UMRA Past President Jerry Rinehart retired from the University as vice provost and dean of students. He is admired for being a “powerfully gentle” and deeply caring leader; and, as the current chair of the University Retirees Volunteer Center Management Committee (among many other roles), he continues to be an exemplar of service to others.

Read “In the affirmative,” a heart-warming profile of Rinehart, recently published by Friends of the Libraries.