Class Notes

Every Tuesday former all-conference football player Stan Hendrickson (Econ’47) meets past CU players and coaches for coffee. “It’s the bright spot in my life,” he told the Denver Post. Bill Kucera (PE’56), who played a decade after Stan, drives him to ensure he gets to every meeting. Stan played for CU from 1941-42 before serving in World War II. While in New Guinea, he received a telegram revealing he was drafted by the Detroit Lions. An injury from the war left him unable to play, so he pursued a business career. He lives in Boulder.

Reaching a milestone, Littleton, Colo., residents Morley Robinson (CivEngr’50) and wife Dolores celebrated 65 years of marriage. Morley was an aerospace engineer for 38 years, working on several space projects, including the shuttle. His most vivid CU memory was in 1947 when his professor, Roland Rautenstraus, was nearly struck by lightning while teaching his class about transit scopes. Morley’s grandfather hauled freight by a mule-pulled wagon to CU in the 1890s. His CU pride has continued as his three children and three grandchildren attended the university.

Esther Paper Gelman* (Engl’52) was elected to the Montgomery County Council from 1974-86. She served as president of the council from 1983-84 and simultaneously was president of the Maryland Association of Counties. Her husband Norm Gelman*(Jour’51, MA’53) is chair of the Maryland Human Relations Commission. The couple lives in Potomac, Md.

*Lifetime member

Appalachian State University professor emeritus Larry Horine (PE’53, MA’57, EdD’66) wrote the fifth edition of his textbook Administration of Physical Education and Sport Programs (McGraw-Hill Humanities), also published in Chinese. Prior to retiring the Boone, N.C., resident served as the university’s director of international studies. He writes he placed first in five national championships in the shot put, discus and javelin in the 80-84 age group in the masters and Senior Olympic track and field season and has won nine gold medals.

At the World Federation of Neurology World Congress in Morocco, Richard Johnson (PreMed’53, MD’56) received a medal for lifetime scientific achievement. He works part time as a distinguished professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has been a neurology professor at Johns Hopkins since the department’s founding in 1969, where he also served as director from 1988-1997. He lives in Baltimore, MD.

CU-Boulder’s required and often ridiculed engineering English course that Jack Lozier (Econ’59) took has remained in his mind. The Bethany College professor emeritus writes, “Every time I read an obtuse ‘easy assembly’ instruction for a bookshelf or operating manual for an electronic camera, auto or computer, I wish the writer had had to sweat through engineering English a half century ago at the University of Colorado.” He speculates the writing class may be why distinguished astronaut alums Scott Carpenter (Aero’49, HonDocSci’00), Ellison Onizuka(Aero’69, MAero’69, HonDocSci’03) and Jack Swigert (MechEngr’53) communicated so well.

This year marks the 50th wedding anniversary for Valorie Goodall Mooney* (MMus’59) and Bill Mooney*(A&S’58). The couple met onstage at a CU audition for the musical South Pacific. Their careers took them to New York City and Europe. Valorie sang opera and was a Rutgers University voice professor, and Bill was a cast member on All My Children and performed on and off Broadway. They returned to Boulder in 2001 and are involved with such CU projects as last fall’s Casanova at Twilight. They are featured in the Hall of Excellence, an alumni exhibit in the Heritage Center, the university’s history museum on the third floor of Old Main.

*Directors club member

After 29 years Robert Stamp* (Acct’59, MS’60) retired as a trustee of the Westcore Funds, a Denver-based mutual fund family advised by Denver Investments. In 1995 he retired as the principal financial officer and treasurer of the Gates Corp., formerly known as The Gates Rubber Co.

*Lifetime member

The Lifetime Achievement Pacesetter Award was given to Alan Cass* (A&S ex’63, HonDocHum’99) by the BoulderCamera. He was recognized in February for his achievements on campus and in the community. Alan and his wife, Sue Cass, live in Longmont, Colo., and their son Casey Cass is a university photographer at CU-Boulder whose work appears in the Coloradan.

*Directors club member

Women and Poverty in 21st Century America (McFarland Publishing) by Paula Dail (Edu’63) was nominated for the 2012 Council of Wisconsin Writers Kenneth Kingery/August Derleth Award for nonfiction books. She also has written two novels and co-authored a self-help book. She was tenured at Virginia Tech and Iowa State University and received emeritus status as a research professor. She then enjoyed an eight-year career as a journalist writing editorials, columns and feature stories. She lives in Spring Green, Wis., with her husband and dog, Ernest Hemingway.

The nonprofit Home Builders Institute appointed John Courson* (Fin’64) president and chief executive officer. He formerly served as president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, was chairman of the California Housing Finance Agency under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2004-08 and participated in international housing initiatives led by the White House and the U.S. Treasury Department.

*Lifetime member

Author John Greenwood (A&S’64) wrote the book Passing the Test: Combat in Korea, April-June 1951 (University Press of Kentucky). It emphasizes the tactical operations on the front lines while examining U.S. and United Nations strategy and the operations of the Communist Chinese and North Korean forces. John lives in Annandale, Va.

The Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors awarded the Diversity in Media award to Philip Hart (Soc’66) and his wife at their annual awards dinner in Beverly Hills. His film Flyers in Search of a Dream was reviewed in the New York Times movie section in December. He appeared on the Smithsonian Channel’s Black Wings in February. He and his wife live in Los Angeles.

A Chip Off the Old Buffalo (Xlibris Corp), a book by Dick Taylor* (PolSci’67, MA’76), chronicles his experiences as a CU football player from 1962-65, a time when CU was trying to rebuild its football program. He lives on Mercer Island in Washington.

*Directors club member

The Grillo Health Information Center elected Vann Hilty (A&S’67, MFA’69) as chairman. He has 25 years of experience in real estate and 11 years in online education. He lives in Boulder.

Two major milestones were passed by Pete Reynolds (MMechEngr’68): he completed more than 13,000 hours of flying time and more than 10,000 hours of flight testing. Upon leaving CU, he joined the U.S. Air Force, doing a combat tour before joining Learjet in 1973 where he completed the first flights and test programs on six new aircraft. He retired in 2003 and formed a flight test consulting company. Pete has won several aviation awards and lives in Goddard, Kan.

Lawyer Gregory Fletcher (A&S’69) was elected to the board of directors of the firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. He works in his litigation practice, focusing on civil trials and appeals. For seven years he has been recognized as a leading attorney by The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of tax litigation, commercial and construction litigation. Gregory lives in Memphis, Tenn.

In 104 days beginning last May, Jon Turk (PhDChem’71) completed, by kayak, foot and skis, the world’s first circumnavigation of Ellesmere, the northernmost island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The author and scientist completed the 1,500-mile adventure with a 26-year-old photographer, and the pair endured harsh weather conditions and long days of paddling. For their endeavor, they were nominated as adventurers of the year by National Geographic. Jon lives in Darby, Mont., and is a grandfather of six.

Native American rights are at the forefront of Thomas Fredericks’ (Law’72) career since founding his law firm focusing on the practice of federal Indian law in 1979. His work as a liaison between the California Indian Legal Defense Fund and CU’s law school facilitated the founding of the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder in the early 1970s. The Mandan, ND., resident has two daughters and four grandchildren and told a local newspaper, “As long as I’m healthy, of good mind and am valuable to the young people in the firm, I’ll keep practicing.” He received the Minot State University Alumni Association’s Golden Awards last fall in recognition of his impact on Indian law.

After serving as a Boulder County attorney for 25 years, Larry Hoyt* (PolSci’73) retired and started his own part-time private practice in his hometown of Lafayette, Colo.

*Lifetime member