Class Notes

The Board of Directors of the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society has awarded Bill Rickard Jr. (Btny; MA’53) and his wife Barbara Rickard (Zool’52; MA’57) lifetime memberships in recognition of their contributions to the establishment of the society. The couple lives in Richland, Wash.

Evelyn Golden Shafner (Edu; MA’69; MEdu’72) has published Champa Street, a novel set in Depression-era Denver. She began handwriting the story in a notebook at age 80 and completed it by her 83rd birthday. The book is available on Amazon. Evelyn, a Denver native, is now writing her second novel.

In November Dan Dillingham (Fin) was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Dan, of Enid, Okla., was one of six inductees this year. While studying at CU, Dick Hueholt (AeroEngr) flew left wing on the Minute Men aerobatic team, which was sponsored by the Colorado Air National Guard. The monthly Air Classics magazine featured the National Minute Men Team in its September 2016 edition, 63 years after the Minute Men team was formed. After graduating, Dick was employed as a jet test pilot for Chance Vought Corp. He is now retired and lives in Argyle, Texas.

Academy Awardwinning composer Dave Grusin (Mus) received the George Norlin Award at the CU Boulder Alumni Association’s 87th Annual Awards Ceremony in October. Dave, who also has won 10 Grammy Awards, is a founding member of the College of Music Advisory Board and has been composing music professionally since the 1960s. He lives in Santa Fe, N.M.

William J. Veigele (PhDPhys) celebrated his 91st birthday in June and is preparing for the release of his 15th book. He served three years of active duty in WWII, taught as a professor at several universities and held positions in both environmental work and nuclear research. William lives in Santa Barbara, Calif.

In October, Nan Phifer (Engl) led a workshop titled “Write to Fictionalize Your Life” at the Waking the Dreamer Festival in Longmont, Colo. Nan’s book, Memoirs of the Soul: A Writing Guide, has received two awards

Patricia “Patty” Watters (A&S) has published The Biodome Garden Book, which describes how to build a self-contained passive solar greenhouse. Her design, featured in Brewer Park in Ottawa, Canada, is studied by four universities in the area. Patty also has written 23 romance novels and a memoir, Around the Belt, chronicling her escapades growing up in New Orleans in the 1950s. She lives in Newberg, Ore., and has been receiving the Coloradan for 55 years.

Douglas Looney (Jour) and Mary Ann Winter Looney (Edu) met in a freshmen English class at CU and have been happily married since shortly after college. Mary Ann, a retired teacher, is a member of CU’s Women Investing in the School of Education board. Doug, a retired journalist, worked at the National Observer and Sports Illustrated.

Laura Border (Fren; MA’71; PhD’92) retired in September as director of the CU Boulder Graduate Teacher Program (GTP). The Colorado native taught French as an instructor for several years and in 1985 became coordinator of the GTP. When the program moved to the graduate school in 1988 she became founding director. Over 30-plus years she helped train more than 15,000 graduate students.

In October W. Harold “Sonny” Flowers Jr. (Engl; Law’71) received the George Norlin Award at the CU Boulder Alumni Association’s 87th Annual Awards Ceremony. Sonny, a lawyer, helped establish the Black Alumni Association and create an endowed scholarship for students of color at both Colorado Law and the University of Denver. Sonny and his wife, Pamela, live in Boulder.

Gary Anderson (MechEngr) received the Alumni Recognition Award at the CU Boulder Alumni Association’s 87th Annual Awards Ceremony in October. A former business executive, Gary has pursued investing and philanthropy in retirement. Gary and his wife, Linda, live in Golden, Colo.

In 2015 Doug Pardue (IntlAf) was part of a four-member reporting team at the Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., that won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for an investigative series about why South Carolina is among the deadliest states for women. The series, “Till Death Do Us Part,” can be viewed at postandcourier.com/tilldeath. Doug writes that he is a proud CU alumnus.

During a visit to CU Boulder in October, Helen Louise Young (MGeog; PhD’75) and her wife, Vivienne Armstrong, shared the story of their advocacy for LGBTQ rights and equality in the U.S. Helen and Vivienne met at CU in 1971 and have since

Richard Van Scotter (EdD) has released his first novel, Thin Ice: Race, Sports, and Awakening in the 1950s. The story takes readers to a time and environment that nurtured much more than the “Silent Generation.” The era was a gateway to excesses in sports, commercialism and lifestyles. It also sowed the seeds for heightened social awareness, which he explores through teacher Sam Hartman and his students at “Elk Woods High” in southern Wisconsin. Richard lives in Longmont, Colo.

In October Kathy Escamilla (Span) received the Robert L. Stearns Award at the CU Boulder Alumni Association’s 87th Annual Awards Ceremony. A professor at CU Boulder, Kathy has been researching and advocating for America’s bilingual students for three decades. Kathy and her husband, Manuel, live in Louisville, Colo.

In 2012, Kam Kaminske’s (Jour) book, The Magician’s Secret, was published by Amazon. Kam began her writing career as the first woman in the press box at CU. She worked for more than 12 years in the public relations field and is now a freelance writer in Los Angeles.

In 2011 National Geographic nominated Jonathan Turk (PhDChem) and his 27-year-old partner as one of the “Top Ten Adventure Teams” in the world. His fourth book, Crocodiles and Ice: A Journey into Deep Wild, was published in September. The book highlights Jon’s award-winning polar expedition circumnavigating Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic and details his path from a suburban Connecticut childhood into a life in Earth’s wild places.

For 45 years Anita Sanchez (DistSt; MPubAd’77; PhD’88) has been consulting, training and coaching in business, government and nonprofits around the globe with her husband, Kit Tennis (Psych’75; MPubAd’77; DBA’86). Her latest book, The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times, will be published by Simon & Schuster in September 2017. Anita serves on the boards of Bioneers and the Pachamama Alliance. In their spare time, Anita and Kit lead trips into the Amazon to live and learn with dream culture tribes whose worlds are threatened by rainforest destruction.

Richard Heede (EnvCon, Phil; MGeog’83) was featured in Science magazine in August for his controversial work on quantifying which companies are responsible for putting carbon into the atmosphere. Rick, who is the director of the Climate Accountability Institute, has more than 30 years of experience in subjects related to climate change, including mitigation strategies and the geography of carbon. Rick was born in Norway and immigrated to the U.S. at age 15 with his parents. He spent most of his life in Colorado and now lives on a houseboat anchored in Sausalito, Calif.

Laura Marello’s (MEngl) book, Maniac Drifter, has been published by Guernica Editions, Toronto. Earlier in 2016, Laura released a collection titled Balzac’s Rose and Other Poems. Laura has published four other books and received numerous grants and fellowships. She lives in Lynchburg, Va.