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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 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. While at CU, Pete
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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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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: Stephen 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.”
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Buff Tribute: Carol 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.
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Buff Tribute: Edward 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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Buff Tribute: Ruth 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.
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