Project Retirement

Retirement Memoir Guidelines
1. The retiree’s titles must match the titles that appear in Wolverine Access (unless any of those
titles are found to be in error).
2. Emeritus titles in general should match titles in introductory paragraph unless a title does not
carry over into emeritus status.
3. The second paragraph must include degrees (type, date received, institution), history at the
University (date hired, all job titles/promotions, and dates). All information must be
verifiable from information available on official records. This includes the names of any
awards received from the University or elsewhere.
4. Names of all awards, titles, degrees, and institutions must be checked and must be official
(e.g., “The Ohio State University,” NOT “Ohio State”; “The Johns Hopkins University,”
NOT “Johns Hopkins”). If in doubt, almost all of these things can be verified on institutional
websites.
5. Capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, etc., generally follow guidelines outlined in the
Chicago Manual of Style. Titles are only capitalized if they refer to a specific person or the
official name of an office or department, e.g.,
“Provost Sullivan attended the meeting.”
“The provost and the vice president for research attended the meeting.”
“She works in the provost’s office.”
“She is an administrative associate in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice
President for Academic Affairs.”
6. Memoir must fit on one page in 12-point, Times Roman font, with 1” borders.
7. Please include the name and phone number of the person who prepared the memoir, in case
there are any questions.