DEAN WITTER RETIREMENT SERIES, 497, 1996-04-25

DEAN WITTER RETIREMENT SERIES
497, 1996-04-25

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                                                Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
                                                Registration File No.: 33-48172

                        SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
                         DEAN WITTER RETIREMENT SERIES

                           DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1995

        The fourth sentence in the subsection entitled "Portfolio Management"
under the section of the Prospectus entitled "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES" is hereby replaced by the following:

                Paul D. Vance, Senior Vice President of InterCapital,
        has been the primary portfolio manager of the Dividend Growth
        Series since its inception; Mr. Vance has been managing portfolios
        comprised of equity and other securities at InterCapital for over
        five years. Peter Hermann, Vice President of InterCapital, has been
        the primary portfolio manager of the Capital Growth Series since
        April, 1996; prior to joining InterCapital in March, 1994,
        Mr. Hermann was a portfolio manager at The Bank of New York.


April 23, 1996