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Purdue University has offered courses related
to aging at the undergraduate and graduate levels for over
20 years. In addition, Purdue faculty have acquired research
grants from numerous federal and private foundations to support
their research during the past two decades (e.g., National
Institute on Aging, AARP Andrus Foundation, Retirement Research
Foundation).
Purdue
established the Center for Research on Aging in April, 1985,
under the leadership of Vice President for Research Struther
Arnott with Robert Eichhorn, Professor of Sociology, as Director.
This Center was transformed into the Gerontology Program 10
years later, with Kenneth Ferraro as Director.
The Gerontology Program has experienced considerable success since its
founding in 1996, and the Center on Aging and the Life Course represents
a new stage in the evolution of interdisciplinary research and education
on aging at Purdue University. The focus of the Center on Aging and the
Life Course (CALC) is discovery. Dr. Ken Ferraro, Professor of
Sociology, has been named Director of the Center. Dr. David Waters,
Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, serves as its Associate
Director.
The Gerontology Program will continue, but is being transformed into the
educational arm of the Center. Dr. Gerry Hyner, Professor of Health
Promotion, was named Director of the Gerontology Program and will have
full responsibility related to educational matters, including
curriculum, degree and minor offerings, and student advising.
Two associate
directors were added in 1998. Three faculty currently share
the leadership of the Center on Aging and the Life Course.
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