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CEO of FI Investment Group聽Frank Islam聽(Bus鈥�73, MApMathBus鈥�73) provides two scholarship opportunities for math students at CU. One scholarship is in honor of William Jones, one of Frank鈥檚 math teachers while at CU, and the other is in memory of Wolfgang Thron, a former CU math teacher who passed away in 2001. Frank told the Colorado聽Arts & Sciences聽magazine, 鈥淚 want to inspire others to have passion for philanthropy.鈥� He lives in Potomac, Md.

The book聽Path of Beauty聽(St. Martin鈥檚 Press), written by 麻豆影院 resident聽Chris Brown聽(Art鈥�74) last year, has been well-received. It contains personal photos and essays of the Grand Canyon and was a finalist in the Banff Mountain Book Competition. The book received five stars from Goodreads.

While working at the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C.,聽Lawrence 鈥淟arry鈥� Duran聽(PolSci鈥�74) earned his law degree from Georgetown University. For 25 years, he served as an attorney for state and local governments in California, including the California Legislative Counsel鈥檚 Office, the Sacramento County Counsel鈥檚 Office and the Sacramento City Attorney鈥檚 Office. He serves as a federal administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration in Moreno Valley, Calif.

Even though聽Jane Petrowicz Stahl聽(MEdu鈥�74) retired from teaching English, she continues to be very active in her community of Boyertown, Penn., by working with several art galleries and studios. She and her husband began 鈥淏ear Fever,鈥� which has inspired artists to design and paint 59 bears on display throughout the area. She was named the Pennsylvania Art Education Association鈥檚 2011 Outstanding Friend to Art Education for her efforts.

The photography of聽Patricia 鈥淭rish鈥� Wright聽(Art鈥�74) was featured last year at the Ceres Gallery in Manhattan and at the Art in Architecture Gallery in Ottawa. Trish lives and teaches on Long Island and is working toward her doctorate in education at Columbia University. Her three sisters and one niece also are CU graduates:聽Cheryl Wright Green(Art鈥�69) of New York, N.Y.,聽Alanna Wright-Jones聽(Art鈥�71) of Colorado Springs, Colo.,聽Joanne Wright聽(Fren鈥�76) of Sudbury, Mass., and her daughter聽Tracy Wright Deshmuk聽(Soc鈥�06) who works as an ESL instructor in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

As director of CU鈥檚 BioServe Space Technologies聽Louis Stodieck聽(Aero鈥�79, MS鈥�81, PhD鈥�85) was involved with a contest that challenged 14-to-18-year-old students to design space experiments. BioServe is responsible for turning the winning entries into experiments that can be launched to the International Space Station. Louis told the 麻豆影院颁补尘别谤补听that the intention of the project was to stimulate interest in space and technology. He lives in 麻豆影院.

Vice president and chief operating officer of ISOindustries聽Matt Lipkin聽(PolSci鈥�80) joined the board of the nonprofit Wounded Nature 鈥� Working Veterans. This year the organization has five 鈥淰ictory Vessels鈥濃�� each one representing a different branch of the military鈥� cleaning beaches, visiting military bases and attending port festivals. Matt lives in Virginia Beach, Va.

鈥淪ince graduation my life can best be described with the word 鈥榯ravel,鈥欌�� writes聽Melissa Mansell Popp聽(IntlAf鈥�81). She started working for the federal government in 1981 and lived in Maryland, Colorado, England, Virginia, Pakistan and Indonesia. She has since settled in Elizabeth, Colo., where she has Broncos season tickets and two grown daughters.

With more than 25 years of financial management and strategic planning experience,聽Reagan Sakai聽(Fin鈥�81, MBA鈥�88) has taken his skills to BlueCava. He serves as CFO for the company, which is a provider of device identification technology that enables businesses to improve online advertising effectiveness and reduce fraud risk. He lives in Dove Canyon, Calif.

础谤肠丑颈迟别肠迟听Kat Vlahos聽(EnvDes鈥�82, MA鈥�84) is an associate professor at CU Denver in the College of Architecture and Planning and is director of the Center of Preservation Research. She is a researcher of vernacular ranch architecture and cultural landscapes. After a career of designing, she told聽CU Connections聽(CU鈥檚 faculty and staff newsletter), 鈥淚 design through my students now.鈥� The Denver resident has twin boys.

For most of her career聽Julie Overbaugh聽(PhDChem鈥�83) has focused on HIV prevention and AIDS research. She is associate program head at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She has served as chair of the NIH grant review panel on the molecular biology of HIV-1, editor of聽Journal of Virology聽and member of the Office of AIDS Research advisory committee. She also spent two decades in Kenya working to prevent the spread of HIV. Because of her accomplishments, Julie received the 2011 Marion Spencer Fay Award Lecture at Drexel University College of Medicine. She lives in Seattle, Wash.

Because of his commitment and innovation in contributing to the nation,聽Alfonso Batres聽(MPsych鈥�83, PhD鈥�84) received a Service to America medal from the Partnership for Public Service. He has spent nearly three decades working with the Department of Veterans Affairs鈥� Readjustment Counseling Vet Centers, which provide counseling, services and opportunities to veterans.聽The Washington Post聽wrote an article on his accomplishments called 鈥淎lfonso Batres: A leadership veteran鈥� that appeared in its 鈥淔ederal Player鈥� series. Alfonso lives in Washington, D.C.

惭耻蝉颈肠颈补苍听Geary Larrick聽(PhDMus鈥�84) wrote an article called 鈥淐ollege Percussion Pedagogy,鈥� which appeared in the Summer 2011 edition of the聽National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal. Much of his CU dissertation also has been published in the journal. He plays piano, snare drum and marimba and lives in Stevens Point, Wis.

Last summer聽Susan Diesel聽(惭补迟丑鈥�85),聽Karen Dyce聽(Acct鈥�85) and聽Stanley Erwin* (Acct鈥�85) attended their 30th reunion for Homestead High School graduates in Cupertino, Calif. Susan writes that the three chose to attend CU independently and found each other there as freshmen in 1981. Susan lives in Norwich, Vt., Karen lives in Los Altos, Calif., and Stan lives in West Lake Hills, Texas.

President Obama appointed Miami resident聽Katrina Peebles聽(Jour鈥�85) to the President鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She also is on the board of directors for The Peebles Corporation, a real estate company working in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas, Nev.

In June聽Lisa Ayala-Williams聽(Mktg鈥�86) was promoted to vice president of worldwide creative services, marketing for Walt Disney Studios in California. She oversees advertising for all of Disney鈥檚 animated film entertainment in post-theatrical promotion. She was formerly director in production for WW Creative Services at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and has worked for Disney for nine years. She writes that she lives in Simi Valley, Calif., where she and her husband are huge Buff fans and have enjoyed cheering on their team closer to home with its entry into the Pac-12.

After serving six years as a marketing director for Walmart Corp.,聽David Morita聽(IntlAf鈥�86) joined Metro St. Louis, the city鈥檚 Regional Transportation District (RTD), as vice president of sales and marketing. He brings more than 20 years of experience in domestic and international advertising, sales and marketing. Prior to his time at Walmart, he served in a variety of positions at McDonald鈥檚 Corp. for more than 10 years, including senior marketing director for McDonald鈥檚 Asia Pacific.

Personal injury attorney聽Timothy Tomasik聽(Jour鈥�86) was inducted as a fellow of the International Society of Barristers. The group is an honor society of outstanding trial lawyers who are chosen by their peers based on excellence and integrity in advocacy. Tim is a partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and lives in Western Springs, Ill.

Vice president of Southwest Research Institute聽Alan Stern聽(PhDAstro鈥�89) is leading a program at the institute to enable researchers to fly in space on Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace suborbital rockets in 2013 or 2014. He writes he will be among the flyers and will make at least four trips to space. He has been at the institute since 1991 and lives in Longmont, Colo.

The Colorado Health Foundation appointed聽Vicky Powell Cavanaugh聽(Econ鈥�89) as vice president of operations. She oversees grants management, information technology, office administration, facilities and human resources. Before joining the foundation she led strategic initiatives at such companies as McKesson, Pacificare, Qwest, Conoco and Gates Corp. The Denver resident also ran her own consulting firm, Cavanaugh Consulting.