CU People – September 2009

60’s and earlier

Following his love of teaching, John McCrumm (ElEngr’33, MS’34) taught at Swarthmore College for over 40 years and took numerous sabbaticals, including one-year stints at Stanford and Princeton. He also followed his itch for travel and mountain climbing and made trips to Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Thailand and North Africa. John retired from Swarthmore in 1978 and turned 97 in April. He writes he still thinks of Colorado as his home. He lives in Media, Pa.

Marie Fenn Eggers (Engl’42) wrote to share memories of one of her best friends who passed away, former women’s student body president Geraldine “Jerry” Serafina (HomeEcon’42). Marie is a “snow bird” who flies to Mesa, Ariz., when the temperature drops in Carson, Iowa. She loves to dance, sing and play the keyboard in two bands. She also participates in numerous volunteer activities in Iowa. She writes she loves her alma mater, as well as reading the Coloradan.

Having served 30 years as a tour guide, Frances McComb (MCDBio’43) is retired from the Guide Services of Washington. After 37 years as an active member with the Rock Springs Garden Club in Arlington County, Va., she received an award for 12 years as chairman of conservation. She lives in Alexandria, Va.

Former football player and marching band member Jim Cozens (DistSt’50) taught history for 34 years, mostly at South High School in Denver. To appreciate CU, one must go to another institution, he says, as he’s been to many others and often felt one step ahead, even though he says he was “rather average” at CU. His brother, niece, daughter and son-in-laws also attended CU. He adds he is proud of his grandchild, Joanne Esch (IntlAf’08), who graduated at the top of her class. He lives in Denver.

Former wrestling coach Richard “Dick” Brenneman (PE’51), who was previously inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame. He retired from high school teaching and coaching in 1980 and is a retired commander of the U.S. Naval Air Reserve. He and his wife live in Des Moines, Wash., and have six children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Robert “Corky” Rosan (A&S’52) writes he spends a lot of time on his wooden 35-foot gaff sailboat, Slim Princess, on Lake Ontario. During the winters he enjoys spending time with his wife and avoids chores, writes short stories he intends to publish but doesn’t, loafs around his brick house on the edge of Buffalo, N.Y., and reads the excellent town newspaper. He adds just wandering around downtown keeps his “complexion glowing” amid Buffalo’s rich architectural history, great theater, art museums and symphony.

Traveling to various corners of the world, Donna Mosbaugh Bogard (Mus’53, MA’71, PhD’83) attended the International Federation of Choral Music in Kyoto, Japan, last summer and the International Society of Music Educators conference in Norway in 2003. She continues to teach classes at CU Denver and has been director of the CU Alumni Choir for 18 years. She lives in Arvada with her husband, Charles F. Bogard (MechEngr’52).

Journalist Dusty Saunders (Jour’53) wrote about CU journalism adjunct instructor Larry Zimmer in the “TV & Radio” column in The Denver Post. He noted that Larry, who has called 444 CU football games, is the 2009 recipient of the annual Chris Schenkel Award for his long and distinguished career broadcasting college football. He also was inducted into the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado Hall of Fame.

Starting a long legacy of Buffs, Charles E. Brown (Pharm’57) writes he left Illinois for CU as a freshman only to have his son, David C. Brown (Mktg’80) and his daughter, Darcy Brown (Mktg’83), follow in his footsteps two decades later. He proudly reports that his daughter-in-law Lisa Kinney Brown (Comm’80) is a Buff, as is his granddaughter, Lauren Diane Brown (EnvDes’09).

Past president of the Geothermal Resources Council and the International Geothermal Association, John Lund (CivEngr’58, PhD’67) received the Pactricius Medal for 2008 at the German Geothermal Energy Conference for being a worldwide-recognized pioneer in the direct use of geothermal energy, as well as for his activities in international geothermal committees for over 30 years. He was the first American to receive the award. He lives in a geothermal-heated home that uses water from a 400-foot well in his front yard in Klamath Falls, Ore.

1954 yearbook

In-depth research of several Boulder County cemeteries led author Diane Goode Benedict (Edu’60) to document the early history of the towns of Lyons, Pella and Altona. She is finalizing the history of Hygiene and early settler Chester Smead using interviews and pioneer family photographs. She lives in Lyons.

Having collected books about the planet Mars for over 60 years, Bob Bruner (PolSci’60, MBA’63) donated them to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., home of one of the most intensive studies of Mars in the last 115 years, he says. His books were published between 1839 and 2008. He also gave a globe, photographs, magazines and videos about Mars. Bob also collects pictorial rugs from all over the world and stopped by the Coloradan office to show off some photos of his rugs while on his way to the Conference on World Affairs in April. Two of the photos appeared in the May edition of Buffalum Notes, the Alumni Association’s e-newsletter. See the photos at www.cualum.org/2009/05/may-2009.

Engineer Richard Weingardt (CivEngr’60, MS’64) finished his ninth book, Circles in the Sky: The Life and Times of George Ferris (ASCE Press). Because of the research material in his book, he was interviewed in May by National Geographic at the site of the original Ferris Wheel in Chicago for inclusion in a 10-part series called “Big, Bigger, Biggest” on large structures. The CEO and chairman of Richard Weingardt Consultants lives in Denver.

Susan Sehring Hutchison (Span’61) lives in Joliet, Ill., and is involved with local free medical clinics and the local hospital.

In 2000 Harry Harada Jr. (MedTech’63) retired from the Denver Metro Wastewater Reclamation District after 32 years. He was director of laboratory services for 29 of those years. He lives in Northglenn, Colo.

Director of CU-Boulder Alumni C Club and former CU footballer Bill Harris (A&S ex’64) retired at the end of June. Beginning in May 2001, Bill helped put together six CU Hall of Fame ceremonies, opened the C Club suite at Folsom Field and expanded the Living Legends program. He also helped to increase the C Club’s active membership from about 450 to well over 1,000. Before directing the C Club, Bill worked for 25 years as a health-care executive in New Jersey.

The chairman of Mortgage Bankers Association announced the appointment of John Courson (Fin’64) as MBA’s president and CEO effective January 2009. He says he looks forward to leading the company to stabilize the mortgage market, help homeowners get assistance to stay in their homes and make sure “recent mistakes and excesses that landed us in the current difficulty are never allowed to be repeated.” John lives in Rancho Murieta, Calif.

In February Jean Golden (Ital, Soc’64) went on a Roaming Buffs trip to South Africa, where she visited Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kruger National Park, Zambia and Botswana. She finished the trip with a stopover in Paris for five days, where she writes that she had a very enjoyable time while managing to rest from her very enriching and fun South African adventure. She lives in New York City.

Korean War vet D. Ernie Greenly (Psych’65) writes that after obtaining his CU degree, he returned to Washington, D.C., “eager to ascend the hazardous political cliffs, not unlike the Flatirons.” He worked at the Washington, D.C., Public Library’s Eastern Branch as a reference librarian and stayed in D.C. for 40 years until he retired in 1991. He then returned to his hometown of Longmont and wrote two memoirs, So Long Longmont (CQG Publishers) and Stuff & Nonsuch (Bookstand Publishing), which he proudly says are shelved in the Library of Congress and at Norlin Library.

Author Ann Kochenberger’s (Edu’65, MBA’68) book, Out of Focus…Again: A Journey From Depression To Recovery Through Courage, Love and Commitment (Morgan James Publishing), received a second place EVVY Award in the inspirational category and an honorable mention in the self-help category. She is a freelance writer and a public speaker in the area of bipolar disorder recovery. Her husband, Gary Kochenberger (ElecEngr’65, MBA’68, PhD’69), has worked at CU Denver since 1990. The couple lives in Denver and has five children.

When Mary Jane Swedlund Turner (DistSt’65, MEdu’70) called the Coloradan office, she noted she turned 88 years old in July and that she lives in Englewood where she has an “amazing view” of Pikes Peak and Mt. Evans from her seventh-floor window. Three of her children graduated from CU, as did three of her four brothers.

1955 yearbook

Having seen Matt Nager’s (Jour’05) photograph of the young girl in the La Chureca garbage dump in Managua, Nicaragua, in the March 2009 issue of the Coloradan, Morgan Smith (Law’66) wrote to say he and his wife have traveled to Nicaragua for the past three years, working on behalf of several Colorado nonprofits. The couple, who lives in Santa Fe, N.M., is organizing another trip to the country in November. Morgan has served as public defender of Adams County, Colo., as a state representative from Adams County and as commissioner of agriculture and other cabinet positions in the Dick Lamm and Roy Romer (Law’52) administrations in Colorado.

A signature member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society, Lannie “Ann” Alexander (Art’69) received the Milagro Award for Humane Education from Animal Protection of New Mexico. She continues to donate time to animal welfare and teaches art to children in an underserved neighborhood in Albuquerque where she lives.

Former CU president and U.S. senator and representative Hank Brown (Acct’61, Law’69) was recognized for his contributions to the Colorado community with a Bonfils-Stanton Foundation award, often referred to as the “Nobel of Colorado.” The award honors achievement and seeks to motivate future leaders. Previous recipients include CU Nobel Prize winners Tom Cech, a biochemist, and physicists Carl Wieman and John Hall.

70’s

Artist and reverend Wendy Neel Ellsworth (Hist’70) published a book titled Beading —The Creative Spirit: Finding Your Sacred Center through the Art of Beadwork (SkyLight Paths) in late summer. Her husband, David Ellsworth (Art’71, MFA’73), published his book Ellsworth on Woodturning (Fox Chapel Publishing) in 2008. The Smithsonian Institute honored him with a Master of the Medium Award in May. He runs the Ellsworth School of Woodturning at the couple’s home in Buck’s County, Pa. See the duo’s work at www.ellsworthstudios.com

Charles “Skip” Clark (MHist’72, PhD’79) became dean of the University of West Georgia graduate school last spring. He had served as interim dean since July 2006 and as chair of the history department for five years. Skip’s academic and research interests include the history of science and medicine, the intellectual and social history of medieval, continental and early modern Europe and the history of Tudor/ Stuart England. He lives in Carrollton, Ga.

ThermoGenesis Corp., a supplier of products and services that process and store adult stem cells, named J. Melville Engle (Acct’72) as CEO. He has more than 30 years of management experience in the health-care industry. Mel was CEO of Raydiance Inc., a laser technology company and president and CEO of Dey LP, a pharmaceutical company, for six years. He lives in Napa, Calif.

A director of the industrial division at Abengoa Solar, Kenneth May (MChemEngr’74) was one of five recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards from CU’s engineering and applied science college. He has made significant contributions to the solar energy field, including co-founding Solar Technology, Inc., a company that developed and deployed solar technology throughout the world during a period of declining interest in renewable energy in the 1980s. Abengoa Solar plans to build the largest solar power plant in the world southwest of Phoenix.

1975 yearbook

Two CU alumni, Susan Rupp Elliott (ComDisor’75) and Alex Kajitani (Soc’95) were named finalists for the National Teacher of the Year in January. There were four finalists for the award, which focuses public attention on teaching excellence and is the oldest and most prestigious awards program for teachers. Susan lives in Littleton, Colo., and Alex in Carlsbad, Calif.

A principal and managing partner for Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, Robert G. Refvem (ArchEngr’77) was elected president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado’s board of directors. He has been a principal at his company for 15 years and has more than 30 years of experience in civil engineering and transportation-related design. He lives in Centennial, Colo.

After 29 years, Aurora resident Brad R. Hughes (Jour, Mktg’78, MBA’82, MTeleCom’92) retired from Qwest. He is vice president of Industry Analytics at Telogical Systems, which is based in McLean, Va.

Golfer Steve Kerr (Rec’78) purchased the 18-hole golf course at Vista Ridge Golf Club in Erie, Colo., to make it the home course for CU men’s and women’s golf teams. The new name is Colorado National Golf Club. It hosts CU tournaments and practices, following through on the dream of deceased former CU golf coaches Les Fowler (Fin’48) and Mark Simpson (Rec’83) to have a home course for CU’s golf teams. He lives in Paradise Valley, Ariz.

CU couple Steve Sande (CivEngr’78) and Barbara Mackinder Sande (ElecEngr’77) writes they enjoyed a “fabulous” Roaming Buffs trip to South Africa in February. Steve continues to develop his Apple consulting business, which “still seems recession-proof,” he says. He also writes for www.tuaw.com, his unofficial Apple weblog, and teaches classes in Denver and other locations. Barb is a senior staff engineer at Lockheed Martin, working on special analytical studies and facilitating process improvement activities. Both volunteer for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, teaching younger generations about the wonders of space exploration. They live in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

1982 yearbook

In July Playboy Enterprises named Scott N. Flanders (Econ’79) as its first permanent CEO to come from outside the Hefner family. His naming ended a five-month search to fill the top job at the Chicago publisher and entertainment business. Prior to his appointment, Scott headed the company that publishes the Orange County Register in California.

Since being selected for an award from the Society of Environmental Journalists in 2003, senior editor for High Country News Ray Ring (Jour’79) has received a major reporting award every year. This year, he received the Sidney Hillman Foundation Journalism Award for Magazine Reporting for his investigation of worker safety in the oil and gas industry in seven Western states. He telecommutes to Paonia, Colo., from his office in Bozeman, Mont.

80’s

During the summer Irene Blea’s (PhDSoc’80) first historical novel, Suzanna (Floricanto Press), was published. The award-winning author, scholar, poet and public speaker’s areas of specialization are the Santa Fe Trail and race and gender relations. She is a New Mexico native and New Mexico Humanities Council lecturer who has written over 30 articles and seven books with an emphasis on women. She lives in Albuquerque.

A professor of Holocaust studies at Keene State College, C. Paul Vincent (PhDHist’80) has taught courses in European and modern German history since 1982. He has two published books, The Politics of Hunger: The Allied Blockade of Germany,1915-1919 (Ohio University Press) and A Historical Dictionary of Germany’s Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 (Greenwood Press). Named Distinguished Teacher at Keene State in 2008, he held a research fellowship at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies in Washington, D.C., while on sabbatical during the 2007-08 academic year. He writes that his dissertation adviser at CU Robert Pois, deceased, and professor Robert Schulzinger brought passion and intellect to their teaching and that he is “forever indebted to their fine example.” He lives in Keene, N.H.

Former Alumni Association president Kent Zimmerman (Edu’80, MPubAd’90) and his wife Christine Lanier Zimmerman (Ger’80, MEdu’90) returned in April to Crested Butte after traveling abroad, mostly in South America, for a year. Kent says they had an incredible trip, full of adventure and unexpected hurdles, including computer problems, communication issues and a lack of consistent infrastructure. While some things were time consuming and frustrating, Kent says he wouldn’t have it any other way. Read about his adventures at www.kentsadventure.com.

President of The Creative Alliance, a public relations and branding firm in Lafayette, Colo., David Heitman (Hist’81) is author of the popular blog at www.thecreativealliance.com/presblog.html. He lives in Lafayette with his wife, Deborah Hurley Heitman (Psych’79), who has a counseling practice in Boulder. They have a daughter attending CU.

Owner of a communications firm, Steven Selthoffer (Mktg’81) lives in Bonn, Germany. He was swimming commentator at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, responsible for live comments on finals of the swimming events as well as for coaching several swimmers. He also carried the Athens Olympic Flame in the Berlin segment of the Athens Olympic Torch Relay. He writes he really misses CU — waking up and seeing the snow fall on the Flatirons, walking across campus and taking off for the hills to ski.

A professor of molecular biophysics at Rockefeller University in New York City, Seth Darst (ChemEngr’82) was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences last April. He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.

Nicknamed “Stats” by his buddies during his freshman year at CU, Dave Plati (Jour’82) has been with CU’s athletic department for 32 years, 26 of those years as sports information director. Earlier this year he and 12 of his peers from around the nation were recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America for 25 years of service in the profession. Dave is the only person remaining in the CU athletic department who worked in the department during the 1970s, and he has published two books about CU football. He lives in Superior, Colo.

Proud father James Bishop (Psych, Soc’84) writes his daughter qualified for the Junior Olympics in ski racing and that she, too, would like to attend CU one day. James is an attorney in San Diego.

Mark Smith (DistSt’84) found a number of CU yearbooks in his storage shed and is offering them for sale. They are Coloradans of 1949, ’52, ’85, ’86, ’88, ’91, ’93, ’94 and ’95. E-mail him at markwsmith@colorado.edu. He lives in Albuquerque, N.M.

CU mom Maureen Kluck Minor (Fin’85) and her husband welcomed baby Buff Bode Lee Minor in May 2007. She is a commodity trader but is on a career sabbatical while raising her son. The family lives in Pewaukee, Wis.

Boulder-based environmental activist Tom Weis (EnvCon’85) received the American Wind Energy Association’s 2009 Special Achievement Award in May for his role in creating the American Wind Wildlife Institute, a collaborative effort between the wind industry and national environmental organizations. The institute facilitates the timely and responsible development of wind energy while protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.

A partner at Clifford Law Offices, Tim Tomasik (Jour’86) gave a speech at the American Bar Association’s 2009 seminar titled “Aviation on Trial” in June. The daylong program featured litigations from around the country put on mock trial under the scrutiny of state and federal judges who offered real-time feedback and judicial insight. Tim spoke on developments in aviation law, including the duty owed by air carriers for injuries and destruction of property on the ground. He lives in Western Springs, Ill.

Having joined NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston after graduation, Matt Ondler (Aero’86) is division chief of the software, robotics and simulation division. One of the several projects developed in his division is the lunar electric vehicle. Featured in the U.S. Presidential Inauguration in January, the vehicle can be seen on YouTube. He lives in Friendswood, Texas.

Fort Collins Realtor Jeanette Meyer (MBA’87) participated in the Fort Collins CityWorks 101, an intensive eight-week program that gives residents a behind-the-scene look at running a city and creating a vibrant community. She writes she will use this experience to be an even greater information source for her real estate customers. She has been with The Group Inc since 2001 and lives in Fort Collins.

Freelance photographer and CU journalism adjunct instructor Kevin Moloney (Jour’87) continues to work for The New York Times. See his photos at www.kevinmoloney.com. He lives in Louisville,Colo.

Proud parents David Reid (PE’87) and his wife welcomed their third future Buff last May. The family lives in Parsippany, N.J.

Author Daniel Grandbois (Psych’88) has published Unlucky Lucky Days (BOA Editions) and The Hermaphrodite: An Hallucinated Memoir (Green Integer). The first book is a Believer Book Award Reader Survey Selection, an ABA Indie Next Notable Book and a Chicago Center for Literature and Photography Best Experimental Book. His second book is an art novel with 40 original woodcuts by renowned Argentine artist Alfredo Benavidez Bedoya. His writing also appears in many journals and anthologies including Conjunctions, Boulevard, Mississippi Review and Fiction.

Buff mom Karen Maegley (Chem, Math’88) celebrated the birth of her first child in November 2005. She is a senior principal scientist for Pfizer Global Research and Development and lives in San Diego.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selected Henry Claypool (Geog’89) as director of its Office on Disability. He has 25 years of experience developing and implementing disability policy at the federal, state and local levels, including at CU, and brings personal knowledge of what it’s like to have a disability. He lives in Arlington, Va.

90’s

The article “Shopping with Donnie,” featuring professor Donnie Lichtenstein in the March Coloradan, jogged David Gulick’s* (Mktg’90) memory about how much he enjoyed Donnie’s class. He recalls the professor’s favorite quote was “cheap is chic.” David works in the local media department at NBC Universal and volunteers with a local greyhound rescue group in his free time. He lives in Plantation, Fla., with his two cats.

A 13-year veteran of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado, Chris Byrne (Psych, Soc’91) was assigned to the agency’s special investigations unit. His prior assignments have included detentions, patrol, gang unit, honor guard and West Metro Task Force.

Proud sister Dawn Massop Love (Jour’91) writes that her sister, Lori Massop Pace (EnvDes’97), was named Mrs. Denver 2009. Lori’s personal platform focuses on encouraging philanthropy in youth. Lori also is involved in real estate, and her company, Changing Paces Realty, evaluates and acquires underutilized commercial properties in Colorado and Mississippi. Lori lives in Aurora, Colo., and Dawn lives in Lafayette, Colo.

A principal with the intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, Mark Solomon (MEl Engr’91) received the Journal of High Technology Law Award for Excellence in intellectual property law. He also is one of the hiring partners for the firm and serves as president of the Boston Patent Law Association. He lives in Brookline, Mass.

After completing a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Northwest University in Seattle in June 2008, Barbara Swartzwelter (Ger, Hist’91) and her family moved back to the Boulder area from Seattle. The Superior resident works as a pediatric nurse at The Children’s Hospital in Denver. The family welcomed their third child, Julia Rose, on Jan. 30, and their older son will start as a freshman at CU this fall.

New baby boy Fisher Wilde Bergman was born to Jason Bergman (Psych, Soc’92) and his wife on April 22. The family, along with their daughter, Bryn River Bergman, lives in Bellingham, Wash., where Jason is a high school psychology teacher and football coach.

After many years working with nonprofit organizations, David McCain (Psych’92) started Communicating with Heart, a life coaching and business consulting company. The company promotes David’s life goal to change the world by helping individuals, families and organizations communicate more clearly, learn to grow through conflict and experience more joy. He lives in San Diego.

The national director of business development for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Shannon Shryne (Jour’92) has joined the association’s new research initiative, MDA Venture Philanthropy. With 16 years of experience with MDA in fundraising and relationship building, she was named vice president of donor development in April. She lives in Denver.

As the market revolution of the 1840s and 1850s swept the United States, the world of literature confronted commercial culture for the first time. In Capital Letters: Authorship in the Antebellum Literary Market (University of Iowa Press), David Dowling (PhD Engl’95) examines how three sets of authors — Harriet Wilson and Henry David Thoreau, Fanny Fern and Walt Whitman, and Rebecca Harding Davis and Herman Melville — responded to the changing marketplace that came to define their very success as authors. David lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

Alex Kajitani (Soc’95) was named a finalist for the National Teacher of the Year in January, as was Susan Rupp Elliott (CommDisor’75) of Littleton, Colo. Four finalists were named for the award, which focuses public attention on teaching excellence and is the oldest and most prestigious awards program for teachers. Alex lives in Carlsbad, Calif.

Strongly influenced by extensive world travels and a continuing interest in northern Italian food and wine, Alec Schuler (EnvCon, EPOBio’95) opened Arugula Bar e Ristorante in north Boulder. He is head chef and owner of the restaurant, which features a blend of classic and contemporary northern Italian food and wine. He lives in Boulder.

Longmont residents Joanna Conley Crawford (Geog, Soc’96) and Reese Crawford (Mktg’95) welcomed baby boy Casey Conley Crawford on April 24. Joanna and Reese are part of a long line of CU alums and the couple was the first to have their wedding reception at the Folsom Stadium Club.

During their 2009 Celebration of Women event, the Boulder Business and Professional Women recognized Angelique Espinoza (MRelSt’96) for her work in promoting the group’s mission. Angelique is an advocate for women’s issues and has been intimately involved in the political landscape, including her current service as a city of Boulder council member. She is a volunteer and a small business owner.

Baby Buff Mia Renee Aden was born to Monica Lipkin Aden (Psych’97) and her husband, David Aden, on Feb. 9. The family’s recent addition joins big sister Noelle at the family’s home in Parker, Colo.

In his new book Columbine (Twelve), Dave Cullen (MEngl’97) pieces together what happened on April 20, 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people before turning their guns on themselves. Cullen draws on extensive interviews, police reports and his own reporting to dispel several of the prevailing myths about the event and examine the shooting’s effects on survivors, victims’ families and the Columbine High School community. He lives in Denver. For more information go to http://davecullen.com/columbine.htm.

In Gender, Bullying and Harassment: Strategies to End Sexism and Homophobia in Schools (Teachers College Press), Elizabeth Meyer (MEdu’97) examines the key gender issues related to bullying and harassment in schools. She offers tangible and flexible solutions to help readers transform the culture of their school and reduce incidences of gender harassment. Elizabeth is an instructor at McGill University in Canada and a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance at Concordia University in Montreal.

Making gardening a relatively effortless endeavor, Aimee Prezzano (Mktg’97) and her husband have launched Best Raised Beds, which are Craftsman-style organic garden kits. The couple was a featured vendor at the Whole Foods in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on June 13 where they displayed their raised beds. Find out more at www.bestraisedbeds.com.

Boulder resident Alex Stein (Engl’98, MEngl’03) is the editor of Contango magazine. The publication is a forum for Denver-area artists to interrelate, showcase their art and find resources that will be helpful in expressing themselves clearly. The free magazine specifically focuses on novice, emerging and overlooked artists.

A lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard, Lance Tinstman (Mktg’99) got engaged to Leah Pepper last winter. The couple planned to marry in the summer on Cape Cod and then move to Washington, D.C., where Lance will pursue a graduate degree in strategic intelligence at the National Defense Intelligence College. Lance was the president of the ski and snowboard club during his time at CU.

00’s

Boulder resident Susan Squibb (Anth’00) is the owner of hemp ice cream maker Hemp Sources. She was included in an article in the Boulder Camera about how entrepreneurial efforts are on the rise, including in the Boulder area, despite the economic recession.

CU couple Ty Gregorak (Comm’01) and Annie Geyer Gregorak (Soc’03) had a baby boy, Gage Ty Gregorak, on Feb. 13. Ty, a former Buff football player, works with the University of Montana football program and the family lives in Missoula.

An attorney in New York City, Dan Nelson (Law’01) wrote a commentary in the Jan. 22 edition of the Boulder Camera about discrimination against atheists. Nelson writes nonbelievers are the most discriminated against minority in America and calls for a new perspective where leaders are judged only by their capability as leaders rather than by race, gender or religious beliefs.

2006 Flagstone

California Lutheran University’s Senior Pride Committee named Adina Nack (PhDSoc’01) the Diversity Professor of the Year. She is an associate professor of sociology and has researched, written and spoken widely on topics related to sexuality, social psychology and gender. The Thousand Oaks, Calif., resident is founding director of the Center for Equity and Justice.

After moving to Montana from Rhode Island and watching their gardening efforts falter repeatedly, Andra Spurr (Engl’01) and her husband began publishing Zone 4 magazine. Aimed at readers living in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and parts of Utah, the magazine gives advice on living and growing in the West’s low-moisture, high-wind climate. The couple lives in Bozeman.

After successfully serving as events coordinator of a small donation event for then presidential candidate Barack Obama in spring 2007, Julia Moseley (Engl’03) was invited to apply for a position with the team. During the campaign, she served as one of Obama’s advance team members. She was the inauguration parade route director and lives in Washington, D.C., where she works as the advance director for the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The producer, director and writer of the film Home: The ARAMCO Brats’ Story, Todd Albert Nims (Comm’03) traveled to Saudi Arabia in March. His trip included several reunions with expats and screenings of the movie, which is a feature-length documentary depicting Saudi Arabia as seen through the eyes of the Western expatriate children who grew up there between 1933 and present day. When not traveling, Todd lives in El Centro, Calif.

A faculty member with the environmental studies department, Sarah Principato (PhDGeol’03) was one of nine faculty granted tenure at Gettysburg College. She has been with the department since 2003 and lives in Gettysburg, Pa.

In the midst of poverty and high dropout rates in east Los Angeles, the new KIPP Raices Academy takes a new approach to education and was covered by Dan Rather’s HDNET show. Former UCSU tri-exec Veronica Crespin Palmer (PolSci’05) is a kindergarten teacher at the school, which focuses on ensuring students are on a path to college beginning with their first day of school. She lives in Hawthorne, Calif.

After living paycheck to paycheck working as a bookkeeper at a retail store in Boulder for 14 years, Patricia Reed (Acct’05) knew she needed a college education. While working full time and raising two children, she studied at Front Range Community College and then CU. She writes she is making enough to prepare for retirement and her children’s future. She notes she is a poster child for how a college education can change lives. Patricia lives in Longmont.

Life changed quite a bit for Mike Aguilar (IntlAf’06) when he moved to Senegal. He lived without a TV, only had running water in the mornings and dealt with blackouts at night. Despite sleepless nights and the emotional effects of interacting with families living in poverty, Mike writes that his experiences in West Africa were the most rewarding in his life. He planned to return home to the U.S. in June 2009.

During spring break last year, 30 CU students and alumni ventured to Nicaragua to organize the medical supplies, physicians, translators and veterinarians necessary to provide locals a free weeklong medical and veterinary clinic. The trip was sponsored by Health Outreach for Latin America, a nonprofit dedicated to improving clinical, veterinary and public health in Latin America and directed by David Baulesh (MCDBio’06). Baulesh is an emergency medical technician at Boulder Community Hospital.

Former football player Paul Creighton (Psych’06) and Kathleen Almon (Comm’06) married in June 2008 in Denver. The groomsmen wore CU ties and included Buzz Almon, a sophomore at CU, Jon Borgese (Mktg’06), Will Down (Comm’07), Joe Klopfenstein (A&S ex’06), Brendan Schaub (Soc’06), Chad Cusworth (Mgmt’07) and Jack Tipton (EnvDes’07). Buff bridesmaids were Sara Almon (MCDBio’03), Sara Erickson (Comm’06) and Katie Schlag (Mktg’07). Kathleen works for Capstone Corporation in real estate development. Paul attends graduate school at Auburn University in Alabama and is a graduate assistant for Auburn’s athletic department.

Using her CU-acquired skills, Stephanie Milliman (Jour’07) worked on a new marketing and rebranding campaign for the Boulder Chamber of Commerce last year. The rebranding campaign, which included an updated name (to Boulder Chamber), logo, website and newsletter, was launched in November 2008 at the Chamber’s Boulder Business Trade Fair. Stephanie lives in Longmont.

Atlanta resident and former UCSU tri-exec Sara Davine (IntlAf’08) works for Turner Broadcasting. In November Sara wrote she was working at CNN and helped air the video of the toddler daughter of two CU alums singing the university fight song on Headline News.

One of the undecided voters that both the McCain and Obama campaigns were trying to capture during the 2008 election season, Jacqueline Garcia (Bus, Span’08) appeared on NBC’s Today Show in October. The show discussed how the vice presidential candidate debate affected her view on the candidates. Jackie works at the Alumni Association and lives in Erie, Colo.

After graduation Dawn Barone (Hist, Psych’09) became director of The Herd and Young Alumni Programs at the Alumni Association, replacing Tyler Hartung (Fin’06) who left to volunteer in Uganda. When she’s not working she enjoys playing with her dog Phoenix and getting involved in any kind of sports, especially soccer and basketball.

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Distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry and Nobel Prize-winner Tom Cech was nominated to the board of directors of pharmaceutical company Merck in February. He stepped down as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the spring to return to CU but plans to continue as an HHMI investigator. He is teaching a general chemistry course to undergraduates this fall and says, “I think you make the most impact on students if you catch them early and get them excited.”

Trailer Wrap, a project that completely redesigned and reconstructed a trailer home in Boulder’s Mapleton Trailer Park into an environmentally sustainable home, was recognized numerous times for its accomplishments, writes Peter Simons, director of the Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement. The project was the work of the Studio/Build class in the architecture and planning college and received the 2008-09 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Collaborative Practice Award. It was featured in the October 2008 issue of Dwell magazine.

The development of an alternative to the measles vaccine administered by needle could save children’s lives in developing countries and is the work of professor and former regent Bob Sievers of chemistry and biochemistry. In recognition of his work to create an inhalable powder vaccine, Sievers received the first Governor’s Award for Research Impact in the health category in February. His new vaccine is painless, lasts longer and is less expensive to transport and manufacture than the current measles vaccine.

A fellow at JILA, Judah Levine received the Governor’s Award for Research Impact in the area of information technology. Also an adjoint physics professor, he was honored for developing the NIST Internet Time Service, which allows users to synchronize computer clocks via the Internet.

A fellow at the CIRES institute and an atmospheric and oceanic science adjoint professor, Susan Soloman is one of 10 women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame for 2009. She pioneered the theory explaining how and why the ozone hole occurs in Antarctica. The induction ceremony will take place in October, recognizing the group of dynamic, intelligent and accomplished women who reflect the best of America.

For his article “Why Have Scientists Succumbed to Political Correctness,” physics professor emeritus Al Bartlett won the 2008 Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting from the Population Institute in Washington, D.C. Al received the Best Magazine Award for his article in the Teachers Clearinghouse for Science Society Education Newsletter for expressing concern over scientists identifying overpopulation as a cause of problems in their writings but ignoring it in their recommendations for solving environmental problems.

Formerly the deputy attorney general for state services in the Colorado Attorney General’s office, John Sleeman assumed the position of managing senior associate university counsel for CU-Boulder in March. He replaced Christy Arguello (Edu’77) who was appointed to the federal bench in Denver by former President George W. Bush.

As many top scientists have stepped into key positions with the Obama administration, Roger Pielke Jr. (Math’90, MPolSci’92, PhD’94) of environmental studies said in a New York Times article that too often scientists pose as impartial experts while “smuggling political arguments into putative scientific ones.” He suggests Obama’s advisers instead ignore political differences and focus on incorporating a range of scientific opinions into possible solution strategies to current environmental problems.

In February music professor Michael Theodore presented “What I Saw at the Apocalypse.” The immersive performance was part of the “Apocalypse and Transformation” colloquium, a series of events exploring the interplay between ending and beginning, destruction and rebirth, prevailing chaos and emergent order. It was held in the Black Box Studio of the ATLAS building.

Professor Mark Serreze (PhDGeog’89) was named director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a campus center for data, research and information focusing on Earth’s frozen regions. He succeeds distinguished professor Roger Barry, who retired as NSIDC’s director in 2008 after 31 years. Mark has been a senior research scientist at NSIDC since 2005 and is a CIRES fellow.

Law professor Phillip Weiser was appointed deputy assistant attorney general for international, policy and appellate matters at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. He teaches at the CU law school’s Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and is associate dean for research. He also serves as executive director of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship. His appointment started in July. He is on leave of absence from CU during his appointment.

In May Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano named Stein Sture interim provost for CU-Boulder. Stein served as vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School. The provost is the chief academic officer at CU-Boulder, overseeing all research, teaching and faculty operations.

Senior humanities major David Hinojosa, doctoral student and environmental design instructor Debra Flanders Cushing, law professor Melissa Hart and McNeill Math Program director Ann Scarritt are recipients of CU-Boulder’s Institute for Civic and Ethical Engagement’s Serving Communities Awards. More than 13,000 students on campus are engaged civically in some way, either through class work, programs, student group activities or on their own.

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CU-Boulder scientists may get a step closer to identifying all proteins present in a single cell type, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. Natalie Ahn, professor of chemistry and biochemistry is one of eight project collaborators. The grant could better enable researchers to understand the complex changes within a cell triggered by disease, food or other means, which could accelerate the development of targeted therapies for cancer, heart disease and others.

In June Gardiner “Tuck” Tucker became assistant dean of students. He has extensive higher education experience, including student development, residence life and housing, teaching, and organizational development, as well as most recently serving as the interim assistant dean of students. Before his interim role, Tuck was CU’s director of residence life.

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