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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Two faculty members at the SUNY College at
Oneonta--Dr.
Arthur F. Dauria, Professor and Chair of the Department of
Communication Arts,
and
Dr. Walter vom Saal, who recently retired from his position as Professor
of Psychology--are
the co-authors of a new book entitled "Life After Work: Six Retirement
Stories That Can Change Your Life," which was released recently by
Touchstone Communications/Montrose Publishing.
Dauria and vom Saal wrote their book because they realized most books
about retirement focused on financial planning. Their book focuses instead
on the personal side of retirement. It examines the major themes surrounding
retirement by describing the stories of the Delany Sisters, Lee Iacocca,
Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Carter, and Arthur Ashe, and by showing how each of
them made the transition into retirement. Using these popular figures to
illustrate the central issues surrounding the retirement experience, the
book offers insights, key concepts, and conclusions for everyone who is
retired or planning to retire.
The book explores themes such as how retirement today is different
because of dramatic increases in life expectancy; profound changes in what
it means to be retired; how people can plan for retirement in a world of
uncertainty and rapid change; and the role of health in retirement. Dr. vom
Saal considers retirement as "the ‘second half' of adult life." The book
deals with making this new stage of life positive and satisfying.
A recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for excellence in teaching,
Dr. Dauria has taught at the College since 1975. He holds a Ph.D. in
Communication Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and taught at
Penn State before joining the SUNY-Oneonta faculty. He teaches courses
related to interpersonal communication, human interaction, and conflict
management.
Dr. vom Saal, who received his undergraduate degree from Columbia
University and his Ph.D. from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,
taught previously at Princeton University and Millersville University, where
he was awarded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Distinguished Teaching
Chair, the highest teaching award in the Pennsylvania System of Higher
Education. He came to SUNY-Oneonta as Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs in 1989, served as Interim President at SUNY-Plattsburgh in
1993-94, and then returned to serve as Professor of Psychology at
SUNY-Oneonta, where he taught courses in research methods, human sexuality,
and aging, before retiring in March of this year.
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