Martin Trotsky (Acct) turned 100 on April 3. His family planned a dancing-filled birthday celebration in May. He lives in Denver with his wife, Gloria (MusEd’43).
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
It seems nothing can slow down David Hall’s (A&S) golf game. David was featured in The Albuquerque Journal for using only a single zero-iron club to shoot below his age, an 84, at the Puerto del Sol Golf Course, despite a long list of ailments. He has a tournament named after him, the annual Dave Hall 3-club Tournament, which takes place every December.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Oscar and Grammy-winning composer, producer and jazz pianist Dave Grusin (Mus) is the subject of a forthcoming feature-length documentary, Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time. Dave has received eight Oscar nominations, 10 Grammys and another 28 nominations. The film, which is expected to be released later this year, will chronicle his career as a music director, composer, arranger, producer and pianist.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Thomas J. O’Brien (Bus) and Sharon O’Brien (Jour’58) celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 29. They met at CU Boulder, married in California and have five sons. "How ’bout them apples!?" said Thomas. The couple lives in Fontana, Wisc., on Lake Geneva, southwest of Milwaukee.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
On March 8, Peter C. Dietze (A&S; Law'62) received the William Lee Knous Award, Colorado Law’s highest alumni honor. Peter grew up in East Germany and came to the U.S. in 1955. He started his journey in Nebraska, then made his way to CU. He was city attorney in Boulder from 1965 to 1972 and served three terms (1977-1996) on CU’s Board of Regents, including two terms as chair. Peter resides in Eugene, Ore.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Frank Montera (Math) was inducted into the California Community College Football Coaches Hall of Fame in March. He completed his 54th consecutive year of coaching in 2017. Frank was a member of CU’s football team in 1959, 1960 and 1961 and a member of CU’s baseball team in 1960, 1961 and 1962. He and wife Kendel (Engl’64) reside in La Palma, Calif.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Bonnie F. McCune (Psych) published her fifth book, Never Retreat, a novel that tells the story of a single mom who clashes with an ex-military corporate star at a business retreat in the Colorado mountains. Bonnie lives in Denver with her husband.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
At 82 years old, Bruce Bartleson (PhDGeol) is still chasing “wild” ice. Bruce was featured on Colorado Public Radio in January for his adventures as a “hardcore ice skater” trekking into the wilderness to find untouched ice in some of the coldest parts of Colorado. He is an emeritus professor of geology at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, where he taught for 33 years. Read more about Bruce.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Tom Baur (MAstroPhys) received the 2018 Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) G.G. Stokes Award for his “lifetime of leadership in polarization optical components.” Prior to founding Meadowlark Optics in 1979, Tom was a scientist for 13 years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Gary E. Smith (Edu; MPubAd’71) and Diane Yokel Smith (MEdu’86) didn’t slow down after retirement. Gary published his second mystery novel, Two Miles High and Six Feet Under, written under the pen name G. Eldon Smith. Diane, after a career of teaching ESL at the university level, became a volunteer tutor in Littleton Public Schools. She also serves as Gary’s chief editor and first reader. The couple reside in Centennial, Colo.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
On Dec. 6, 2017, Mary-Lynne Pierce Bernald (PolSci) was elected mayor of Saratoga, Calif. Previously, she served on the Saratoga City Council and as a planning commissioner for the city.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Nathan Coats (Econ; Law’77) was named Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, effective June 30. He was appointed to the court in 2000, and had been chief appellate deputy district attorney for the Second Judicial District (Denver County) from 1986 to 2000. He will be the 46th member of the court to be named chief justice since Colorado became a state in 1876.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Kenneth R. Miller (PhDBio) was elected president of the board of the National Center for Science Education. He is a professor of cellular biology at Brown University and has published a new book, The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness and Free Will. In November 2017, he delivered the keynote address for the Colorado Science Teachers Association’s annual meeting in Denver. He will be back in Colorado in September 2018 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of CU Boulder’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. He will give a public lecture on the state of American science.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
John B. Elstrott (PhDEcon) is board chairman for MicroBiome Therapeutics, a company focused on the microbiome and how it impacts human health. John, a former chairman of Whole Foods Market, recently retired from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business after 30 years as a professor. He served as the first chief financial officer for Celestial Seasonings, the Boulder-based tea company.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
In May, Brian Cowan (Mktg), president and CEO of Cowan & Associates, a management consulting firm in Arlington, Va., rolled off of the CU Boulder Alumni Association’s board of advisors after eight years of service, including two as chair.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
After working for the federal government for 32 years, Melissa Mansell Popp (IntlAf) retired in 2013. Since retiring, she has battled stage 3 breast cancer, become a court-appointed special advocate for children (CASA) and moved to Firestone, Colo., to be closer to her granddaughter.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Marsha Piccone (Jour; Law’85), partner of Rollin Braswell Fisher LLC (RBF Law), was named to 5280’s Denver’s Top Lawyers list in 2018. Marsha is a trial and appellate lawyer and former Colorado Court of Appeals Judge.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Colorado Springs resident Steven Anderson (Econ) published his second book, Wandering Soul, in February 2018. The science fiction novel is the second book of his Reunification series and is a sequel to Wandering Star, which was published in September 2017. Both books are set during a time when members of Earth are attempting to bring the shattered remains of its once vast interstellar union back together.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Chris Conway (Engl) is the president of Spring Back Colorado, an organization that recycles mattresses and provides employment for individuals who face barriers to employment. The organization opened in 2012 and has locations in Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Denver International Airport said Kim Christiansen (Jour) will be the new female voice of the airport’s “Train Call” announcements. The competition was open to full-time television anchors and reporters in Denver who have spent at least seven years in the city. Kim, who grew up in Colorado, has spent her entire career at 9News, working as a news writer and producer, general assignment reporter and news anchor. Kim has won seven Heartland regional Emmy awards for spot news, news writing and news reporting.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
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