UMaine’s Lenard Kaye New Maine Gerontological Society President
Contact: Len Kaye, 581-3481
George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO – Lenard Kaye, director of the Center on Aging at the University of Maine, recently was elected president of the Maine Gerontological Society, a statewide non-profit organization that exists to address issues effecting older adults.
It serves as the primary interdisciplinary association of individuals and organizations in the state focusing on aspects of aging education, community service and research that have state and federal policy consequences.
Kaye, a professor of social work and Libra Professor in the College of Business, Public Policy and Health, has worked at UMaine since 2001. He was elected at the June 20 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Maine Gerontological Society. The society’s annual conference was held in conjunction with the sixteenth annual Rural Geriatric Conference in Bar Harbor June 1-2.
Kaye holds a bachelor of arts degree from State University of New York at Binghamton, a master’s in social work from New York University and a doctorate in social welfare from Columbia University. He is a resident of Orono, Maine.
Other officers of the Maine Gerontological Society elected at the June board meeting were: Marilyn Gugliucci of Biddeford, director of Geriatric Education and Research in the College of Osteopathic Medicine within the University of New England, vice president; Roberta Downey of Bangor, director of Program Outreach for NeedyMeds, treasurer; and Sharon Berz of Presque Isle, long-term care director for the Aroostook Agency on Aging, secretary.
Newly installed board members were: Amy Cotton of Bangor; Peggy Haynes of Portland; Durward Huffman of Augusta; Jackie Kelly of Poland; Graham Newson of Augusta; Don Sharland of Saco; Mary Walsh of Augusta; Elizabeth White of Lewiston; in addition to Berz, Downey, Gugliucci and Kaye.
The UMaine Center on Aging is a university-wide, interdisciplinary center specializing in aging education, research and community service. The mission of the center is to serve the state by maximizing the quality of life of Maine’s older citizens and their families.