Obituaries
Christopher Mock
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Christopher Mock
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Christopher Mock ('98), a University of Colorado advertising student who was the advertising director of the Campus Press and active in the recent student-produced responsible drinking campaign, died June 21 in Boulder when he skated into the path of an automobile on Flagstaff Road. He was 27 years old.
Mock first came to CU in 1991 and took classes for one year. He then worked for the next five years in Vail and Texas, taking some classes on the side. He returned to CU in the fall of 1997.
Mock was president of CU's Advertising Club and became the advertising director for the Campus Press in January 1998. He quickly made an impression with his determination and hard work.
"Chris took over in such a big way that everyone assumed he'd been there longer than he was," said Bruce Henderson, associate professor and faculty adviser to the Campus Press. "He was very organized, enthusiastic and responsible. He was awesome."
Mock served as the ad director for the spring 1998 semester, and he worked over the summer getting ads together for the fall semester, Henderson said. Mock had planned to stay on as ad director through the fall.
Mock was also involved in a student advertising campaign, funded by the Standing Council on Substance Abuse, designed to convince students to drink responsibly.
Advertising Associate Professor Larry Weisberg proposed the concept to a group of 15 students. Ten of them, including Mock, elected to take on the drinking issue.
"Chris was doing a good job. He brought so much energy and enthusiasm to the assignment," Weisberg said. "He had an idea for a TV commercial for the campaign that he planned on filming this fall."
Sadly, Mock had both cocaine and alcohol in his blood when he lost control at 6:30 a.m. and crossed into the path of an oncoming car.
An avid snowboarder, he was an instructor at Eldora Mountain Resort near Boulder. He also worked at the Foundry and the Mediterranean restaurant in Boulder.
"He worked on so many different projects at once," Weisberg said. "I've never seen such an ambitious student."
Mock is scheduled to be given a posthumous degree in December, when he was expecting to graduate.
George J. Denig
George J. Denig ('49), died July 31 at age 76 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Denig studied at CU after serving with the Marine Corps during World War II.
After graduating, Denig married Anne Warren and worked as the award-winning editor of the Riverton Review in Wyoming. He went on to work in public relations for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph in Denver, then moved to California and worked for a chain of retail furniture stores, eventually becoming a vice president for the company. He later became president of Food Distribution Corp. in Santa Barbara and directed a business internship program for a year at Westmont College, also in Santa Barbara.
Denig remained active in CU alumni organizations. He was buried at the Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.
Robert Looney
Robert Looney ('31), former managing editor of the Boulder Daily Camera, died May 8 at age 87.
After graduating from CU, Looney worked at a newspaper in Roswell, N.M., for two years before returning to Boulder and beginning at the Boulder Daily Camera.
Looney spent 42 years at the Camera. He was hired as the city editor in 1933 and promoted to news editor in 1938. He was the managing editor from 1964 to 1970, then worked as manager of community services until his retirement in 1975.
During this time, Looney also reported on city government as well as police and courts. He was known for his skill in maintaining key sources inside local government and for his tenacious representation of the public's interest through his reporting.