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’60s
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Author Harold Meyers (Jour’48) published
The Death at Awahi (Texas Tech University
Press), a novel about church-state issues and
racial conflicts in a New Mexico pueblo. The
retired Fortune editor lives in Williamsburg,
Va., with his wife of 64 years, Jean Heltemes
(A&S ex’46), who formerly owned a studenttour agency. Harold writes that the two met
as CU students on a bus just before he was
drafted into World War II. They have four
sons, five grandchildren and three greatgranddaughters.
“still loves CU.” She proudly boasts of 16
CU graduates in her family.
Part-time Montrose resident Julie Justice
Larusson (A&S’57) writes that she spends
half of the year in Colorado and the other
half in Arizona, where she keeps busy sculpting, fiddle playing and having fun.
The Julie Penrose Fountain at Colorado
Springs’ America the Beautiful Park was
designed by artist Bill Burgess (A&S’58)
and architect David Barber (ArchEngr’66,
Arch’67). Bill, who lives in Colorado Springs,
has work in many private and public collections including the Arvada Center, Kaiser
Permanente and McDonalds Regional Headquarters. David, who also lives in Colorado
Springs, owns David Barber Architects and
works on projects such as custom singlefamily homes, condominiums, apartments,
hotels and office buildings.
CU couple Gary Roubos* (ChemEngr’59)
and Terie Anderson Roubos* (Span’60,
1967 Yearbook
“Boulder’s landscape, its light, its mountains and
the immense amounts of snow really inspired me to
begin working at the intersection of art and nature.”
— Suzanne Anker (MFA’76)
See Profile on page 29.
Abbott Foxford* (Hist’62) celebrated the
organization’s 25th anniversary in July.
Since its inception 12,000 families in the
Puget Sound area have been given the opportunity to become self-sufficient and
to break the cycle of poverty. She lives in
Puyallup, Wash.
In May Risto Marttinen* (A&S’62) had
what he calls a “medal harvest” at the Virginia Senior Games. He received two gold
medals, in javelin and the 5K run, and a silver
medal in the discus. His wife went home with
five golds. Risto lives in Mechanicsville, Va.
Retired professor H. Robert Krear* (PhDZoo’65) has conducted ecological research
in northern Quebec and Labrador, fur seal
research on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska’s
Bering Sea and sea otter research in the
extreme western Aleutian Islands. The Estes
Park resident writes his most important accomplishment was being a member of the
1956 Murie Arctic Brooks Range Expedition
that played a major role in the establishment
of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
A ceramics professor at Alfred University
since 1973, D. Wayne Higby (A&S’66)
received the Joseph Kruson Faculty Award
for distinguished service to the university in May. He was recognized for long
and dedicated service, commitment to
academic quality and a strong sense of
humanity shown to students. He lives in
Alfred Station, N.Y.
Adjunct professor of astronomy at San Diego State University, John Hood (Phys’49,
MS’53) published his first mystery novel,
Dark Matter, under the pen name Johnny
Mack Hood. He is active on SDSU’s library
board and has served as a scientist for
Scripps Institution and the Navy, as well as
taught business, natural science and physics.
He lives in San Diego.
To celebrate their 75th birthdays, Grand
Junction couple Janet Hilferty Go*
(Geog’53) and Perry McGinnis sailed around
the world on the Queen Elizabeth 2 beginning
in January 2006. When they returned home
from their 109-day trip, they wrote Don’t
Miss the Boat, Cruising Through the Leisure
Years (Lifetime Chronicle Press), covering
their educational experiences, practical
information about cruising and the history
of the QE2.
CU fan Margaret Haar Leap (Edu ex’57)
writes that though she lives in Boise she
MA’75) split their time between Edwards
and Scottsdale, Ariz. They travel extensively
with their latest venture a sail along the
Croatian Coast. Gary is the retired CEO and
chair of Dover Corp. and sits on the boards
of Omnicom and ProQuest. Terie is on the
board of directors of the Bravo! Vail Valley
Music Festival and of Habitat of Eagle and
Lake Counties. She writes that in Scottsdale,
they see a good deal of Anne Beeler O’Brien
(Fren’60), Patty Rarick McNett (A&S ex’63)
and Glenn McNett (Fin’61).
Psychiatrist F. Rodney Drake (DistSt’62,
MD’66) has been running a full-time private
practice in Washington, D.C., in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis since retiring
from the U.S. Army in 1989 as a full colonel
in the medical corps. He has served as president of the Baltimore-Washington Society
for Psychoanalysis, the Council of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry of Greater Washington
and the Washington Psychiatric Society.
Co-founder of the Washington Women’s
Employment and Education, Luverne
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Former director of the Colorado International Trade Office, Morgan Smith*
(Law’66) was honored at the June 2007
Diplomats Ball in Lakewood for his contribution to increasing international understanding, particularly in the South American
region, and promoting the mission of the
Institute of International Education. He
lives in Santa Fe.
In March managing member of the law office William Mack Copeland Bill Copeland
(MBA’69) received the American College of
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as managing member of the law office since
2000. He lives in Cincinnati.
Drawing on her 16 years of experience
as a classroom teacher and five years as
an education consultant, Dana Berry
Frazee* (Ger’69) is a principal consultant
for Mid-Continent Research for Education
and Learning in Denver. At McREL Dana is
engaged in a variety of projects around the
country that help schools improve teaching and learning through identifying and
implementing best practices. Her husband,
John Frazee* (Engl’70), joined the CUBoulder staff in January as the university’s
first director of faculty relations after more
than two decades as a college professor,
dean and academic vice president in Texas,
Colorado and Massachusetts. The couple
lives in Westminster.
After serving as a lab assistant and part-time
teacher for two years beginning in 1950,
Bill Langfeldt* (Phar’50 M’52) became
a full-time instructor of pharmaceutical
chemistry at the University of Arizona. He
also worked as a registered pharmacist with
the state of Colorado for 50 years and as a
hospital pharmacist for 20 years. He lives
in Boulder with his wife Lucille. They have
three children.
’70s
Spanish educator Lynda Durham*
(LatinAmSt’71) is national president of
the Alpha Mu Gamma collegiate foreign
language society. Lynda, who has taught
Spanish for 23 years at Casper College, will
hold the post until February 2009. She lives
in Casper, Wyo.
A partner in Holland & Hart’s Denver office,
Betty Carter Arkell (MPolSci’72, Law’75)
was selected as one of the nation’s best dealmakers and included in the 2007 Lawdragon
500 Leading Dealmakers in America. She
has more than 30 years of experience as a
corporate and securities lawyer, emphasiz-
ing venture capital investments, mergers,
acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. She
lives in Denver.
Principal of the Lakeville, Minn., All Saints
Catholic School, Jan Heuman (Mus’72)
was one of 12 to receive the Distinguished
Principal Award from the National Catholic
Education Association. She writes that she
thinks fondly of her four years at CU and
that she misses the beauty of Colorado.
Residential program Down Home Ranch,
founded by Judith Adams Horton
(Anth’72, MSpan’78) and her husband,
Jerry Horton (PhDSoc ex ’75), has received
national attention in People magazine as well
as on CBS Evening News, for its innovative
camping program that serves adults and
teenagers who have intellectual disabilities.
The couple founded the ranch following
the birth of their fourth daughter, who has
Down’s syndrome. The ranch is located
east of Austin, Texas. More information is
at www.downhomeranch.org.
After 10 years as the professional athlete
coordinator for the Bolder Boulder 10K race,
Rich Castro (MPE’73) passed the torch.
Over the years he has served as assistant
men’s track coach and head women’s cross
country coach at CU, distance coach for
Ecuador in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and
as track coach for the U.S. Army World Class
Athlete Program. The 2004 Stearns Award
winner lives in Boulder.
The 1964 Olympic bronze medalist in
slalom, Jimmie Heuga (PolSci’73) lives in
an assisted living residence in Louisville
while he fights multiple sclerosis, a disease
he has had since 1970. He keeps in shape
by exercising on his hand treadmill, handpeddled tricycle and swimming. He likes to
ride his tricycle at CU’s Potts Field as often
as possible with the help of longtime friend
and CU ski coach Richard Rokos.
Two-time NBA champion and two-time
all-Big Eight player at CU Scott Wedman
(Bus’74) was inducted into the Colorado
Sports Hall of Fame in April. After 14 years
in the NBA, he retired to Kansas City and
entered the real estate business while also
coaching youth teams.
Journalist Sue Deans (MJour’75) retired
after 30 years in the business, nearly half of
which were spent at the Boulder Camera. At
the Camera she worked a variety of jobs, from
reporter to the paper’s top editor and, most
recently, as a columnist and senior editor.
She lives in Boulder and still writes an occasional column for the Camera.
State University of New York at Cortland
professor of psychology Michael Toglia
(PhDPsych’76) received the Chancellor’s
Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities during the university’s 2007
commencement in May. Michael, who has
been at the university’s psychology department since 1978, lives in Homer, N.Y.
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Knitter Ann McCauley (MDance’78) is
author of The Pleasures of Knitting: Timeless
Feminine Sweaters (Martingale & Co.). She
also has a second knitting book set to be
published in September 2008. She filmed an
episode for HGTV and DIY networks’ knitting show, Knitty Gritty, called “Delightful
Details.” She lives in Boulder.
’80s
Short Hills, N.J.-based financial adviser
Patricia Bell (Psych’80) was recognized in
Barron’s 2007 list of the top 100 financial
advisers for the third year in a row. She has
been with Merrill Lynch for 26 years, serving
corporate and individual investors.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
engineer Randy Coffey (Aero, Mktg’80,
MAero’81, PhD’90) was recognized by NASA
for his distinguished accomplishments on
critical space exploration and scientific discovery missions. Randy, who is a CloudSat
program manager, lives in Superior.
Kazakhstan resident Keith Eilers* (ElecEngr’81) is an employee at an oil field
and processing plant where he “keeps the
lights on and the motors spinning.” He also
writes that he works in a rich multicultural
environment with people and languages
from all over the world, which makes for a
“Tower of Babel” experience.
Almost 20 years after Rick Reilly (Jour’81)
co-wrote the script of a movie titled Leatherheads, actor and director George Clooney
is making a film based on the romantic
comedy. The Sports Illustrated columnist has
received several other calls about making two
of his books, Missing Links and Shanks for Nothing, into movies. Rick lives in Denver.
Professor of molecular biophysics at Rockefeller University, Seth Darst’s (ChemEngr’82)
1981 Yearbook
Anker’s way of explaining science
1977 Yearbook
passion besides science is the piano. He is an
avid pianist who enters competitions around
the country. One of his latest was the Washington, D.C., International Piano Competition in July. He lives in New York City.
AOL, Neal was vice president and news
editor for ESPN and was editor-in-chief at
ESPN.com when the website won the Online
Journalism for General Excellence in 2003.
He lives in Avon, Conn.
Twenty-five years after her undergraduate
years in Boulder, Jenny Herring* (Jour’82)
earned her master’s in journalism from Iowa
State University. Her thesis explored the
impact of television on the work ethic of the
baby boom generation. Jenny is an investment communications adviser for Principal
Global Investors, an asset management firm
in Des Moines. She lives in Norwalk, Iowa,
and other Iowa Buffs can contact her at jlapr.
herring@att.net.
Senior consultant with Oakland, Calif., Cliff
Consulting, Philip Dion* (InfoSys’85) has
more than 20 years of experience in the areas
of management consulting, program and
project leadership, process improvement
and team building. He enjoys spending time
with his children and following the Red Sox
in his free time. He lives in San Francisco.
In May Ruth Kahn (Mktg’82) was named,
for the second time, by the Daily Journal
Corp. as one of the top 75 women litigators
in California. She is an equity partner at
Steptoe & Johnson’s Los Angeles office. She
and her family live in Los Angeles.
Author Geary Larrick (PhDMus’84) published his 10th book, The Late-Life Reflections
of a Retired Professor on Just About Everything
in the World (Mellen Poetry Press), which is
a multidisciplinary study in various fields
organized into an alphabetized annotated
bibliography with an index. He lives in Stevens Point, Wis.
As general manager and editor for AOL
Sports, Neal Scarbrough (Jour’84) works
with the belief that the future of online
sports journalism lies with blogs and other
tools designed to encourage interaction
among fans. Accordingly, at sports.aol.com,
Neal has introduced “FanHouse,” which
pays fans to post blogs about the NFL and
NCAA football teams. Before his work with
In his first national tour David Lendingham (Thtr’85) played the role of an Italian
patriarch in the Broadway tour of The Light
in the Piazza. The play, the story of the
romance between an American girl and an
Italian man named Fabrizio, toured for a
year through 24 cities. When not touring,
David lives in Aspen.
Assistant professor of English at California
State University, Peter Grandbois (Engl’86,
EPOBio’88, MEngl’91) translated San Juan:
Memoir of a City (University of Wisconsin
Press), an English version of the guidebook
that leads readers on a journey through
Puerto Rico’s capital.
At the annual Colorado Press Association
awards Bronson Hilliard (Hist’86) won his
fourth award for editorial writing. Bronson,
the director of media relations and spokesperson at CU, won for his editorials that ran
in the Colorado Daily in 2006 when he was the
Daily’s managing editor.
A panelist at this year’s Conference on World
Affairs, Greg Collins (Phil’87) is one of the
top industry executives behind the expansion of hardware outsourcing to China and
India. He has worked in China for 15 years as
a hardware manufacturing and supply chain
management executive and in 2006 founded
an investment and consulting firm in Shanghai. He was chosen by Chinese President Hu
Jintao to represent foreign investors at the
Great Hall of the People. When not in Asia
he lives in Huntley, Ill.
Mortgage broker Leslie Roubos* (Span’88)
worked as financial executive for Vail Resorts
and Wells Fargo for several years before
joining the Maverick Lending Network this
year. In her free time she skis, plays golf,
rides her BMW motorcycle and watches the
Suzanne Anker (MFA’76) has added a new dimension to the concept of
nature art. It’s a tiny dimension, so small that it’s invisible to the naked eye.
But it has opened up a whole new domain of the visual arts.
Suzanne is an artist whose sculptures and prints center around genetic
images. In “Sugar Daddy,” for example, she arranged actual sugar crystals on
a piece of black velvet into the shape of chromosomes, the thread-like strands
of DNA that carry our hereditary information and whose backbone is made
of sugar molecules.
“I am interested in the way nature can be transformed into an artifact
by an artist,” she says. “I look at
the different patterns and forms
of the natural world and reposition them back into the cultural
domain.”
Suzanne’s work has been
shown in museums and galleries
around the world, including the
Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Smithsonian Institution
and the Museum of Modern Art
in Japan.
Throughout her career as an
artist, she has taught art and art
history and is currently chair of
the fine arts department at the
School of Visual Arts in New
York. Her interest in working
with nature was sparked
at CU. The New York
City native came to
Boulder with her husband, who had accepted
a position as a prison
psychiatrist in Colorado
as an alternative to
military service.
“At the time I
was looking for an
idiom that I could use
as the matrix of my
investigation. Boulder’s
landscape, its light, its
mountains and the
New Yorker Suzanne Anker (MFA’76) was inspired by
immense amounts of Boulder to use art, such as her Origins and Futures
snow really inspired
installation, to portray the natural world.
me to begin working
at the intersection of
art and nature,” says Suzanne, who majored in science as an undergraduate.
She has lectured at scientific and art institutions, including the Max
Planck Institute in Dresden and the Royal Society of London. In 2003 she
co-authored The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age (Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press).
Through her art, Suzanne hopes to raise awareness about today’s issues in
science and technology.
“The recent advances in science, such as new reproductive technologies,
will affect every aspect of our lives — the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the
right to live or die. These technologies are moving so fast that the discussions
around them have not quite caught up. Art has become an important forum
for discussing these issues.”
— Nicole Branan
ever-changing mountain view from her deck
high above Beaver Creek.
Mary Catherine Habeck-Leighou (Span’89)
bikes several miles a day, drives her kids to
school and goes camping with her family every
summer — without legs. Mary Catherine lost
her lower limbs to Strep A bacteria in 2000
and, after 24 operations, is now learning to live
again, citing her husband and her children as
inspiration. Mary Catherine lives in Tucson.
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Alan Stern (PhDAstro’89), founder of the
Southwest Research Institute in Boulder
and leader of NASA’s New Horizon’s mission to Pluto, has been appointed associate
administrator for NASA’s Science Mission
Directorate. Along with a move to Washington, D.C., the job requires Alan to oversee
$5.4 billion of NASA’s $16 billion budget as
well as 95 missions involving around 20,000
scientists. He is the recipient of the 2007
George Norlin Award.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute appointed
James Doyle (MPsych’90, PhD’91) as head
of the social science and policy studies
department. James, an assistant professor,
has been part of the faculty since 1992. He
lives in Tolland, Conn.
After teaching, working as a principal and
then serving as assistant and deputy superintendent in the Boulder Valley School
District, Chris King (MJour’90, PhD’96)
was named the district’s new superintendent
in March. Chris wants to focus on managing enrollment, collaborating with the
community and improving morale of the
district’s faculty.
Pursuing a dream he has had since he was
8 years old, Monty Miranda (Jour’90)
completed his first feature film, Skills Like
This. It premiered at the 2007 South by
Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas,
where it won the Audience Award for best
narrative feature film. When not working on
films, Monty directs national and regional
commercials. He lives in Denver.
To remember the three most beautiful
places she and her husband have lived, Deb
Podolin (MKines’90, PhDEPOBio’95) had
a mural painted on her family room wall
of Colorado, Maine and Haddonfield, N.J.
Deb teaches physiology and pharmacology
to medical students at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Co-founder of Izze Beverage Co., Greg
Stroh (Comm’90) founded Mix1, another
Boulder-based company launching an allnatural, fast-food drink of the same name.
The vitamin-filled beverage caters to busy
people who want to eat healthy, natural and
organic foods. Greg lives in Boulder.
Following his promotion to vice president
of finance for Disneyland, Clark Jones*
(Acct’91), his wife, Amy Garman Jones*
(Comm’92), and their daughter Morgan will
be moving from Florida to California. The
family is excited that their move will bring
them a little closer to their Buffs.
Aurora resident Yasmine Schenkel Marino
(Jour’91) is a freelance television producer
with her own company, Prototype Productions. For nine years she had been a
news writer and producer at KWGN-TV
in Denver, where she received two Emmy
nominations.
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at the Boulder Reservoir in June. Susan
lives in Littleton, where she coaches young
triathletes.
Peter Carey (Arch’95) and Dana Courtley
(Art’87) married in Scottsdale, Ariz., in
February. Peter is an architect while Dana
works in Chinese medicine and nutrition.
The couple lives in Longmont.
Bringing his strong background in patent
law, M. Brad Lawrence (ElEngr’95) joined
the Preti Flaherty law firm’s intellectual
property practice group. Brad, who will be
working in the group’s Boston office, previously practiced with Bromberg Sunstein.
After serving as a project manager for Omniplan, a full-service architecture, interior
architecture and planning firm, Michelle
Ray (Arch’91) was promoted to associate
principal of the company’s Phoenix office.
Previously she managed many retail and
university projects for the firm and spearheaded the opening of the firm’s Phoenix
office in 2005.
Formerly the interim chair, Mercedes
Tasende (PhDSpan’91), was appointed
chair of the Spanish department at Western
Michigan University. Mercedes has been
adviser for the university’s master’s and
doctoral programs in Spanish since 2000
and is conducting research on Unamuno
and Spanish Civil War literature.
Formerly an associate professor of music at
Augusta State University, J. William Hobbins (PhDMus’93) was promoted to the
rank of professor. He lives in Evans, Ga.
Highlands Ranch resident Tom Jacobsen
(Econ’93, MBA’99) has joined M.J. Smith
and Associates, an Englewood-based wealth
management firm, as operations manager.
After working for 14 years on aerospace,
telecommunications and internet startups,
Mark Matossian* (MAero’93, PhD’95)
joined Google in December 2006. In his
new position, Mark is responsible for global
manufacturing operations of servers and
network equipment. When not working,
Mark enjoys road and mountain biking and
playing with his daughters. He lives in San
Mateo, Calif.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Microwave Theory and Techniques
Society awarded Vesna Radisic (MElec
Engr’93) the Outstanding Young Engineer
Award for 2007. Vesna was recognized for
her leadership in microwave applications
of defected ground structures, active antennas and millimeter wave electronics as
well as her contributions to the society. She
works at Northrop Grumman in Redondo
Beach, Calif.
For her academic excellence, teaching and
accessibility to students, Laurie Anderson (PhDEPOBio’94) was named to the
Libuse L. Reed Endowed Professorship
at Ohio Wesleyan University. She lives in
Delaware, Ohio.
After Kristina Schelbert Brown (Engl,
WomSt’94) received her doctorate in marriage and family therapy from Syracuse
University, she and her husband, Tucker
Brown (Soc’94), and their two children
moved to Springfield, Mo. There, Kristina
will be a faculty member in the marriage
and family therapy department at the Forest
Institute of Professional Psychology and also
work as project manager for Forest’s Child
Welfare Reform Training Grant.
The Acupuncture Clinic of Boulder, headed
by Erin Pass (Hum’95), has relocated and
expanded to 2500 Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder. Using traditional Chinese medicine,
Erin specializes in treating patients with
acute and chronic pain, gynecological and
fertility issues, and side effects of cancer
treatments.
With a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes, 35
seconds, former CU All-American Patty
Roberts Rogers (Psych, Hist’96), won the
Colorado Colfax Marathon in May. She was
rewarded when her two daughters met her at
the finish line. Patty lives in Lakewood.
“I’ve met everybody I’ve wanted to meet and seen
every event imaginable. I’m real lucky to be able to
continue to do what I’m doing.”
— Jim Gray (Jour’81)
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Sports reporter Jill Painter (Jour’94) coauthored Best of the Bruins: UCLA’s Winning
Tradition in Football and Basketball (Sports
Publishing). She is a sports reporter for the
Los Angeles Daily News.
A golfer for over 10 years, Celeste Titcomb
Palermo* (PolSci,EnvCon’94) published
From the Red Tees: Help, Hope, and Humor for
Women on the Green (Cumberland House).
The book highlights the fun side of the game
while adding helpful advice and information about the sport. Celeste contributes
to sports and women’s magazines and lives
in Parker.
Baby boy Luke Stephen Wilde was born to
parents Katie Wilde* (Hist’96) and Fritz
Wilde* (PolSci’96) in June. Luke’s two older
sisters were present at his birth as well as his
grandparents, aunts and uncles. The family
lives in Castle Rock.
Parents Jaime Ryan Testa (EPBio’97) and
Alvaro Testa (MCDBio’99) had their second
child, Alessandra Grace, on April 26. Having
just completed her obstetrics/gynecology
residency at Good Samaritan Hospital in
Phoenix, Jaime and the rest of the family
will soon move to Charleston, S.C., to give
Alvaro the chance to complete his plastic
surgery fellowship.
Two-time All-American Buff skier Nathan
Schultz (MCDBio’94) is owner of Boulder
Nordic Sport, housed inside the Boulder
Cycle Sport store at 4580 Broadway. He
lives in Boulder.
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After delivering her second daughter last
December, 2006 Olympic bronze medalist
Susan Williams (MAeroEngr’94) participated in and won the 5430 Sprint Triathlon
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Starting in a seed position that wasn’t
even in the top 10, Rachel Wacholder
(Comm’97) and her partner pushed through
to win a bronze medal in the Henkel Grand
Slam Volleyball Tournament. En route to the
podium in Paris, the duo defeated the No. 1
seeded team. When not traveling on the pro
volleyball tour, the former CU star lives in
Redondo Beach, Calif.
Littleton resident Matt Carpinelli (Mktg
’98) is president of AFC Tax & Financial
Advisors.
To take a break from life and work in Atlanta, Steve Langdon (ArchEng’98) and his
wife, Kristan Drake Langdon (Kines’00),
took a trip to Europe in May.
Moving back to Colorado after a stint in
Flagstaff, Ariz., Lara Schmit (MPolSci’98)
is assistant director of development for the
Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Previously
she was owner and independent consultant
of For the Wild Things Consulting. She
lives in Denver.
A mathematics instructor at the Phillips
Exeter Academy since 2002, Gwynneth
Hardesty Coogan (PhDMath’99) is the
school’s first Smith Family Instructor in
Mathematics. Gwynneth traveled to the
China Girls Math Olympiad with the
academy’s math team in summer 2004 and
teaches at the Exeter Math Institute during
the summers. She lives in Exeter, N.H.
After meeting in Chicago following graduation Shane Hoover* (Fin’99) and Buddy
Bush (PolSci’02) were married in June with
guests that included 15 CU alumni. Shane is
a senior associate at Merchant Bank, Performance Trust Capital Partners, and Buddy is
the Chicago director of research for the commercial real estate firm Grubb & Ellis.
Luther College has announced the promotion of Jon Jensen (MPhil’99, PhD’00) to
associate professor. Jon has worked in the
religion and philosophy department and
environmental studies program at Luther
since 2002 and is focusing on the intersection between virtue ethics, sustainable
agriculture and ecological restoration in his
research. He lives in New Hampton, Iowa.
A senior executive for the San Diego Business
Journal, Chris Parkes (Jour, EnvSt’99) married Joy Kosenski in September 2006, in
Boulder. Residents of San Diego, the couple
took a wedding trip to Manuel Antonio,
Costa Rica.
With more than 20 years of experience in
science education, Janet Carlson Powell
(PhDEdu’99) was selected as the executive
director of BSCS, a nonprofit science education organization established in 1958. Janet
will be the first female executive director in
the organization’s history and is looking
forward to leading BSCS into the future.
She lives in Woodland Park.
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In October 2006 Aaron Schmohe (Info
Sys’99) married Anna Schwartz in Boulder
before taking a wedding trip to Belize. The
couple lives in Broomfield where Aaron is a
systems analyst for Hunter Douglas.
Centennial residents Stephen Serenyi
(Fin’99) and Christy Garber (Comm ex’03)
were married in Breckenridge in June.
Christy is a special education teacher at
Barnum Elementary School, and Stephen is
vice president of commercial real estate with
Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler in Denver.
In a July wedding in Keystone, Leah Taylor
(Anth’99) married Kyle Duffy. Leah is an
interior designer at Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York City. The couple lives
in Brooklyn.
’00s
Liberty, Mo. residents Leslie Yoak Bates
(Psych’00) and her husband Jim welcomed
Tyrnan David Bates to the family in February. Leslie writes that Ty can’t wait to cheer
on the Buffs with his two older sisters.
With an art exhibit featuring the work of
16-year old Thai AIDS patient Bua, Monica
D’Onofrio (Anth’00) found a personal and
creative way to benefit children affected by
AIDS in Thailand. All money made at the
show, held in a gallery in Thailand, went
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directly to Bua, who was born with HIV.
Monica lives in Bangkok.
The Breckenridge Festival of Film featured
Jessica Kelley’s (Jour’00) first film, Revolution
Green, a documentary about renewable energy. Jessica is a freelance segment producer
for the American Idol series on Fox television
and has also worked for CBS, NBC, ABC and
Oxygen. She lives in Los Angeles.
Proud parents Tori Peglar* (MJour’00) and
Tom Rutkowski* (MCivEngr’03) welcomed
baby daughter Jordan into the world on
Sept. 25. Jordan joins big sister Skylar in
the family’s Boulder household. Tori is the
assistant editor of CU’s Coloradan magazine,
and Tom is a water engineer in Lakewood.
PDN magazine selected Kathryn Cook
(Jour’01) as one of its top young photographers of 2007. Kathryn worked for AP in
Panama until 2005 when she left to begin
a freelance career. She lives in Istanbul and
shoots for Stern, L’espresso and Time, among
other publications.
Former CU cross country star Kara GrgasWheeler Goucher (Psych’01) earned a
bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the
World Track and Field Championships in
August in Osaka, Japan. It was the firstever medal in the distance by an American
woman in the world championships. In
October in London she ran the world’s
fastest half marathon time this year, 1:06.57.
Her husband, Adam Goucher (Comm’98),
was sixth in the half marathon and also was
a member of the U.S. team in Osaka. The
couple lives in Portland, Ore.
An office manager at Siris/Coombs Architects, Magdalena Hanger (Mktg’01) married Mark de la Vega in Atlanta in May. The
couple lives in New York.
In his job as director of photography for
the reality TV show On the Lot, Jay Hunter
(FilmSt’01) has worked with Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. Jay, who lives in Las
Angeles, says his job remains challanging.
Since graduation Alexandra Mehlman
(Engl’01) has worked in Los Angeles as a
feature film producer. Captivity, her first film
as co-producer, was released via Lions Gate
nationwide in July. She “would love” to get
CU students and alumni to see her movie.
Visit www.captivitythemovie.com.
For his photos of basketball player Mike
James, freelance photojournalist Josh
Merwin (Jour, FilmSt’01) placed third in the
Celebrity Picture Category of the National
Press Photographers Association 2007 Best
Photojournalism competition. Josh lives in
New York City.
Shadows of Guilt, Dana Bartle’s (Hist’02)
first documentary film, was screened in
New York in June. The film examines the
struggle Gregory Fredrick faced when he
re-entered society after 22 years of incarceration. Dana works in the wine industry
in New York City.
As spokesperson for Mercy Housing Colorado, a nonprofit that places residents in
affordable housing, Jennifer Kostka*
(Jour’02) stays busy. The organization enlists
volunteers to help immigrants adjust to
their new homes by doing everything from
making decorations to planting community
gardens. She lives in Denver.
The marriage of Bree Rauworth (SpLang,
HearSci’02) and Jason Einstein (MCBio’98,
MD’03) took place in September 2006 at
Dunton Hot Springs in Dolores. The couple
lives in Portland, Ore., where Bree is a speech
and language pathologist and Jason specializes in neurosurgery.
After starting as a student team trainer for
CU in 1998, Megan Rogers (Psych’02) is the
director of the Buff football administration.
Her responsibilities include organizing all
aspects of travel for the team and coaches,
serving as the program’s liaison with player
parents and booster clubs and helping coordinate summer football camps.
In September 2006 Kirsty Thompson
(Jour’02, MLing’04) and Eric Daviau
(Econ’99) married in Boulder. Kirsty is a Realtor, and Eric is a revenue manager for Marriott Hotels. The couple lives in Lafayette.
Boulder residents Chris Atkinson (MCD
Bio’03) and Kelley Kyle (Psych’05) married
in June in Boulder. Kelley does research work
with CU, while Chris is as a health scientist
with ChemRisk.
After receiving both a law degree and an
MBA from Rutgers University, Brian Bailey
(Fin’03) is working as an attorney at Becker
Meisel in Livingston, N.J.
Sportscaster goes the distance
A record book for sports events covered by Jim Gray (Jour’81) reads like
this: seven Olympics and 58 major competitions, including college basketball’s Final Four, the NBA Finals, Super Bowls, Masters Golf Championships and more than 250 World Championship Boxing matches. Add to
that 11 national Emmy Awards for journalism and reporting along with two
Sportscaster of the Year awards and one Sports Reporter of the Year from the
American Sportscasters Association.
Jim’s interview with Mike Tyson in 1997 after the boxer bit off Evander
Holyfield’s ear won him a Sports Broadcast Story of the Year award. His
questioning of Pete Rose about
his betting on baseball during an
All-Star game led to controversy
as fan, media and Yankees reactions judged it everything from
unfair to appropriate.
Jim is known for his ability to
gain interviews with controversial figures — Kobe Bryant after
sexual misconduct charges were
dropped, Ron Artest following
the brawl after the Pistons-Pacers
game and Barry Bonds after passing Babe Ruth’s 714th
home run.
The Denver native
has long been interested
in sports. “I was a big
sports fan when I was
a kid. When I was
exposed to [sportscasting] I thought it was
something I would like
to do.”
After his freshman
year at CU he had an
internship as videotape editor at what is
now Denver’s KUSA,
Channel 9. That led
to a position in the
sports department
while completing his
CU journalism degree.
Jim acknowledges the
Jim Gray (Jour’81) talks to them all. At
influence and selfless
top he’s with golfer Tiger Woods and with
mentoring of sportscast- LeBron James, below.
er Mike Nolan. “He was
patient and wonderful,”
Jim says. “Had he not been like that, I might have gotten turned off.”
From Denver, Gray headed to Philadelphia to cover the 76ers and Phillies.
By 1986 he landed at NBC. Sportscasting jobs followed with CBS Sports,
NBC Sports, ESPN, ABC-TV, Showtime and Westwood One Radio.
Along with his interviews of sports stars like Muhammad Ali and a
then-8-year-old Tiger Woods, Jim has also spoken with seven U.S. presidents
and former presidents. Other interview highlights have been former Soviet
President Mikhail Gorbachev and South Africa’s Nelson Mandela.
“It’s been a great life and wonderful profession” says Jim, who’s honored
in the Hall of Excellence gallery at the CU Heritage Center. “I’ve met everybody I’ve wanted to meet and seen every event imaginable. I’m real lucky to be
able to continue to do what I’m doing.”
Jim lives in Los Angeles with his wife Frann. Each year he awards three scholarships to CU journalism students through his Jim Gray Endowed Scholarship Fund.
— Marty Coffin Evans
Louisville residents Matthew Carroll (MApMath’03) and Moira Coogan* (Engl’97)
were married in September 2006 in Lafayette. Moira is an instructional coach for the
Denver Public Schools, and Matthew is a
benefits counselor for the Colorado Public
Employees Retirement Association.
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In July 2006 Christina Zigler Edstrom*
(DistSt’03, MComm’06) and Tim Edstrom
(PolSci’02) were married in Longmont.
Christina is the proprietor of Zigler-Edstrom
Studios, and Tim is a trial lawyer with the
law offices of Douglas Romero.
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Former Buff basketball star Kate Fagan
(Comm’03) is a sports writer for the Glens
Falls Post-Star. The Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,
resident also freelances and has published
stories on espn.com.
In July 2006 Mark Hanson* (MHist’03)
married Jessica Roberts at Hocking Hills
State Park in Ohio. Mark is a media relations
specialist in Oak Ridge, N.C.
Chicago residents Ryan Maneri (EPOBio
Econ’03) and Patricia Chidiac married in
West Palm Beach, Fla., in February. Ryan is
a master’s candidate at Montana State University in science and natural history filmmaking. He is the owner of Oystercatcher
Productions.
Along with 30 other university students,
Audrey Roberts (Anth’03) spent the past
summer as a 2007 Advocacy Project Peace
Fellow. She worked in Kabul, Afghanistan,
with the Afghan Women’s Network, a
community-based advocacy group, as an
ambassador for peace.
A former linebacker for the Buffs, Kory
Mossoni (ChemEngr’04) married Kelly
Buckridge in December 2006. Kory is an
orthopedic sales representative for Helm
Surgical Systems. The couple lives in
Broomfield.
See Profile on page 33.
2006 Flagstone Yearbook
Scott Brenner and Jahnavi Swamy (MMgmt’05) married in May in Telluride. Jahnavi
works for Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati.
The CU Foundation welcomed George
Harvey (Engl’06) to its staff at the Leeds
School of Business. George was formerly
employed by Technology Integration
Group-C.C.S.I. in Louisville. He lives in
Littleton.
After winning the 10K Healthy Kidney Road
Race in New York’s Central Park, former
Buff running ace Dathan Ritzenhein
(Hist’06) donated his first-place check for
$7,500 to the National Kidney Foundation. The cause is very close to him as his
mother and grandfather have had kidney
surgery. He did walk away with a nice check
for $20,000, however, as his 28 minute, 8
second time broke the course record. In late
August, “Ritz” placed ninth in the 10,000
meter run at the World Track and Field
Championships in Osaka, Japan, with a time
of 28:28.59 seconds.
To be a member of the ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-University track and field/
cross country first team and the USA Track
and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All Academic team may seem like
a lot. But Erik Heinonen (Anth,Jour’06)
also earned two All-American team honors
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Physics, JILA and engineering professor
Dana Anderson is the co-founder and
chief technology officer of ColdQuanta,
a company working to commercialize CU
technology related to ultracold devices,
instruments and systems. Ultracold states
of matter have potential applications ranging from atomic clocks and inertial sensing
instruments to magnetic field sensing.
In February 2007 Katie Bucquet (MEdu’04)
married Scott T. Kerestesi (Fin’01) in Pebble
Beach, Calif. The couple lives in Las Vegas,
where Katie is a first-grade teacher and Scott
is a commercial insurance broker.
—Heather Hach (A&S ’93)
For those who fear the morning after, San
Diego resident Robert Scholl (Psych ex’03)
and sister Ann Marie Scholl (EPOBio’04)
of Chapel Hill, N.C., created The Cure,
an effervescent drink they say eliminates
all symptoms of a hangover when taken
Civil, environmental and architectural
engineering professor Stein Sture was
named vice chancellor for research and dean
of the Graduate School. Stein is the Huber
and Helen Croft Endowed Professor in the
department. He replaces Carol Lynch, who
returned to teaching .
Last May’s Bolder Boulder was a first for
former CU All-American runner Edwardo
Torres (Econ’03) as he joined the U.S. team
in the race’s International Team Challenge.
Edwardo has been focusing on long-distance
running over the past year and finished 10th
at the national cross country race in Boulder.
He lives in Longmont.
“I’ve never worked harder or closer on
any project. I’m more proud of it than
anything I’ve worked on.”
A former CU basketball player who helped
her team to the Elite Eight and ranks ninth
in all-time scoring at CU, Jenny Roulier
(Comm’03) took an assistant coaching job
at Oakland (Mich.) University. She said she’s
excited about her job with the Grizzlies
because she loves to teach.
Faculty, staff & students
after your last alcoholic drink. So far, 100
percent of the company’s profits have been
donated to charities including the Nature
Conservancy.
Stein Sture
and maintained a 3.98 grade point average
during his senior year at CU. Erik is serving
in the Peace Corps in Moldova.
A passionate Boulder cyclist who has never
had a driver’s license, Ethan Van Duzer*
(Fin’06) created a one-minute film about
cycling for the international film competition. Film Your Issue 2007 and won the
Natural Resources Defense Council Film
Your Issue Award.
Erin Whitney (PhDChem’06) and Frank
Witmer (MGeog’03, PhD’07) married at
Snow Mountain Ranch’s Columbine Point
Chapel in September 2006. Erin works with
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
in Golden, and Frank works at CU. The
couple lives in Boulder.
Despite being unable to play basketball professionally in Spain because of a foot injury,
Chris Copeland (Psych ex’07) is still hoping
to play for pay. After recovering, he joined
the Fort Worth Flyers, an NBA Development
League team. He is enthusiastic about the
quality of instruction he has received while
on the team and his future in basketball.
After the CU men’s tennis program was
cut, Marek Dvorak (Mktg’07) decided to
finish his degree in Boulder. After a more
relaxing senior year, he had no regrets. For
the 2007-08 season, Marek will be back
in gear, playing at St. Mary’s College in
California while pursuing an MBA on a full
scholarship. He and his wife are from the
Czech Republic.
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation
awarded Nobel laureate Thomas Cech,
president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and CU professor in the
department of chemistry and biochemistry, the 2007 Othmer Gold Medal. The
award honors individuals who have
made multifaceted contributions to
chemical and scientific heritage.
In recognition of her efforts to recruit, retain
and mentor women in the field of physics,
professor Margaret Murnane of physics
was named a Fellow of the Association for
Women in Science. Margaret was one of 10
Fellows selected in 2007. She is one of seven
CU faculty members to win the MacArthur
Fellowship, or “genius grant” for her work
in ultrafast optical science.
The American Heart Association honored
Rui Wang with the Outstanding Research
Award in Pediatric Cardiology for his development of an artificial right heart ventricle
for use in pediatric patients. He is working
on a doctorate in mechanical engineering.
Assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering Ryan Gill was honored
at the Big 12 Innovation and Capital
Formation Conference in February as one
of the Rising Star scientists for his work in
metabolic engineering.
At the age of 90 Professor Emeritus Kenneth
Hammond of psychology has published his
12th book, Beyond Rationality: The Search for
Wisdom in a Troubled Time (Oxford University
Press). Kenneth taught at CU for 40 years
and is now retired and living in Boulder.
After leading CU through a difficult five
years, Charlie Sweet, the university’s legal
counsel, retired in May. Friends and co-workers had nothing but praise for Charlie, who
worked for the university for almost two
decades. The regents honored him at their
April meeting, describing him as a “steady
moral compass” for CU.
The $40,000 Chancellors Postdoctoral
Fellowship for Diversity and Equity was
awarded to César Nufio, curator adjoint of
entomology at the CU Museum of Natural
History, and Catherine Stewart, research
associate in geological sciences. César’s
research seeks to better understand how climate change affects insects, while Catherine
will study what role soil carbon plays in the
reduction of greenhouse gases.
With a 68-day, 4,000-mile cross country bike
ride this past summer, 29 Pi Kappa Phi fraternity members raised more than $500,000
for people with disabilities. Students from
CU who pedaled with the group included
Ryan Brendle (Fin’08) and Jay Holley
(Mgmt’09).
For his short story collection Wifeshopping,
Steven Wingate was awarded the 2007
Katherine Bakeless Nason Fiction Prize
from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
of Middlebury College in Vermont. Steven
is an instructor in the Program for Writing
and Rhetoric at CU and will have his short
story collection published this spring by
Houghton-Mifflin.
The associate dean of engineering for education, John Bennett was named director of
the Alliance for Technology, Learning and
Society. The goal of the ATLAS Institute is
to integrate information and communications technology into other fields including
music, theatre, film studies and journalism.
John holds appointments in computer science, interdisciplinary telecommunications
and electrical and computer engineering.
Previously associate vice president for
academic affairs, Michel Dahlin joined the
CU Foundation as assistant vice president
for foundation and corporate relations
in July. Michel has held many other positions at CU since 1983 including tenured
professor and interim vice chancellor for
academic affairs.
An article written by student Michael Coe
(IntlAf’08) about NAFTA and the resulting
undocumented migration to United States.
was published in CU’s 2007 Honors Journal.
Several professors and staff members were
honored by the Virginia Patterson (Jour’46)
Chapter of Mortar Board honors society in
May. They were recognized by the society for
their efforts to educate students. They are
professor of biology Michael Klymkowsky,
assistant professor of biology Joaquin Espinoza, coordinator for career services George
Hoey, lecturer in the continuing education
department Mia Semingson, assistant professor of political science and environmental
studies Krister Andersson, instructor of the
Sewall residential program Karen Ramirez
and Stacy Dicker of psychology.
* Indicates Alumni Association members; ex indicates a nondegree alum and the year of expected graduation.
Profile
After playing at Claremont McKenna College, Ben Katz-Moses (PhDMath’10) was
selected to join the Ra’anana Express of
the Israel Baseball League. Ben played in
the six-team professional league during its
first season this summer before returning
to CU in the fall.
Research Lab received the Stratospheric
Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The team,
which monitored ozone-depleting gases at
locations around the world, includes James
Butler, Geoffrey Dutton, James Elkins,
Bradley Hall and Stephen Montzka.
Two Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowships were awarded to professors Paul
Kroll of East Asian languages and civilizations and Mark Winey of molecular, cellular
and developmental biology. Paul’s research
focuses on the translation of a mid-eighth
century Chinese poetry anthology, while
Mark’s analyzes the assembly and function
of a microtubule organizing center, a type
of cellular structure.
In May doctoral candidate in physics Martha-Elizabeth Baylor and associate professor Brenda Romero of music received 2007
President’s Diversity Awards.
For her work on cooling molecules and atoms
to near absolute zero, Heather Lewandowski,
associate professor of physics and an associate
fellow of JILA, was awarded a two-year $45,000
Sloan Research Fellowship.
Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris is Wrecking
Companies and Careers and How to Avoid the Trap
(Kaplan) was written by Mathew Hayward,
assistant professor of management in the
Leeds School of Business. The book explores
the reasons behind career damaging or financially destructive behavior of business leaders
and executives by looking at the successes and
failures of recent top executives.
Curator of the museum and field studies program at the CU Museum of Natural History,
James Dixon was a lead researcher on a study
of human remains that are over 10,000 years
old. The bones, found in an Alaskan island
cave, are the earliest human skeletal remains
ever found in Alaska or Canada.
Having just completed a very large energy
savings performance contract, Housing Facilities Services at CU was awarded the Colorado
Energy Champion award by Gov. Bill Ritter
(Law’81), writes Heather Dennis, an administration assistant with the department.
Housing Facilities Services was also recognized for their departmental achievement in
energy and water conservation at the campus
environmental awards ceremony.
Associate Professor Michele Moses of
education was one of 36 people from around
the world awarded a Fulbright New Century
Scholars Award. Her research focuses on this
year’s topic of “Higher Education in the 21st
Century: Access and Equity.”
At age 86, former professor of English John
Wrenn is the oldest member of the Boulder
Aquatic Masters swim club and is still
swimming strong. John won nine of the 10
events he entered in the 85 to 89 age group
in April’s Colorado Masters Swimming Association Short Course Championships.
Boulder scientists from CU’s Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System
The director of Colorado Recovery and
psychiatry professor Richard Warner was
chosen for Boulder Camera’s 2007 Pacesetter
in the category of medicine and health. He is
credited with developing a residential treatment model that lets patients live and work
in the community without being further
isolated in institutions.
R.I.P.
Frank O. Blair Jr. (ElecEngr’32)
Dorothy Lutin Curlee (Psych ex’32)
Margaret Smith McFarland (Engl ex’33)
Neva Sheridan Bertagnolli (Bus ex’35)
F.A. “Gus” Garcia (Chem’36, MD’41)
Eleanor Winograd Judd (Econ ex’37)
Virginia Merrill Hutchinson (Geol’38)
Lillian Fischer Ackerson (A&S’39)
Idabelle Varney Arndt (Engl’39, MEdu’63)
Richard P. Germann (Chem39)
Raymond E. Johnson (MechEngr’39)
Stanton W. Davies (A&S ex’40)
Ima Scott Redden (MGeog’40)
Laird K. Smith (Law’40)
Nancy Nash Beckham (A&S ex’41)
William A. Nies (Zoo’41)
Thelma Saling Varian (Chem’41, MD’44)
Elijah R. Wagner (MechEngr’41)
Venus Blake Drummond (A&S’42)
Fred W. Siebott (A&S ex’42)
Edward Seidensticker (A&S’42)
Millard F. Westfall (CivEngr’42)
Janette Obrien Bowman (DistSt’44)
Claire Ewell Hodge (MedTech ex’45)
Richard K. Lisco (CivEngr’45)
Marjorie “Billie” Hall Ross (PE’45)
Albert J. Powell (ElecEngr’46)
James C. Wyche (ElecEngr’46)
Vera Zanella Beckett (A&S ex’47)
Maxine Bishop Creasey (A&S’47)
Glenwood G. Ewald (MechEngr’47)
E. Arthur Gray (DistSt’47)
Gordon E. Hawley (Aero’47)
Rodwick L. Malan (A&S ex’47)
Roy F. Reeves (ElecEngr ’47)
Charles F. Meffley (A&S’48)
Pauline Riedel Sparks (DistSt’48)
Stanley G. Bush (DistSt’49, MEdu’59)
Tom E. Elder (Law’49)
Joseph D. Gilmore (MechEngr’49)
James D. Parriott Jr. (Law’49)
Robert H. Scott (A&S’49)
Gerald V. Stephens (Bus’49)
Jo Ann C. Schafer Baird (Mus’50, MMus’68)
Ervin J. Fuhrman (MechEngr’50)
Lyle J. Gross (ChemEngr’50)
Robert C. Olsen (MEngl’50, PhD’51)
M. Jean Yarnell Schiesswohl (Jour’50)
Gladys A. Setliff (A&S ex’50)
Richard H. VanTassel (Acct’50)
Frederick C. Wilshusen (ElecEngr’50)
Richard H. Crawford (MMechEngr’51)
John D. Garwood (PhDEcon’51)
Alfred S. Laiminger Jr. (CivEngr’51)
Nona Nathan Marks (A&S’51)
Charles K. McLaughlin (ChemEngr’51)
Marjory Markley Pries (A&S’51)
Donald B. Trowbridge (CivEngr’51)
Albert W. Wright (Acct’51)
Richard P. Cullen (Law’52)
Warren G. Hansen (MAnat’52)
John A. Healy (MEdu’52)
Thomas R. Mason (Jour’52, MPolSci’55)
Frances C. O’Melia (A&S’52)
Gloria Alexander Palmer (A&S’52)
Samuel H. Pinkham (ArchEngr, Mgmt’52)
Mary Brown Thurber (Edu’52)
George F. Walters (EdD’52)
William L. Cox (ChemEngr’53)
David G. Manter (A&S ex’53)
Darrell M. Pinckney (MGeol’53)
John A. Crosby (Zool’54, MEdu’56)
Ruth I. Crossfield (MEdu’54)
Delmar D. Ebert (Mktg’54)
John Douglas McCullen (Phys’54, MS’58, PhD’60)
Patricia E. Paget (MPE’54)
John R. Warner (PhDEngl’55)
JoAnne Brasel (A&S’56, MD’59)
Henry R. Ninde (Acct ex’56)
Leon C. Rittenhouse (MA’56)
John E. Toupal (ElecEngr’56)
Jane Knecht Trittipo (MedTech’56)
Francis J. Wall (MApMath’56)
Franklin C. Forney (IntlAf’57, MHist’99)
Harold W. Johnson (CivEngr’57)
Susan Hadley Kahler (A&S’57)
Marguerite Schonholtz (MNurs’57)
Richard S. Wheeler (Jour’57)
Charles E. Matheson (ElecEngr’58, Law’61)
H. John Powell (ElecEngr’58)
Marie Bowman Adams (A&S’59)
Sue Hallin Barnes (Bus’59)
JoAnne Button (Engl’59)
Arthur King Davis (DistSt’59)
Thomas E. Eldridge (A&S ex’59)
Eugene Wesley Ely (MechEngr, Mgmt’59)
Robert Nels Johnsen (ElecEngr’59)
Edward Ruxton Stanwood (Mktg’59)
Frederick Arthur Wilson (CivEngr’59)
Kermit Bjorklund (ElecEngr’60)
Arlynne Jones Cheers (MEdu’60)
Thomas M. McCaffrey (A&S’60)
Richard D. Meston (Aero’60)
John Robert Scott (DistSt’60)
Roger T. Trindell (MA’60)
Norman Joseph Michaels (A&S’61, MA’69)
Robert M. Benton (Engl’63, PhD’67)
Dale Hilton West (EdD’63)
Forrest G. Calvert (CivEngr’64)
Gerald R. Hillyard Jr. (Mgmt’67)
Virginia Obialero Hartman (Psych’68)
George Peter Nicovich (PhDEngl’68)
John W. Finocan III (PolSci’69)
Peter Daniel Nugent (Anth’69)
Terry Kent Palmatory (Mktg’69)
Greg Winston Dougherty (Acct’70)
Edward M. Fucik II (MBA’70)
Aline Drozdowski Kawulok (Soc’70)
John Marshall Piccone (Acct’70)
Robert H. Moseley Jr. (Chem’71)
Paul Edmund Yriberri (PE’71)
Madeleine Bappert (Fren’72)
Paul Lyle Preston (DBA’72)
Sharon L.C. Colcombe (MEdu’73)
Carol Ann Sabinsky-Baumann (MGer’73)
Heidi Morin Hildebrand (Math’74)
Legally Blonde earns Tony nomination
“I always wanted to be a writer,” comments 2007 Tony nominee Heather
Hach (Jour ’93). Legally Blonde, The Musical is her stage adaptation of the
popular 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon. “I’ve never worked harder or
closer on any project. I’m more proud of it than anything I’ve worked on.”
Over a four-year period Heather worked with the lyricist, composer and
director on this Broadway endeavor. Her Tony nomination, one of four in the
“best book of a musical” category, recognizes writers who have created the
overall storyline and unsung dialogue for a musical production.
Raised in Loveland, Hach (pronounced “Hawk”) decided to head to
the warmer Arizona climate
for college. Two years later, she
transferred to CU, looking for
another good writing program.
Heather’s initial writing assignment after graduation was as a
research assistant to the New York
Times Denver bureau reporter.
But the break up of her first
marriage propelled her to seek a
different future in California as a
screenwriter.
Whether creating a script
about divorce in her Los Angeles
Writer’s Boot Camp (I Used to
Be an Honor Student) or learning
about sororities at the University
of Arizona, which later influenced
Not Kappa Material and Legally
Blonde, The Musical, her life experiences have provided fodder for
her writing.
Her Honor Student script
helped her garner a Disney
Fellowship, an acclaimed
mentoring program for aspiring
writers. Disney president Nina
With a successful career as a writer for
Jacobson was so impressed with
plays and movies under way, Heather
Heather’s Kappa script, written
Hach (Jour’93) shares some tips with
during that program, she gave
her a career-changing assignjournalism students during a visit to
ment: Rewrite the screenplay for campus last year.
Disney’s 2003 remake of Freaky
Friday starring Jamie Lee Curtis
and Lindsay Lohan.
“A second chance is very American,” Heather says. “We are obsessed with
self help.” That theme, along with the underdog female who is not taken seriously, has served Heather well. Enter Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. Jilted by her
boyfriend, she enrolls in Harvard Law School, where he’s a student. Initially
there with the intent of regaining his affection, she soon surpasses him in
their legal studies.
Her next writing project, As Bees In Honey Drown, will star Reese Witherspoon as a con artist.
When not working, Heather can be found enjoying time with her husband and year-old daughter. “My family gets a kick out of my success,” she
comments. — Marty Coffin Evans
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Kirk T. Koepsel (EnvCon’81)
Daniel Martin Weingast (MBA’81)
P. Anthony Garcia Ossorio (Fin’84, MS’89)
Charles Benavides Sr. (MTeleCom’89)
Hanneli I. Francis (EnvCon’89)
Tennyson McCarty (Kines’97)
Sarah Rachel Silverstein Kietzmann (Mktg’99)
Christopher McKillop (Jour’07)
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