Memoirs & Memorials

Retirement memoirs from the retiree's department and all supporting materials from HR are due in the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday three weeks before the meeting. Please make sure to include an e-copy of the retiree's C.V. and termination paperwork.

Meeting Date	Memoir Deadline
January 19, 2012	December 14 , 2011
February 16, 2012	January 25, 2012
March 15, 2012	February 22, 2012
April 19, 2012	March 21, 2012
May 17, 2012	April 25, 2012
June 21, 2012	May 23, 2012
July 19, 2012	June 23, 2012
No August Meeting
September 20, 2012	August 22, 2012
October 19, 2012	September 26, 2012
November 15, 2012	October 24, 2012
December 13, 2012	November 14, 2012

 

To ensure our office receives the necessary materials from HR by our deadline, you should submit all personnel forms to the appropriate HR office two months prior to retirement. We cannot process a memoir without the proper support materials from HR, and HR will not release the materials to us until they have received the retirement paperwork from the department.

At the time you submit the forms to HR or as soon thereafter as possible, please send an electronic version of the memoir, termination paperwork, and C.V. to memoirsandmemorials@umich.edu.

Additional documents and resources

Retirement Memoir Guidelines

• Sample retirement memoirs and template
  • Memoir Template (MS Word Document)
  • Sample 1
  • Sample 2
  • Sample 3
  • Sample 4
  • Sample 5
• Sample memorial statements
  • Sample 1
  • Sample 2
  • Sample 3