Author Richard “Dick” Suddath* (Econ’41) published his second book, ­Ohio is Purple, written for elementary school students learning geography. His first book, A Simple Thread, is based on his father’s family history in the South before and during the Civil War and was published in 2003. Dick was owner and president of Suddath Van Lines until his retirement in 1989. He and his wife Barbara Anne Johnson* (A&S’44) live in Jacksonville, Fla.

Professor emeritus of biological chemistry at the University of Michigan Minor “Jud” Coon (Chem’43) was honored by a symposium with lectures by his former students. He was recognized for his research on the enzyme cytochrome P450, which helped establish its biomedical importance in steroid synthesis, chemical carcinogenesis and drug metabolism. He also was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and awarded an honorary medical degree from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He writes he has fond memories of chemistry professor Gustavson who was an inspiring professor.

For more than 65 years Ruth Law O’Neal (Mus’45) has taught piano, voice and piano pedagogy. She was an adjunct professor for 30 years at CU Denver. She remains an active musician, teaching piano bi-weekly to advanced pianists and music appreciation to about 50 residents of the Vi at Highlands Ranch retirement community. She lives in Littleton, Colo.

As part of the field artillery of the 90th infantry division in World War II, Clyde Kennedy (Acct’41) landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, France, and writes he looks forward to the 31st Army reunion in Minneapolis, Minn. For their 65th wedding anniversary, Clyde and his wife flew to Wolverhampton, England, the town where they were wed. Their two children, along with 44 other guests, attended the couple’s celebration dinner. He lives in Granada, Colo., and his parting message is “forget that someday there will be no tomorrow.”

Bill Coburn* (CivEngr’49) and his wife Carol Coburn*(Edu’60) are thrilled for their granddaughter, Emma Coburn, a CU senior majoring in business, who won the women’s USA 3,000 meter steeplechase in June (covered in the September issue of the Coloradan) and who competed in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in September. The couple lives in Boulder.

1965 yearbook

Longtime supporter of the Leeds School of Business Richard “Dick” Burridge Sr.* (Fin’51) made a $2.5 million gift to establish the Burridge Chair in Finance. In 1997 Dick helped establish the Burridge Center for Securities Analysis and Valuation at the school. He serves as the chair of the investment policy committee for the CU Foundation. He lives in Burr Ridge, Ill.

After several years of active duty in the U.S. Navy, including time spent as a quarter master on a Landing Craft Infantry in the Pacific, Jack Fowler (CivEngr’51) returned to CU to earn his degree. He retired from Public Service Co. of Colorado after 37 years and lives in Fort Collins with his wife of 62 years. He has two daughters and four grandchildren.

For the last six years, Roger C. Allen (A&S’52) developed and organized the Tucson, Ariz.,-based group The Desert Readers. The volunteer performers tell humorous jokes, inspirational short stories and memorable poetry to seniors in nursing homes, assisted-living and independent-living residences. The group has performed more than 365 times since July 2005. Roger lives in Tucson.

In the spring Robert Byrne (CivEngr’54) will publish his 24th book, The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said (Simon & Schuster). While at CU he was editor of the humor magazine The Flatiron and played pool, snooker and billiards. One of his books, Byrne’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards (Marnier Books), has sold more than 500,000 copies and helped him get inducted into the Billiards Congress of America’s Hall of Fame in 2001. He also became a full-time freelance writer after 20 years as editor of an engineering magazine based in San Francisco. Robert lives in Dubuque, Iowa.

A flight test engineer and test pilot for 46 years, James Patton Jr. (Aero’56) retired from NASA in 1987 [see the online September 2011 Coloradan profiles to read the article on him]. He earned numerous aviation awards, including NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal, the FAA Master Pilot Award and an induction into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame. He lives in Crystal River, Fla.

After retiring from 30 years of teaching social studies in 1982, Harry Stokes (MEdu’56) has remained extremely busy. He moved to Tennessee and became an archivist at the Tennessee State Library and Archives where he processed manuscript collections and governor’s papers until 2005. During his retirement years, he and his wife have enjoyed traveling in the United States and abroad. Harry lives in Old Hickory, Tenn.

Denver resident Pat Hill Pascoe (Engl’57) served in the Colorado Senate for 12 years. She published a biography of the first woman state senator in Colorado, Helen Ring Robinson: Colorado Senator and Suffragist (University Press of Colorado) in November. For more information see patpascoe.com.

After 11 years Ron Moore (Mgmt’59) writes to say he has retired from his position on the board and executive committee of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, an executive MBA program in the Chicago area. He will continue to be a member of the Business Advisory Council. He also serves as director of the Chicago Crime Commission, a citizens oversight committee, and as a trustee on the CU Foundation board. Ron lives in Lake Forest, Ill.

Early this year Frank Reno’s (Engl’60, MA’67) third book was published. Arthurian Figures of History and Legend: A Biographical Dictionary (McFarland) covers more than 400 legendary and historic people from the Arthurian era. Frank lives in Lafayette, Colo.

When she is not traveling Elizabeth Shellabarger Bayne (Mus’61, MA’66) teaches weekly private voice lessons. She has sung with the Cathedral Choir at St. John’s Cathedral of Albuquerque for more than 30 years. She also is a member of POLYPHONY: Voices of New Mexico, a professional choral ensemble, and CANTAT, a semi-professional Santa Fe group. She lives in Albuquerque.

Sequim, Wash., resident Bruce Busch (Bus’61) married Pamela Gates last June at his home. On their honeymoon they visited several states in the U.S. The couple met while serving on various committees of the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, Wash.

Madame Bovary’s Daughter (Random House) by Linda Urbach Howard (A&S’62) hit the shelves in July. Linda writes she “owes it all to the great teaching I got from the English department at Boulder.” She lives in Bridgeport, Conn.

In June David Jamieson (A&S’62) received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian General Counsel Awards in Toronto. He is executive vice president and corporate secretary at J.D. Irving.

After serving as a public school teacher and administrator for over 25 years, Charles Wooten (MEdu’65) taught English in China in 1990. His experience there sparked the idea for his novel Letters From a Chinese Angel: Heavenly Messenger (Xlibris Corp.), which can be purchased on Amazon.com. Charles completed his third novel in the unpublished AngelTeam trilogy series, Journey to Jerusalem (A Disappearance at Damascus.) He lives in Broomfield, Colo.

Senior consultant Jacqueline “Beau” Sweney Rezendes (Psych’68, MEdu’69, PhD’76) is a board member of the Grillo Health Information Center in Boulder. She has experience in corporate, academic and public sector work and was a founding member and director of education and training for the National Hospice Organization. Beau lives in Boulder.

Retired director of finance for Hillsborough County, Fla., Kristen Dick Landkammer (Acct’69) also is retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve. She writes she spends most of her time on the golf course, while waiting for her turn to be a grandmother. She lives in Lutz, Fla.

Based on peer recognition and professional achievement, Bruce Robertson (PolSci’69), a securities and corporate finance attorney, was selected as one of 11 “Washington Super Lawyers.” Only five percent of attorneys in Washington are selected for this honor. The 2011 Washington Super Lawyers appeared in a special section of the summer issue of Super Lawyers and the July issue of Seattle Met magazine.

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After 36 years Richard Rundell (PhDGer’71) retired from New Mexico State University. Most recently, he was head of the languages and linguistics department. He lives in Las Cruces, N.M., and says it is hard to believe 40 years have passed since he finished his doctorate.

Authors James “Jay” Fell (MHist’72, PhD’75) and Jan Neunoff Robertson*(A&S’57) wrote 100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers (Colorado Mountain Club Press). It takes a look at the evolution of Colorado mountaineering in the 20th century and includes several people associated with CU, such as former art professor Muriel Sibell Wolle (MA&S’30). Jay calls Louisville home and Jan lives in Boulder.

Criminal defense attorney Paul McCormick (Law’72) was honored by the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar with the Alvin D. Lichtenstein award for lifetime achievement. Paul also was inducted into the International Society of Barristers and Litigation Counsel of America, has been rated a Colorado Super Lawyer and is listed in Best Lawyers in America. He lives in Boulder.

A native of India, Frank Islam (Bus, MApMath’73) spoke last April at the Conference on World Affairs. He coauthored Renewing the American Dream: A Citizen’s Guide (IMC Publishing), which offers suggestions on how to reverse the notion that the American dream is in peril. He is CEO of FI Investment Group, which focuses on providing growth capital to emerging companies and has endowed two scholarships at CU-Boulder for mathematics students. Frank lives in Potomac, Md.

Consultant John Poimiroo (MJour’73) specializes in travel and tourism marketing communications with his virtual agency, Poimiroo & Partners. When updating his website, www.poimiroo.com, John chose CU silver, gold and black, of course! He lives in Eldorado Hills, Calif.

The most visible program in CU-Boulder’s Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement is the Peace Corps, although it has 10 other programs under its wing. Director Peter Simons (Psych’73, MPubAd’76) says the institute works closely with faculty to weave civic engagement into the entire curriculum. Peter lives in Boulder with his wife Gayle Lalich (Psych’73, Law’77).

Phi Beta Kappa David Litschel (Art’74) has been a photographer for over 30 years. He retired in 2010 from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he lives, after teaching photography and serving as provost. David continues photographing his travels and his work can be found on pages 66-67 in this issue and at www.davidlitschel.com.

1976 yearbook

University of Utah pathology professor Edward Ashwood (ChemEngr’75) received The American Association for Clinical Chemistry’s award for Outstanding Contributions in Education. He has mentored more than 100 pathology residents and fellows who have twice honored him with the outstanding teaching award. Edward also served as president and chief executive officer of ARUP Laboratories and lives in Circle Park City, Utah.

Former deputy director of the White House national youth anti-drug media campaign, John S. Hale (MJour’76) is chief communications officer of the Veterans Health Administration. The McLean, Va., resident oversees communications and marketing for the nation’s largest health care system, with more than 150 hospitals and 800 clinics nationwide. John also is founder of MINDWEST Strategies, a communications consulting firm.

On-air host Douglas Dinsmoor (EPOBio’77) spends time at jazz station KUVO 89.3 in Denver, serving as a fill-in on the station. He’s been broadcasting there for eight years. He had his own show for 16 years on WMFO, Tufts University. Check him out on twitter@eMarketingBrain.

International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ chief of party Michael Getto (Jour’79) trains and supports election management in Yerevan, Armenia. Michael also conducts voter education for IFES, a nonprofit leader in election assistance and democracy promotion. For the past seven and a half years, Michael has worked in democracy and governance programming in the former Soviet Union. In the U.S. he’s based in Laguna Hills, Calif.

80s

Attorney Amy Hirter (Hist’80, Law’86) was appointed vice chair of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section’s Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint-Ventures Committee for 2011-12. She joined the law firm Hutchinson Black and Cook in 2009 and lives in Boulder.

Former CU-Boulder Alumni Association board member Jenny Herring (Jour’82) serves as public relations director at The Creative Alliance firm in Lafayette, Colo. She lives in Longmont.

For the fifth time since 2006, Ruth Kahn (Mktg’82) was named to the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s list of Top 75 women litigators. A partner in the Los Angeles office of Steptoe & Johnson, she specializes in science-heavy toxic tort cases. Ruth lives in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

In 2000 brothers and former CU track and cross country athletes Dan King (ChemEngr’82, MBA’88) and Scott King (ElEngr’85) co-founded ReadyTalk, a Denver company that develops audio and web conferencing technology. Earning the 2011 Colorado Business Magazine’s Best Company to Work for in Colorado, the company staffers attribute their success to Dan and Scott’s focus on motivating people to be innovative and creative. Dan lives in Boulder and Scott lives in Longmont. In July Dan won the World Masters Athletics Championships in California.

Well-known sports journalist Rick Reilly (Jour’81) gave the final graduation speech of CU’s journalism school in May. He worked as a reporter for the Boulder Camera, The Denver Post and the Los Angeles Times before joining Sports Illustrated where he wrote for 23 years. He is a front-page columnist for ESPN.com and hosts ESPN’s hour-long interview show, “Homecoming.” Rick lives in Denver.

Computer analyst Cynthia Wooten (Mus’82) works for Kitsap Mental Health Services and lives in Bremerton, Wash.

Pianist, teacher and composer Deborah Yardley Beers (DMus’84) serves on the piano faculty at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass. She launched her own website, deborahyardleybeers.com to post video clips of her performances, as well as information for prospective students and about the music she has composed for pianists and students. She lives in Lexington, Mass.

Independent insurance broker Donna Ruff (Bus’84) specializes in life, disability, long-term care insurance and retirement and estate planning needs.This is her 19th year qualifying as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table, an honor given to the top 6 percent of insurance professionals worldwide. Donna lives in Louisville, Colo.

Freelance journalist Murray Carpenter (Psych’85) mostly covers stories about science and the environment, reporting for the New York Times, the Boston Globe and NPR, among others. Murray lives in Belfast, Maine.

The Boulder Chamber honored Catherine Underhill (Art’85), executive director of the Colorado Music Festival, as one of five “Women Who Light the Community.” Catherine was instrumental in the music festival merger with the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts in 2009. Today the festival reaches more than 20,000 individuals. She lives in Louisville, Colo.

Solatube International’s Neall Digert (ArchEngr’87, PhDCivEngr’99) has been promoted to vice president of product enterprise. Solatube International manufactures “Tubular Daylighting Devices,” energy-efficient natural daylighting systems. Neall focuses on new design and application tool protocols to support the company’s integration of optical daylighting products into commercial, industrial and residential buildings. He lives in Carlsbad, Calif.

In July 2010 Susanne Skyrm’s (DMus’88) Anthology of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Keyboard Music (Wayne Leupold) was published. The volume is a significant resource for Spanish keyboard works as many of the pieces in the volume have not previously been published in the United States. Susanne has been on the keyboard faculty at the University of South Dakota since 1988. She maintains an active recital schedule and lives in Vermillion, S.D.

After 18 years with clothing company The Territory Ahead, Matthew Cooper (IntlBus’89) launched Carbon2Cobalt, a Santa Barbara-based men’s clothing company. He oversees all aspects of the business, from design and manufacturing to marketing. His line is about trying “to blend rugged with refined” in casual clothes, he told the Santa Barbara News-Press in a feature earlier in the year. He lives with his wife and children in Mission Canyon, Calif.

Boulder resident Jim Kasic (EngrPhys’89, MChemEngr’93) is president and CEO of Boulder-based Sophono Inc. The company has received federal approval for its new Otomag Alpha 1 Bone Conduction Hearing System. It is designed for patients with conductive hearing loss and replaces the functions of that part of the ear. Magnetic discs hold the device in place, eliminating the need for a titanium abutment.

90s

1984 yearbook

Dumpster diving is an adventure for Aaron LaPedis (Soc’90) every spring because of the huge amount of valuable items thrown away by university students and skiers alike. As a guest columnist for the Denver Post, he wrote an article about the treasures that can be found in trash bins near ski resorts and college campuses. Aaron is an art and collectibles dealer and author of The Garage Sale Millionaire (A Beautiful Media). He lives in Denver.

Carmel, Ind., resident Kevin Seibert (ChemEngr’90) works at the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. He received the 2010 Excellence in Design award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his contribution to Quality by Design for Drug Substance to advance smarter approaches to drug development. He was one of the award’s first recipients.

Last winter Louisa Stark (PhDEPOBio’92) received the 2010 Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology from Utah’s governor Gary Herbert. The award recognized her leadership as director of the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah.

Twins Emerson and Atticus Walsh were born to parents Kerri and Matthew Walsh (Film’92) last spring. Matthew writes that the babies received their first CU gear, matching Buff wool hats, when they were three months old. The family is a Pac-12 family as Kerri graduated from the University of Southern California. They live in Glendale, Calif.

Last summer Sarah Welton (Law’93) and her wife Courtney Mitchell were at the forefront of an important milestone in Nepal’s history. They were the first lesbian couple to be married in Nepal, although same-sex marriages are not legal there. They told The Denver Post they were happy to contribute to the campaign for gay rights in Nepal. The couple lives in Denver with their daughter.

The flute became a lifelong passion for Peggy Bruns (MMus’94) after she received her first $50 instrument. She wanted to share her love for music with others and in 1995 started a music school, the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, with Kathy Kuscan (MMus’90, PhD’95) who she met at CU. The school serves 600 students a week and is a joint organization with the Colorado Music Festival, which gives people more opportunities to follow their musical dreams. Peggy lives in Longmont, Colo.

1993 yearbook

Climber Jeff Evans (Anth’94) and his team made it to the finale on last summer’s adventure show Expedition Impossible, which aired on ABC. It featured 13 teams racing through the deserts, rivers and mountains of Morocco. His longtime friend and blind teammate Eric Weihenmayer have been climbing together for 20 years, with Jeff acting as his friend’s eyes on the mountain. They have participated in other adventure races around the world and climbed Mount Everest together. Jeff lives in Boulder.

At CU Janet deGrazia (MChemEngr’94, PhD’98) teaches a course about cutting-edge areas of science with applications in health and society. The course, “Creative Technology/Social Impact,” enrolls more than 400 students a semester. She lives in Boulder.

Brett Duryea (Env
St’94) is co-owner of PC Autotune, a software application that tunes and updates personal computers automatically. Users pay a small yearly price for the program. Brett lives in Louisville, Colo.

Cancer researcher Kevin Mills (MCDBio’94) was promoted to associate professor at Jackson Laboratory. He studies the fundamental processes relating to the stability of the genome, focusing on understanding the mechanisms that manage genome instability and how the failure of the mechanisms leads to diseases. He is working on “genetic chemotherapy” to develop precise, targeted cancer treatments that induce cancer cell self-destruction. He also is developing new drugs for treating cancers. Kevin lives in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Denver resident Salvador Quintana (Bus’94) opened the Quintana Law Firm, which provides legal representation in the areas of business/corporate law, real estate law, wills and trusts drafting and estate planning. Before starting the firm, he was an associate attorney at a Denver law firm and practiced real estate law and contracts law. He also served as counsel for Mines & Associates and has worked in public relations, fundraising, management and marketing for corporations and nonprofit organizations.

Realtor James Ditzel (MJour’95) was hired to run the tenant representation division at the commercial real estate company Freeman Myre. In his career, he has completed more than 225 transactions totaling more than $55 million in revenue. James lives in Boulder.

Award-winning author Caitlin Friree (Thtr’95) published her first novel, Lightning in my Wires (Create Space), a tale of metamorphosis that examines what it takes to make good choices on the path toward self-respect. A Massachusetts native, she writes she and her husband returned “home” to Boston to raise their son.

Author Jake Shannon (Engl’95) reports his book about wrestling, Say Uncle (ECW Press), reached fifth place in sales on Amazon in its category. He also released a book, Hypnotist: Healer, Head-Hacker, & Headliner (CreateSpace), describing the many facets of hypnosis deriving from his time spent as a hypnotist in Utah. Jake lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two children.

Entrepreneur Henry Schloss (Comm’95) created the “Energy House” in Denver as a space that allows people of different career backgrounds to share work space by buying memberships for the house. He told The Denver Post his hope is entrepreneurs will be able to feed off of each others’ ideas to start successful businesses. The 7,000-square-foot-building at 15th and Delgany streets includes Internet access, a kitchen and a conference room. Henry’s plan is to open 100 co-working locations nationwide. He lives in Boulder.

Former Alumni Association staffer and doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia Leasa Weimer (Comm, Psych’95) received a Fulbright grant and an American-Scandinavian Foundation grant in support of her dissertation research on international student fees. The grant allows her to spend the 2011-12 academic year in Finland.

Future Buff Marshall Peter Irvine was born last July to proud parents Monica Frazer Irvine* (PolSci’97) and Peter Irvine* (Engl’97). They also have a toddler and live in Arlington, Va.

Former executive chef for Boulder’s Jax Fish House Hosea Rosenberg (EngrPhys’97) decided to shut down his start-up company StrEat Chefs, which served hand-held food from a trailer, because of uncertain city regulations in Boulder. He says the decision was difficult, but that he and his partners still own the brand. He told the Boulder Camera that he plans to open his own restaurant. Hosea was the winner of the fifth season of Top Chef television program and lives in Boulder.

After serving as chief operating officer at Sealevel Systems for five years, Ben O’Hanlan (Hist’99) was named president. The company provides software and hardware for computer connectivity and control. Ben lives in Greenville, S.C.

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Herd Mountainfest 2008

Since graduating Randall Flint (CompSci’01) has worked at Lockheed Martin. He writes he got married in 2001 and lives happily with his wife and dog in Littleton, Colo.

Technology Review magazine recognized Piya Sorcar (Bus, Econ, Jour’01) as a TR35 Honoree for 2011. The TR35 recognizes the world’s top innovators under 35 in several emerging fields and chose Piya for her development of TeachAIDS, software that addresses problems associated with HIV prevention. She developed TeachAIDS as part of her graduate work at Stanford, and the materials are being used in more than 30 countries, including some where HIV-related education has not been previously allowed. Piya lives in Mountain View, Calif.

Lawyer Nicholas Kant (Jour’03, Law’06) has won many prominent cases in his career, including one against Walmart on behalf of the attorney general of New Jersey. He also successfully sued a drapery maker, which was covered on Fox 5’s “Shame Shame Shame” television segment, and won a default judgment against duct cleaning companies who were manipulating customers with a bait-and-switch scheme. Nick lives in South Orange, N.J.

As owner of the sports event production company Gravity Play Sports, Jason Newcomer (MBA’04) and his wife put on several adventure races a year in Colorado and Utah designed to challenge participants to try something new and to test their abilities. Details are at www.gravityplay.com and www.devildash.com. They live in Durango, Colo.

President of Giclee Print Net Kevin Reilly (MBA’04) writes he is looking to be involved in the Colorado art and photography community. His company specializes in printing photographs into large sizes for wall art, among several other mediums. The company can be found at www.gicleeprint.net. Kevin lives in Pueblo, Colo.

Last spring Christopher Slater (EPOBio, Hist’04) graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. In July, he entered an internal medicine residency at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. He lives with his wife Meagan Firth (MSpLangHearSci’09) and their son.

Denver resident Jennie Dorris (MMus’05) is founder of Telling Stories, an award-winning ensemble that features words and music. It is produced as a radio show for Colorado Public Radio. Read the feature that appeared in the September 2011 Coloradan on Jennie online at www.coloradanmagazine.org.

After attending CU Karl Obermeyer (ApMath, MS’05) earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has joined northern Colorado-based Numerica as a research scientist providing track-processing support for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s National Team B. Before joining the company, Karl developed and implemented algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicle control at the U.S. Air Force Research Lab in Dayton, Ohio. He is a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He lives in Fort Collins, Colo.

The public relations firm Scott Circle Communications welcomed Jordan Stinnett (Jour’05) as an account executive. She creates media strategies for clients, pitches to the media for social media campaigns and does event planning. She is a graduate student at Georgetown University where she creates marketing communications plans for many nonprofits and trade associations and designs quantitative research plans in new media.

The employee-owned investment-management firm Turner Investments named Kevin Sun (PhD Bus’05) quantitative research analyst and quantitative portfolio manager. He creates screens of the company’s domestic and quantitative models, provides technical analysis on individual stocks and market sectors and manages more than $18 billion in assets. He lives in Philadelphia.

Herd hike 2008

Former businessman Andrew Wolff (MEdu’06) is co-founder of a school and women’s safe-house in northwest Cambodia called Children’s Future International, which houses more than 20 poor and neglected children. The school teaches math, Khmer literacy, English, computer skills, music, art and sports to 200 children. Andrew told the Boulder Camera he was inspired to start the school after meeting five siblings who were abused and living in poverty.

Several years ago Christopher Algea (Mktg’07) came up with the idea for “quick and easy quinoa.” He has three flavors in his Keen One Quinoa product line, Original, Pollo Picante and Garden Medley, which are available in 12 Whole Foods stores and at the Boulder Farmers’ Market. He is experimenting with different flavors and hopes to raise a larger awareness regarding the healthy grain. Chris lives in Boulder.

Elected to the board of directors for the nonprofit organization Environmental Learning for Kids, Joy Eagle (Acct’07) focuses on providing outreach activities and internal values to urban youth and their families. She writes she is looking for young professionals or CU graduates to serve as committee members. Joy lives in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Superior, Colo., resident Sara Lohndorf (Anth’07) married David Ibarra last June at the Delta Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park, Colo. The couple celebrated with a trip to the Caribbean. Sara works at Elevations Credit Union.

Offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks and former Denver Broncos player Tyler Polumbus (Mgmt’07) held a free football camp in Boulder last summer for people with developmental disabilities. The former Buff player frequently gathers some of his NFL teammates to do work with his organization, Tyler’s Kids Outreach, in Colorado and Seattle. He told the Boulder Camera that members of his own family are disabled and he enjoys helping a community that is close to him.

CU couple Ariel Simpson-Johnson (Art’07) and Christopher Lavery (MArt’03) married in Boulder last July. They celebrated with a stay at the Hotel Boulderado. Ariel is an artist and Christopher is an art professor.

Creative writer Karim Dimechkie (Engl’08) received a three-year James A. Michener Fellowship in Creative Writing from the University of Texas Michener Center for Writers. His fiction piece was chosen out of more than 900 submissions, enabling him to become one of 11 fellows at the university where he will receive free tuition, an annual stipend and a development fund for travel and research.

Life is busy for Danny Schade (Mus’08). He is a private music teacher, a substitute teacher and a freelance drummer and composer. He released his first album, Predestination and Other Games of Chance . . . the Soundtrack, and composed and produced more than 90 pieces of music in 2010, which are available at dannyschade.com. Danny lives in Boulder.

Dustin Rumsey (Mus’09) is a composer and soundtrack engineer for Boulder-based Square Two Productions while also offering private music lessons. He lives in Longmont, Colo.

Campton, Ohio, resident Brandon Vaccaro (DMus’09) is an assistant music professor at Kent State University. He also spends his days as a freelance composer, audio engineer and producer.

The Peace Corps has been an incredible experience for Connor Botkin (IntPhys’10). He is stationed in the northern region of Ghana, Africa, in the village of Kpendua, where he has virtually no electricity or access to running water. He writes he has his issues of the Coloradan sent from home as a way to keep up with the happenings of other Forever Buffs.

Three of CU-Boulder’s journalism school graduates, Stephanie Davis (Jour’10), Phil McMichael (Jour’10) and Lauren Walter (Art, Jour’10) work for the company Tagwhat. The company’s app allows users to look through their phones at places around them to read interesting stories about the locations. Stephanie, Phil and Lauren work as multimedia content producers for the company.

Last summer Molly Podolefsky (MEcon’10) baked more than 50 pies in her kitchen to raise money for the nonprofit organization Greenhouse Scholars. She has been participating in Venus de Miles, Colorado’s only annual all-women road bike ride during which she received her inspiration to contribute to Greenhouse Scholars. She is a doctoral student at CU and lives in Boulder.

Musician Greg Simon (MMus’10) is an adjunct instructor of theory at CU and Metropolitan State College of Denver. He is a composition fellow at the Brevard Music Center and has performed at the Mayne Stage in Chicago, the Western International Band Clinic and the California Band Directors’ Association Convention. He lives in Denver.

Last year Trent Beckley (Fin’11) was a member of CU’s basketball team that made it to the NIT Final 4. He works for Lijit Networks, a start-up firm in Boulder specializing in advertising. He writes that more than half of the company’s employees are CU alums. Trent says the company is continually hiring and wants to share job opportunities with alums across the country.

While working on the CU Science Update video series, Jenna Browder (Jour’11) of Gunnison, Colo., Eric Duggan (Jour, PolSci’11) of Arvada, Colo., Sabina Hadzic (Jour’11) of Lakewood, Colo., Amanda Yourick (Jour’11) of Castle Rock, Colo., and CU senior Greg O’Brien won a Heartland Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The winning episode, Pluto — The Un-Planet, was part of their advanced video editing course and featured the Space Dust Counter, an instrument made by CU students that is aboard NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto.

Because of his strong commitment to the engineering community, David Eason (MechEngr’11) received the Colorado Engineering Council Silver Medal award, the council’s highest honor at the university level. He also received CU’s mechanical engineering department’s “Outstanding M.E. Senior for Research” award at his graduation in May. He also earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which has allowed him to pursue studies at Stanford University.

For three nights in July, artist Adam Milner (Art, Jour’11) took his living arrangement to a new level. His exhibition, “Another Room,” featured his entire bedroom in the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art where he talked with visitors and used video, photography, performance and drawing to document his interactions and routines. The exhibition was part of an ongoing series to address the key influences that shape people’s actions and decisions. Adam lives in Boulder.

Faculty, staff & students

Under the leadership of Marie Banich the campus joined the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque in a partnership called the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium to bring a magnetic resonance scanner to campus. The imaging system helps researchers analyze large amounts of brain data to investigate how the brain works and its influence on behavior. Marie is director of CU’s Institute of Cognitive Science. See page 15.

Assistant mechanical engineering professor Scott Bunch and engineering’s associate dean for research Martin Dunn, along with graduate students Steven Koenig and Narasimha Boddeti, published a study on graphene’s extremely powerful adhesion tendencies. Graphene, a carbon-based material, has remarkable electrical, mechanical and thermal properties that could lead to it replacing silicon as the basis of electronic devices. The findings will help guide the development of graphene manufacturing and of graphene-based mechanical devices such as resonators and gas separation membranes.

After serving nine years as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Todd Gleeson will step down from his position in June, returning as a professor in the integrative physiology department. He is a past recipient of the University of Colorado Teaching Recognition Award from The Herd, the student arm of the Alumni Association. Todd has been a faculty member since 1981.

Associate professor Jason Glenn of astrophysical and planetary sciences, along with an international team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology, discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever to be detected in the universe. The water was found in a black hole 12 billion light years away.

Director of CU-Boulder real estate Jeff Lipton (MBA’75, MFin’79)* assumed the role of interim vice chancellor for administration in August after Frank Bruno left the university. Jeff has more than 30 years of CU experience, serving as interim business manager for the athletic department, executive director of facilities management, director of business and telecommunications services and assistant to the vice chancellor for administration.

In August the U.S. Senate confirmed CU distinguished professor of chemistry Carl Lineberger as a member of the National Science Board. His duties include establishing the policies of the National Science Foundation and serving as an advisory board member to the president and Congress on science and engineering issues. Lineberger is the third faculty member in three years to receive a prestigious White House appointment.

As associate professor of psychology and neuroscience Leaf Van Boven serves as director of the Emotion, Decision, Judgment and Intuition (EDJI) lab. The lab investigates the interrelations among emotions, decisions and judgments — and people’s intuitions concerning them. When not working, Leaf spends time with his two children and is an avid cyclist.

Homecoming 2010

The director of the CU Law School’s experiential law program and adjunct law professor, Andy Hartman writes a humorous and practical guide for law students and junior lawyers as they transition from law school to practice. The Six Minute Marathon gives specific stories from Hartman’s experience as a partner with several major law firms. The book’s advice is designed to gear new lawyers with all the information they need, from cars and how to dress to case studies and networking.

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011; 320 pages) ISBN: 9780547382630–Amazon

In The Diviner’s Tale, Bradford Morrow (Engl’74) writes a gripping and haunting tale of a struggling single mother of twin boys by the name of Cassandra. While walking in a forest, a gifted dowser finds herself staring at the hanged body of a young girl. The disturbing image of the girl conjures ghosts from Cassandra’s haunted childhood. The book follows the her as she is forced to face these peculiar divinations as well as her tumultuous past while she tries to regain a life that is spinning out of control. The book is both a story of self-discovery and an unorthodox murder mystery since the character becomes immersed with a real-life killer who has haunted her for her entire life.

(The Permanent Press, 2011; 304 pages) ISBN: 9781579622145–Amazon

In The Ringer, Jenny Shank (MEngl’00) writes a captivating novel of heart-warming characters we can relate to. After a police officer in Denver raids a wrong address and mistakenly shoots and kills a Mexican immigrant, both his family and the family of the killed are affected in devastating ways. As the city begins to take sides in the killing, the grieving families focus on baseball, which boys from both families play competitively. Eventually they learn that the boys play on competing teams, interconnecting the culturally-diverse families in deep and surprising ways. The Ringer is a story about facing personal demons, dealing with pain and anger and, ultimately, finding common ground with enemies.

In My Life in Vaudeville, CU English professor Paul Levitt (Phil’57, MA’60) edited Ed Lowry’s account of his exciting life in the entertainment industry as an actor, musician and comedian. The book offers several unique insights into the vaudeville lifestyle during its decline in the 1920s and 1930s including the relationship between vaudevillians and their audiences. Levitt’s introduction to the book perfectly lays the foundation for Lowry’s story, giving readers a necessary historical perspective of the vaudeville circuit.

Michael Breed, a CU professor of EPO Biology, co-edited The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, a compilation addressing the physiological foundations of behavior. The book examines a wide range of topics including social behavior, foraging behavior, mating, behavior in domestic animals, parenting and learning.  The book also has a large section devoted to the developing field of animal cognition, bringing in the views of many of the world’s leading experts on that subject. The three volume encyclopedia won the American Publishers Awards PROSE recognition for multi-volume reference.

In Losing Twice, CU law professor Emily Calhoun examines the actions of Supreme Court justices toward losing parties in constitutional rights disputes. She explores the unwarranted harm that many justices inflict on those who lose disputes despite the obligation of justices to avoid harming those whose arguments are rejected. The book highlights real disputes in topics such as affirmative action, abortion and gay rights and draws on political theory to question the practices of justices.

By Daniel Blumstein (EPOBio’86) and Charles Saylan

In co-writing The Failure of Environmental Education, Daniel Blumstein (EPOBio’86) highlights the problems of environmental education and offers a new vision for the future. Authors Blumstein and Saylan discuss the pitfalls of education in terms of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation and how the system can change to work towards an environmentally-sustainable future.  The book aims to send a proactive message, motivating educators of all age groups to teach students about the dangers of climate change and the necessity of preserving the environment for future generations.

In the third edition of The Iowa Precinct Caucuses: The Making of a Media Event, Hugh Winebrenner (PhDPolSci’73) and Dennis Goldford give the history of the state’s precinct caucuses since a radical political status change in 1972. The authors argue that the media gives a value to Iowa caucuses that are out of proportion to their true significance as well as a distorted value when compared to the reality of their purpose and procedures. Also, the book highlights the impact that these precinct caucuses have had on political candidates. The third edition has been updated to include the elections of 2000, 2004 and 2008.