*Indicates paid Lifetime and Directors Club members; “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation.
60′s – 70′s – 80′s – 90′s – 00′s – Faculty, Staff & Students
60s and Earlier
In November Al Kaff*(Econ ’42) received a $10,000 grant from the New York-based Correspondents Fund in recognition of his gathering and editing of the Overseas Press Club Bulletin and his 30-plus years of journalistic service. Al, a former United Press International correspondent, editor and regional vice president in Asia from 1952 to 1984, lives with his wife in Fairfield, Conn., and writes he would love to hear from his CU friends at albertkaff@aol.com.
Retiree Martin Trotsky* (Acct ex’42) writes he enjoys golfing a couple times a week and spending time with family and friends. He lives in Denver and turned 90 not long ago.
Spending her summers in Fullerton, Neb., and winters in Scottsdale, Ariz., Margaurite Leonard Brower* (Nurs’48) enjoys her retirement with her seven grandchildren ages five to 21.
Huntsville, Ala., resident Patricia Ediin Cataldo (DistSt’48) writes she is sorry to have missed her golden anniversary celebration at CU but sends her blessings to the class of 1948. She is a retired editor.
After reading the December Coloradan class note on her, Leona “Nonie” Lann (Jour’48) called to chuckle about the incorrect reference to her being a producer of television shows on campus. She reports there was scarcely a TV in sight when she was a CU student and that the shows she attended were “plays.” Our apologies for the assumption that her reference to “shows” meant television shows and our thanks to her for her great sense of humor.
Jane Selbe (Chem ex’48) writes she married a classmate from Northwestern University Dental School. They split their time between Santa Fe, N.M., and Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Although William Funke (Mus’49, MA’59) retired from public school music education in 1984, he still teaches private voice lessons. During his music career he served in the Colorado High School Activities Association as adjudicator for 25 years, was an All State Choir auditioner for 21 years, played in the Loveland Concert Band and sang with the Fort Collins Chamber Choir. He lives in Fort Collins.
Author Robert Twedt (MBio’49, PhD’52) published Hare, Hare, What You Doing There?: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Thirties (AuthorHouse) in September 2002. It’s a story of growing up in a Scandinavian-American family during the Great Depression and describes the relationship of a boy with his father. He is retired from the U.S. Public Health Service and Food and Drug Administration and lives in Frankfurt, Ky.
CU sports aficionado John Pellegren* (ArchEngr’50) writes he believes CU is on the verge of a great future with athletic director Mike Bohn and football coach Dan Hawkins. He adds the football team should scrap the all-black uniform and replace it with gold pants with silver and black stripes, and that fans wear gold, not black, at Homecoming. He lives in Castle Rock, Colo.
Vice president of the governing organization of the Battlement Mesa, Colo., community, John Shepherd (Mktg’50) runs an income tax office in Rifle, Colo. Prior, he worked for the now defunct Mountain Bell Telephone Co. He writes he was “primary implementer of the 911 system throughout the United States” for AT&T.
After 46 years of practicing law, Leonard McCain (Hist’51, Law’56) won a 50-year membership pin from Lions Club International. Now retired, the Brighton, Colo., resident travels frequently with Elderhostel and follows the Buffs and the Colorado Rockies.
Although Vernon Nelson’s (MPhys’51, EdD’53) first invention was an automatic chicken feeder that killed chickens instead of feeding them, he eventually became a Sioux Falls educator, inventor and aviator with a 50-year career at Augustana College as professor of physics, math and aeronautics. He was inducted into South Dakota’s Hall of Fame last September.
After more than 15 years as a district judge in Weld County, William West (A&S’54, Law’57) retired as chief judge of the 19th Judiciary District in January 2003. He lives in Greeley.
Eugene Catalano (ArchEngr’53) and his wife are enjoying retirement and live in Centennial, Colo.
Sterling, Colo., resident Naomi Kennedy (Nurs’53) writes she has a fairly quiet life with her “wonderful family and friends.” She volunteers at the Sterling Tourist Center and is a member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at the Arlington, Va., cemetery.
CU couple Marion Crouze Cornet Chase (MArt’54) and Philip Chase (MPsych’54, PhD’56) live in Whispering Pines, N.C., where Philip writes humorously that they “play lousy golf.”
Phoenix resident Maurine Walker Paulson (Engl’56) writes “nothing has changed,” and she watches the Buffs every chance she gets.
According to Robert Roe (Mktg’58, MS’59), the best part about being retired is spending his time with his wife of 42 years, whom he met when he was getting his doctorate. They live in Laramie, Wyo. Robert is retired after teaching marketing at the University of Wyoming for 40 years.
Last July Terry Dunn (MechEngr’59) was appointed to a three-year term as vice chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standards Committee on Nuclear Quality Assurance. He and his wife, Margaret Conselman Dunn* (A&S’59), live in Vienna, Va., where he works in the Office of Fissile Materials Disposition of the National Nuclear Security Administration. The couple has three children and five grandchildren.
George Seyfried (Acct, CivEngr’59) lives in Colorado Springs and in Tarrant County, Texas, where he is on an appraisal review board on a part-time basis.
While researching cryogenic rocket fuels before the U.S. manned a trip to the moon, Dean Edmonds (MechEngr’60, MChem Engr’66) writes he came into possession of a collection of notes that changed his life. Written by a Canadian professor in the 1920s, it gave the locations of the original Green homeland — the Elysian Fields, Hyperboria, the Eden valley with its four rivers and the mountain that guards the rising and setting of the sun. The Palmer Lake, Colo., resident says you can e-mail him if you are interested in Greek history at dkedmonds@yahoo.com.
The first African-American player on CU’s basketball team in the mid-1950s, Billy Lewis (PE’60) was inducted into CU’s Athletic Hall of Fame last October. Billy was a forward for the late Sox Walseth. He continued his accomplishments of firsts in the field of law. He lives in Hampton, Ga.
World traveler and CU canebearer Dick Spelts (Acct’61, Law’64) takes photos around the world from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to great white sharks in the Indian Ocean. He and his wife logged 20,000 flight miles in September and brought the Coloradan on 11 safaris. When not traveling, they live in Lone Tree, Colo.
Author Linda Eason Berry’s (Engl, Fren’62, MHum’98) sixth novel in the Trudy Roundtree series, Death and the Crossed Wires (Five Star), was published in March. She and husband Jerry Berry (ElecEngr’59) have lived in Aurora since returning to Colorado in 1970.
Athlete Risto Marttinen (Hist’62) trained in discus and javelin for the Kentucky Bluegrass Games in July. He frequently publishes letters to the editor in local papers. He lives in Lexington, Ky., and writes that living in the South has revealed “a world of unchallenged ideas and myths.”
Following a 22-year career as a clinical chemist and medical technologist in various hospital-based and reference laboratories, Thomas Chin (A&S’63) retired to Chestertown, Md., where he lives with his wife. He is a member of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and the National Registry of Certified Chemists. He says he looks forward to his 50-year CU class reunion and fondly recalls professors Al Bartlett and Stanley Cristol.
Chief photographer for the CU yearbook in the late 50s and early 60s David Jarrett (A&S ex’63) donated his entire archive of photographs, negatives and proof sheets to Norlin Library. He writes that the photos include candid photos from his time at CU. He lives in Aurora.
Retiree John E. Roberts (IntlAf’64) attended the Peace Corps reunion in his hometown of Fort Collins last summer. Enthralled with President John F. Kennedy’s ideas, he was among the first Peace Corps volunteers. After a 33-year career with the U.S. Department of State, he returned to the Peace Corps for six years as a director in Tunisia and Malta in the ’90s.
Lakewood, Colo., residents Walter Robinson (PreMed’65) and Sandra Nichols Robinson (A&S ex’66) have 10 grandchildren. Walter is an orthopedic surgeon at Panorama Orthopedic & Spine Center in Golden.
CU’s first three-time All-American wrestler in 1964, Dean Lahr (ElecEngr, Mgmt’66, MBA’67) divides his time between Eugene, Ore., and business ventures in Honduras.
Boulder’s Len Barron (A&S’67) has been performing his one-man show Walking Lightly…A Portrait of Einstein for nearly 20 years. In the fall he did a gig at Boulder High School as a fundraiser for Mothers Acting Up, a child-advocacy organization. He says the “essential purpose [of the show] was to discover for oneself what is of genuine value in life.”
CU couple Guy Martin (A&S’64, Law’67) and Nancy Sand Martin (PolSci’67) celebrated their 41st anniversary last year. Nancy divides her time between Washington, D.C., and Rehoboth Beach, Del., as she publishes a national political newsletter to educate voters, lectures on American history on Capitol Hill and is founder and director of the Delaware Piano Festival. She also founded Save Our City, an activist organization in Rehoboth Beach dedicated to preserving the character of the historic beach community.
After practicing law in Loveland for 37 years, Richard Ball (A&S’66, Law’69) lives with his wife in his childhood home on Lake Loveland and enjoys his four grown children and four grandchildren who live in the same city. Richard says that he keeps busy restoring his 1965 Century wood motorboat and supporting the CU football team as a ticket holder since 1967.
Last summer Bill Slatkin (A&S’66) of San Francisco traveled to East Africa and says the trip was incredible not just because of the scenery and animals, but because of his contact with the people. He says he and his wife especially enjoyed a stop at a Maasai village where they visited a school where children were learning Swahili, English and math. He and the village chief’s son are still communicating via e-mail.
Fourteen years ago Tom Upham (PE’66) and his wife sold the business that they started in 1974 and retired, spending their summers sailing along the Maine coast and their winters cross-country skiing. A letter winner in skiing and baseball at CU, Tom, a former Olympian, was inducted into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame last year.
Kappa Alpha Theta had its 40th reunion last August, planned by Boulderite Cathy Sinnard Bauers* (PolSci’68). The sisters stayed at the Theta house and toured Boulder on Banjo Billy’s local tour bus.
Dennis Kruse (Mktg’68) retired from the securities industry as an institutional investment adviser. He is still an active licensed arbitrator in the securities industry for several exchanges and is CEO of DG Kruse Real Estate. In 2005 he moved back to Denver after living in Vail Valley for 10 years.
Retired from his career as a professor of statistics, Aubrey Courtney Shives (MBA’68) lives in Greenville, S.C. He helped redevelop downtown Greenville.
Greeley resident Janet Meyer Dickson (PolSci’69) is an attorney.
Delray Shores Pharmacy’s Thomas Dildine* (Phar’69) is retired after 38 years of practice. He writes he has three children with doctorate degrees and five grandchildren. He lives in Boca Raton, Fla.
Former freelance writer for the Coloradan Hugh Heckman (PolSci’69) has been staff writer for the CBS Evening News for the last 30 years, working with everyone from Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather to Katie Couric. He lives in Forest Hills, N.Y.
Having lived almost exclusively in Boulder during their 50 years as a couple, Dolores “Dee” Tomko Johnson (MEdu’69) and her husband celebrated their anniversary last June with a trip to the Rockies game with family and friends. Dee is a longtime special education teacher with Boulder Valley Schools.
Author and historian Silvia Pettem (A&S’69) is working on a book about her research regarding the Jane Doe unsolved murder in Boulder. The unidentified woman was killed and left in Boulder Canyon in 1954. Silvia lives in Ward, Colo.
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Last October Sheila Slocum Hollis (Jour’71), a partner in the energy, environment and resources practice group at the law firm of Duane Morris, participated in an audio webcast concerning manipulation in the energy markets, offering insights in a panel discussion conducted by KPMG Global Energy Institute and Duane Morris. Sheila, who lives in the nation’s capital, is chair of the Washington, D.C., office and serves on the firm’s executive committee and partners board.
Aurora resident Andrew Noworytta (Mus’71) is a financial analyst at Qwest Communications in Denver. He tunes and repairs pianos and plays jazz standards.
A professor of film studies and rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley, Linda Williams (MEngl’72, PhD’77) is author of Screening Sex (Duke University Press), in which she investigates how sexuality has been represented on screen for more than a century.
Having read the article on Ralphie in the June Coloradan, William Blackwell (Jour’73) recalled a football game against Baylor in the early ’70s when the Texas team brought its mascot, a black bear, to Folsom Field. As Ralphie circled the field, she suddenly stopped about 20 yards from the bear and started pawing the ground as the bear stood up on its hind legs. Fortunately, handlers on both sides stopped a showdown from happening. William, an entertainment attorney, lives in Beverley Hills, Calif.
Racing their bikes at the Rocky Mountain Senior Games last summer, Charlie “Czar” Czarniecki* (ChemEngr’74) won second place and Eric Van Zytveld* (Dent’79) won first. They completed the race averaging 24.1 mph and qualified to race at the National Senior Olympics to be held in August 2009 in the San Francisco Bay area. Eric is a Denver dentist, and Charlie is a retired Air Force colonel working at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs as a space systems engineer on the Global Positioning System.
In 2006, Dennis Leeper (PhDEdu’75) retired from his position as director of instructional support services at Temple University. He now serves as vice president of the Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries and on the board of trustees for the Easttown Library and Information Center. He also serves as vice president and program chair of the Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society and is president of the Chester County Library System Advisory Council.
After 28 years on the piano faculty of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia, associate professor Ivan Frazier (PhDMus’77) retired in 2005. Since then he has turned his attention and enthusiasm to the pipe organ. He has participated in two organ study tours in Europe, which included playing in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Athens, Ga., resident serves as dean of the Northeast Georgia chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Air Force retiree Ross Lampert (Phys’77) earned a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Central Oklahoma last year and is pursuing a career as a freelance fiction writer. He lives in Hereford, Ariz.
Nancy Wallace Lungren’s (Comm’77) career evolved from serving as a legislative aide to chief of communications of California’s Department of Corrections and deputy secretary of California’s Department of Food and Agriculture. She splits her time between the Olympic Valley and Sacramento and enjoys skiing, golfing and surfing with family and friends.
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80s
As the John J. Craighead Professor of Wildlife Conservation at the University of Montana, Joel Berger (PhDBio’78) is author of Better to Eat You With: Fear in the Animal World (University of Chicago Press), which examines the interrelationships between predators and prey.
Denver resident Dave Downs* (Bio’78) is president-elect of the Colorado Medical Society and is one of two physicians appointed to the Blue Ribbon Commission for health-care reform in Colorado. He and his wife live in Denver.
An Academy Award winner in 1992 for technical achievement, Jim Doyle* (Thtr’78) made the move from show business to the architecture world with WET Design, a water feature development company. He specializes in the design of water features worldwide and has built the Bellagio fountains, the Salt Lake Olympic Cauldron and the volcano at the Mirage. He lives in Burbank, Calif.
During 2006-07, Jeffrey Hart (IntlBus’78) was the national president of the Association of Government Accountants. He lives in Denver.
Ridgefield, Conn., resident and photographer Kevin Robinson (Comm’79) participated in an art show called “Icons of the 21st Century” at The Lab Gallery in New York City.
A family physician in his privately owned family medicine practice in Urbanna, Va., James Robusto (MCDBio’79) received his MBA from the College of William and Mary last fall.
A retired teacher from Boulder Valley School District, Judy Sacry (Fren, Hist’79) writes she and her husband spend their time traveling and studying Portuguese at CU. She lives in Lafayette.
Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s producing artistic director Philip Sneed (Thtr’80) performed in an all-star cast in the classic musical “Guys & Dolls” with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra last fall. He played the part of Lt. Branigan.
Battalion Chief for Littleton Fire Rescue Jeffrey Christ (EnvCons’81) speaks throughout the United States and Canada on a variety of fire and rescue topics, including the Columbine High School tragedy. He has worked in fire and rescue for 22 years and lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
In 2006 Robert Richie (EnvDes’81) was recognized for the second time within eight years as the real estate professional of the year by the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. The Englewood, Colo., resident is vice president of his firm.
Environmental and engineering consulting services firm CH2M Hill’s Jay Witherspoon (ChemEngr’81) is vice president and chief technology officer of the company’s Australia and New Zealand offices. He lives in Chatswood, New South Wales.
A professor of biology at the University of Utah, Mary Beckerle (PhDMCDBio’82) was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last fall. She holds the Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and is executive director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Dave Byron (A&S ex’82) reminisces about his days at CU, including the good times spent with his roommate Bob Zangas (Jour’82), who was killed in Iraq in 2004, and good friends Brian Brown (EPOBio’82) and Sheila Mullan* (Jour’82). He writes his time at CU had a major influence on his life. He graduated from Hawaii Pacific University in 1993.
Last fall Farella Braun + Martel partner Nan Joesten (ChemEngr’82) was appointed co-chair of the Woman Advocate Committee of the litigation section of the American Bar Association for 2008-2009. Nan practices in the firm’s intellectual property and technology and business litigation departments.
Author Dave Zeltserman’s (Math’82) third book, Small Crimes (Serpent’s Tail), was published in the United States last fall. It is the first of three in a crime noir series. He also has penned the Boulder-based mystery novel Bad Karma (Five Star Mysteries), a sequel to his novel Bad Thoughts (Five Star Mysteries). It will be published in October 2009. He lives in Needham, Mass.
Composer, performer and producer Sam Glaser (Mkgt’84) released his 20th CD, “Hallel,” on his Glaser Musicworks label. He travels to more than 50 cities annually in concert, primarily in Jewish communities, and writes that he frequently entertains his three children with stories from his “epic” four years at CU. He lives in Los Angeles.
The National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal recognized Geary Larrick (PhDMus’84) for his published material, including 30 reviews and 33 articles, which he has been writing since 1968. He lives in Stevens Point, Wis., with his wife and daughter.
After withdrawing from the CU regent race in the 7th Congressional District because of a family medical situation, Patrick Mulligan (PolSci’84, Law’87) of Golden put a portion of his unexpended campaign contributions toward a CU-Boulder scholarship fund. He told the Boulder Camera he ran for the seat to help make college more affordable for students. The scholarships will be awarded to students in the College of Arts and Sciences who want to work in the public sector.
Quiznos announced last fall that Clyde Rucker (BlackSt’84) is executive vice president and chief operating officer of the restaurant chain. Prior to the appointment, Clyde served as executive vice president and chief administrative officer of the chain’s Latin America operations. He lives in Weston, Fla.
The Vail town council renewed its operating contract for its visitor information center with Vail Info, a company run by Robert “Bobby” Bank (PE’85). Bobby lives in Vail with his wife and daughter and says his one-year, post-college ski bum year is now in its third decade. He writes he would love for CU alums to stop by the Vail Visitor Information Center to say “hello.”
A Missouri State University professor, Ken Rutherford (PolSci’85, MBA’93) has written Humanitarianism Under Fire: The U.S. and U.N. Intervention in Somalia (Kumarian Press). The book tells of his personal experiences as a humanitarian aid worker in Somalia, where he lost his legs to a land mine in 1993. It is the culmination of nearly 10 years of interviews and archival research in five countries. He and his wife, Kim Schwers Rutherford (IntAf’89), live in Springfield, Mo. Kim is a neuro-trauma care nurse in the intensive care unit at St. John’s Hospital.
An associate at Sears Roebuck & Holding Corporation, Amy Bertholf (EPOBio’86) writes she cherishes the time she spent at CU and values the friendships she made during her college years. She lives in Farmington, N.M.
NASCAR license holder Kevin Jerome (Fin’86, MOrgMgmt’90) has two cars in the Nextel Cup series — No. 66 is sponsored by Best Buy and No.70 is sponsored by Yellow Transportation. He lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Paul Brierley (ElecEngr, CompSci’87) moved from rural Safford, Ariz., to the Phoenix area to be director of organization for the Arizona Farm Bureau.
As assistant director for financial practices at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Reilly Dolan (PolSci’87) lives in Washington, D.C. He and his wife had a second son named Will Dolan in November.
Solatube International announced the promotion of Neall Digert (ArchEngr’87, PhDCivEngr’99) to vice president of international market development. The company says they have nicknamed him “Dr. Daylight” as his expertise in daylighting is unparalleled. The company markets tubular daylighting devices. He lives in Carlsbad, Calif.
Vice president of channel sales for Evault, a Seagate Technology company, David Ferretti* (InfoSys’87) writes he lives in Danville, Calif., with his Nebraska Cornhusker wife and confirms “opposites do attract.”
Macias Consulting Group, a provider of governmental evaluation and consulting services, promoted Gregory Matayoshi (MechEngr’87) last fall from manager to assistant consulting director. The Sacramento, Calif., resident has been with the company for more than five years.
Fort Collins real estate company The Group’s Jeanette Meyer (MBA’87) received a perfect score in a company-conducted customer satisfaction survey of buyers and sellers with closings from the last 12 months. She lives in Fort Collins and worked for the Alumni Association in the 1990s.
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation awarded Patrick Hollen (PolSci’88) the Mike Mansfield Fellowship, a two-year government-to-government exchange established by Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. government officials with substantial expertise in Japan. Patrick, a commander in the U.S. Navy, started his full-time Japanese language and related studies in the Washington, D.C., area last fall.
Farella Braun + Martel partner Kelly Woodruff (Psych’88) was appointed to the State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts. Kelly, who lives in San Francisco, practices in the firm’s business litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights and appellate law groups.
Investment company Morgan Keegan & Co. welcomed Eric Fussganger (Econ’89) as a financial adviser at the firm’s Naples, Fla., branch. Prior, he was general manager of Culinary Concepts in Naples and general manager of Bahama Breeze in Fort Myers, Fla.
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Michael Bauer (Hist’90) is a substitute teacher in Colorado Springs. His youngest daughter (of three) attends CU-Colorado Springs.
In narrative prose, Sean Teuton (Engl’90) studies the stirring literature of Red Power, an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s, in his book Red Land, Red Power (Duke University Press). He challenges the claim that Red Power thinking relied on romantic longings for a pure indigenous past and culture. He lives in Madison, Wis.
After building an energy-efficient Boulder home while incorporating new technologies, Joseph Vigil (Arch’90) and Brandy LeMae (Art’94) were featured in HGTV’s show Beyond the Box in an episode titled “Modern and Eco-Friendly.” The episode aired last fall.
Archeological geophysicist Larry Conyers (MAnth’93) of the University of Denver was part of a CU-Boulder team headed by professor Payson Sheets that found evidence of cultivation of manioc, a calorie-rich tuber, in the New World during an ancient Maya village excavation in El Salvador. He lives in Denver.
The CU system welcomed Deborah Quintana Mendez-Wilson (Jour, PolSci’93) as new director of communications. Prior, she worked at CU-Boulder’s news office and the communications office at the Health Sciences Center. She lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Retiree Michael Sherrod (MPubAd’94) is a volunteer at his local Veterans Affairs hospital in Temple, Texas. He also is commandant for the Louis W. Qualls Detachment of the Marine Corps League, a nonprofit veterans organization.
Soprano Laura Enslin (Mus’95), a faculty member in the music theater program of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, performed in “In Praise of Science” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Robert Ward in November and December. The performance was part of the dedication of the university’s Life Sciences Complex.
Actor, journalist and marketing expert Rachel Galvin (Hist’95) launched her online magazine and social networking portal for the filmmaking community at http://independentstreak.ning.com. She is a frequent host on www.KoreNewMedia.com and produces a web series called “The Insight” on www.BocaRaton.com. Rachel lives in South Florida and is a member of the historical advisory board for Coral Springs.
After graduating with a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, Diana Siemer (Engl’95) has been working in the field for 14 years. She is the TESOL program coordinator at the Esperanza Center, a community resource center run by Catholic Charities in Fell’s Point, Md. She lives in Parkville, Md.
The plight of the Lost Boys of Sudan is well documented while the history of what has happened to the Lost Girls remains largely untold, says Laura DeLuca (MAnth’96, PhD’02) who was awarded a President’s Fund for the Humanities Award of $5,000 with professor Willem Vanvliet of architecture. The two will make a collaborative documentary film about the Lost Girls of Sudan. See the December 2008 Coloradan article she wrote at www.cualum.org/publications/coloradan.
Thornton, Colo., resident William Eslary (PolSci’96, MA’01) retired from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2004. Prior, he retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1987.
In February 2008 Timothy Hefty* (MCDBio’96) became general counsel to Eltron Research and Development in Boulder and its related companies, Eltron Water Systems and Continental Technologies. He lives in Denver.
Crystal Alderfer (MPhysTher’97) finished a yearlong Hand Fellowship offered through Kaiser Permanente Residency and Fellowship Programs that enhances the ability to treat hand injuries via physical therapy. She lives in Long Beach, Calif.
University of Northern Kentucky associate professor Hazel Barton (PhDBio’97) is a microbiologist who explores caves to discover and document unusual microbial life deep beneath the surface of the Earth. She returned for the CU Cave Seminar to present a keynote speech last fall.
Proud dad Phil Gioia (InfoSys, ArchEngr’97) and his wife welcomed Tyson Gioia in March 2008. Phil, a licensed mechanical engineer, is associate principal with Mazzetti and Associates. He moved back to Denver from Portland,Ore., last summer to start an office for the company, and writes that he plans to return to CU to recruit architectural engineers.
Future Buff Isabella Marie Martini was born to Anthony Martini (Hist, Jour’97) and his wife last July. Anthony writes that Isabella was born three weeks early at a small birth weight but that all is going well. The family lives in Centennial, Colo.
CU couple Ian Pierson (InfoSys’97) and Jenny Fererro (Spch’98) welcomed their first daughter, Zephyr Pierson, at their home in San Marcos, Calif., last April.
Camarillo, Calif., resident Brian Colon* (InfoSys’98) is a licensed business broker.
The president of Pratt & Whitney announced last summer that Jay DeFrank (PhDComm’98) joined the company as vice president of communications on a permanent basis after serving as interim director. He lives in Farmington, Conn.
As president of Project C.U.R.E., a Colorado organization that delivers medical supplies to poor countries around the world, Douglas Jackson (Law’85, PhDBus’92) hosted a private dinner for developing country ambassadors, as well as a fundraiser for Darfur, Sudan, before a Willie Nelson concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre last summer. He lives in Firestone, Colo. See the story on him in the March 2008 Coloradan online at www.cualum.org/publications/coloradan.
Buffs Jared Jurgensmeier (Aero’98) and Tristen Winston (MCDBio ex’00) married in 2008. They live in San Diego and attend CU alumni events together.
In 2008 Eric Scott (Fin’98) and Erica Reals Scott (Mktg’98) welcomed their first child, Sterling Riley Scott. Eric writes that he works for EMC Consulting as a solution partner, and that Erica has the tougher job as a full-time mom. The family lives in Colorado Springs.
The Denver Nuggets acquired CU standout Chauncey Billups (Soc ex’99) from the Detroit Pistons last November. The Nov. 7 Guys Night Out game against the Dallas Mavericks was Chauncey’s first game at the Pepsi Center as a Nugget, and he delivered 15 points to beat the Mavericks 108-105.
Last September Andrew Canales (Geog’99) married Darcie Weinman. They live in Boulder.
Ceramicist Tsehai Johnson (MArt’99) was featured in a solo exhibition last summer at Plus Gallery in Denver. A Denver Post fine arts critic described as her as having “more than lived up to the potential she first showed, becoming one of the Colorado art scene’s most respected figures.” She lives in Denver.
Entrepreneur Mike McFadden (Mktg’99) founded luxury vacation rental website www.TheSociety.com in January 2007. It lists 5,000 properties. He lives in Denver.
Denver residents Kristin McShane Howard (InfoSys’99) and her husband welcomed their first child last summer.
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Evan Moore (EPOBio’99) and Erika Kube (BioChem, Chem’01) are chief residents in the department of emergency medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. Evan attended medical school at the University of Utah, and Erika attended medical school at the Chicago Medical School. Erika writes that they are displaced Westerners and are huge Buffs fans.
Beth DeHart (Comm, Hist’02) writes that her sister Amy DeHart (Fin’00) opened a Crepe restaurant in Denver called Crepe Expectations. The restaurant is on Northfield Boulevard in the Stapleton outdoor shopping center.
David James Gibbs was born last August in Minneapolis to Katherine Mitchell Gibbs (EPOBio, Jour’00). She writes he is a happy, cooing toddler who has already taken his first plane ride to Colorado. Katy works at Global Volunteers, a nonprofit organization that sets up short-term volunteer projects in 20 countries around the world. She assists volunteers in choosing and planning their service programs and writes that while working with the organization, she has had the good fortune to serve on programs in India, Brazil, Romania and the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. She lives in Shoreview, Minn.
Former CU-Boulder Alumni Association events manager Laura Oster* (Thtr’00) served as campaign executive of the University of Washington Combined Fund Drive until December. She writes that she stays connected to CU via the Seattle alumni club and looks forward to reading the Coloradan.
Phoenix resident Brittany Conklin (Comm’01) has been working in marketing for area radio stations since her time at CU and is promotions coordinator at KNIX & KOY. She is a certified scuba diver and has dived at the Great Barrier Reef.
After attending graduate school in documentary film at the New School in New York City, Dana Bartle (Hist’02) has become a documentary filmmaker. Her first film, Shadows of Guilt, had its network premier last September on the Documentary Channel. It is a 23-minute film that follows the story of a convicted murderer and his struggle to re-enter society.
The New York Times politics blog featured Lisa Donovan (PolSci’02) as a prominent Sarah Palin imitator on YouTube last fall, calling her a YouTube “sensation.” Lisa self-produces comedic short films under the username LisaNova, and founded Zappin Productions, a production company specializing in viral videos. She lives in Los Angeles.
The Denver Health Paramedic School welcomed a CU grad last fall. John Pavlik (Soc’02) is following a 12-month course of study leading to a certificate of completion in paramedicine.
Nikki Tollefson (Jour’03) works for environmentally friendly footwear company Simple Shoes, which has a new line of eco-friendly collegiate shoes, including a CU line. See the ad in the March Buffalum Notes e-newsletter at www.cualum.org. She lives in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Last fall Josiah Reich (Fin, MAcct’04) accepted a two-year rotation with accounting firm KPMG in the Cayman Islands as part of the audit and advisory services practice. The Cayman Islands resident spent four years with the company in Denver.
After obtaining his law degree from the University of Notre Dame, Patrick Salvi (Mgmt’04) is a plaintiff lawyer at a personal injury firm in Chicago.
Lewis and Roca announced that Nathaniel Edwards (Econ’05) is one of 15 associates who joined the firm last fall. The Phoenix resident works in the company’s intellectual property and technology practice groups.
Buffalo Bicycle Classic scholarship recipient James Brock (EPOBio’06) started his studies at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W.V., last fall.
An assistant professor of music education in the Ithaca College School of Music, Dan Isbell (PhDMus’06) received a Center for Music Education Research Award for his paper, “The Socialization of Undergraduate Music Teachers.” The paper examines the influences affecting the career interests of undergraduate music students. Dan was recognized for his clarity in research purpose, appropriateness of his research design and his writing quality. He lives in Lansing, N.Y.
San Francisco resident Michelle Meier* (Engl’06) spent the winter of 2006 working and skiing in Vail and the following summer working as a youth backpacking trip leader in Maine. She works at Advertising Agency Publicis and Hal Riney in account management.
California-based property management firm Keystone Pacific Property Management hired Bryce Miller (Mgmt’06) as an assistant community association manager. He will assist a district manager in managing large existing communities throughout Orange County from the Irvine headquarters.
Former CU cheerleader Scott Kaveny (CompSci’07) was accepted as an International Modeling and Talent Association contestant through his modeling agency. He lives in Boulder.
As a southern Colorado native, Arica Nigrini (Mgmt’07) writes that she has a great understanding for the serene lifestyle that Colorado has to offer. She writes her passion is to help others, which is why she chose to work in Colorado real estate. To her, there is nothing more rewarding than being part of the biggest investment a person makes — purchasing a home. She is employed at Coldwell Banker in Boulder.
Ben Fisher (IntPhys’08) enrolled in the Denver Health Paramedic School last fall. He is in a 12-month course of study and will spend 500 hours in a field internship setting. He lives in Boulder.
Orlando, Fla., native Matthew Kruppenbacher (IntPhys’08) started his first-year studies at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisbourg last fall.
Last September Paul Thompson (Law’08) was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He reported to Newport, R. I., in November for Officer Indoctrination School and in January for Naval Justice School.
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Faculty, staff & students
Val Peterson, wife of Chancellor G. P. “Bud” Peterson, was named president of the Achievement Rewards for College Students Foundation’s Colorado chapter. The foundation is a national organization that provides scholarships to academically outstanding students working toward degrees in science, medicine and engineering.
Assistant professor Michael Stowell of molecular, cellular and developmental biology received a three-year, $900,000 award from the National Institute of Health for a research project targeting brain cell communication. His research focuses on signaling molecules involved in learning and memory and how such molecules are altered in neurological diseases.
Exhibits and collections manager for the CU Heritage Center Allyson Smith designed a 16,000 square foot exhibit in Pittsburgh called “Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation,” which chronicles 250 years of the city’s history through inventions and ideas. The show received favorable reviews in the city papers. Her father, Homer Smith, invented the first camera to take photographs of the moon in the late 1960s, and the camera appears in the exhibit.
As the athletic department’s senior woman administrator and associate athletic director for academics and student services, former women’s basketball coach Ceal Barry’s accomplishments garnered a big feature in the Boulder Camera in the fall. Since retiring from coaching, she has revamped the academic support department, and also represents CU at Big 12 and NCAA meetings, oversees equipment, the training table and the training room, among other things.
Popular Science magazine included professor Kristi Anseth (PhDChemEngr’94) of chemical and biological engineering on its “Brilliant 10” list, an honor roll of the nation’s top young scientists. She and her team of scientists are pursuing tissue engineering to help human bodies heal themselves without the trauma of major surgery.
For their energy-saving efforts, four staffers who led conservation efforts at CU buildings are receiving a one-time $1,000 cash bonus from Vice Chancellor for Administration Frank Bruno as Buff Energy Star winners. The winning building proctors are Bobbie Klein of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Carrie Mares of Clare Small Arts and Sciences and Deanna Knowles and Kathy Redman of the Continuing Education Center.
Assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Pieter Johnson won a David and Lucille Packard fellowship, a five-year, $875,000 grant to study emerging diseases. Last year, a team led by Pieter reported on how human-induced changes in the ecosystem have spread diseases that affect multiple species. He is the 11th faculty member on the Boulder campus to win a Packard fellowship.
Former executive director of the California Academy of Sciences Patrick Kociolek is working to make the CU Museum of Natural History the front door of the university in his position as museum director. He is a professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology.
Professor Alexander Repenning received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation for his work on IDREAMS, or Integrative Design-based Reform-oriented Educational Approach for Motivating Students, which engages students in computer science through game design and encourages them to pursue careers in the information technology field.
Author and professor of history and environmental studies Patty Limerick is recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association. She is director of CU’s Center of the American West.
Promoting his new book when he is not teaching, Steven Wingate of the Program for Writing and Rhetoric is author of Wifeshopping (Houghton Mifflin Books), a collection of short stories that feature American men and their search for companionship, love and understanding in the women who cross their paths.
A former social worker and outreach director, Davian Gagne serves as CU-Boulder’s gender violence prevention and education coordinator, a five-year position created as part of the Lisa Simpson lawsuit settlement. Davian, who had worked with the Moving to End Sexual Assault in Boulder and the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, has been working to creatively engage the CU community in raising awareness about gender-based violence.
The Board of Regents unanimously approved the appointment of Tanya Mares Kelly-Bowry (IntlAf’93) as vice president of governmental relations in October. Previously she served as associate vice president of state and federal government relations for the CU system.
“Novus Ordo Seclorum,” or “New Order for the Ages,” by master’s degree student in composition Hunter Ewen was featured in the Pendulum New Music Concert Series in September at Grusin Music Hall. Hunter’s piece won the Constitution Day competition, co-sponsored by the College of Music and the CU-Boulder Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement.
CU librarian Sara Holladay is also the Fantasy Football librarian, as she catalogues fantasy football websites at www.fflibrarian.com. She has at least 2,500 viewers a day and she’s also been a guest blogger for the New York Times.
Former Army major John Volkmar’s 100-word essay for President Barack Obama’s website won him a backstage pass to meet the future president before his nomination speech at Invesco Field during the Democratic National Convention last August. A master’s student in the business school, John says he had been an Obama supporter since the beginning of the Illinois senator’s candidacy after voting for President George Bush in 2000 and 2004.
Associate professor of English and author of experimental fiction Stephen Graham Jones is author of Ledfeather (Fiction Collective Two), a novel about an American Indian boy’s life and his near-death experience on the Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana.
Jewelry designer Nicole Baum, a junior majoring in marketing and international business, won a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Award for her silver and beaded jewelry. She started her custom jewelry design business “Nico” when she developed a business plan and took out a loan as a high school senior in Rhode Island.
Whether European nations acted more quickly than the United States on climate change because of better press coverage was up for discussion at an International Environmental Journalism Summit sponsored by the Center for Environmental Journalism in November. Center co-director and associate professor Tom Yulsman said that in the United States journalists are taken to task for what some call “false balance” in coverage of issues such as climate change, presenting a more balanced view of opposing viewpoints on an issue than is supported by the evidence.
A senior civil engineering major and member of the Navy ROTC battalion, Steven DeGroot was recognized for his academic achievements, leadership and volunteer work with the first CU Proud Award. The award was created by the CU Parents Association to recognize students who demonstrate character, service, courage, compassion and moral values, says George Ballinger, director of the Parent Relations office.
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