Retirees' Newsletter

Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor,

April, 1995. #12

EDITOR'S NOTE: There was a very positive response to the first appearance of "Retirement Glimpses" in Issue #11, pages 5 and 6. I therefore invited a few more for this issue. At this point, I want to extend an open invitation to all the Association's members to share their retirement impressions and experiences. This goes especially for our out-of-town members. On the basis of feedback received, I can assure members that their colleagues are interested and appreciative of such contributions.

(Incidentally, if possible a maximum of 100 to 125 words, please).

ARANKA E. KOVACS - ECONOMICS / Meeting change as it comes: a continuous challenge

I love retirement! While I found my academic career very fulfilling , and my 30 years at the University of Windsor memorable, I never yearned to go back. I have not shed my academic background, but the priorities and pressures in my life have changed. My lifestyle is more casual and I am also good at the art of "puttering". I have been actively involved as a volunteer in the community for many years, but since retirement I have extended my involvement. I am on several committees dealing with disability issues, such as March of Dimes, Post Polio Support Group, Community Advisory Network for Persons with Physical Disabilities; and a member of the Windsor Advisory Committee on Disability Issues for 11 years. Currently I have 2 appointments through Provincial Ministries: the Police Board of Inquiry and the Board of Governors at St. Clair College. I am also involved in the Council on Aging, Uni-Com Retirees Group. I belong to a number of women's organisations including the Canadian Federation of University Women, Soroptimists, Business and Professional Women's Club, Delta Kappa Gamma. I have travelled extensively and enjoy cruising, socializing with friends, dining out, reading non-economic literature, music, art, gardening. Good health is very important, and now I am flirting with the Post Polio Syndrome. This will most likely lead to adjustments in my future lifestyle. But after all, our lifetime is an endless and continuous challenge to change, eh? I'm glad I'm here to meet it as it comes.

A.E.K.,
Windsor.

LUCJAN KRAUSE - PHYSICS / Enjoying the pleasures of research, without distractions

After my retirement in 1993 I remained in the Physics Department as Professor Emeritus, and continued with research in collaboration with my colleagues, postdoctorate follows and graduate students. The Department has been very hospitable in providing research facilities and, in terms of research output, 1994 has been my most productive year ever. I still have one Ph.D. student and an NSERC research grant and can look forward to continued research activity, at least for the near future. This May we shall present a paper at a joint Canadian-U.S. research conference in Toronto, and during May and June I shall be in Poland giving invited research seminars at several universities. This will be followed by the presentation of a paper at an international conference in Capri, Italy, and visits to Italian and Austrian research laboratories. My wife Margaret and I shall also manage to include a visit to our daughter and her family in the Netherlands. I wonder what the next year will bring.

L.K.,
Windsor.

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