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Buff Tribute: Lance Gentry 1968 – 2012
Lance Gentry (IntlAf’91) oversaw the rise of Boulder-based Justin’s Nut Butter from a local farmers market product to a national natural foods brand.
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Buff Tribute: Ron Bernier 1943 – 2012
Art professor emeritus Ron M. Bernier died Jan. 25, 2012, as a result of complications arising from multiple sclerosis. He leaves behind hundreds of former students who spent their CU education trying to get into any and all of Ron’s art history classes.
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Buff Tribute: Garrison Roots, 1952-2011
Garrison Roots, a revered sculptor and longtime CU-Boulder professor, had public art installations in cities across
the country. He led the charge and vision for the school’s Visual Arts Complex, even pitching in $5,000 of his own money for its construction.
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Buff Tribute: Billy Lewis, 1938-2011
In October 2008, just a few weeks before Americans elected the country’s first black president, Lewis was inducted into CU’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Buff Tribute: Dale “Pete” Atkins
Dale “Pete” Atkins (A&S’43, MD’45) came to CU in 1939 from a small coal mining town near Paonia, Colo., thanks to a full scholarship from the Fredrick G. Bonfils Foundation. He credits Bonfils and CU for shaping his life. Pete holds three degrees from the university: undergraduate, medical and a master’s of science. He was Phi Beta Kappa.
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Buff Tribute: Invested in a Buff life
When Kenneth Caughey (Law’55) was born on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, it started a relationship that lasted 85 years.
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Buff Tribute: A natural resources giant
A tireless attorney, CU professor, carpenter and water gardener, Clyde Martz passed away on May 18 at home in Albuquerque, N.M., after a long illness. He was 88.
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Buff Tribute: Jimmie Heuga 1943-2010
Former CU-Boulder skier and Olympic bronze medalist Jimmie Heuga (PolSci’73) passed away Feb. 8, 46 years to the day he won one of the first two medals in United States men’s Olympic ski team history. He was 66.
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Tagged Bill Marolt, Buddy Werner, jimmie heuga, Jimmy Kidd, olympics, Richard Rokos, ski team, skiing, Tyler Hamilton
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Buff Tribute: William H. Baughn 1918 – 2009
A man who started life “dirt poor,” according to his family, Baughn played a crucial role in pouring a new foundation for the university’s business school, then placed the girders that would hold long past his two decades as dean. He later took the university’s reins as interim chancellor and twice as the university’s interim president.
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Buff Tribute: Dolores Plested 1908-2009
Dolores N. Plested, 101, died November 11 at her home in Denver. Born in Trinidad, Colo., in 1908, she was a graduate of the University of Colorado in 1931.
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