Highlights of OLLI-Mason members' participation in the 2008 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. Members shown won medals in track and field events and in swimming. A Rod Zumbro movie.
First Three OLLI-Mason Presidents
WE ALL OWE A GREAT DEBT TO THREE DISTINGUISHED LADIES who were instrumental in the establishment in 1991 of the Learning in Retirement Institute (later renamed the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at George Mason University: Founder Kathryn Brooks and Founding Members Shirley Fox and Lilyan Spero, who became our first three presidents.Watch very short videos of these leaders here.
Immediately below: The late Kathryn Brooks, Founder, first president (video is from two early 1992 televised interviews; length 1:56).
Immediately below: The late Shirley Fox, Founding Member, second president (video is from an early 1992 televised interview; length 1:44).
Immediately below: The late Lilyan Spero, Founding Member, third president (video is from the 2004 "Story of OLLI" movie; length 1:10).
Member Testimonials
Egypt Highlights
THE SUBJECT OF ONE OLLI TRIP TALE 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 edited from a longer video made by the editor after a one-week visit to Egypt several years ago. You will see the pyramids and sphinx at Giza, the temple at Abu Simbel 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.
The Fall of the House of Tallwood
TALLWOOD HOUSE IS NO MORE! Rod Zumbro braved the light snowfall Wednesday morning, February 22, 2006, to videotape scenes of the demolition of the building. This video gives you a brief glimpse of how Tallwood has looked for as long as OLLI has been located at Tallwood campus (since 1994), 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.
Ancient Ephesus
IF YOU ENJOYED A PREVIOUS OLLI COURSE ON TURKEY OR TRIP TALE COVERING EPHESUS or if you are just 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 more than 2,000 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 shortened version of the Ephesus portion of a movie created by the editor after a trip several years ago to Greece and Turkey. A Rod Zumbro movie.