my family there are five people and me. …” Holiday Potluck & Bake Sale TBD TBD Free “ I am Sandile. I want to be your penpal. …….. In my school girls wear a beautiful maroon dress with a yel- Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 9 Summer 2014 Obituaries: January 18, 2014 - May 20, 2014 by Becky Reiss Please note that all obituary notices and photos, when available, are on our web site: http://asura.asu.edu/obituaries Name Date of Death ASU Affiliation Belany, Joseph A. Apr 23, 2014 Assistant Manager, Bookstore Briley, Lane Dennis Feb 5, 2014 Department of Chemistry Bryant, Dorothy Jeanne Mar 12, 2014 Badminton Coach Burklund, Leroy Lee Mar 31, 2014 President, Business Alumni Association Carlson, Ingeborg Date unknown Head of German Studies Campbell, Helen Jean Oct 6, 2013 Dance Instructor Collier, William Joe Mar 20, 2014 Lecturer Dickey, Verde Feb 15, 2014 Major supporter of Sun Devil Athletics Dopp, Phyllis Jean Apr 13, 2014 Faculty Associate, Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication, ASU Polytechnic Duncan, Harold Feb 8, 2014 Arizona State Teachers’ College Farm Earle, Lawrence P. Feb 17, 2014 Stationary Engineer Fuhr, Alice Mary Mar 3, 2014 Law College Giffin, Martha Apr 27, 2014 Wife of Frederick Giffin, Professor Emeritus, History Hardy, Warren H. (Bob) Mar 12, 2014 Participant, ASU-Sun Health Center for Health Aging Longevity Project Harris, Ann Marie Mar 27, 2014 Department/College affiliation unknown Heschke, Jeanette M. Mar 12, 2014 Department/College affiliation unknown Hubbard, Arthur J., Sr. Feb 7, 2014 Navajo Culture and Language Instructor Inskeep, Gordon Charles Jan 19, 2014 Professor, College of Business Administration Kehl, Delmar (Del) George Feb 7, 2014 Professor Emeritus, English Kimball, Bruce W. Jan 28, 2014 College of Architecture and Environmental Design Koch, Maria Dolores Apr 22, 2014 Marriott Food Services (continued on page 11) Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 10 Summer 2014 (continued from page 10) Name Date of Death ASU Affiliation Lamerand, Richard Keith, Sr. Apr 22, 2014 Professor, Engineering Tech. Linn, Thomas A. Apr 5, 2014 Volunteer Coach, ASU Racquetball Team Little, Carol Jane Jan 13, 2014 Asst. to Director, School of Social Transformation, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Marchenonis, Robert Anthony, Mar 17, 2014 Sr. Security Guard and Dispatcher, ASU West Matte, Nancy La Rue Jan 31, 2014 English Department Morgan, Myrna October, 2013 Department of English Murphy Irma E. Date unknown Professor, English and Women’s Studies Oppitz, Robert James “Jim” Feb 20, 2014 Professor, College of Business Administration Pearlstein, Irv May 2, 2014 Sun Angel Foundation Board Member Peres, Sherwood “Woody” Jan 22, 2014 Professor, MBA, College of Business Platte, Eldo Henry Feb 8, 2014 Host for international students Quihuis, Kenneth May 2, 2014 Department/College affiliation unknown Rapp, Matt Kevin Jan 27, 2014 Staff, Department/College unknown Ripley, Robert Elliott May 7, 2014 College Affiliation unknown Roe, Donna Jensen Mar 14, 2014 Volunteer, Gammage Russell, Paul Edgar Feb 16, 2014 Professor of Electrical Engineering Schultz, James John Mar 27, 2014 Associate Professor, Chemistry Smith, Ralph Mar 12, 2014 Professor of Accounting Sullivan, Martin Edward Feb 25, 2014 Adjunct Professor of History Supersad, Jankie Jan 16, 2014 Earned the first PhD. Degree, ASU’s Civil Engineering Dept. Thomas, Keith Apr 23, 2014 Professor, Reading Education Thompson, Geraldine (Gerry) G. Apr 20, 2014 Counseling Supervisor, Education Wallen, Carl Feb 27, 2014 Chair, Department of Elementary Education Williams, Linda Kay May 7, 2014 Project Manager, Anthropology Department Arizona State University Retirees Association Prime Times 11 Summer 2014 Do you have friends who retired from ASU but are not members of ASURA? Or perhaps you have friends who retired from another university or worked at ASU in the past but left and have now retired elsewhere? If so invite them to become members of ASURA and the best part is that it is free for the first year. Ask them to go to our Website (http://asura.asu.edu) and click on the “Join the ASURA” link in the left column to start the process or alternative call our Office at 480-965-7668 for help. Prime Times is issued three times annually by the Arizona State University Retirees Association with special editions as needed. Articles welcome, subject to Board approval. Mailing Address: Prime Times ASU Retirees Association PO Box 873308 Tempe, AZ 85287-3308 Arizona State University Retirees Association: ASURA has a volunteer-staffed office in the Community Services Building, 200 E. Curry Rd., Room 201B in Tempe, Arizona. Office hours are generally Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - noon and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. It is best to call beforehand. Phone: Fax: Website: 480-965-7668 480-965-7807 http://asura.asu.edu 12