March 2015 Volume 35, Number 3

RETIREES’NEWSLETTER

TCU RETIREES’ MARCH PROGRAM

Upcoming MeetingsApril 23 Mike HyattDiscussion of Sister CitiesMay 28

June Koelker, TCU library renovations

11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 26D.J. Kelly Alumni & Visitor’s Center

Parking in the Center’s Lot Arranged With TCU Police.Reservations Required.

The reservations deadline is Monday, mid-afternoon, March 23 for this meeting. Email Kirk Downey at k.downey@tcu.edu or call him: 972.863.3628 or 214.632.0317.

Pay $11 per meal at the door. Please honor your reservation to avoid being billed.

If you have any dietary restrictions, please specify these in making your reservations. Attendees who do not want to eat still need to make reservations but please designate

that you will not be eating so that a meal won’t be ordered for you.

Dr. Victor J. Boschini, Jr. Chancellor

Victor J. Boschini, Jr., Texas Christian University’s 10th chancel-lor, earned the bachelor’s degree from Mount Union College, the master’s degree from Bowling Green State University, and the doctorate in higher education administration from Indiana University. He has also received Hon-orary Doctorates from Lincoln Uni-versity and The University of Mount Union. In 2005 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University College of Education. He holds the rank of professor of education and currently teaches one course per academic year for the College of Education. Most recently he taught a seminar class in the College of Education titled “Is Higher Education a Force for Negative or Positive Social Change in America?”

Dr. Boschini came to TCU after serving as president of Illinois State University, where he also previously served as vice president for student affairs and associate professor in the

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As I write this column, spring is here in north Texas! I hope it

stays with us, but it may be winter again by the time you read this News-letter.

I’m happy to announce that Bill Ray has been appointed Representa-tive-at-Large and is the new “master of email.” Bill was editor of the Newsletter for a number of years, has served on our Board of Directors, and has now volunteered to continue keep-ing the email list up-to-date and send-ing the Newsletter and other notices from time to time. Thank you Bill.

Keeping our snail mail and email lists up-to-date is a continuing chal-lenge, and we need your help. Some of our members don’t have access to email and rely on snail mail for the

Newsletter. If you are in this cat-egory, please check your address on this Newsletter mailing to be sure it is correct. If not, would you let Tracy Thompson know. She can be reached at 817-257-5017.

Many other members use email regularly, both with a TCU address and a private address. You have two challenges: 1. if you also receive the Newsletter by snail mail, would you consider just receiving the email ver-sion? It’s in color and arrives a week or so earlier. Please let Bill Ray know (by email at front30@mac.com) that you will drop the snail mail version and rely on his email posts. 2. if you have a preferred email address and it is NOT where your Newsletter is arriving, would you also let Bill know.

Our goals with these instructions is to migrate as many members as possible to the email list and to have accurate lists.

The Prescription Drug Survey is being tallied right now. We hope to have results about the time of our March meeting.

If you are having any problems with your health care insurance through OneExchange, please call Tracy Thompson. 817-257-5017. As many of us know, she is a great problem solver and big help in these matters!

Enjoy the spring weather. I’m looking forward to seeing you at our March 26 meeting!

— Jean Walbridge

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Department of Educational Adminis-tration and Foundations. Prior to that he held administrative and teaching positions at Butler and Indiana univer-sities.

Dr. Boschini is a member of the board of directors of the Council for International Exchange of Schol-ars, an organization that works with Fulbright Scholars, and a member of the President’s Council of The Wash-ington Center, the largest indepen-dent, nonprofit academic internship program in the United States. He recently completed serving a two-year term as president of the board of directors of Independent Colleges & Universities of Texas (ICUT). Previ-ously he served a term as chair of the National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (NAICU), headquartered in Washington, D.C.; that organization represents and ad-

vocates in Congress for the interests of private colleges and universities across the nation. His primary area of advocacy/interest in both groups has been maintaining accessibility for all students to higher education – particu-larly through federal and state sup-ported financial aid programs.

Dr. Boschini sits on the board of the State Farm Company Mutual Funds, as well as on the boards of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Van Cliburn Foundation and the Moncrief Cancer Institute. His wife, Megan Boschini, is also involved in a variety of activities in the city of Fort Worth. Currently she serves on the board of directors for the Museum of Science & History and Gill Char-ity, Inc. They are both committed to ensuring that they, and TCU, are active participants in the Fort Worth community.

Dr. and Mrs. Boschini are mem-bers of the Addison & Randolph

Clark Society at the Centurion level, members of the Chancellor’s Coun-cil, and members of The TCU Frog Club. Both can be found at a variety of events across campus on any given day. They also spend a consider-able amount of time traveling across the state and country, advocating for Texas Christian University. Both have participated in various Frog Camps for new students, including Frog Camp London, Frog Camp Roma, Frog Camp Seville, Frog Camp Paris and Casa Nueva Frog Camp. In the sum-mer of 2012, Dr. Boschini was excited to be among the inaugural participants in the Frog Camp Washington, D.C., experience for incoming students.

Dr. and Mrs. Boschini have four children: TCU graduates Elizabeth Anne (Class of 2009) and Mary Cath-erine (Class of 2012); Edward Mark, TCU Class of 2016, and Margaret Ellen, TCU Class of 2018.

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IN MEMORIAM

David L. Vanderwerken Oct. 29, 1945 – Jan. 25, 2015

Perhaps best known for his

founding membership in the Sports Literature Association David Vander-werken, emeritus professor of American Literature was a native of Canastota, N.Y. After attending Col-gate and Rice Universities, he began his research and teaching career in 1971.

During his career, he authored three books, regularly published scholarly papers and was a Fulbright Scholar in Hungary in 2005 and 2008. He was past president of the College Council Teachers of English and Sports Literature Association. He received awards for distinguished teaching and as a creative teacher and scholar. Also, the Sports Litera-ture Association gave him a lifetime achievement award.

Vanderwerken’s books are: Sport Inside and Out: Readings in Literature and Philosophy; Sport in the Classroom: Teaching Sport-Related Courses in the Humanities; Faulkner’s Literary Children: Pat-terns of Development.

On campus he was well known among his colleagues for his nurtur-ing of students, often not the most promising scholars, but of them he told his colleagues they were the ones who really needed him. Nev-ertheless, many former students speaking at his memorial service had

earned doctorates, which they attrib-uted to Vanderwerken’s encourage-ment, inspiration and support.

Mark Theodore GilderhusNov. 15, 1941 – Jan. 22, 2015

A native of Rochester, Minn.,

Gilderhus came to TCU in 1997 as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Chair of History and served in that position until his retirement in 2010.

The historian was highly regarded for his expertise in U.S. relations with Latin America and was presi-dent of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in 1995-6. At that time he was chair of the history department at Colorado State University.

He had taught at CSU for 29 years before coming to TCU and while there developed the depart-ment’s first classes in historiogra-phy, U.S. military history and U.S. women’s history.

His focus there and at TCU was on the actions of individuals and their experiences.

Gilderhus was the author of Diplomacy and Revolution: U.S.-Mexican Relations Under Wilson and Caranza (1977); Pan-American Visions: Woodrow Wilson and the Western Hemisphere, 1913-1921 (1986); The Second Century: U.S. -Latin American Relations Since 1889 (1999) and History and His-torians (2009) which is in its 7th edition.

INOTE: If you learn of the passing of a

faculty or staff member, please send the in-formation, with obituary, when possible, to:

d.newsom@tcu.edu.

Academic CalendarFriday, Mar. 6 Semester Break Recess at 10 p.m.Monday, Mar. 16 Semester Recess end, classes resume at 8 a.m.Friday, April 3 Good Friday HolidayThursday, April 16 Honors Convocation: “Water: Inquiry,Reflection, Action,” with Keynote Speaker J.D. Granger, Executive Director, Trinity River Authority, 11 a.m. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Ed Landreth Auditorium.Wednesday, April 29 Last Day of Classes for Semester

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Retirees Honoredat Tennis Match When TCU Men’s Tennis team

meets Illinois’ top ranked team at 11 a.m. March 16 on campus, the match will honor the University’s retired faculty and staff.

Brochures will be available at the TCU Retirees’ Luncheon at the Kelly Center February 26.

Call Head Coach David Roditi at 817.257.7039 office or go to d.roditi@tcu.edu for more information.

For additional information, con-tact Jackie Torda, Assistant Director of Marketing for TCU Athletics at 817.257.6928.

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Options for Medical Help Beyond MedicareHowdy Fellow Retirees! By this

time, you probably have adjusted to the New Year and perhaps changes to your Medicare and other health care cover-age. This month’s column will focus on “medical assistance resources” that may provide information about local and governmental resources to cover potential gaps in your health care cov-erage and save you money and worry!

Seniors (those typically defined as age 65 years or older) and disabled persons (younger than 65 years) may receive medical assistance through the federal government, state government, Area on Aging offices available in most locales, churches, and non-profits and social service agencies. Help may vary, but it is worth your time to explore different groups for resources useful to you.

Here’s a listing of programs/re-sources focused on meeting the various needs of seniors and their families:n I have explored in earlier col-

umns (October and December 2014) various ways to “cut” prescription drug costs. In addition, the federal program of Medicare offers a program called “Extra Help” to assist a ben-eficiary in paying monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments in a Medicare prescrip-tion drug plan. One resource estimates that “Extra Help” may save a benefi-ciary (you - receiving benefits) about $4,0000 annually if one meets certain income criteria to qualify for the pro-gram. You may apply for the program at www.socialsecurity.gov/extrahelp, call that office at 1-800-772-1213, or apply at your local Social Security Office.

n Area Agency on Aging (AAA) of Tarrant County, connected to both state and federal human service agencies, offers a range of valuable services to seniors. These include health insurance benefit counseling, information and services to enhance dignity and independence of seniors and disabled persons, legal awareness and elder rights programs, connection to legal advice, caregiving concerns (including respite care for the caregiver – time away from caregiving), and ideas for adult day care. The AAA also offers nutritional and transportation assistance to county seniors and may partner with state and federal agencies for in-home personnel assistance when an older person returns home from the hospital. Many AAA offices offer a service called “Elder Locator,” a single connection that provides you informa-tion and entry into an aging services network of food pantries, housing rent assistance and other services (access to hearing aids, glasses, dentures). You can find the Fort Worth AAA office is at 1500 N. Main, Suite 200 or reach the office at 817-258-8081. The Elder Locator phone number is 800-677-1116 and website contact is www.ageinfo.org/elderlocn Senior Health Insurance As-

sistance Program (SHIP) can also

help seniors to understand their health insurance benefits, medical rights, and bills for Medicare beneficiaries. SHIP trained staff normally operate out of Area on Aging Offices and may help you with long-term care insurance, emergency food and shelter, nursing home information, utility assistance, health care insurance denials/griev-ances, and other services available to low-income seniors.n Senior Citizen Centers exist

in most communities and may offer a range of services: mid-day meal, transportation to health care visits, free or low-cost health care screenings (including flu and pneumonia shots at a reduced cost), pharmacist and nutritionist consultation and some-times individualized nursing guidance for health care issues. Most centers have a focus on health promotion and treatment and you can learn more by attending educational seminars held by the Centers each year.n Churches, Salvation Army, and

other non-profit groups may offer transportation assistance. Increasingly churches use parish nurses (certified in care of faith communities) to provide education and basic health screening to congregations. Often mid-day meals are provided and provide opportunities for older person socialization and sup-port to foster health. Texas Health Re-sources – Harris currently has a faith-based program to assist local churches in accessing health-related educational materials for their congregations.n American Association of Re-

tired Persons (AARP) offers you, as

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In response to TCU dropping current and future retirees from it’s health in-surance coverage in June of 2013 the TCU Faculty Senate formed a com-mittee called the “Task Force on the TCU Promise” chaired by Accounting Professor Robert Vigeland. The results and conclusions of this study were reported to the Faculty Senate at its February 5th meeting. Below are the notes from that presentation as re-ported by the Secretary of the Faculty Senate, Professor Greg Stephens.

— Manfred Reinecke

After a brief introduction from Chair Quesada, Bob Vigeland gave the final report from the Task Force for the TCU Promise. His Power-Point presentation is available on the Faculty Senate Sharepoint site. The official report to the University is in the final stages of completion.

a. Healthcare costs have increased substantially in the last decade, an average (for family care) of 69%. Unfunded medical benefits are shown as a liability in TCU’s annual report — the amount TCU would need to set aside today to pay for all future retiree medical benefit claims, a figure that is very difficult to determine in advance. Estimates for this liability were projected to exceed $100 million by 2016.

b. After the change in the benefit plan that took place in 2013, that liability stands at about $32 million, a very substantial reduction in the un-funded liability. That was the intent of the change, as a good faith attempt to deal with the liability. The task force

also believes, though, that it came with some serious consequences.

c. Under the old “defined benefit” plan, eligible retirees could partici-pate in the university’s group medi-cal insurance plan. Under the new “defined contribution” plan, eligible retirees receive $203/month to pur-chase healthcare coverage. This does save TCU substantially in healthcare costs. The administration has pledged to annually review the contribution, but the task force believes increases are very unlikely, as they would defeat the purpose of the change. In TCU’s annual report, it is stated that this amount is unlikely to change, and in the actuarial report, it is stated that it will not change.

d. The task force questions the necessity of acting now in such a dra-matic way. TCU is in a very sound po-sition financially. There is no evidence that the unfunded liability is causing problems for TCU in borrowing costs, bond ratings, or so forth. And, TCU has made lavish expenditures in other areas — construction, executive com-pensation, athletics, and in other ways.

e. We have been told that the Board of Trustees Audit Committee has been concerned for “years” but the task force see no evidence that the con-cern is justified, and even if it were to concede it, believes the steps taken are unjustified. The policy change appears to have been without regard to substantial unintended and serious consequences, to the retirees as well as to the TCU community in general — significant increases in prescription drug costs, deferred retirement dates, and a sense within the TCU commu-nity of a breach of promise to those in

the worst position to deal with higher costs.

f. The task force questions why we, as a faculty and staff, were not more involved in the decision. They could identify no meaningful consultation with faculty or staff. There was no in-put requested from the Faculty Senate, the TCU Retirees Association, or other important constituents.

g. The problem has not been solved. The liability for postretirement benefits still exists and will continue to grow. This was a missed opportuni-ty to involve the faculty and staff and retirees jointly and openly to produce a long-lasting, consensus-based, solu-tion. Instead, trust between the TCU community and the administration has been damaged.

h. This is an urgent issue. Retirees are suffering. Perceptions of TCU as a great place to work are at risk. The task force believes that the administra-tion did not get it right the first time, that it is time for a “mulligan,” and for the administration to revisit the issue jointly and inclusively with the faculty, staff, and retirees, informed by the lessons of the last two years. Everyone should participate in achiev-ing an effective and humane way to deal with the rising costs of medical benefits. No specific solution is rec-ommended because we simply don’t know enough yet, but it is clear that we need to do better and we can do better if we work together.

i. Questions were then fielded from the Senate. A related report from the TCU Retirees Association will also be forthcoming in about a month.

TASK FORCE ON THE TCU PROMISE

A Report to the Members of the TCU Retirees’ Association

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Exhibit in Dallas is ShowingNew Works by Ron Watson

Since Ron Watson retired from teaching in 2012 to work full-time in his Fort Worth studio, he has had a number of new solo exhibits of his work. The current one at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art in Dal-las is showing until April 5.

The museum at 3109 Carlisle Street in Dal-las shows related geometric, constructivist and op art work. Watson says of his work that he is concerned with eternal ques-tions: What is the nature of the cosmos and how can it be understood? If it began with the Big Bang, what forces were at work to create symmetry, regularity and consistency or is Plato’s assertion that geometry existed before creation true?

In his sculpture, Watson says, “When I touch joining planes... I feel the trueness of the angle and the completeness of the inter-section. ...I enjoy building webs, lattices, and grids that float in space. ...My works allow the viewer to consider them as things in this world and as worlds in themselves.”

In the Museum’s material on Watson’s exhibit, Jennifer Casler Price, curator for Asian and Non-Western Art at the Kimball Art Museum says, “ In contrast to what much of what today’s artists are producing—art that is often blaring, aggressive, and destruc-tive, in his work Ron Watson strives to create something that evokes quietude, tranquility, restfulness, and ultimately personal reflec-tion.” (geometricmadimuseum.org)

Watson’s works are in corporate collections and he has had eighteen solo exhibitions in Michigan, Texas, Illinois and Florida. He has published one book and four exhibition cata-logues. He was the founder and director of the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, Mich. and he was a consultant to the Art in Public Places program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Watson has offered instruction in art criti-cism at universities in Peru, Mexico, and the cities of Budapest, Prague and Vienna.

He is the retired director of TCU’s School of Art.

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Readers’ Response RequestedColumnist Carol Cagle is traveling, soher next column for the newsletter willappear in May. In the interim, she would like suggestions from newsletter readers about topics you would like to see ad-dressed. You can email her at c.cagle@ tcu.edu or call her at 417.779.2828 or her cell at 682.552.2130. If you call, please leavea detailed message and call backinformation.

a member, health and other living cost-saving programs in its newslet-ter and magazine. For example, re-cent articles have focused on money management assistance programs for health care costs.n Meals on Wheels Program

offers a mid-day meal to homebound (unable to leave home for groceries and eating) seniors. Volunteers de-liver meals and provide daily contact and resource information to seniors who benefit from those services. Some Meals on Wheels programs offer free cat or dog food to “free up” a senior’s money for basic needs and support the identified health benefits to a senior who has an animal com-panion.n Health Fairs also offer seniors

free screening for common diseases and receipt of health promotion information. The Hispanic Wellness Fair, held the first Saturday in August in Fort Worth, provides care (includ-ing dental and hearing screening) to a wide range of ages and ethnicities based on collaboration of numerous health care agencies interested in the community’s health. If screening detects an individual problem, that person receives referral to a doctor or community based clinic that charges that person a fee on a sliding cost basis (payment depends on one’s income and assets). n Charities that offer free health

care include EyeCare America (free eye care to seniors or those at risk for glaucoma [877-887-6327]), Health-Well Foundation (pay for health care costs [http://healthwellfoundation.org]), Knights Templar Eye Founda-tion [847-490-3838]), and Mission of Mercy (help with prescription and medical care [717-642-9062]). The Partnership for Prescription Assis-

tance also may help with drug costs (www.pparx.org).n Social workers employed by

community agencies or health care systems are an awesome resource for seniors too. These professionals have incredible wisdom to connect you to community resources pertinent to your needs, especially if you become hospitalized and need help at home or your caregiver needs help caring for you post-illness.

We are fortunate to have Tracy Thompson as our Retirement Pro-gram Manager at TCU and several programs (Patient Care, OneEx-change) that offer personalized and informed responses to meet your health and other needs during retire-ment. The campus Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic also offers services (hearing screening and aids) to TCU Retirees at a potentially a lower cost than other providers (attend the February 26 Retiree meeting to hear a presentation!). As needed, you can seek those resources out and also revisit the TCU Retirees” Newsletter (October 2104) to identify relevant websites helpful to you.

I’ll be back in the spring with a column on “how to live well into the 80’s.” Until then, best wishes for the coming months and good health!

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More than “advocate,” Jeff Horn was really instrumen-tal in the organization of

the Association. Who was Jeff Horn? Older retirees remember a smiling, quietly jovial, well-spoken person who greeted each of us as a long-time friend. Younger retirees will wish that they had had the privilege. All of us benefit from his advocacy.

Born in Dallas in 1916, he earned his BA degree at Texas A&M in 1937, following which there was a long hiatus before he seriously engaged in an academic career. Among his sev-eral jobs, he worked as a salesman; he coached a YMCA team. Then he joined the Army. As First Lieutenant, he served a year and a half, which included participation in the Battle of the Bulge as Commander of the 26th Infantry Division. For his services he received the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign medal with four bronze stars, a Purple Heart, the American Campaign Victory Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. He was discharged with the rank of Lieu-tenant Colonel.

After his Army Service, mar-ried with two young daughters, he entered the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his masters and Ph.D. degrees. After a short time teaching public school in Austin, in September 1956 he joined the faculty of the TCU School of Education. He

was active in university activities, including the Faculty Senate. He retired in 1981.

After he retired, however, he re-mained attached to the TCU campus, often meeting with fellow faculty, some retired and some still teaching, for coffee in the Faculty Lounge in Sadler Hall. Among these were Com-er Clay (Government), Troy Cren-shaw (English), Nevin Neal (History). In their conversations along with discussions of football and basketball events would surely be the subjects of insurance and especially the role that the University might continue to play in their lives and of retirees in gen-eral. Jeff Horn picked up the ball on this latter subject and worked toward a resolution that would be practicable.

Early in 1982 he approached Howard Wible, Vice-Chancellor of Student and Administrative Affairs with a plan for an organization of TCU retirees and received a positive

response. In fact the response was positive from all the administration including Chancellor Tucker.

Raul Armendariz , Personnel Di-rector, enthusiastically endorsed the idea and put began putting the plan into action. He appointed an ad hoc committee to work on details, while he solicited information from other universities with retirees’ programs such as Rice, Vanderbilt, SMU, and Tulane, and with such input he draft-ed a retiree’s handbook. By the fall of 1983 Chancellor Tucker, Vice Chan-cellor Wible, and Vice-Chancellor Koehler had given ”whole-hearted and solid support” for the organiza-tion, with its current name officially accepted. It was agreed that all fac-ulty and staff would be automatically members upon retirement with identi-cal privileges and benefits.

The other concerns that Jeff Horn

Jeff Horn, Advocate for a TCU Retirees’ Associationby Joann Karges

Memories..., Comrades True

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Newsletter Design: Broc Sears . School of Strategic Communication faculty . Bob Schieffer College of Communication . 817.257.5052 . b.sears@tcu.edu

Officers

PresidentJean Walbridge817-921-6676817-680-2527 cellfolkart@airmail.net

Vice PresidentH. Kirk Downey972-863-3628 or214-632-0317 k.downey@tcu.edu

SecretaryBill Pohl817-927-0604w.pohl@tcu.edu

TreasurerVictor Belfi817-923-2450v.belfi@tcu.edu

ArchivistJudith Smith817-921-4798j.o.smith@tcu.edu

Past PresidentPaul Hartman 817-423-0532paul.hartman@tcu.edu

EditorDoug Newsom817-732-2901d.newsom@tcu.edu

Representatives

Brite DivinityStan Hagadone972-393-8688j.hagadone@tcu.edu

Neeley SchoolSanoa Hensley817-923-1412s.hensley@tcu.edu

Bob Schieffer College of CommunicationDoug Newsom817-732-2901d.newsom@tcu.edu

EducationLuther Clegg817-924-8406LutherBClegg@gmail.com

Fine ArtsEmmet Smith817-921-4798j.o.smith@tcu.edu

Harris CollegeWilladean Ball817-731-1426weball43@charter.net

HumanitiesBill Pohl817-927-0604w.pohl@tcu.edu

Natural SciencesManfred Reinecke817-924-8536m.reinecke@tcu.edu

Social ScienceLarry Adams817-926-7314l.adams@tcu.edu

Staff Will Stallworth817-346-8485w.stallworth@tcu.edu

Admin. LiaisonBronson Davis817-763-8589BronsonClarkDavis@gmail.com

Rep.-at-LargeBill Ray 903.523.5982 front30@mac.com

University Committee Representatives

Retirement / BenefitsEmily Burgwyn817-688-1719e.burgwyn@tcu.edu

Retirement Program Mgr.Tracy Thompson817-257-5017t.thompson@tcu.edu

TCU Retirees’ Association Board of Directors 2014-2015

MISSION STATEMENT

The Texas Christian Univer-sity Retirees’ Association ex-ists to provide opportunities for fellowship, to promote lifelong learning, to advocate for fair benefits, to recognize the accomplishments of its members, and to strengthen the relationship between the retirees and the University.

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and the committee voiced were: medical insurance, tuition ben-efits, parking facilities, library privileges, discounts for athletic tickets and cultural events and bookstore purchases. The com-mittee also began work with the Faculty Senate for participation in that group. Nevin Neal drafted the bylaws for the Retirees’ Association, while the group outlined activities and sched-ules: monthly program meetings during the academic year, that of December being a Christmas luncheon, monthly meetings of the executive board which would include representatives named for each of the university aca-demic divisions, and two general

meetings, one in spring, and one in fall open to all members of the Association for consideration and discussion of any matters of importance to the group.

The first monthly luncheons of the Retirees’ Association convened in the fall of 1983 at the Colonial Cafeteria on Berry Street (now housing the Institute of Behavioral Research.) Jeff Horn served as President of the Association for three years and continued to participate in vari-ous capacities for a number of years. He died July 22, 2003.

Jeff and his wife, Martha, were honored with the Dr. and Mrs. Jeff L. Horn Scholarship for graduate education of teachers, established in 1984.

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