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Dee (Graydon) Hubbard鈥檚聽(Acct) book about the financial meltdown of 2008, At the Altars of Money, won the 2018 Gold EVVY Award in the category of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. 鈥淢ostly because of the book鈥檚 satirical edge, I did not expect this award, and I鈥檓 thrilled with the honor,鈥� Dee writes.

Charles Froese (Fin, MechEngr) writes that the fall issue of聽the Coloradan is the best magazine of its kind. 鈥淭he articles are short but are full of information, easy to read and present a picture of the university that I聽would never have thought possible in 1956 when I graduated.鈥�

Joe Bonem聽(ChemEngr) has more than 50 years聽of experience in the chemical engineering industry. He published his third book, The Chemical Projects Scale Up: How to Go from Laboratory to Commercial, which explores the engineering aspects of scale up and is based on Joe鈥檚 experience working with large companies such as ExxonMobil. His previous two books focused on how to use chemical engineering to solve problems in industrial plants. He resides in New Braunfels, Texas, with his wife, Diane Robinson. The couple has one son and two grand- sons 鈥� both of whom聽have chemical engineering degrees.

Earl Noe (Jour) writes he is sitting in his overpriced shack聽in central 麻豆影院, surfing the web in his boxers and saying, 鈥淲ow! If we鈥檇 had this back in 鈥�62 I wouldn鈥檛 have needed to go to college.鈥� Since graduating from CU, Earl has had numerous close calls skiing in the Colorado back- country, escaping "only" with a broken femur and a fractured spine. Aside from the skiing injuries, he鈥檚 endured three separate bouts of cancer and credits an unusual amount of luck to his survival.

Cinema legend and CU alum Robert Redford (A&S ex;HonDocHum鈥�87) announced in August that he expects to retire from acting following work on聽his latest film, The Old聽Man & the Gun, which premiered Sept. 28. The 82-year-old actor and Sundance Institute founder, who attended CU for two years in the 1950s, earned worldwide and enduring fame though his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, All the President鈥檚 Men and many other films.聽

For the past 26 years, Barbara聽T. Humphrey (Art) has taught art and orchestra in the Aurora Public Schools. In January 2018, she received the Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement Award at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver for her work teaching strings to students of color, taking them to college music departments for workshops and helping them secure scholarships. Now retired, Barbara and her musical husband, Tom, entertain residents at retirement and assisted-living centers around Colorado.

George J. Mrochen聽(Engl, Ger) writes that he has retired from his work as a pastor after 41 years. After CU, George served in the Army for three years. He watched astronauts land on the moon in 1969 while stationed in South Korea. He and wife Ruth have been married for 40 years and have three sons, the eldest of whom serves in the Marine Corps. 鈥淭hankful for God鈥檚 many blessings and for attending CU,鈥� he writes.聽

Stephen Grogan (Engl)聽published his fifth historical novel, Lafayette, Courtier to Crown Fugitive, 1757-1777. While at CU,聽Stephen was awarded聽the Shubert Fellowship, which supports professional theater and dance companies. He currently serves as president of Las Vegas start-up Navegante Game Technologies, which assists casino and video game inventors and programmers in breaking in to the market.聽

Longtime 麻豆影院 resident Jeanne Winer鈥檚 (Engl;Law鈥�77) book Her Kind of Case received starred re- views from Kirkus, Library Journal and Booklist. The novel, which takes place in 麻豆影院 and Denver, centers on Lee Isaacs, a female attorney who defends a young man accused of helping kill a gay gang member. Jeanne was a criminal defense lawyer in Colorado for 35 years. She鈥檚 received national attention for her work in Romer v. Evans, a landmark civil rights case that laid the foundation for the 2015 Obergefell decision, which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the U.S. Like the heroine in her book, Jeanne is a martial artist who holds a third-degree black belt in taekwondo. She lives mainly in 麻豆影院 with her partner and cat,聽but spends a number of months each year writing in Taos, N.M.

Chaz Miller (Law) loves talking trash. He writes that he is moving into retirement after a 40-year career in waste and recycling management. He served as director for the National Waste & Recycling Association, a trade association for private-sector haulers, recyclers, composters and disposal companies. Chaz鈥� career in solid waste and recycling started in 1976聽when he joined the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 Resource Recovery Division. Since then, his career has taken him around the world, including speaking engagements throughout North America, China and Japan. In 2017, he spoke聽at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Waste Management Conference in Tokyo. He resides in Washington, D.C.聽

Paul Shafer (EPOBio) was appointed program coordinator for the new environmental safety management program at Thiel College in Greenville, Penn. Paul has been active in environmental safety for nearly 40 years as a consultant, government contractor, college educator and employer. As a certified environmental, safety and health trainer, he leads safety training sessions and programs across the U.S. He previously served on the faculty at Slippery Rock University, Rutgers University and Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Jim Stone (MArch) was promoted to senior associate聽at ELS Architecture and Urban Design in Berkeley, Calif., where he has worked for 26 years.

In September,聽Judge Christine Arguello (Edu) received聽one of Harvard Law School鈥檚 鈥淐elebration 65 Awards鈥� (65 years of women at Harvard Law) for her outstanding contribution to the legal profession and to public welfare. Christine,聽a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Colorado, writes that it is an honor to have received the award, especially in light of the fact that prior recipients include such luminaries as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Pat Schroeder. Christine聽is a previous nominee to the United States Court聽of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and is currently聽a tenured professor at聽the University of Kansas School of Law. She is a first-generation college graduate and grew up in Buena Vista, Colo.

R. Mark Jones (PolSci) was named one of the Best Lawyers in America for聽2019 by Best Lawyers magazine in the area of medical malpractice law. Mark is a partner at the Cleveland office of Roetzel & Andress, where he represents hospitals and physicians in medical defense matters.

College of Saint Rose President Carolyn Stefanco (Hist) has partnered with the African Leadership Academy (ALA), a two-year pre-university program outside Johannesburg, South Africa, to facilitate collaborations among students and faculty and to promote cultural exchanges and scholarships.

In late September,聽Teresa Parko McHenry聽(Engr) and a group of CU alums met on campus for a 40-year reunion. They met in 1978 in Nicholas Hall, which is now the Cheyenne Arapaho building. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 all graduate from CU, but between all of us, we managed to keep a thread of friendship going over the years,鈥� Teresa said.

John Hoover (PhDEdu) was inducted into the聽Alumni Hall of Fame of the College of Education at Illinois State University for his significant contributions to teaching and learning. He is an associate research professor in CU鈥檚 School of Education. Previously, he was director of research and evaluation for CU鈥檚 American Indian Science and Engineering Society.聽In 1996, he co-founded Electronic Pathways, which provides teachers of American Indian students with training in educational technology.

After graduating from CU, David C. Dill (MechEngr) spent five years in the U.S. Navy before becoming an energy and consulting engineer for 20 years in Vermont and New Hampshire. Currently, he works for the U.S. Coast Guard as a mechanical聽engineering designer and project manager. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a great run,鈥� he writes. He resides in Middletown, R.I.聽