Carl Curtis
Our current president has agreed to serve a second term. He has taught astronomy and computer classes. He also has overseen the development of 2 new satellite campuses for OLLI. He was employed by the L.A. County Probation Department before he retired.
Malcolm Green
Malcolm graduated from UC Berkeley and earned his master’s degree at Georgetown University in Washington DC. After a private-sector career in the aerospace industry, he worked in international trade for the State of California.
Karin Covey
Karin, who has been a member since 2001, has a B.A. and M.A. in Management from the University of Redlands. She has been Treasurer for 4 years and an invaluable volunteer in the office. She retired from Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo.
Kathy Winkenwerder
Kathy has a B.S. in geography and an M.S. in journalism and has been a member since 2006. She is a computer instructor and an assistant in the operation of the computer lab. She worked in corporate communications before retirement.
Betty Hutchens
Betty is a long time member, who is multi-talented and creative. She taught computer classes and for the past two years has planned and coordinated the annual spring OLLI Art Show.
Don Friedman
Don is a retired Federal Administrative Law Judge. He has been chair or co-chair of the curriculum committee for about 10 years. He has recruited many new teachers and initiated new courses.
The summer registration meeting was well attended by our senior scholars eager to continue their search for knowledge and the opportunity to meet with their peers, exchange ideas, discuss activities and plans for the future. President Carl Curtis, in his opening remarks, stated that our OLLI Lifelong Learning Institute is going strong, with increasing enrollment and expanding curriculum making us more vital to the senior community. The complex economic, political and social times and the challenges we face are great, especially to senior citizens.
President Curtis announced that Michael Gavin is leaving the area and will not be able to continue as vice president. Curtis thanked him for his excellent service. An interim person, Malcolm Green, has been selected to finish his term. Gary Grayson, a member at large, is resigning because of illness and has been replaced by Betty Hutchens to fill out his term.
Gary has been involved in the leadership of OLLI for many years and Curtis thanked him for his dedicated service. In accordance with our new by-laws, the next election of officers will be at our September registration meeting.
Don Friedman, who has been the curriculum chair for ten years, will be relinquishing some of his duties. Don assured us he will be available and active in the future and has agreed to serve as member-at-large. His contributions to OLLI and his prior service to Senior University have been of immeasurable value to OLLI/CSULB.
Curtis was excited about the new classes for the summer session. Both the academic and computer programs are sure to interest and entertain you. With the aid of his own original video, Con Rader, computer lab chair, detailed the new computer classes and urged participation in the Friday open computer lab. Don Friedman described the lecture classes, highlighting several new and exciting ones.
OLLI’s forecast for the fall session looks great. Have a nice summer.
