CU People
CU People – March 2010
News from the Forever Buffs. We want your news! Write Marc Killinger, Koenig Alumni Center, Boulder CO 80309 marc.killinger@colorado.edu or fax 303-492-6799.
Read moreHenry Claypool
Henry Claypool’s (Geog’89) commitment to working on behalf of Americans with disabilities is a deeply personal one.
Read moreMarch 2010 Obituaries
Tribute to our lost buffs. Once in our world, forever in our hearts.
Read moreDee Demmon
Life has been straight out of a history book. The longtime Boulder resident, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, attended Mapleton Elementary School as a little girl, watched the Boulder Courthouse burn down Feb. 9, 1932, and attended CU during the Great Depression. She even met Buffalo Bill Cody.
Read moreWilliam 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.
Read moreAnthony Jackson
He spends countless hours helping foster youth avoid homelessness at all costs, mediating between angry landlords, exhausted caseworkers and frustrated youth. Anthony manages youth enrollment in the program, the ever-growing wait list and housing inspections. His least favorite aspect is paperwork, averaging around 250 pages per youth. He spends his remaining time tackling crises. Each morning his voice mail is filled with emergencies ranging from landlords who need their rent money to youth facing eviction.
Read moreDolores 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.
Read moreDecember 2009 Obituaries
Forever Buffs, forever in our hearts. Here are the names of those alumni, staff and friends who have gone to their final reunion. They engaged us during their lives, enriched us with their contributions and we celebrate them here.
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Tyler Silverman
When he graduated last December, Tyler Silverman (ChemEngr’08) wasn’t even in the country. He was in Seville, Spain, getting ready to jump into a career in solar energy with Abengoa Solar New Technologies.
Read moreKirsten Murray
While in her 20s, Colorado-born Kirsten Ring Murray (EnvDes’86) moved to Seattle with an enthusiasm for its romantic landscape — woods, mountains and water and, hopefully, a career in architecture.
Read moreStephen Romine 1913-2009
As far as Stephen Romine (MEdu’40, PhD’47) was concerned, the legend at the bottom of the trail map was never to scale. “He would always say, ‘Save your breath — come on, let’s go!’ ” remembers his daughter, Pat Romine Peterson (Soc’60, MFren’69). “He would continue, ‘Oh, come on, it’s only a mile or two further,’ but his miles were always two or three.”
Read moreSandra Cortner
In her first assignment as a photojournalist in 1968, Sandra Cortner (Ital’68) moved her subject outside because of necessity — she hadn’t earned enough money yet to buy a flash. Her editor loved the result, and Sandra was propelled into a career in black-and-white portraiture that has since been highlighted in the 2006 Crested Butte Stories…Through My Lens (Wild Rose Press).
Read moreCU People – September 2009
All the news that’s Buff to print! Check out what your fellow Forever Buffs are doing.
Read moreCarol Eileen Ryan 1944-2009
After nearly 30 years of treating students as a psychiatrist at the Wardenburg Student Health Center, Carol Eileen Ryan died at home in Longmont on May 28. She was 65.
Read moreSeptember 2009 Obituaries
Forever Buffs that have moved on to the big fieldhouse in the sky.
Read moreJohn Roberts
John E. Roberts (IntlAf’64) has visited 183 countries and aims to travel to the 23 remaining. While his trips were initially paid for through the Peace Corps and the U.S. State Department, these days they’re on his own dime.
Read moreSteve Swanson
Whether hiking in the mountains or walking in space, astronaut Steve Swanson’s (EngrPhys’83) life is full of adventure.
Read moreJulie Peasley
Combine artistic creativity and a love of science, add a dollop of inspiration, season with whimsy and a sense of humor and you have Julie Peasley’s (Art’91) recipe for success in crafting a geek gift teaching tool — the Particle Zoo, her collection of toy subatomic particles.
Read moreEdward Rozek 1918-2009
By 1945, Edward Rozek had fled his homeland and spent time in a Nazi slave labor camp. He had fought his former captors in France and Germany, earning numerous medals. Then, as he spent nearly a year recovering from surgery on his eyes, he made a decision.
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Lela Rose
New York City fashion designer Lela Rose (Art’92) says her designs are “classic silhouettes with a whimsical twist,” a far fetch from the outdoorsy, casual styles seen in Boulder featuring fleece jackets and hiking boots.
Read moreFrank Ellis
From entertaining to inspirational, Frank Ellis’s (CivEngr’56) life is full of stories. As an entering freshman, he hitchhiked to Boulder from Ohio carrying a suitcase with a sticker that read, “CU or bust.” While a student, he hung a white flag with the hammer and sickle symbol on the university power plant smokestack as a prank.
Read moreJennifer Veiga
When Jennifer Veiga (PolSci’83) told her dad she was gay, it immediately caused him concern for her political career: “Will that hurt you when you run for office?” he asked.
Read moreCU People – March 2009
March 2009 – Short reports from our alumni, faculty, staff & students on their doings.
Read moreRuth Helm 1934-2008
“Not paying attention wasn’t an option,” Stoneham says. “She brought history to life.”
Helm died at home in Boulder on Nov. 20. She was 74.
Christy Martinez Arguello
In seventh grade Christy Martinez Arguello (Edu’77) decided she wanted to be a lawyer. Nearly four decades later she says she reached the pinnacle of her career when former President George W. Bush named her judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in July.
Read moreTrevor Martin
As on-site reporter for MTV’s Choose or Lose campaign at the Democratic National Convention last summer, Trevor Martin’s (Jour, Mktg’07) reporting gig wasn’t about taking notes in a traditional reporter’s notebook with an editor waiting back at the office. Rather, “it was just me with a camera and my cell,” Trevor says.
Read moreW. Gordon Fink
After attending CU on a Naval ROTC scholarship, then serving for the National Security Agency, Drug Enforcement Administration and Central Intelligence Agency W. Gordon Fink has seen the real world of secret agents.
Read moreMarch 2009 obituaries
A list of our cherished alumni that no longer answered the herd’s call in March of 2009.
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