... At a luncheon on Friday, Lancaster told the story of how AARP was formed in 1958. He said it all began when Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired high school principal in California, went to visit a dear friend one day. She knocked on the door ...

... the AARP and president of the Senior Citizens Center. He was nominated twice for the Andrus Award, named for Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, the founder of the AARP, and given for community service. He also is a fellow of the Arkansas Gerontology Society ...