Class Notes
Profile: Don Nottingham
when Don Nottingham (Law’04) snagged the stage of Boulder’s Fox Theater to sing for his law school classmates during their 2004 graduation party, he belted out Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish,” the Black Crowes’ “Hard to Handle” and other high-energy hits. He enjoyed every second of it.
Profile: Bernard Trainor
From an early age, long before he became a U.S. Marine Corps Lt. General, Bernard Trainor (MA’63) pursued a simple life strategy.
Profile: Esther Manheimer
re are people with a fascination for the machinations of local government, and people who like beer. Esther Manheimer (Anth’93) is at home in both camps, and among the lucky few to combine the two for her work: She’s mayor of Asheville, N.C., a place that “takes its pleasures seriously,” as the New York Times put it.
Class Notes – Fall 2015
Class notes from our Forever Buffs.
Profile: Melinda MacInnis
It was from a jeep on a 2008 game drive in Swaziland that Melinda MacInnis (MCreatWrit’97) saw her first wild rhinoceroses, a mother and calf.
Profile: Stan Garnett
District attorney is not a job for the faint of heart. Ask Stan Garnett (Hist’78, Law’82).
Class Notes – Summer 2015
Details, details, details. Our Forever Buffs share their accomplishments with us.
Profile: Jacqueline Verdier
The first time Jacqueline Verdier (PolSci’05) saw a selfie stick, last year while visiting a friend in Asia, she laughed.
In Memoriam
CU’s Fastest Miler
Dr. Gridiron
In the annals of CU football, Derek McCartney has a famous name. Now he’s making one for himself.
Steeplechaser in the Wild
Class Notes – Spring 2015
The wild and woolly adventures of our wide-ranging Forever Buffs.
Spring 2015 Obituaries
As fall the Spring rains, so do our Forever Buffs. Here’s to their glorious forever summer. Forever Buffs!
Profile: Cathy Galeota
For millions of young children and parents worldwide, a problem-solving 7-year-old Latina girl with a flair for adventure has become a favorite imaginary friend.
Profile: Heather and Jonathan Arthur
No Business Like Show Business Actors play characters; Heather (Bus’03) and Jonathan Arthur (Bus’03) play actors. They’re stuntmen. “I was with Jennifer Love Hewitt for three years and Ali Larter for five, and it worked out nicely because then I knew their movements better,” Heather says. “If I do a good job, then no one
Profile: Rick Trujillo
RUN, RICK, RUN! Running mountain trails was strictly forbidden for CU-Boulder’s track and cross-country athletes in the 1960s: Coach Frank Potts wanted his runners on the flats. But Rick Trujillo (Geol’70) couldn’t help himself and, on his own time, ran alone on Flagstaff and Green Mountains. “Running in circles never made sense to me,” says
In Memoriam: William H. Dubois
Capt. William H. Dubois (Aero’08), an Air Force fighter pilot who went by the call sign “Pyro,” died Dec. 1 when his jet crashed in the Middle East. He was 30.
Profile: Christopher Meloni
With his steely blue eyes, sculpted Italian features and brawny physique, let’s just say actor Christopher Meloni (Hist’83) doesn’t have much to worry about in the looks department.
Profile: Timmye Pollard
After searching for a four-year university where her Amarillo Junior College courses would transfer, she picked CU-Boulder. Her father, a draftsman working for the Santa Fe railroad, got her a free travel pass from Amarillo to Denver and then on to Boulder. At CU she became one of 36 women among 1,100 engineering majors.
Profile: Seana Steffen
Seana Steffen (PhDSoc’02) is making the world a better place one business at a time.
In Memoriam Randy Weeks
Randy Weeks (Mktg’79), a fun-loving, bow-tie-wearing risk-taker who helped make Denver’s reputation as a center for top-notch professional theater, died Oct. 9 in London. He was 59 and overseas for a conference.
Winter 2014 Obituaries
All things have a season, even our alumni. We dedicate this page to our Forever Buffs – for all seasons! Forever Buffs!
Class Notes – Winter 2014
Forever Buffs here, there and everywhere! Here’s news of our alumnis’ exploits!
Fall 2014 Obituaries
The buildings of CU’s Boulder campus are made of thosands of stones – all unique. Here we pay tribute to those Forever Buffs who have built her legacy – one unique life at a time. All brilliant, all cherished. Forever Buffs!
Profile: Robert Meyers
Essence of the Irish Pub Selecting the best Irish pubs in America seems like an idea conceived in one; few follow through on the notion the next morning. But after talking with pub owner and friend Ron Wallace, Robert Meyers (PolSci’61) spent a year traveling more than 10,000 miles for the project. The result is
Profile: Angela Mader
The thrill of a challenge and the power to create products that sell help fuel Angela Mader (InfoSys’01) as she grows her small business.
Class Notes – Fall 2014
The latest happenings of CU-Boulder alumni.
Profile: Heidi Dewell
For a high-end consumer goods company — as for chefs and epicures — presentation matters. At Williams-Sonoma, Heidi Dewell (Jour’91), makes things look good.