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Denver resident Ruth Affolter Babcock*
(Btny’28) has fond memories of CU’s earlier
days when everyone on campus knew each
other and all students had to attend daily
assemblies at Macky. She recalls the personal
relationships she established with her professors and her commute to campus via the
interurban bus and train from Louisville,
where she met her late husband, Colton
Babcock (ElecEngr’28). Her daughter,
Barbara Babcock Leichty* (A&S’55) of
Centennial, loves to hear her mother’s
stories of their alma mater.
The International Biographical Center in
Cambridge, England, named Lindley Stiles*
(Engl’35, MA’39, PhD’45) as one of its Greatest
Living Legends. He was one of 50 candidates
selected from a 500-person worldwide pool for
his contributions to educational theories now
implemented at CU and Fort Lewis College.
Lin is retired in Boulder.
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Hospital and home nursing volunteer Marie
Fenn Eggers* (Engl’42) also keeps busy substitute teaching on occasion. She spends her
winters in Arizona and the rest of the year at
her home in Carson, Iowa.
Mayor of Wheat Ridge, Gretchen Gasser
Cerveny* (PT’55), retired from Lutheran
Medical Center in 1994 where she had served
as director of physical therapy for 18 of her
28 years at the center. She was re-elected as
mayor in 2001 and lives with her husband,
Carl Cerveny* (Mktg’51).
Boulder couple Tim Ostwald* (Engr
Phys’51, MPhys’60) and his wife, Pat St.
Clair Ostwald* (Art’48), celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary in October. They
have four children and eight grandchildren
with whom they shared the occasion.
The National Parks Conservation Association honored the late Robin Winks
(A&S’52, MA’53) by establishing an award
in his name. The award recognizes the kind
of contributions in education and awareness
that Robin brought to the parks system. One
Denver attorney Robert Hill* (Law’70)
was selected to receive the 2003 National
Philanthropy Day’s Outstanding Volunteer Award for his pro bono legal work on
behalf of thousands of women, children and
minorities in Colorado.
Former Denver Buff Club president Ronald
Pippin* (Acct’70) is the managing director
of Accounting Research Manager, an online
accounting database. He continues to follow
the Buffs as a season ticket holder, though
he lives in Wheaton, Ill.
As vice president of strategic planning for
Anteon Corporation, T. LaMar Willis*
(Psych’70) boasts clients such as the U.S.
Navy and Air Force. He lost his wife to
breast cancer in August of 2002. He lives
in Fairfax, Va.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers honored David Wisler (Aero’70)
with the society’s Melville Medal for his
co-authored paper “Unsteady Flow and
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After years as an aerospace engineer, a technical magazine editor and product marketing manager, Bob Compton (ElecEngr’55)
is spending time as an educational assistant
running computer labs at a high school in
Oregon, Wis., where he lives.
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of the country’s foremost experts on the National Park System, Robin spent much of his
life serving on the NPS advisory board. He
visited every U.S. national park.
Human rights activist Nellie Gephardt
Amondson (Math’53) was invited to Taiwan in December in appreciation of her
work helping to end human rights abuses
and establish democracy in Taiwan. Her
letters, notes and archives from her work
in Washington, D.C., and Taiwan in the
late 1970s are an important resource for
the overseas human rights campaign. She
lives in San Diego.
Chamblee, Ga., residents Rex Simms
(ElecEngr, Bus’53) and his wife Joy celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
in June. Rex is vice president of electrical
engineering with Southern Architects &
Engineers in Atlanta.
Dean emeritus of international students and
scholars at UCLA, Max Epstein* (Soc’54)
has retired and is now spending his time
writing opinion pieces, serving on the Peace
Committee at his Unitarian Church and
woodworking. He lives in Santa Monica.
Intelligence of Apes and Other Rational Beings (Yale University Press) by Duane
Rumbaugh* (Psych’54) was published in
September. The book takes a closer look
at animal intelligence and behavior in relation to the human psyche. Duane lives in
Decatur, Ga.
Whir-Inducing Forces in Axial-Flow Compressors.” David is a manger at GE Aircraft
Engines and lives in Fairfield, Ohio.
The Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce
and the Business and Professional Women’s
Club in Canandaigua, N.Y., honored chair of
the Finger Lakes Community College Board of
Trustees Karen Davison Blazey (Engl’71) as
the 2003 recipient of the Athena Award. The
award recognizes excellence in leadership of
women in the workplace.
The retired director of international education at CU, Michael Delaney (Engl’71)
received the Council on International Educational Exchange’s Award of Outstanding
Contribution to the Field of International
Education. The award was presented in
November in Budapest, Hungary. Michael
was recognized for more than 25 years of
experience in the field.
Between the two, brothers Phil Irwin*
(Acct’71) and Hale Irwin (Mktg’67) have
Engineer Lester Chesebro (CivEngr’56) retired in 1992 from Stearns-Roger and Ratheon
Engineers after a career performing structural
design and stress analysis for the construction
of structures such as bridges and missilelaunch facilities. He lives in Englewood.
Pilot Dick Hueholt* (Aero’56) retired
from Halliburton in January 2003. He was
a member of the Minutemen Precision
Demonstration Team that was inducted
into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
in November. Beginning in 1953, while a
student at CU, Dick flew left wing on the
four-ship team. He later worked as a jet test
pilot, an engineer and in marketing. Dick
lives in Argyle, Texas.
The local Chamber of Commerce honored
Charles Brown* (Phar’57) in January with
a lifetime achievement award to recognize
those who have consistently given back to
the community of St. Charles, Ill., where
he resides.
Dark Matters (University of New Mexico
Press) by Paul Levitt (Phil’57, MA’60) was
released in March. The McCarthy-era novel
tells a story of a poor Jewish CU student
who is in love with two different women.
Although the names have changed, many
of the characters resemble CU students,
faculty and officials from the early 1950s.
Paul is a professor of English at CU and
lives in Boulder with his wife, Nancy Irwin
Levitt (Engl’72), a former staff member at
the CU-Boulder Alumni Assocation.
Marquis Who’s Who in American Education included the biography of David Zink (MA’57,
PhD’62) in its 2004-05 edition. He was also
included in the Who’s Who in the World 2001
edition. David lives in Ocala, Fla.
appeared on four Sports Illustrated magazine
covers. Phil was first, with a photo of him
tackling a Penn State player in a CU upset
of the Nittany Lions in 1970. Golfer Hale
followed with a cover after each of his U.S.
Open wins in 1974, 1979 and 1990. Hale lives
in Scottsdale, and Phil lives in Longmont.
In October Joan Laage (Dance’73) performed and taught at the first New York
Butoh Festival. She is also featured in
Dancing Into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan
(University of Pittsburgh Press) by Sondra Fraleigh. For more information visit
www.seattlebutoh.org.
SpectraLink Corp.’s Bruce Holland
(ElEngr’74, CompSci’74) stepped down as
president and CEO of the firm in September. He founded the Boulder-based wireless
telephone system maker 13 years ago. Bruce
still chairs SpectraLink’s board of directors.
SpectraLink is one of three businesses that
Bruce has founded.
Retired after 33 years of nursing, Kim
Sasano (Nurs’57) is involved with Golden
Retriever Rescue and has fostered two
dogs that found good homes. After two
hip replacements, she is anticipating a
new life of various activities. Kim lives in
Wheat Ridge.
Actor and director Robert Redford’s
(A&S ex’58, HonDocHum’87) name now
graces the front of an environmentally
friendly building in Santa Monica, Calif.
The longtime environmentalist inaugurated the Natural Resources Defense
Council’s new Southern California office
in November.
Thorne Ecological Institute founder
Oakleigh “Oak” Thorne* (PhDBio’58),
although retired, is still keeping busy
mentoring CU a capella groups. He also
sings in a group called the Wizards. Oak
lives in Boulder.
Bed and Breakfast owner Vikki Viskniskki
Huff Woods* (Thtr ex’58) looks forward
to the 50th reunion of the class of ’58.
Twenty-two of the class met in Santa Fe
for a 45th celebration, and she expects to
have just as much fun at the 50th. Vikki
lives in Butler, Tenn.
Educator John McFann* (MEdu’59) teaches instrumental music to senior and retired
people and plays with three different groups.
John lives in Colorado Springs.
Richard Weingardt (CivEngr’60, MS’64)
was the first person to be elected into the
Colorado State Segment of the Hall of
Fame for Engineering. He was cited for his
professional achievements in the field of
engineering as well as related contributions
to the welfare of society. Rich, who received
a George Norlin Award from CU in 1995,
lives in Aurora.
After completing 42 years as an educator
in Colorado and Nevada, Reno resident
Anthony Calabro (Soc’61) retired. He
Former instructor of journalism and film
studies at CU-Boulder, Howie Movshovitz
(MEngl’75, PhD’77) is director of the Starz
Film Center at CU-Denver. He has been a
film critic for Colorado Public Radio since
1974 and a contributor to National Public
Radio for 16 years. He was the Denver Post
film critic for nine years and won the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in the
Arts in 1998. Howie lives in Boulder.
Professor of psychology at the University
of Alberta, Alinda Friedman (MPsych’73,
PhD’77) was elected by her peers as a Fellow
of the American Psychological Association
for 2004. She was selected for her exceptional
contributions to research, teaching and the
practice of psychology. Alinda makes her
home in Canada.
Extreme Indifference (Scribner), another crime
novel by Stephanie Kane (Ital’74, Law’81),
was released in November. Stephanie lives
in Denver with her husband, John Kane
(Engl, Phil’58).
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Niwot couple Dean Lillie* (MPersSer’63,
MEdu’70) and his wife Charlene celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary in September. They have three children and three
grandchildren.
Prescott, Ariz., resident Mike Braverman
(Hist’65) was confronted with a diagnosis
of Guillain-Barré Syndrome this winter.
He has made a miraculous recovery and
experienced a long journey of relearning to
walk as well as perform most daily tasks. He
is grateful for those around him who offered
their support. He encourages people not to
take their motor skills for granted.
Founder of Historians Inc., Clementine Pigford (Spch’65) wrote a docudrama about the
history of Zion Baptist Church, the oldest
African American church in Colorado. The
play was presented in November. Clementine
is also the author of a 3,000-page historical
documentation called The Arms of Zion. She
lives in Denver.
programs at the Stanford University Medical Center. He has won numerous teaching
awards and was instrumental in the creation
of the Stanford Faculty Development Center,
which trains medical teachers.
Capt. Jonathan Brown (MBA’67) is on
deployment while assigned to the 13th
Marine Expeditionary Unit, which recently
completed operations in Iraq. Jonathan lives
in Plano, Texas.
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engineer, and Mary worked in the public
affairs office at CU and served on the CUBoulder Alumni Association board.
Retired after 24 years at the Internal Revenue
Service, Austin resident Collis Joe Lee Jr.*
(Geol’68) is getting an Apple computer to
explore the world via the internet.
Greenwood Village, Colo., residents Geraldine Shenkin (Edu’68, MA’76) and
her husband, Arthur Shenkin (Acct’54),
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
in December shortly after attending their
grandson’s wedding in Israel. Their three
daughters and 15 grandchildren joined
them for the anniversary celebration. Gerre
is a retired faculty member, and Art had his
own CPA firm.
M&E Pacific Inc., a Hawaii engineering
consulting firm, hired Dennis Tulang
(CivEngr’68) as a senior project manager
in October. Dennis will be responsible for
overseeing all of the firm’s water, wastewater
and environmental projects. He has 30 years
of experience in the field.
Colorado wine: Who knew!
The words “Colorado” and “wine”
aren’t often used in the same sentence
unless you’re talking about the glass
of California Merlot you enjoyed at
a restaurant in the central Rockies.
Nonetheless Tim Merrick’s (Soc’76)
Trail Ridge Winery is among about 50
in-state wineries using Colorado grapes.
Trail Ridge Winery, one of several
with CU alumni involvement, gets its
grapes from growers around Grand
Junction, Palisade and Delta on the
western edge of the state. The winery is
located just west of Loveland.
“The main market for wine is here,”
Tim explains, noting that his winery
gets a lot of tourist traffic because
it’s on one of the main highways to
Rocky Mountain National Park. Tim’s
Tim Merrick (Soc’76) shows off some of his
first wines, a Merlot and a Cabernet
Trail Ridge wines at his winery in Loveland.
Sauvignon, came out in 1994, the
Tim is one of several CU alums involved in
building housing the winery was built
in 1995, and the tasting room opened
the burgeoning Colorado wine business.
a year later.
Tim says he got some of his wine inspiration from a 90-year-old Italian immigrant who
lived in his building in San Francisco during a three-year stint he and his wife, Mary King
Merrick (Soc ex’77), spent in the city by the bay in the late ’70s.
“This guy had made some killer high-octane Sonoma [County] Zinfandel,” Tim recalls
fondly. Tim visited some of the few Sonoma wineries existing at the time, even meeting
Brother Timothy, one of California wine’s early guiding lights, at Christian Brothers winery.
In the ’80s Tim was working as a social worker in Adams County and making wine as
a hobby. Next he helped out and then managed a home winemaking and brewing store in
Denver. Having a winery was the obvious next step.
Trail Ridge currently produces about 3,500 cases of wine a year. In comparison, the largest Colorado winery probably makes about 10,000 cases a year — still a drop in the barrel
compared to giant wineries such as Napa Valley’s Robert Mondavi.
Trail Ridge wines include three whites: a dry, Alsatian-style Gewürztraminer and a Pinot
Gris, which Tim says are his favorite wines to make, as well as a Chardonnay; a blush wine
called Prairie Rose and a vibrant red cherry wine, made from Western Slope cherries rather
than grapes. Tim also makes six red wines, including an unusual, spicy Lemberger, a dry
Merlot and, for the first time in 2003, a fleshy, full-flavored Syrah.
Tim clearly loves his work and his product, noting, “Wine’s a natural part of everyday life.”
— Marc Killinger
See www.trailridgewinery.com.
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continues as an educational consultant
and adjunct professor at the University of
Nevada-Reno.
Last year Marideanne Bray Blomgren
(Psych’66) opened the Anger and Relationships Institute in Princeton, N.J. She is a
certified anger specialist and has been in
the field for eight years. Marideanne lives
in Princeton with her husband, Bruce
Blomgren (MBA’65), and they excitedly
await the birth of their first grandchild.
Idaho State University honored James
Kelly* (PhDBus’67) and his wife Betty with
Presidential Medals in October recognizing
them for their exemplary service to and support of the university. Jim is former dean of
business at ISU. The couple lives in Boise.
Jim’s doctoral committee chair at CU, Professor Emeritus Wilmar Bernthal, shared
the Kelly’s good news with the Coloradan.
Author and local historian Silvia Veith
Pettem* (A&S’69) released her latest book,
Behind the Badge (The Book Lode) in June. The
Boulder Police Department commissioned
the book, which chronicles its 125-year history. Silvia is a Daily Camera columnist and
writes articles for the Coloradan. She lives in
Ward and served on the CU-Boulder Alumni
Association’s board.
Timonium, Md., resident Bill Murray*
(Fin’66), now retired, is working on a music degree in jazz piano performance and
teaches courses on the financial aspects of
e-business and e-business strategy.
After his recent completion of a two-year
term as president of the Colorado River
Water Users Association, Stanley Cazier*
(PolSci’68, Law’72) continues to practice law
with Cazier & McGowan in Granby.
The Annual Aerial Dance Festival, created by
Terry Sendgraff (MA’69), soared above Boulder once again in August. The festival displays
a combination of dance, climbing and aerial
stunts by the Terry Sendgraff Dancers.
The Joy McCann Foundation recognized
Kelley Skeff (A&S’66) as a McCann Scholar
for his excellence in mentoring as a medical
educator. He received a $150,000 “no strings
attached” award for his efforts. Kelley lives in
Palo Alto, where he is professor of medicine
and assocation chair for medical education
Aspen residents George Gleason (Phar’68)
and his wife, Mary Jean Gleason (Jour’70,
MA’78), marked their 60th wedding anniversary in December. The couple has seven
children, 10 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. George is a retired aerospace
Assembling Art: The Machine and the American
Avant-Garde (University Press of Mississippi)
by Barbara Zabel* (Art’69) was released in
January. The book explores the American
avant-garde revolution in the production
of art. Barbara lives in Quaker Hill, Conn.
CU’s 2004 Faculty-in-Residence Summer
Term Program will include classes by two
prominent alums. Atlanta resident James
Schiffman (Hist’74), a senior editor at CNN
International, will teach a class on writing
across platforms. He has extensive experience in print and television news writing. A
veteran of five NASA space flights, astronaut
James Voss* (AeroEngr’74, HonDocSci’00)
will teach a course on the fundamentals of
human space flight. He lives in Houston.
Psychologist Thomas Windham* (PhDPsych’75, EduAdmin’95) was selected to fill
a newly created position at the National Science Foundation beginning in February. He
will serve as a senior advisor for the science
and engineering work force. Thomas had
lived in Boulder where he was director of the
Significant Opportunities in Atmosopheric
Research and Science, a mentoring program
sponsored by the University Corporation for
Atmoshperic Research.
The City of Boulder appointed longtime
employee Liz Abbott (MPubAd’76) director of the Boulder Public Library in
December. She lives in Boulder.
France, England and Hawaii to commemorate the occasion. Steve is CFO and senior
vice president for Frederick Ross Co. and
Westfield Development Co. of Denver
Executive director of the Office of Habitat
Management and Permitting, Kerry Howard (EPOBio’76) is pleased to be the first to
hold this new position in Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources. She and her
husband have lived in Juneau for 23 years.
Wheat Ridge resident Gay Porter DeNileon (Jour’77) has worked at American Water
Works Association since 1993. She is also
editor of a drinking water operator publication and teaches small water utilities how
to conduct vulnerability assessments. Her
daughter is a sophomore at CU.
Ex-Buff and NBA basketball player Scott
Wedman (Bus’74) landed his first headcoaching job when he took over the Kansas
City Knights of the American Baskeball Association. Scott lives in Kansas City.
The New York State Bar Association named
Kathryn Grant Madigan* (A&S’75) as its
secretary. Kathryn is a partner in the law
firm of Levene, Gouldin & Thompson in
Binghamton, N.Y., where she lives.
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Producer and host of “One-On-One,” a radio interview show, Adelyn Munce Jones
(Engl’76) is also co-host of “Inside Out,”
a self-help call-in radio show. She lives in
Nashville, where shows air on WRLT and
WLAC, respectively.
Former CU-Boulder Alumni Association
board chair Steve Taniguchi* (MBA’76)
and his wife, Barbara, celebrated their 25th
anniversary in December. The couple has
four daughters and one grandchild all living in Boulder. They plan to travel to Italy,
The president of the architecture firm
Sink, Combs & Dethlefs, Don Dethlefs*
(EnvDes’77, MArch’79), was a featured
speaker at the International Economic
Development Council’s 2004 conference in
January. He presented the latest on sports
facility design. Don lives in Denver.
Former Colorado Senate minority leader
Mike Feeley* (Econ’77) was named to the
Colorado Commission on Higher Education
in February. Mike lives in Lakewood.
The Arthritis Foundation awarded David
Goeddel (PhDChem’77) the Lee C. Howley Prize for Research in Arthritis. David
was recognized for his contributions to
research leading to the use of TNF-inhibitors as therapeutic agents for arthritis. He
resides in Hillsborough, Calif.
Richardson & Harman, a Southern California law firm specializing in business, real
estate and construction law and litigation,
announced that veteran litigator Richard
Moore (Econ’78) will serve as senior counsel
to the Pasadena-based firm. Richard specializes in employment and labor law. He lives
in West Hollywood.
Boulder County Judge Diane MacDonald
(Phil’79) officially retired in July. She’s
excited to visit her two grandchildren in
Hawaii, travel in her RV and ride her new
white cruising bicycle, a retirement gift
from her daughter and son-in-law. Diane
lives in Boulder.
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Albion College awarded Julie BrighamGrette (MGeol’80, PhD’85) its Distinguished
Alumni Award in October for leadership and
dedicated service to others, and for breadth
of achievement in career and family. Julie is
professor and associate department head of
geosciences at the University of Massachusetts. She is president-elect of the American
Quaternary Association and chair of the
International Science Steering Committee
of the International Geosphere/Biosphere
program on past global change based in
Switzerland. She and her husband, Roger
Grette (Geol’82), live in Amherst, Mass.
The American Psychological Association
elected Mark McDaniel (PhDPsych’80) as
a 2004 fellow for exceptional contributions
to psychology and the national impact of
his work. Mark is a professor and chair of
psychology at the University of New Mexico.
He lives in Albuquerque.
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers honored Dimos Poulikakos (MA’80,
PhDMechEngr’83) with the Heat Transfer
Memorial Award. He was recognized for
outstanding and original research contributions to solidification, biofluid mechanics and other areas of heat transfer science.
Dimos lives in Zollikon, Switzerland, and is
a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology in Zurich.
Senior instructor of business law and accounting at CU, John “Jay” Ballantine Jr.
(Law’90) received the 2003 Frascona Teaching Excellence Award at the Leeds School of
Business. The announcement in the March
2004 Coloradan that he had been named Lawyer of the Year in Kentucky was erroneous;
that award was actually won by his father,
Jack Ballantine. Jay lives in Boulder.
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As a part of CU’s Faculty-in-Residence
Summer Term Program, Paul Youngquist
(Engl’80) will teach a class on postmodern
science fiction. Paul lives in State College,
Pa., where he serves on the faculty at Penn
State. He’s an internationally recognized
scholar of British Romanticism.
Bellingham, Wash., resident Joanne Greenberg (CivEngr’81) owns her own business
in water resources engineering. Hydrologic
Services Co. provides technical support for
local governments in watershed planning.
The president of Merillat Industries, Clay
Kiefaber (MBA’81) is also vice president of
the cabinet group of Masco Corp., where
he will assume responsibility for Texwood
Industries. Clay lives in Taylor, Mich.
Boulder residents Gregory Olbright*
(Math’81) and Tracey Jacobs were married
in October. Gregory is self-employed. The
couple honeymooned at Lake Powell and
in Moab.
CU sports information director Dave Plati*
(Jour’82) is known throughout the sports
world as a master of statistics. In his 20th
year as SID, Plati is also dean of Big 12
sports info directors. Both the media and
the CU athletic department appreciate his
insight and tactful communication. Dave
lives in Superior.
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Sins of the Fathers (iUniverse) by Virginia
Sullivan Kreimeyer (Jour’90) was published last June. The author is a retired U.S.
Air Force major who served in the Balkans
twice, and her book delves into her experiences there in a fictional context. Virginia
lives in Cedar Park, Texas.
Former Coloradan student assistant and creator of the “Where the Buffalo Roam” comic
strip that ran in the Colorado Daily, Hans
Bjordahl* (Jour’91) is a program manager
for Microsoft in Seattle. He has a movie review
website, Mr. Cranky, and is working on some
comic strip projects. He and his wife, Holley
Irvine, have a dog, but no kids.
Lindy, contribute more than just money to
CU. Brian works as CU’s assistant athletic
director for student services, while Lindy is
a chiropractor for the athletic department.
They live in Superior.
Boulder residents Grant Hickman*
(Fin’91) and his wife, Holly Goff Hickman* (Jour’89), welcomed a new baby girl,
Avery Isabel DuMont, in July 2003. Grant is
a senior loan officer at the Boulder branch
of Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. Holly
serves on the board of trustees for the Colorado Music Festival.
Centaurus High School grad Barton Howe
(Edu ex’92) has the Buffaloes in his heart,
but he holds a job as Truman the Tiger,
the mascot of the University of Missouri.
Although there’s conflict when the Buffs
and the Tigers butt heads, he has a good
time cheering for both. Barton is at MU
finishing his master’s degree.
Golden Buffalo Scholarship Fund donors
Brian Winkelbauer* (Mus’91) and his wife,
Director of the Pre-Collegiate Development
Program at CU-Boulder, Johanna Maes
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As the assistant secretary of the interior for
water and science, Bennett Raley (Law’83)
is the nation’s top water official. He was the
keynote speaker at the 24th annual CUBoulder Natural Resources Law Center’s
summer conference last June. Bennett lives
in McLean, Va.
Querrey & Harrow elected Gary Sachs
(Law’83) as one of four new partners in the
law firm. Gary has over 15 years of civil litigation defense and insurance claims experience. He lives in Maplewood, N.J., and works
from the firm’s New York City offices.
ValueOptions Inc., a managed health-care
company, appointed Lorin Chevalier*
(Acct’84) to its board of directors. Lorin
is the vice president and chief financial
officer of the Fortune 500 and mid-market
corporate client division of the company.
He lives in South Lake, Texas, with his wife,
Kristen Wassell Chevalier (Econ’86, Bio,
Chem’00). Lorin served on the CU-Boulder
Alumni Association’s board for seven years,
including two years as chair.
Assistant professor of ceramics at the University of Northern Colorado Jane Dillon
(MFA’84) assisted in the design of a new
(Jour’92) has been selected to participate in
the National Hispana Leadership Institute’s
2004 Fellowship Program. The institute is
the premier leadership development
program for Latina women in the United
States. Johanna was selected because of her
exemplary community service record. She
lives in Edgewater.
position for the Buffs. Ryan was also recruited
by UCLA, Virginia and Arizona State.
News anchorwoman at Pittsburgh’s ABC affiliate station Wendy Bell O’Toole (Jour’92)
came to Pittsburgh after working for NBC
in St. Louis and winning an Emmy Award.
She’d love to hear from her J-school buddies
at [email protected].
Teacher Jalena Jaehnig (Hist’93) is one year
away from completing the cycle of teaching
a class from first through eighth grade at
the Eugene Waldorf School. She resides in
Eugene, Ore.
Mortgage broker Amanda Stroud Sessa*
(Mktg’92) holds a spot on the top 200
originators list from Mortgage Originator
magazine. She works at CTX Mortgage with
her husband, Juan Miguel Sessa* (Bus’92).
The couple lives in Boulder.
Former student assistant for the Colordan
Katrina Schonstrom Starkweather
(Engl’92) gave birth to a baby girl, Annika
Rae, shortly after moving to Bend, Ore., with
her husband and the baby Buff.
Broomfield residents Patrice Weddig Thoresen* (Hist’92, MA’99) and Kurt Thoresen*
(ChemEngr’92) welcomed their second baby
Buff, Evan, into the world in September.
Former Buff quarterback Marc Walters
(PolSci’92, Law’95) of Aurora is proud to
see his son, Ryan Walters, following in his
footsteps. Ryan signed a letter of intent in
January to attend CU and play his dad’s old
In September baby Buff Molly Edmonds
was born in Longmont. She joins a line of
Buffaloes including her father, Mark Edmonds* (ElecEngr’93), and grandfather,
Dean Edmonds (MechEngr’60, MS’66).
Molly lives with her parents in Lyons.
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PROFILE
Breast cancer survivor Diane Barry Groff
(Edu’84) won the Natural Life Makeover
Contest by Mambo Sprouts. Diane visited
Philadelphia, where she reconnected with
family members. She was excited to cross
paths with Christina Pirello (also a cancer
survivor) and appear on her show, Christina
Cooks. Diane and her husband and their two
children live in Denver. She is a resource
advocate for the Center for People with
Disabilities.
Houston resident Dan Keeney (Jour’84) was
elected the 2004 president of the Houston
chapter of the Public Relations Society of
America.
Assistant professor of biology at CU-Colorado Springs, Jacqueline Berning (PE’85)
was awarded tenure. The Castle Rock resident also is a nutrition consultant for the
CU-Boulder athletic department and the
Denver Broncos.
Managing director and senior portfolio
manager for ING Real Estate, Stephen
Hansen (Bus’84) is on CU’s Leeds Fund
Advisory Council and an active business
school alumnus. He lives in New Canaan,
Conn., with his wife and two daughters.
CU Alumni Association program director
Allison Luke Frusciano* (Psych’94) and her
husband, Dylan Frusciano* (Mktg’94) welcomed their second daughter, Ella Charlotte,
on April 1. Dylan works for Business Wire in
Denver. The family of Buffs lives in Louisville.
Former CU skier and cyclist Tyler Hamilton (Econ ex’94), who finished fourth in
the 2003 Tour de France, launched the Tyler
Hamilton Foundation in December. The organization aims to provide opportunity and
access for people with multiple sclerosis and
youngsters interested in cycling. He lives in
Marblehead, Mass., when he’s not training
and racing in Europe.
The National Republican Congressional
Committee honored Tom Narvaez (CivEngr’94) with the 2003 National Leadership
Award and appointed him to serve on the
Business Advisory Council. Tom works as
a certified relocation professional and is a
member of the Employee Relocation Council.
He lives in Tustin, Calif.
Germantown, Md., residents Howard “Jeremy” Walls (ChemEngr’94) and Elizabeth
Copeland were married in August. Jeremy
works as a research engineer at the National
Institute of Standards. The couple honeymooned in the Outer Banks, N.C.
Smithville, Tenn., residents Sharon Webster
(Bus’94) and Jason Evans were married in
September.
Seattle residents Anthony Benassi (Pol
Sci’95) and Lyra Jo Kalar were married
in July. Anthony works as an operations
Bats of the Rocky Mountain West: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation (University
of Colorado Press), by Rick Adams (EPOBio’85, PhD’92), was released in February.
Rick is an associate biology professor at the
University of Northern Colorado and lives
in Boulder. He gave a fun presentation based
on his new book at the CU Heritage Center
this spring.
Colorado residents and Buff fans Jim
Bazzanella* (EvnDes’85) and Tom Seibert (EnvDes’86, MArch’90) formed Seibert
Bazzanella Architecture LLC in Denver. The
pair has over 35 years of combined experience in the architecture field. Jim lives in
Broomfield, and Tom in Denver.
The general manager for Corporate Woods,
an office park development in Overland
Park, Kan., Gina Marietti Anderson*
(Fin’86) received her MBA from the University of Denver in 1994 and then embarked on
a nine-month, around-the-world trip with
fellow Buff Celeste Dodd Mendelsberg*
(Mktg’89). Gina lives in Kansas City, and Celeste lives in Castle Rock with her husband,
Kenneth Mendelsberg* (Mktg’89).
Navy Cmdr. Deidre McLay (CivEngr’86)
returned from a 10-month deployment to
the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf while
analyst for Microsoft Corp. The couple
honeymooned in Oregon.
assigned to Destroyer Squadron 31, based in
Pearl Harbor. Deidre lives in Kailua.
Associate professor of biology at Western
State College, Robin Bingham (MEdu’87,
PhDEPOBio’97) received tenure this year.
In April 2002 she adopted a daughter from
Russia. Robin lives in Gunnison.
Avid marathoner Mary Dolan Côté (Bus’87)
ran the St. George Marathon in 2:47:51,
which qualified her to run in the Olympic
Trials in St. Louis in April. She lives in Basalt,
Colo., with her husband and two sons.
Seattle residents Richard Curtis (Psych,
Phil’87, MRelSt’91) and Suzanne Roberts
(Psych’88) welcomed the birth of Kira Sofia
Curtis in December of 2003. Suzanne is
a clinical adolescent social worker, and
Richard is completing his doctorate in
philosophy of religion and theology while
teaching philosophy part time at Seattle
University.
Former Buff basketball star Scott Wilke*
(Mktg’88) was inducted into the Iowa High
School Basketball Hall of Fame in March.
He teaches at Loveland High School in
Colorado and is working on an MBA online
through Bellevue University. He and his wife
have three children and live in Firestone.
1993 Yearbook
CollegeInvest promoted Giovanni Greco*
(Thtr’95) to chief operating officer of college
savings. CollegeInvest is a program that helps
families save for college. Giovanni and his
wife, Kristin Siettmann Greco* (Jour’91),
live in Denver with their future Buff, Aiden.
Connecticut residents Tiffany Ball Zergis
(IntlAf, French’95) and her husband welcomed baby Dylan Ann Zergis in January.
The family lives in West Haven, Conn.
Dona Baptist* (MechEngr’96) is taking
time to enjoy life by not working so hard.
She started a small technical company that
does IVR, switch and PC support and development. Dona lives in Cedaredge, Colo.
Boulder residents Allan Mottram (EPOBio’96) and Carol MacGillis married last
July. Allan is a medical student at the CU
Health Sciences Center, and Carol is a doctoral candidate at CU in kinesiology. The
couple honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas.
The National Federation of High Schools
selected Ariel Downing* (PhDMus’97) as
its 2004 Music Educator of the Year. She
teaches instrumental music at Big Horn
High School and Middle School in Big
Horn, Wyo. Ariel lives in Sheridan.
U.S. Navy JAG Corps attorney Lt. Jamie
Blum Seward (PolSci’97) married Matthew
Seward in September. Bridesmaids included
Julie Hodges Lambert* (IntlAf, PolSci’97)
and Melissa Johnson (Comm’98). The
couple lives in Baltimore.
Boulder residents Tom Baker (Mgmt’98)
and Brenda Wazbinski were married in August. Tom works as an account manager at
Mentor Graphics in Longmont. The couple
honeymooned in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The national law firm of Baker & Hostetler
hired Andrew Kirkpatrick (Hist, PolSci’98)
as a new associate in its Cleveland office in
January.
Boulder residents Jennifer Lester (Mus
Edu’98) and Shane Brown (Aero’95, MS’99)
married in July. Jennifer is a music teacher
at Fireside Elementary School, and Shane
is an engineer at Ball Aerospace. The couple
honeymooned in Greece.
Rejecting big bucks for better health care
Someone with a law degree and a
doctorate in business administration
is probably on Wall Street making
piles of money, right? Actually Doug
Jackson (Law’85, PhDBus’92) is in the
business of giving things away — tons
of things worth millions of dollars.
Doug is president, CEO and director of Project C.U.R.E. (Commission
on Urgent Relief and Equipment), an
organization that collects donated
medical supplies and ships them to
more than 90 developing countries.
This wasn’t Doug’s original plan.
After passing the bar exam at 23, he
was off to a successful law career.
Within a few years he decided to
make a change.
“I wanted to go to Wall Street
and do investment banking and get
really rich,” Doug recalls. “About the
time I was finishing my dissertation,
Doug Jackson (Law’85, PhDBus’92)
however, I realized I wanted to give
organizes medical supplies he helps distribute
something back to students.”
to developing countries each year. A short
He ran a business center and was
stint to help out Project C.U.R.E. turned into
a provost at liberal arts colleges for
a six-year cause.
five years.
“In the meantime I was watching
my dad, who started Project C.U.R.E. in 1987,” Doug says. “I thought I’d take a break
and go help my dad for six months or a year. That was six years ago.”
During those six years Doug helped the Denver-based organization grow and developed a plan to expand the current work at five locations to 25 locations by 2015.
Just the delivery of latex gloves can be integral to stopping the spread of disease in
these impoverished areas, Doug says. “In almost every place we go, they’re reusing gloves.”
In 2002 Project C.U.R.E. delivered more than 1.3 million pairs of surgical gloves
and nearly 800,000 needles and syringes, as well as myriad other medical supplies to
hospitals and clinics.
While the medical care and facilities in these developing countries are below Western standards, most of the problems are not due to poorly trained medical staff. “They
are good doctors most of the time. They just don’t have the supplies they need to do
their jobs,” Doug says.
Project C.U.R.E. staff members visit each country to work closely with government
officials and assess what supplies are most needed.
“Patient wards are often just one big room filled with beds,” Doug says. “You could
have someone with malaria, next to someone with AIDS, next to someone with TB,
next to a premature baby. I have nightmares about getting sick and having to stay in
one of these places.
“If I had gone off and done investment banking, I’d be a rich guy today. But at the
end of the day, so what?”
— Jason Smith
JASON SMITH PHOTO
state-of-the-art ceramics facility for the
university. She lives in Niwot.
Proud parents Matthew Luttrell (Mus
Edu’98) and Stephanie McMullen Luttrell
(Soc’98) welcomed baby Buff Maggie Kaitlyn
in February. Matthew is assistant director of
bands and marching band director at Illinois
State University. Stephanie works in events
planning at the Chateau Hotel and Conference Center. They live in Bloomington, Ill.
Former CU football player Sulu Petaia
(Soc’98) is back home in American Samoa
working as a government accountant. He
plays in the island’s competitive recreational
rugby league.
Firefighter Ryan Sutter (Arch’98) returned
to work in January after marrying ABC’s
“Bachelorette,” Trista Rehn. Ryan has been
named spokesperson for the Firefighters
National Trust of Washington State, which
helps the families of firefighters killed on
duty. The couple lives in Vail.
Greeley residents Elizabeth Ariniello
(Engl’99) and Matthew McCartney were
married in May. Elizabeth works as a senior
director of marketing for the Fellowship of
Catholic University Students in Greeley. The
couple honeymooned in Italy, where they received a blessing from Pope John Paul II.
Former CU All-American steeplechaser
Adam Batliner (Engl, Art’99) had an
opening of his artwork in January. Now
that his running is on hold, he’s decided to
focus on art. To contact Adam, e-mail him
at [email protected].
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& beyond
CU assistant athletic trainer for cross country and track Andrea DuBay (Kine’99) has
earned a reputation as the person to see to
heal injuries. Her three-step recovery plan
helped CU’s Dathan Ritzenhein recover
from a stress fracture to go on and win the
2003 NCAA cross country title. Andrea lives
in Boulder.
Cambridge, Mass., residents Brenna Moore
(RelSt’99) and John Seitz (RelStu’99) were
married in August. Both the bride and groom
are doctoral students in religion at Harvard
Faculty,
staff &
students
The CU Board of Regents named Roger
Barry as Distinguished Professor in March.
The geography professor is director of the
National Snow and Ice Data Center/World
Data Center for Glaciology at CU. He is nationally recognized as a top geographer and
polar climatoligist. Roger joins only 19 other
CU-Boulder faculty members who hold the
title of distinction.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science elected CU physics professor
Margaret Murnane and adjoint physics
professor Eric Cornell as fellows for 2004.
Margaret was selected for her contributions to
the science of short-pulse lasers and their applications. She was the winner of the MacArthur
“genius grant” in 2000. Eric, a senior scientist
at NIST, was honored for the same work that
won him a shared Nobel Prize for physics in
2001 — the discovery of the Bose-Einstein
condensate, a new form of matter developed
at extremely cold temperatures.
CU named physics professor Carl Wieman
and psychology professor Daniel Barth
as 2004 President’s Teaching Scholars.
The award is one of the highest honors a
professor can receive at the university and
recognizes professors who excel at teaching
as well as scholarly endeavors. Carl, a Distinguished Professor and co-winner with Eric
Cornell of the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics,
is also a JILA fellow. Daniel, a neuroscientist, studies patterns of brain activity and is
considered a driving force behind the effort
to establish an undergraduate neuroscience
major at CU.
The National Academy of Engineering
elected George Born of aerospace engineering and Kaspar Willam of civil engineering
as members. Academy membership honors
those who have made important contributions to engineering and have pioneered new
fields of engineering. The two join 13 other
CU faculty members who have been elected
since the academy’s formation in 1962.
Doctoral student in accounting David
Weber is one of 10 national recipients of a
$25,000 Deloitte & Touche doctoral fellowship. Weber will use the funds to support his
Roger Barry
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May 2002 Coloradan
University. The couple honeymooned in
Banff National Park in Canada.
Founder of the Align Spa in Park City, Utah,
Harriet Bolling McEntire (Soc, WomSt’00)
built her business from scratch and now has
two branches of the spa. Lucas Marquardt
(Fin’01) works as her operations manager.
Boulder residents Lynn Oberle (MMechEngr’00) and Jeffrey Roy (MMechEngr’99)
married in June 2003. Lynn works as a project engineer at Nexant Inc., and Jeffrey is a
project engineer at Valleylab/Tychohealthcare. The couple honeymooned in Fiji.
U.S. Army Lt. Cara Dekleva* (EnvSt., Pol
Sci’01) is on duty in Iraq. When not serving
her country, she lives in Monument, Colo.
research examining the various causes and
consequences of differences in accounting
used for income tax purposes versus financial reporting purposes.
Distinguished Professor Frank Barnes of
electrical engineering received the National
Academy of Engineering’s top education
honor in February, a $500,000 award recognizing innovation in engineering and technology education. The Gordon Prize honors
Frank for pioneering an interdisciplinary
telecommunications program, which gives
the opportunity for nonengineering graduates to learn vital elements of the telecommunications industry and engineers to learn
more about policy and law.
One of this year’s 15 Puksta Foundation
$4,500 annual scholarships went to CU
political science major Mahdi Abosedra.
Mahdi founded the CU student group, No
Pork, a Muslim-Jewish dialogue group that
he hopes will build a community of respect
and peace between the two groups. He says
the scholarship has allowed him to not worry
about financial matters and gives him more
time for civic engagement.
Professor Margaret Eisenhart of educational anthropology and research methodology
delivered the 96th annual Distinguished
Research Lecture in February. The lectureship is the highest honor bestowed upon a
faculty member by the CU’s graduate school.
It recognizes an entire body of research and
creative work, typically over a three-decade
period. Margaret’s research includes culture,
gender relations, women in sciences and
women’s achievements in various educational settings and the workplace.
Associate professor Sharon Collinge of
ecology and evolutionary biology and
environmental studies was named 2004
Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow in recognition of her leadership ability and desire
to communicate scientific issues beyond
academia. Sharon is an expert on landscape
ecology and prairie dog disease. Her research
goal is to reveal the influence that changing
landscapes have on the dynamics of plant
and animal populations.
LARRY HARWOOD PHOTO
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Littleton resident Natalie Calisto (EPOBio’99) opened a yoga studio in Highlands
Ranch. Following the roof collapsing in the
March 2003 snowstorm, the Yoga Place is
surviving, but in a new location.
CU-Boulder named three recipients of the
2004 Dorothy Martin Faculty and Doctoral Student Awards, which honors female
achievement on campus. Lee Chambers,
associate professor of history, received the
Woman Faculty Award. She was the first
female chair of the history department and
has taught women’s history and women’s
studies at CU for 27 years. Melanie Jade
Aguilar, a doctoral candidate in sociology,
and Kristina Gibson, a doctoral candidate
in geography, each received the Woman
Doctoral Student Awards.
In recognition of their creative research
and potential contributions to society, 11
CU faculty members were awarded fellowships for 2004-05. They will be released from
teaching responsibilities for the academic
year to pursue research projects. All are eligible for grant funding. From humanities,
social and natural sciences, the awardees are:
Webster Cash, Jeffrey Cox, John Falconer,
Bruce Holsinger, Charles Judd, Stephen
McCormick, Russell Monson, John
O’Loughlin, Kathy Rowlen, Veronica
Vaida and Carl Wieman.
A junior in the Leeds School of Business,
Nik Kerner is the founder of the Glacier Ice
Cream cart on Pearl Street. His business was
such a success he is using some of the profit
to start the first student-funded scholarship
at CU — one for budding entrepreneurs. He
plans to continue to fund the scholarship
after graduating.
The Valley of the Second Sons: Letters of Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Pilgrim’s Progress) is a compilation of letters of Cockerell,
a young English naturalist, to his sweetheart
and her brother about his life in Westcliffe,
Colo., from 1887 to1890. Edited by William
Weber, professor and curator emeritus of
CU’s herbarium, the letters include vivid,
detailed accounts of the daily activities and
discoveries of one of the CU Natural History
Museum’s founders. For information visit
www.pilgrimsprocess.com.
Laughter Out of Place: Race, Class, Violence and
Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown (University of
California Press) by Donna Goldstein,
associate professor of anthropology, was
released in November. The book explores her
experiences living in a Brazilian shantytown
in the early ’90s, exploring the problems
confronting women and how people cope
with daily life.
Professor Emeritus Guy Duckworth of
music received the prestigious Achievement Award from the Music Teacher
National Association in March. The award
is the organization’s highest, given to those
who have made a lasting contribution to
music and music education. Guy joined
the faculty in 1971.
Ethnic studies professor Natsu Taylor Saito
addressed the effects of U.S. foreign policy
on international human rights protection
in March at a talk in the UMC. Her book
on the topic is forthcoming from New York
University Press. Natsu teaches undergraduate courses on American Indian Studies and
race, ethnicity and the law. She is an expert in
international human rights law with a focus
on indigenous peoples.
R.I.P.
Edwynne C. Rosenbaum (A&S ex’22)
Florence Fulscher Tool (A&S’29)
William C. Tyrrell Jr. (Bus’29)
Opal Nixon Jones (Fren, Span’31)
Dudley F. Estes (Mktg ex’32)
William E. Anderson (A&S’33, Law’37)
Chester B. Ingle (Law’33)
Gatewood C. Milligan (MD’33)
Dorothy Sterling Burger (A&S’34)
Ben A. Wilson (ChemEngr’34)
Clayton S. “Sam” White (A&S’34, MD’42)
Nicholas R. Doman (Law’35)
Henry A. Myers (MechEngr’35)
Jack R. Britton (PhDMath’36)
Robert M. Lyall (ElecEngr’37)
Theodore A. Boerstler (Mktg’38)
Laura Lawrence Dittmann (HomeEcon’38)
Harry A. Frumess (Econ’38)
PROFILE
Boulder couple Sara Hardesty (Kine’00)
and Joe Hoverstock (Hum’01) married in
July. Sara is a third-year law student at CU
and works at Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti.
Joe works at CTX Mortgage. They honeymooned in Maui.
Erie residents Cary Schram (Mgmt’01) and
Katrina Cropp were married in September.
Cary owns Boulder Mountain Futons in
Boulder. The couple honeymooned in the
Caribbean.
Boulder activist Mark Turner (Fin’01) returned from volunteer work at a Palestinian
refugee camp in November having been shot
in the leg. He sustained the injury in October when he got caught in a clash between
Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the Balata
refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank.
Roscoe T. Pile (Econ’38, Law’41)
Malcom S. Anderson (Psych’39)
Betty C. Allen Hall (Jour’39)
Charles E. Hikes (CivEngr’39)
William S. Van Patten (Phil’39)
James M. Wilson (A&S’39, MD’43)
S. Lloyd Allen (MD’40)
Margaret Chance Evensen (A&S’40)
Howard T. Hersom (A&S’40)
Katherine V. Minto (Bio ex’40)
Ernestine Browning Roberts (Soc ex’40)
Lyle E. Eaton (MechEngr’41, MS’50)
Charles J. Elzi (MechEngr’41)
George W. Madsen (Fin’41)
Grace Chessmore Cables (A&S’42)
Myrle G. MacAllister (A&S’42)
Bruce M. Porter (MD’42, MNurs’54)
Margaret Trainor Getman (Engl’43,
MPerServ’49)
Esther Daum Gibbs (A&S’43)
Roy E. Hewey (A&S ex’43)
Shirley Cunningham Luthy (A&S’43)
Richard B. Cheek (A&S’44)
Marjorie Lawrence Clement (A&S’44)
Evart F. Hittle (Chem’44)
Jack Kabell (ElecEngr’44)
Jessie Richards (A&S’44)
Carlton D. Randleman (Acct’45)
Wilma McLeod Green (PE’45)
Robert B. Perry Jr. (Engr’46)
H. Joe Smead (ElecEngr’46, MS’47,
PhD’53)
Doris Albright Morgan (A&S’47)
Jean Stratton Robinson (DistSt’47)
Mary Oliver Barr (IntDesign’48)
Robert E. Bellis (MElecEngr’48)
Barbara R. Funk (Art’48)
Frederick H. McElhone III (Acct’48)
David S. Paddock (DistSt’48, Law’52)
Marjorie Nitsch Neighbour (Soc’48)
Magnus Nodtvedt Jr. (Mgmt’48)
John A. Pierce (Phar’48)
Robert E. Alsup (Law’49)
He plans to start a media company and make
a documentary of his experiences.
Cycling coach for Cycle-Smart Inc., Benjamin Turner* (Kine’01) also is the road
manager for the TIAA/CREF Development
Cycling Team sponsored by 5280 Magazine.
Benjamin lives in Boulder.
Longmont residents Emily Knapp (MCDBio’03) and Anthony Lowrey married in August. Emily is a student teacher at Longmont
High School, and Anthony is a grad student
in mechanical engineering at CU. The couple
honeymooned in Redstone.
Broomfield couple April Mettauer (Jour’03)
and Corey Luxner married in August. April
works as the marketing coordinator for Sink
Combs Dethlefs, a sports architecture firm
Charles T. Blubaugh (Art’49, MA’64)
Larry Fenton (A&S’49, Law’52, Law’68)
Ruth Palmes Kitto (MD’49)
Rudy Sobery (A&S’49)
Samuel R. Whitaker (Bus’49)
Robert S. Appel (Econ’50)
George M. Cottle Jr. (Phar’50)
Robert L. Jenkins (A&S’50)
Peggy Graves Kline (A&S’50)
Robert H. Lydon (DistSt’50)
Enid Botts Poyer (A&S’50)
Z. Erol Smith Jr. (Mgmt’50)
Herbert E. Tautz Jr. (Art’50)
Harry B. Tipton (A&S’50, MD’53)
Tom L. McKnight (Geog’51)
Robert E. Currie (MD’52)
Hal H. Dronberger Jr. (Engr’52)
Wendell L. Gentry (MD’52)
Frank E. Osborn (Mgmt’52)
J. Leonard Tillquist (MD’52)
Marcella King Baldwin (Nurs’53)
W. Brice Evans (MChem’53)
James R. Borman (ArchEngr’54)
Willard W. Howard (MEcon’55)
Robert B. Audiss Jr. (Mktg’56)
Thomas I. Baxter Jr. (Acct’56)
Mary E. Churchill (MA’56)
Delma M. Snyder (A&S’56)
Vincent J. Feik (Econ’57, Bus’58)
Edward A. Brown (Law’58)
Kenneth L. Schlagel (Geol’58)
Beatrice Britton Eckert (A&S’59)
Charles E. Jones (Aero’59)
Robert E. Place (MMus’59)
Roxy Lee Root (Aero, Bus’59)
Bruce H. Ashley (Aero’60)
Peter R. Houston (A&S’60)
James P. Roome (A&S’60, MEdu’63)
Zaki El Habashi (EdD’61)
Carol Figge Hacker (Engl’62, MEdu’86,
EdD’86)
Floyd E. Young (A&S’62)
in Denver. Corey is a CU student and works
at CB and Potts. They honeymooned in
Negril, Jamaica.
Attorney Laura Wolf (Law’03) was recently
hired as an associate by Higgins, Hopkins,
McLain & Roswell. She lives in Superior.
Young alumni program manager at the CUBoulder Alumni Association John Sanders*
(Soc’01) left his position with the Herd in
April to work for Hensel Phelps Co., the
Denver-based construction firm. He will
be running a craft development program
in Greeley that allows high school seniors
to become superintendents charged with
multimillion dollar projects. The Alumni
Association staff wishes the former Buff
football player the best of luck.
Ruth J. Vaughan (MEdu’63)
A. Douglas Herrmann (MMechEngr’64)
Barbara B. Hobson (A&S’66)
Reginald R. Schive (MMus’67)
Stephen D. Able (MechEngr’68)
William J. Affleck (Hist’69)
Bruce J. Anderson (MEngl’69)
Gary L. Kehl (Acct’69)
Janet Elston Meeker (Engl’69, MEdu’75)
Roland F. Norton IV (A&S’69)
James M. Adams (Art’70)
Philip E. Carroll (Psych’70)
Peter E. Papageorgiou (MPubAd’70,
PhDComm’76)
Jeffrey S. Pepper (Soc’70)
Theresa J. Madden (MA’71)
Inez Dillon Prinster (Hist’71)
Harry G. Sherk (PhDEdu’71)
Doris M. Schneider (Soc’72)
Daniel W. Polland (Phar’73)
Christopher M. Archer (Geog’74, Geol’82)
Dianne Porter Arneill (EPOBio’74)
Bernard Krause (ElecEngr’76)
William G. Athens (Acct’78)
Brian A. Clappison (Fin’80)
Gerri L. Fulka Peper (MCompSci’80)
Henry J. Gorenz Jr. (MechEngr’81)
Robert M. Baucke (Jour’82)
Duke E. Hanson (ElecEngr’82)
Mark A. Jagels (MCDBio’83)
John M. Zgombick (MPharm’83, PhD’87)
Kathleen J. Mooney (Art’84)
Janice Enagonio (PhDPhys’87)
Theodore J. Pneuman (EnvDes’87)
Kevin L. Rosenbaum (Econ’90)
Felicia L. Murphy (PhDChem’92)
Todd T. Da Bolt (Econ, Phil’93, MEcon’98)
James K. Law (EPOBio’93)
Christopher J. Gagliardi (Soc’94)
Molly M. Helm (Anth’94)
Michael D. McElroy (Psych’97)
Malia E. Bakutis (Art’98)
Russell B. Rippetoe (ROTC’99)
Gretchen Mattox needs all her poems
Poet Gretchen Mattox (Engl’84)
laughs as she recalls her days at the
University of Colorado hanging
poems on clotheslines and hosting
performance art shows at her friend’s
house.Two decades later, she has
traded laundry lines for publications.
Her first book of poetry, Goodnight
Architecture, came out in 2002. Buddha
Box (both New Issues Poetry) followed
in 2004, winning the prestigious
Green Rose Prize.
CU marked the beginning of what
Gretchen refers to as her “discipline
and devotion” to writing. Women’s
studies courses opened her eyes to
female writers like Emily Dickinson
and Virginia Woolf, and she drew
inspiration from professors in the
creative writing, women’s studies and
film departments.
“It made [a writing career] seem
possible,” the Los Angeles resident says. Lessons learned at CU helped propel
“It gave me a chance to identify.”
Gretchen Mattox (Engl’84) toward
But Gretchen recalls the seeds of
pursuing writing. She’s published two
her creativity took root during childbooks of poetry.
hood. At age 10 she wrote her first
poem — about a weed. “I thought dandelions were so beautiful, and people wanted to
pull them as a weed.”
Five years later her parents announced their divorce, and Mattox decided to
become a writer. “I got the sense writing could offer relief and became interested in the
transformative promises of the poetic life,” she says.
However Gretchen discovered that making a living as a writer requires creativity. She has worked as an instructor at the New School for Social Research, Antioch
University and Loyola Marymount University. Today, she manages a retail store and
does readings everywhere from New York University to the J. Paul Getty Center in Los
Angeles.
Goodnight Architecture, a finalist for both the National Poetry Series and Bucknell
Poetry Prize, took 10 years to write. In many ways the honest, beautiful poems are “my
life lessons,” Gretchen explains. Her topics range from the way a young heart feels
amidst divorce to losing a lover as an adult.
By the time Goodnight Architecture was published, the poet had finished Buddha Box.
While Gretchen isn’t a Buddhist, her book explores the ways in which the spirit takes
form in matter in the neighborhoods of West Los Angeles.
Despite her success, she emphasizes how important unpublished work is to the
creative process.
“I remember having a conversation about how all of our poems become poems to
get across the river,” she says. “You need all your poems — even those that don’t work.”
—Tori Peglar
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Errata
Our sincere apologies to Jerry Scofield II (Bus’68), who called to say
the report of his death in the March
2004 Coloradan was premature. A processing error confused Jerry with his
father, Gerald R. Scofield (A&S’36,
MEdu’41), who was correctly listed
as having died in the December 2002
Coloradan. We regret this error.
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