The
Northwestern Emeriti Organization --
NEO -- was founded in 2001 with support of the
Office of the Provost to further the social and
professional life of its emeritus community and to
continue benefiting from their abilities and knowledge in
the University. (NEO maintains contact with the
Big
Ten Retirement Association and the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education.)
Activities
- Bimonthly
Luncheons
- NEO members gather
for lunch at 12:30 PM on the
first Wednesday in
even-numbered months. For the foreseeable future, these lunches will be held at
the Zhivago Restaurant, 9925 Gross Point Road in
Skokie (847-982-1400).
- Thrice-Yearly
Dinners
- Each academic quarter
features a dinner or luncheon at the Zhivago Restaurant for NEO members and
invited spouses, partners, or friends followed by a
program of learning or entertainment, usually by a
member of Northwestern's rich community of scholars,
teachers, and performers. Program for
2008-09:
- October 15 , 2008 (dinner, 6:00 pm)
- Dan McAdams, Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Professor of Psychology, "The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By."
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- February 4, 2009 (luncheon, 12:15 pm)
- Joan Safford, Retired Federal prosecutor and Consultant on Mexican Criminal Justice, "Cross Currents in Latin American Criminal Justice Reform."
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- April 22, 2009 (dinner, 6:00 pm)
- Boyd Metzger, MD , Professor of Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, "What Can We Do About the Diabetes Epidemic?"
- View
photos of previous years'
dinners
Membership
The Provost's website
contains a Statement
on Appointment to Emeritus Status.
Briefly, faculty members who retire at age 55 or later
after at least ten years of continuous service on the
Northwestern faculty are eligible for appointment to
emeritus status. However, the appointments require the
recommendation of the school dean, endorsement by the
Provost, and approval of the Board of Trustees. See the
statement for more information.
In 2008, twenty-three faculty members
were
appointed to emeritus status. NEO now has more than 570
members. About 70% of NEO members still
live in Illinois, and one-third of those in Evanston. ( See
graphs of NEO members as of 2004 .)
Membership in NEO,
moreover, extends as well to retired
professional staff who performed a core academic function
(e.g., librarians) and retired senior administrative
staff subject to a vote by NEO's Executive Council. (See
NEO's
Charter
for more information.)
Governance
As specified in its
Charter, NEO's administrative functions are discharged by
an elected President, a Vice-President, and a
Secretary-Treasurer. NEO is governed by an Executive
Council consisting of the three administrative officers,
the immediate past President, and six other council
members elected to staggered two-year terms. (See the
current
and past NEO officers.)
For 2008-09, NEO's
President is Jack Snarr; Vice-President is Doris Johnson; and Secretary-Treasurer is
Louis Allred. The Executive Council consists of Rae Moses, Bob Ten Eick, and Al Telser (serving terms for
2007-09), and Jim Holland, Jock McLane, and Ralph Segel (serving terms for 2008-10). Al Farbman serves on the Executive
Council as immediate Past President. The Provost is a member ex-officio.
