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Saturday, October 4, 2025

Former state university employee Lenzi paid in $30K to pension fund, could collect $495K in retirement

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Former state university employee Diana Lenzi, who retired in June 2016, saved $30,046 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Lenzi would collect as much as $494,831, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Lenzi received $10,401 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Lenzi will have already received $32,148 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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