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This year聽Dorothy Doll聽Jorgens (A&S) was聽honored by the mayor of聽Thousand Oaks, Calif.,听in recognition of her聽90th birthday. Dorothy聽has spent many years聽in service,听including聽providing childcare for聽her three grandchildren,听volunteering in charitable聽gift shops and lunchrooms聽and serving as a teacher鈥檚聽aide. In May 2009, she聽was a contestant in the聽Ms. Senior Conejo Valley聽pageant and shared some of her crafts and paintings.聽Dorothy is an active聽member of her church聽and has served as a deacon. She enjoys playing聽bridge Friday mornings聽with friends at the local聽community center.

A seasoned聽developer聽with experience in site聽evaluation, land acquisition and development,听David M. Noyes (Fin)聽has constructed commercial, industrial and聽residential buildings and聽developed a golf course.聽He also has experience聽in fundraising for equity聽participation. Prior to聽his business career, he聽served in the U.S. Navy聽as an officer.

Author of聽Memoirs of the聽Soul: A Writing Guide,听Nan Riethmayer Phifer聽(Engl) in March led聽鈥淎 Lively Life-Review聽Workshop: Joys and聽Sorrows Reconciled鈥� for聽the American Society聽on Aging Conference in聽Washington, D.C. Nan聽may be contacted at聽nanphifer@mac.com.

Former Miss America聽Marilyn Van Derbur聽(Engl) gave a keynote聽address in April at Utah聽Valley University, part of聽an event hosted by 鈥淭he聽Clothesline Project: Silent聽Voices,鈥� a program for national violence awareness聽and prevention. Crowned聽Miss America in 1958, two聽years before graduating聽Phi Beta Kappa, Marilyn聽has been a motivational聽speaker focused on聽sexual abuse prevention聽and recovery. She is聽the author of a memoir聽about recovering from聽sexual abuse, Miss聽America By Day, and is聽the founder of the Survivor United Network.

Nella Pitts聽Phillips (A&S)聽is one of three women聽featured in a national聽cable TV spot for Medical聽Alert. She also does a聽one-minute inspirational聽segment, 鈥淲onderful聽Words of Life,鈥� every聽weekday morning on聽KAAM radio in Dallas聽at 8:25 a.m. CST. This聽moment can be accessed聽online at kaamradio.com.聽Nella is a professional聽book reviewer, performer聽and entertainer, as well as聽an alto in the Park Cities聽Presbyterian Church choir聽in Dallas. She writes, 鈥淎ny聽news of former Farrand聽Hall-ites and/or Tri Delts聽around 鈥�60-鈥�63 would be聽most welcome!鈥�

Coinciding聽with the 2016聽Masters Golf Tournament聽in April, Hale Irwin (Mktg)聽debuted a new Sirius XM聽radio show. At age 70,听the former star CU golfer聽and football player is still聽one of the most renowned聽senior level golfers in聽history. He is in both the聽CU Athletics Hall of Fame聽and the Colorado Sports聽Hall of Fame.

Olympic silver聽medalist 叠颈濒濒测听碍颈诲诲 (Econ) attended the聽NCAA Ski Championships聽in Steamboat Springs,听Colo., this March. The聽championships were聽hosted by CU-麻豆影院.聽Billy and the late 闯颈尘尘颈别听贬耻别驳补 (PolSci鈥�73) were聽the first American men聽to win Olympic medals in聽alpine skiing.

罢别肠丑苍辞濒辞驳测听辫颈辞苍别别谤 厂迟别惫别听奥辞锄苍颈补办 (ElEngr ex鈥�72,听HonDocSci鈥�89), Apple聽co-founder and inventor聽of the Apple I computer,听served as opening-day聽keynote speaker for聽CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 68th聽Conference on World聽Affairs in April. Among聽other things, he discussed聽self-driving cars, primary聽education, robots and聽Apple鈥檚 early days. See聽鈥淐ampus News鈥� in this聽issue for a short report.

Darryl Varnado聽(PolSci;聽MPubAd鈥�76) was named聽to the Washington聽Business Journal鈥檚 2016聽list of minority business聽leaders. He is executive vice president and聽chief people officer聽for Children鈥檚 National聽Health System. Darryl聽received the award for聽his creative and successful contributions to the聽employee population and聽his passion for providing employees with a聽positive workplace and a聽leadership and workforce聽development program. He聽also created a paid parental leave policy that offers聽new families enhanced聽leave benefits at full salary聽beyond their standard聽short-term disability time.聽Originally from Louisiana,听Darryl now lives in Falls聽Church, Va.

With 30 years鈥櫬爀xperience in聽marine biology, 闯别蹿蹿谤测听惭补谤肠耻蝉 (EPOBio) of聽Miami, Fla. was recognized by Worldwide聽Branding for his dedication, leadership and聽excellence in freshwater聽and marine ecology.聽He works for Stantec聽Consulting Services and聽specializes in environmental restoration and聽permitting advisory聽services.

Greg McMenamin聽(EnvDes) and daughter聽Madelyn (IntPhys鈥�12)聽traveled to Machu Picchu聽last October and took a聽photo at the ruins with a聽giant CU flag.聽Greg is a Louisville,听Colo., resident and the聽principal and owner of the聽architecture and planning聽company McMenamin聽Design Associates.

As founder and executive director of Youth聽Challenge, a Cleveland聽nonprofit, Mary Sue聽Anter Tanis (Rec) brings聽together children with聽physical disabilities and聽youth volunteers for participation in recreational聽activities. It was while聽working at the CU-麻豆影院 rec center with聽injured Vietnam vets that聽Mary Sue was first inspired to dedicate her life聽to working with physically disabled people. She聽returned to the Cleveland聽area after graduation聽and founded Youth Challenge in 1976.

Steve McNulty聽(Geog) joined聽the team of Long &聽Foster Real Estate. The聽Rehoboth Beach, Del.,听resident brings 37 years of聽diverse business experience to the team. Steve聽has worked in operations,听contract management聽and project management.聽He began his career as聽a state energy official聽with the New Jersey聽Department of Energy.聽He鈥檚 the author of two聽books and is a former聽small business owner.

In February,听Debra Bean聽(Anth, Art) was named聽president of John F.聽Kennedy University. She聽previously served as provost of National University,听the second-largest聽nonprofit university in聽California. Debra also聽served as associate dean聽at the Columbia College,听School of Media Arts. She聽has held management聽positions in the fields of聽strategic marketing, media聽and online brand development for clients such as聽American Airlines, msnbc.com and Nike.

Earlier this year,听Joel Berger聽(PhDBio) was named one聽of six finalists for the 2016聽Indianapolis Prize, the聽world鈥檚 leading award for聽animal conservation; Jane聽Goodall is a聽past recipient.聽A scholar at Colorado聽State University, Joel聽studies why populations聽of tundra land animals,听such as muskoxen and聽wild yaks, are declining聽and what can be done聽about it. He helped lead聽the creation of America鈥檚聽first federally sanctioned聽wildlife migration corridor,听the Path of the Pronghorn,听in Yellowstone National聽Park. Joel聽has also helped聽reevaluate rhino conservation tactics in Africa and聽aided efforts to conserve聽Mongolia鈥檚 saiga antelope聽populations. He lives in聽Colorado with his wife聽and daughter.

Jack Turner (Bus) was聽elected to the Explorers Club, a renowned聽organization whose聽members include the聽adventurers who were the聽first to reach the poles,听the summit of Mount聽Everest and the moon.聽Jack鈥檚 grandfather Ansel聽F. Hall was the first chief聽naturalist of the National聽Park Service and also a聽member of the club. Jack聽is the founding director of聽California-based Rainbow聽Bridge-Monument Valley聽Expedition Onward. The聽project is completing聽fieldwork in Arizona and聽Utah and working on 3D聽modeling聽techniques聽and virtual-reality tools to聽recreate the experience聽and surroundings of the聽expedition, including what聽was discovered and by聽whom. The result will be聽a museum exhibition at聽multiple U.S. venues.

Aerin Workman聽Benavides聽(Econ) graduated in聽May 2016 with a PhD in聽teacher education from聽the University of North聽Carolina in Greensboro.聽As president of the JBQ聽Charitable Foundation,听she looks forward to organizing educational trips聽in the future for student聽teachers to the South聽American Manu rainforest聽and other regions of Peru.

The Oklahoma聽Department of聽Rehabilitation Services聽named Christine Boone聽(Hist) superintendent of聽the Oklahoma School for聽the Blind. Christine has聽spent 33 years serving聽blind youth and adults聽in six states. She also聽has been employed as a聽civil rights attorney and an聽instructor for white cane聽and independent living,听teaching skills that help聽facilitate independence聽for those who are blind or聽have low vision abilities.

Taos, N.M., High School聽coach Bruce Gomez (PE)聽was inducted into the聽New Mexico High School聽Track and Cross Country聽Coaches Association Hall聽of Fame in January.聽Under聽his leadership, his teams聽have won 11 New Mexico聽State Team trophies.聽His teams also have聽won 12 district titles and聽have finished top five or聽better 26 times out of 31.聽Bruce, a Native American,听was a walk-on with the聽CU cross-country and聽track teams and trained聽with Olympic champion聽Frank Shorter, a long-time 麻豆影院 resident聽and co-founder of the聽Bolder 麻豆影院. Bruce聽lives in Taos with wife聽Anne-Marie Emanuelli and聽daughter Marielle.

Brian Vogt (Class), the聽CEO of Denver Botanic聽Gardens, was honored聽with the national Award of聽Excellence from National聽Garden Clubs Inc., one聽of the nation鈥檚 most聽recognized nonprofits聽and largest volunteer聽gardening organization聽in the world. A Colorado聽native, Brian has served聽at the Botanic Gardens for聽eight years and oversaw聽the garden鈥檚 historic $73聽million capital campaign聽and master development聽plan. Brian is a writer,听speaker, artist, gardener and hiker, serving in聽community leadership and聽public service in Colorado聽for almost 25 years. He聽also served as director聽of the Colorado Office of聽Economic Development聽and International Trade聽and was a member of the聽Governor鈥檚 Economic聽Commission on Science聽and Technology and聽served as president of the聽South Metro Chamber of聽Commerce in Denver.