After 36 years Richard Rundell (PhDGer’71) retired from New Mexico State University. Most recently, he was head of the languages and linguistics department. He lives in Las Cruces, N.M., and says it is hard to believe 40 years have passed since he finished his doctorate.

Posted Dec. 1, 2011

The United States Tennis Association named Richard Berman (Mktg’71) recipient of the 2011 Arthur Ashe Award. He received the recognition for his contributions to the growth of tennis, specifically among students in wheelchairs, and for his involvement with the Colorado Wheelchair Foundation. The Boulder resident teaches tennis to people of all skill levels at Rich’s Tennis School.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Last year Anne Johnson Randolph (Art’71) became vice president of the Tecumseh Land Trust, which covers two counties in Ohio and has preserved more than 20,000 acres of farmland, riparian areas and forest. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and writes that she fondly remembers all of her Kappa friends.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

At the Wordharvest’s Tony Hillerman Writers Conference in Santa Fe, N.M., Sherida Stewart’s (Edu’71) story “Turquoise Remembrance” won the Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest and was published in the February issue of New Mexico Magazine. She became a writer after a few years of teaching elementary and preschool children. Her son Eric Stewart (Psych’09) is executive director of the Health Outreach to Latin America Foundation in Boulder. Sherida and her husband live in Farmington, N.M.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

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.

Posted Jun. 1, 2012

After graduating from CU Paul Perez (Bio’71) attended the Harvard School of Dental Medicine until 1976. After 32 years of working with Veteran Affairs hospitals in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque, N.M., Paul retired. He resides in Albuquerque. Contact him at champion4jc@gmail.com.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

Duane Morris energy partner and chair of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, Sheila Slocum Hollis (Jour’71) was elected to be a 2012 Fellow of The American College of Environmental Lawyers. Sheila practices in the areas of energy transactional and regulatory law and international and administrative law before government agencies, Congress and other entities. She was named one of 50 Key Women in energy worldwide and received the 2011 Lifetime Achievement in energy in Platt’s Global Energy Awards. Sheila lives in Washington, D.C.

Posted Mar. 1, 2013

For her pioneering studies in Type 1 diabetes and health disparities Diane Wagener (ApMath’71) was elected fellow of the American Associations for the Advancement of Science. She has conducted genetic epidemiologic studies and health policy in all three research venues — academia at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, government with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and private at RTI International. Diane lives in San Diego.

Posted Jun. 1, 2013

Duane Morris appointed partner Sheila Slocum Hollis (Jour’71) to the board of advisers of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS). IAALS is a national, independent research center at the University of Denver dedicated to improving the process and culture of the civil justice system. Based in the Washington, D.C., office, Sheila works in energy transactional and regulatory law and international and administrative law before government agencies. She was named one of the “50 Key Women in Energy Worldwide” and received the 2011 Lifetime Achievement in Energy in Platt’s Global Energy Awards.

Posted Sep. 1, 2013

Antero Resources Corp. appointed Richard Connor (Acct’71) to its board of directors. He has been chosen to serve as chairman of the company’s audit committee. Previously Richard was an audit partner with KPMG serving publicly traded clients in the energy, mining, telecommunications and media industries for 38 years. He is a member of the advisory board of the Leeds School of Business at CU-Boulder. Richard lives in Columbine Valley, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2013

CU-Boulder couple John Dow (PhDCivEngr’71) and Carol Groves Dow (LatAmer’69, MSpan’71) celebrated their 40th anniversary. John is a CU professor emeritus in civil engineering and has written books on finite elements and error analysis. Carol is a retired master intercultural trainer and assessor and runs a mail-order aromatherapy business. She has written 15 books, including Tea Leaf Reading for Beginners that received a 2012 award for Best General Book-Length Nonfiction in the state 
of Colorado.

Posted Dec. 1, 2013

Colorado Sen. Gail Schwartz* (Mktg’71) appeared in the July 10 issue of The Denver Post. She is pictured in the outdoors section rafting through Hell’s Half Mile on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. She has lived in Pitkin County for more than 40 years and served as CU regent from 2000-06.

Posted Dec. 1, 2013

Colorado Sen. Gail Schwartz* (Mktg’71) appeared in the July 10 issue of The Denver Post. She is pictured in the outdoors section rafting through Hell’s Half Mile on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. She has lived in Pitkin County for more than 40 years and served as CU regent from 2000-06.

Posted Dec. 1, 2013

Antero Resources named Richard Connor (Acct’71) to its board of directors and chairman of the oil and natural gas company’s audit committee. Previously Richard was an audit partner with KPMG where he served publicly traded clients in the energy, mining, telecommunications and media industries for 38 years. He serves on CU-Boulder’s Leeds School of Business advisory board. He lives in Columbine Valley, Colo.

Posted Mar. 1, 2014

More than 40 years ago, Kipp Downing (Mktg’71) started his career in the restaurant business when he worked at the Lamp Post Restaurant and Bar in Boulder. Back then, he was 22 years old. Today, Kipp manages three seafood restaurants in the Palm Springs area and San Diego where he lives.

Posted Jun. 1, 2014

After three years, Montrose, Colo., resident and architect John Eloe (Arch’71) finished his term on the Alumni Association board. Joining him in completing their terms were 1970s graduates Jacksonville, Fla., resident Deborah Stapp (Art’73), Naperville, Ill., resident Gordon Trafton (Transp, TrafMgmt’77) and Boulder resident Kathy Rawls* (Soc’78). Each brought tremendous energy and unique perspectives to their board work, helping staff shape programming to better serve the larger Forever Buffs family.

Posted Jun. 1, 2014

Tim Grove (Geol’71) was elected to the American National Academy of Sciences. Tim studies the processes leading to the chemical differentiation of the Earth’s crust and mantle and the causes of the formation and evolution of the interiors of other planets. Tim has been a professor at MIT since 1979.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

This year’s annual list of Washington, D.C., “Super Lawyers” included Sheila Hollis (Jour’71).  She is the chair of the Washington office of the firm Duane Morris and is a member of its executive committee. Sheila was the first woman president of the Energy Bar Association.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

Boulder resident Dick Shahan (Engl’71, MA’78, PhD’85) committed $75,000 to CU-Boulder, of which $50,000 has established the Dick Shahan CU-Boulder Undergraduate Writing Competition. Each year $2,000 will be given to an undergraduate who writes the best prose piece about Boulder. The remaining $25,000 will fund the Shahan Graduate Fellowships in the CU-Boulder English department; a $1,000 research grant will be given to a graduate student annually.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

In 2011 Sheila Hollis (Jour) was the first attorney in private practice to receive the lifetime achievement in energy award in Platt’s Global Energy Awards. She established the office, policies and procedures for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and served as its first director from 1977-80. She also taught energy law for 20 years to more than 600 students at George Washington University’s law school. She is the chair of the Washington, D.C. office of the firm Duane Morris.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

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