UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 16, Page 9
January 4, 1996
Retired faculty keep in touch through meetings, newsletter

     The members of the University of Delaware Association of Retired
Faculty (UDARF) are friends of the University: They know it, care
about it, are interested in it, support it and volunteer their
services as needed.
     With some 220 members, plus honorary members (spouses and others
with a University connection), UDARF is an informal group whose
members share the experience of having served on the faculty.
     The association provides a means of getting together, keeping in
touch and staying involved with the University.
     UDARF sponsors luncheons, followed by University-related
programs, on the first Tuesday of September, December, March and May
at Clayton Hall. For example, Joanne Nigg of the Center for Disaster
Research addressed the December meeting, and in May, President David
P. Roselle is scheduled to give an update on what's new on the campus.
     In addition, informal get-togethers are scheduled at the Perkins
Student Center, where members bring "brown-bag" lunches, socialize and
have programs. This fall, UDARF member Arnold Clark traveled from
Woods Hole, Mass. to talk about "Teaching Evolution: The Grasshopper
and the Ant."
     A newsletter, edited by Edward Rosenberry, professor emeritus of
English, is supported by the University and is sent four times a year
to members near and far.
     UDARF president Roy Rylander calls the newsletter the "glue" that
unites the group.
     UDARF also is a volunteer organization. It has "adopted" part of
Elkton Road to keep it trash-free. It also participated in a recent
Cancer Walk, with a team organized by John Wriston, professor emeritus
of chemistry and biochemistry, raising $1,255 for the cause.
     The association drafted the first version of the University of
Delaware Benefits for Retired Faculty, now being distributed, and
members also have volunteered to be resource persons for the College
of Arts and Science.
     "There is an incredible amount of talent and ability in UDARF,
and its members are willing and interested in contributing to the
University and community-at-large," Rylander said.
                                                   -Sue Swyers Moncure