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University
100
Founding CLE President
Who is Leo Shapiro?
100
Fundraising led by this multitalented member allowed this "campus jewel" to be built for our classes and the presentation of gerontological research in a state-of-the-art facility
What is the Francis G. Mackey Auditorium?
100
This instructor taught well-attended classes for 38 years
Who is Judge Luis Cardenas?
100
This member has been a mainstay of OLLI's computer education program for more than 35 years
Who is Charlotte Oliva?
100
One of our first day trip destinations remains a "sell-out" whenever offered
What is the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?
100
He allowed us to use university resources to "learn and teach," be an "integral part of the CSUF community," and "participate in academic programs"
Who is Don Shields?
200
These two CLE members donated $310,000 toward the RGC's construction and $50,000 more toward gerontology instruction
Who is Charles and Rachel Ruby?
200
This member received no pay as the RGC construction superintendent and engineer
Who is Richard Brown?
200
This is the oldest continuous CLE/OLLI class
What is duplicate bridge?
200
This CLE founder rode on a Fullerton Fire Department fire truck for a birthday celebration parade
Who is Florence "Flossie" Arnold?
200
Only these two continents have not been visited by the CLE/OLLI travel program
What is Australia and Antarctica?
200
This relatively new annual activity has become one of our most member-participated endeavors?
What is the TitansGive Day of Giving?
[283 donors in 2024]
300
The first chair of the Computer Education Committee--considered the "God Mother" of CLE
Who is Betty Robertson?
300
This university administrator expanded our building "footprint" by allowing Rooms 8 and 9 to be used exclusively for OLLI classes and meetings
Who is Harry Norman?
300
This class once used the patio of a member's home to keep its fee affordable
What is Ceramics?
300
This member brought a popular OLLI social activity into the "bars of Fullerton"
Who is Joe Lawton, M.D.?
300
This destination was the first visited when overnight trips resumed in 2015 after a university-requested pause
What is Santa Catalina Island?
300
Like a Western sheriff, she enforced university rules while winning the hearts of the membership
Who is Patsy Burns?
400
The original name of our senior adult lifelong learning program
What is the CSUF "Senior Learning Experience"?
400
This University program has a permanent home at the RGC
What is the CSUF Center for Successful Aging?
400
This OLLI library collection started in 2018 and has grown every year since
What is the OLLI Distance Learning program?
[Total recorded classes total 939, including 50 medical topics.]
400
She persuaded campus leaders to allow us to park in all student parking lots and most parking structures
Who is Barbara Talento?
400
One of our most popular classes, it was controversial when it was first proposed.
What is the Strategy of Poker?
400
This OLLI program won the 2015 Orange County Spirit of Volunteerism Award
What is the OLLI-CSUF Collaboration?
500
Seeking its financial largesse split the Board and led to the resignation of a CLE founder
What is the Bernard Osher Foundation?
500
The leader of this national organization participated in the RGC's four-day dedication program, which included an academic symposium on aging
What is AARP?
500
He created our first "game show," researched its subjects, and wrote scripts for four panelists
Who is Ed Schambaris ("Professor Be a Know-It-All")?
500
This former Mayor mobilized OLLI members in the organization's most productive membership drive
Who is Dave Musante?
500
Travelers safely visited Wuhan, China weeks before the Covid outbreak. OLLI travelers were not so lucky during a recent trip to this destination.
What is Alaska?
500
CSUF accepted the invitation from this country to send an OLLI representative as a keynote speaker at an international conference
What is the Republic of Taiwan?