East Central Reporter

Former state university employee Robert Dawdy, who retired in January 2016, saved $37,168 toward a pension over 13 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Dawdy would collect as much as $644,192, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Dawdy received $13,540 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Dawdy will have already received $41,850 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.