Class Notes

Working to support the university, Rick Lawrence (Fin’80) is president and chief executive officer at University of Colorado Foundation. He played a fundamental role in the strategic planning process for the university’s $1.5 billion Creating Futures campaign and helped lead the Foundation to its five most successful fundraising years ever. Rick lives in Lafayette, Colo., with his wife Barbara Lawrence(MComDisor’96) and their two children. He also serves as president of the board of directors at Peak to Peak Charter School.

Coach Gail Hook (PE’82) has been involved in basketball every winter since the fifth grade. After taking a one-year hiatus in the 2012-13 season to spend more time with her mother, Gail announced she will return to Monarch High School as the girls’ basketball head coach. “Just not to be in that capacity this past winter was pretty unusual and pretty strange,” Gail told BoCoPreps.com. She lives in Lafayette, Colo.

Astronaut Steve Swanson (EngrPhys’83) will serve as crew member on two future expeditions aboard the International Space Station. The internationally developed research station orbits the earth about once every 90 minutes. Steve, with five others, will live on the station for six months starting in March 2014. Steve will serve as a flight engineer on Expedition 39 and as a station commander on Expedition 40. He lives in Friendswood, Texas.

“Multicultural Percussion Music” is the title of an article written by Geary Larrick (DMus’84) for the spring 2013 issue of National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal. He has written 45 articles for the journal since 1968, including work from his dissertation at CU-Boulder. Geary lives in Stevens Point, Wis.

In June Shelby Serrin Bell (Bus’85) graduated from the National War College at National Defense University. She received a masters of science in national security strategy. Shelby is a retired Army officer and works at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. She lives in Annapolis, Md., with her three teenage children.

Clifford Law Offices invited Tim Tomasik (Jour’86) to speak at the SEAK 22nd Annual National Expert Witness Conference on “How to Use Technology in the Courtroom to Support Your Expert Opinion.” Tim also spoke at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Annual Update and Review Seminar and traveled to London to speak to barristers and solicitors about catastrophic injuries and the different legal approaches in America and England. He lives in Western Springs, Ill.

TIME magazine included Richard Cook (EngrPhys’87) in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Richard was part of the Pathfinder mission team that landed the first rover on Mars in 1997 and the team that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars last summer. He lives in Canyon County, Calif.

Manhard Consulting hired Michael Unger (ArchEngr’87) to serve as area manager of Denver operations. It is a full-service civil engineering firm with offices nationwide. Michael is responsible for business development along all service lines, resource allocation, budgeting and overall financial performance. He brings 25 years of experience to the Englewood, Colo., office.

After having a private practice in hand surgery for nine years Timothy Allen (MCDBio’87, MD’91) became director of hand surgery for the Greenville Health System in Greenville, S.C. In addition, Timothy teaches residents and medical students. He lives in Piedmont, S.C., with his wife Tiffany and their son Benjamin. They are expecting a second boy in September.

CU-Boulder Alumni Association board member Tom McEntee* (Fin’88) used his marketing skills to enrich the marketing and communications and events and outreach committees for the past several years before his term ended in May. His perspective was helpful in framing how to engage with West Coast alums. He resides in Arcadia, Calif., with his family.

*Directors Club member

In May Larry Drees* (PolSci’89, MBA’03, MMgmt’09) completed his term on the CU-Boulder Alumni Association board. Larry took on various committee roles and his knowledge of the university systems and processes was incredibly helpful. Larry works at CU-Boulder in housing-technology services and lives in Longmont, Colo.

*Lifetime and Directors Club member

After graduating from CU’s journalism school Eric Vanderpool’s (Jour’89) first job was working for Caesars Resort and Casino in South Lake Tahoe, Nev. Eric served as the property’s chief copywriter, writing hotel brochures and newsletters and doing special event advertising. After moving to San Francisco and working for a marketing firm, Eric graduated from UCLA law school in 1996. He worked as a litigation attorney in Los Angeles before moving to San Francisco 14 years ago to continue litigating.

In March Caroline Eader (EPOBio’90) and the home she is wishing to restore appeared in the Daily Camera as she plans to relocate the 1,800-square-foot historic bungalow from the Grandview neighborhood to a property in Chautauqua in Boulder. The house is one of three on Grandview that CU-Boulder planned to demolish but decided to award to anyone who would relocate them. Caroline lives in Boulder.

Earth sciences professor and pioneer Greg Asner (ArchEgnr’91, MGeog’95, PhDEPOBio’97) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Greg developed his own new methods for investigating tropical deforestation, degradation, ecosystem diversity, invasive species, carbon emissions and climate change using satellite and airborne instrumentation. He is a staff scientist in global ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science and an environmental earth system sciences professor in the Stanford University earth sciences school. Greg lives in Stanford, Calif.

CU-Boulder Alumni Association board member Allen Buckner (Mktg’91) finished his term in May. His corporate marketing experience was invaluable in both the marketing and communications and events and outreach committees. He helped offer guidance on how to better reach alumni. Allen lives in Loveland, Colo., with his wife and children.

Here Lies Hugh Glass, a novel by Jon Coleman (Hist’92, MA’97), is “a vigorously written meditation on 19th-century America’s encounter with the wilderness,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Jon is an American history professor at the University of Notre Dame. He also wrote Vicious: Wolves and Men in America, which won the W. Turrentine Jackson Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize. Jon lives in South Bend, Ind.

Creators of South Park Matt Stone (Art, Math’93) and Trey Parker (A&S ex’93) announced they are forming a production company named Important Studios. It is valued at $300 million. The announcement appeared in an article in January published by The New York Times titled “Fortifying the Empire South Park Built.” Matt and Trey have created 16 seasons of South Park, made four feature films and created the Broadway hit The Book of Mormon, which grosses almost $5 million per week.

The Accidental Bachelor by Tim Holsten (Mktg’93), published in March, is a contemporary fiction novel that tells the story of Finn McCallister as he tries to save his best friend during a guys’ weekend in Las Vegas. The book is available at amazon.com. Tim lives in Encinitas, Calif.

Linfield College honored psychology professor Tanya Tompkins (Psych’94) with the Samuel H. Graf Faculty Achievement Award. The award recognizes a faculty member who has made an outstanding contribution to the life of the college that extends beyond her regular duties. Described as a remarkable teacher, she has engaged more than 20 students in collaborative research during the past two years and initiated a brown bag program called Research Experience in Psychology to showcase student research. Tanya lives in McMinnville, Ore.

On May 6, Dan Roth (Comm’96) and his wife welcomed their fourth child, Decker Cole. Roth works as a bond trader for Charles Schwab & Co. in the Denver Tech Center. He writes the family looks forward to attending many football games this fall as a family of six.