Please Welcome our newest Osher at CMU Board Members: Dan Boyarski, Allan Hribar, Peter Oleinick, and Bud Kahn! Thank you and Goodbye to Jan Hawkins and Marcia Taylor!

We would like to welcome Dan Boyarski, Allan Hribar, Peter Oleinick, and Bud Kahn as the newest Board Members of Osher at CMU. They will join the Osher at CMU Board of Directors on July 1, 2024 for a three year term from 2024 to 2027.

Dan Boyarski

Dan Boyarski is Professor Emeritus in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. During his 35-year tenure, he taught courses in typography, information and interaction design, and time-based communication at graduate and undergraduate levels. Dan was Head of Design from 2002–2008, and Director of Graduate Studies from 1994–2002. In retirement, Dan stays occupied with a mix of gardening, cooking, traveling, photographing, creating photo montages, a bit of teaching, and attempting to catalog far too many photo files.

Allan Hribar

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Allan received undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering from Purdue University and an executive master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.  He was an assistant professor for four years before moving to Pittsburgh in 1972, joining the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Research & Development Center.   He completed a 42 year career with Westinghouse and one of its successor companies, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, serving in technical and management positions of increasing responsibility and leading their naval nuclear business, retiring in 2014.  Allan is married and has two children and five grandchildren.

Peter Oleinick

Peter earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from CMU in 1978.  Peter then worked in Silicon Valley for 13 years before moving back to Pittsburgh in 1991.  After a 40 year career at various high-tech companies, Peter retired in 2017.  He joined Osher that year and has served on the Finance committee since 2020.  Peter is an active study leader and has taught classes on a dozen or so topics ranging from World War II history to the James Webb Space Telescope, fantasy football, contract bridge, and canasta.   In addition to Osher, volunteers his time at the Pittsburgh Zoo, the Moonshot Museum, the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the MS Society. 

Bud Kahn

Bud Kahn, a Pittsburgh-based wealth manager, is the founder and Managing Principal of WMS Wealth Planners. with offices in Aspinwall and Greensburg. Bud is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, with a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA in accounting and finance. He also earned a master’s degree in taxation at Robert Morris College and has completed executive education programs at Carnegie Mellon University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Bud is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Investment Management Analyst, Certified Private Wealth Advisor, and Accredited Estate Planner. Bud is also a member of Ed Slott’s Elite Advisor Study Group, in which he studies the complexities of IRAs to help his clients with the tax-and distribution-planning strategies necessary to achieve financial security.

We look forward to the enthusiasm and contributions that Dan, Allan, Bud, and Peter will bring to the Board. Please give each of them a warm welcome and big congratulations! 

Thank You and Goodbye!

As they finish their tenure on the Board of Directors, we would like to thank Jan Hawkins and Marcia Taylor for their service to our organization. Jan and Marcia both joined the Board of Directors in 2018 and served two consecutive terms. 

Jan Hawkins served in leadership rolls of secretary, vice president, president, and immediate past president. She also served as the chair of the HR Committee and the chair of the Study Leader Support Group. Additionally, Jan helped form the SIG - Floured Hands for bakers.

Marcia Taylor served in leadership rolls of secretary, treasurer, vice president, and president. She will be our Immediate Past President for Executive Committee. She was the chair of the Finance Committe and has served on the HR Committee. Outside of the Board, Marcia has been a Study Leader of bridge and local government courses.

We thank them both for all of their hard work and dedication to the Board of Directors!

Resignations

John Olmsted has resigned from the Board at the end of the first year of his term. 

"Over the years John has contributed in so many ways to the betterment of our Osher organization.  Teaching around 70 courses, serving twice on the board and serving as president, serving on a number of committees, attending courses, and of course the Olmstead activity room all bear your imprint.   Your involvement with the organization has improved the lives of many of our life-long learners.   

On behalf of the board we will miss your wisdom, attention to detail, ability to challenge on tough issues, and a willingness to get involved."

- Marcia Taylor, Osher at CMU Board President