FIRST THREE PRESIDENTS

We all owe a great debt to three ladies who were instrumental in the establishment in 1991 of the Learning in Retirement Institute (later renamed the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute): Founder Kathryn Brooks and founding members Shirley Fox and Lilyan Spero, who became the first three presidents. Watch very short videos of these leaders here. The late Kathryn Brooks, Founder, first president (video is from two early 1992 interviews; length 1:56). Click a player-- Windows Media Player Real Player The late Shirley Fox, Founding Member, second  president (video is from an early 1992 interview; length 1:44). Click a player-- Windows Media Player Real Player Lilyan Spero, Founding Member, third  president (video is from the 2004 Story of OLLI video; length 1:10). Click a player-- Windows Media Player Real Player

OLLI 2006 TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENT (5 min.)

TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENT. Aaron Quinto, one of the Mason students who planned OLLI's 2006 Teacher Appreciation Event (names shown at left), has created a five-minute video of the event and has graciously agreed to allow us to include his movie as part of OLLI Video News.      Those of you who attended the event won't want to miss watching this movie, and other OLLI members will enjoy it too. Check out the shot of a distinguished OLLI member wearing a Mason gold shirt and hugging four pretty young ladies!      We thank Aaron for sharing his video with us. Watch now by clicking the Windows Media Player movie below-- Teacher Appreciation Event movie (Windows Media Player)

2006 MEMBER TESTIMONIALS (3 1/2 min.)

THREE RECENT OLLI TESTIMONIALS. OLLI members Roxanne Cramer, Manny Pablo and Vera DeWeese tell how they heard about OLLI and what they like about our wonderful institute.      A Rod Zumbro movie. Watch now by clicking the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- 2006 Testimonials (Windows Media Player) 2006 Testimonials (Real Player)

EGYPT HIGHLIGHTS (3 1/2 min.)

THE SUBJECT OF ONE TRIP TALE, COURSE 903, WAS AN EGYPTIAN SIGHTSEEING TOUR. If you attended the class or have an interest in Egypt, you might like to view our video, "Egypt Highlights."      This three-and-a-half-minute video is newly edited from a longer video made by your editor after a one-week visit he and Susanne made to Egypt several years ago.      You will see the pyramids and sphinx at Giza, the temple at Abu Simbel (photo above) that was moved up 200 feet in the 1960s to avoid flooding, cruising the Nile River, temples in the Valley of the Queens and Karnak, and as a grand finale, the amazing treasures of King Tut that were discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 ("What do you see?" "I see wonderful things.").      A Rod Zumbro movie. Watch now by clicking the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- Egypt Highlights movie (Windows Media Player) Egypt Highlights movie (Real Player)

COPTIC CHURCH ICONOGRAPHY (6 min.)

THE RECENT OLLI WINTER-TERM COURSE, "ICONS: WINDOWS INTO HEAVEN," included a final class visit to a nearby Coptic Church to view icons 'written' by instructor Evelyn Avery Rophael.      OLLI member Charles Meyer, an attendee in my OLLI class on video editing some time ago, had videotaped this visit and created a six-minute movie to share with class members and other OLLI members who are interested. At my request, he created progressive-download versions of his movie in Windows Media Player and Real Player formats so you can watch them right away without waiting for them to fully download. He gave me the files and I posted them to our OLLI Web server.      We thank Charlie for sharing his movie with us, and we welcome similar contributions of OLLI-related movies from other OLLI members (please email the editor).       Created by OLLI member Charles Meyer.  Watch now by clicking the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- Coptic Church Iconography movie (Windows Media Player) Coptic Church Iconography movie (Real Player)

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF TALLWOOD (3 min.)

TALLWOOD HOUSE IS NO MORE. Your intrepid editor braved the light snowfall Wed morning, Feb 22, 2006, to videotape scenes of the demolition of the building.      This three-minute video, "The Fall of the House of Tallwood," gives you a brief glimpse of how Tallwood has looked for as long as OLLI has been located at Tallwood campus (more than 10 years), with Tallwood House standing tall amidst the big trees, and then shows how quickly a master heavy-equipment operator can tear down a large building.       A Rod Zumbro movie. Watch now by clicking the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- Tallwood demolition movie (Windows Media Player) Tallwood demolition movie (Real Player)

ANCIENT EPHESUS (4 min.)

IF YOU ENJOYED COURSE 704, Republic of Turkey: An Overview, or if you are interested in ancient Greece and Rome, you might enjoy our third installment of OLLI Video News, "Ancient Ephesus."      Enjoy a video tour of the ancient city of Ephesus, located in southwestern Turkey. Walk the marble streets that Antony and Cleopatra walked 2,038 years ago. See the well-preserved ruins of the odeum (small theater), temples, public restrooms, Library of Celsus, agora (open market/gathering place) and amphitheater in a short movie set to classical music.      This four-minute video is a newly edited, shortened version of the Ephesus portion of a movie created by your editor after a trip he and Susanne made several years ago to Greece and Turkey.       A Rod Zumbro movie. Watch now by clicking the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- Ephesus movie (Windows Media Player) Ephesus movie (Real Player)

ONE DAY IN ISTANBUL (5 1/2 min.)

IF YOU ENJOYED COURSE 704, Republic of Turkey: An Overview, or if you are interested in Turkey, you might enjoy our second installment of OLLI Video News.      In 5 1/2 minutes, experience "One Day in Istanbul," where you will see some of the famous sights of this exotic city -- including the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia (photo at left) and Topkapi Palace.      This video is a newly edited, shortened version of the Istanbul portion of a movie created by your editor after a trip he and Susanne made several years ago to Greece and Turkey.       A Rod Zumbro movie. Watch now by clicking either the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- Istanbul movie (Windows Media Player) Istanbul movie (Real Player)

OLLI 2005 HOLIDAY PARTY (3 min.)

Installment #1 is a three-minute video of the OLLI Holiday Party at the Fairfax Country Club in December 2005.      A Rod Zumbro movie. Watch now by clicking either the Windows Media Player or the Real Player movie below-- Holiday Party movie (Windows Media Player) Holiday Party movie (Real Player)

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