I retired in December of 2014 after 30 years with the State of Illinois, 25 of those years with the Department of Public Health, the last 10 as the agency’s Administrative Rules Coordinator. I am enjoying reading, quilting, race-walking, singing in local choral groups, and participating in DAR. Retirement will also allow us to visit our daughter, Dr. Katherine Meister Cheng (IWU 2004), who is a dentist in the US Navy, stationed in Okinawa. She and her husband Jerry have a daughter, Julia, who was born in December of 2013.