Class Notes

Daniel McCormick (ChemEngr’01; Law’10) was elected partner at Kilpatrick Townsend. He is a member of the electronics and software team in the firm’s Denver office.

In September, a group of five CU alums hiked the “Haute Route” in Switzerland — a 12-day, 112-mile hike from the Chamoix Valley in France to Switzerland’s Zermatt Mountain Resort. The hike included a stop on the Euroweng, the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world, to unfurl the CU flag they had carried for 100 miles. “Coincidentally, we even bumped into another Buff alum on the route,” writes Michael Ton (CompSci’12; MS’13). Bruce Deakyne (MEngr’12), Max Bohning (ApMath’12, MEngrMgmt’15), Hannah Steketee (MechEngr’17), and Alex Kessock (Mgmt’15) also participated.

Wei Wu (MMus’13) won a Grammy Award in February for his work in the Mason Bates opera “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.” Wu played the role of Jobs’ spiritual adviser, Kobun Chino Otogawa, and took the prize for Best Opera Recording. The opera premiered in Santa Fe last year. Wu was also a nominee in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category. Last March, he appeared in the Eklund Opera Program production of “Sweeney Todd.” His upcoming performances include “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Washington National Opera and Verdi’s “Requiem” with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

In December 2018, Kate Brady (Engl ex’15) released her first single, “August.” In 2015, she won the Guitar Center Singer Songwriter Competition, which was judged by Ariel Rechtshaid, producer of bands and artists such as Adele, Haim and Vampire Weekend. The award gave her the opportunity to record a four-song EP with Rechtshaid, a songwriting session with band City and Colour, a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, $25,000 for new gear and a feature article in the magazine American Songwriter.

Karyn Kesselring (Law’18) recently joined the law firm Erise IP as an associate in its Denver office. 

Ishani Shrestha (Mgmt’18) graduated from CU’s Leeds School of Business in December. Ishani was crowned Miss Nepal 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, where she won the prestigious Beauty with a Purpose title for her work to educate rural communities in Nepal about the importance of oral hygiene.