PASEF was founded in 2004 to serve emeritus standing faculty and active standing faculty age 55 and over at Penn. It operates under a set of bylaws and is governed by an elected Council that meets monthly during the academic year. PASEF is supported by the Office of the Provost and reports to the Vice Provost for Faculty. It is a member organization of the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE).
Former PASEF Presidents
- 2004-2005: Walter Wales – Physics and Astronomy
- 2005-2006: Benjamin S. P. Shen – Physics and Astronomy
- 2006-2007: Morris Hamburg – Wharton
- 2007-2008: Walter Wales – Physics and Astronomy
- 2008-2009: Gerald Porter – Mathematics
- 2009-2010 Neville Strumpf – Nursing
- 2010-2011: Vivian Seltzer – Social Policy and Practice
- 2011-2012: Roger Allen – Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- 2012-2013: Ross Webber – Wharton
- 2013-2014: Rob Roy MacGregor – Medicine
- 2014-2015: Jack Nagel – Political Science
- 2015-2016: Anita A. Summers – Wharton
- 2016-2017: Paul Shaman – Wharton
- 2017-2018: Roger Allen – Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- 2018-2019: Lois Evans – Nursing
- 2019-2020: Paul Shaman – Wharton
- 2020-2021: Janice Madden – Sociology
- 2021-2022: Janet A. Deatrick – Nursing
- 2022-2023: Marshall W. Meyer – Wharton
- 2023-2024: Janice Bellace – Wharton