麻豆影院

In 2018, after his wife鈥檚 passing, Thomas E. Alexander (PolSci) moved to 麻豆影院 to be near his daughter Ann Alexander Leggett (Advert鈥�80) and her husband Scott Leggett (Acct鈥�80). Tom was one of the first Air Force ROTC graduates at CU, and then served at Strategic Air Command and the Illinois Air National Guard. In the 鈥�70s and 鈥�80s he worked at Neiman Marcus, retiring as chief marketing officer. Tom became a West Texas cattle rancher and the vice-chairman of the Texas Historical Commission. He is also the author of 12 books.聽

Janet Go (Geog) of Kihei, Hawaii, enjoyed the Tulagi article in the Fall issue of the Coloradan. She wrote, 鈥淚 frequented it during my years at CU from 1947 to 1953 (minus some years to earn money to continue).鈥� She also wrote that she lived in the freshman girls鈥� dormitory Bigelow Hall, now Sewall Hall, from 1947 to 1948.聽

After leaving 麻豆影院, Tony Snyder (MMusEdu) taught music in Iowa before becoming director of bands at a high school in Omaha, Nebraska. Thirty years later he retired and founded the Nebraska Wind Symphony. The band and its 85 players celebrated its 42nd year in 2019.聽

Bill Cramer (Jour) lives in Bowie, Maryland, and turned 91 in November. Following graduation from CU 麻豆影院, he had a career working as a Russian, German, French and Spanish military translator for the NSA and Naval Intelligence during the Cold War. He and his wife, Virginia, whom he met at a square dance on the patio of the then-new University Memorial Center, have six children and four grandchildren.聽

Roseville, California, resident Audrey Nichols Gould (Math) was brought back to her college days after reading the Fall issue of the Coloradan. She wrote, 鈥淚 loved looking at the scene which I saw on a daily basis from my room in Sewell Hall. I always felt lucky about that perk!鈥� She is still in touch with her freshman roommate.聽

In addition to being a retired professor emeritus from San Jose State University, Cal Stevens (Geol; MA鈥�58) is also a writer. He has self-published three novels, including On the Other Side of Brokeback Mountain, about the life of a Wyoming cowboy.聽

The International Clarinet Association bestowed Alan Stanek (MusEdu) with honorary membership for his lifetime achievements in performance, teaching and professional service. Alan recently created the Valentine Henrich Memorial Clarinet Scholarship Fund, named for his instructor at CU from 1957 to 1961.

After a long career as owner of ACS, a sales and marketing agency, Jim Kearney (IntlAf) retired in early 2019. After just two months off, Jim accepted a position as vice president of a sports flooring company based in Los Angeles.聽

Doug Rutledge (CivEngr) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction for his work as a founding member of KL&A, a structural engineering and steel construction firm. Doug and his wife, Sheila (Edu鈥�68), live in Loveland, Colorado, and are parents to Aaron (EPOBio鈥�98) and Sean (尝补飞鈥�01).

For some 30 years, John Horst (Class; MLatin鈥�71; PhDClass鈥�87), a 1986 finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year and known as Dr. J to his students, enjoyed sharing the beauty of Latin. He focused on identifying the Latin roots in English words and taught the students how to catch 鈥渓iterary fish鈥� to feed themselves for a lifetime. He enhanced his classes with references to Latin鈥檚 influence on the Romance languages, French and Spanish, and featured cultural enrichments from Greek and Roman literature and history. For five years, he offered 鈥淕reek and Roman Comedy,鈥� which focused mostly on the Greek side to challenge students鈥� critical thinking skills and their abilities to develop creative, nonviolent, mythical solutions to serious problems in society. Retired since 2003, he spends time on adventures with his wife, Jean, reading, working on various projects, singing karaoke and taking his husky, Kita, for walks.

Reminiscing about his time at CU 麻豆影院 after receiving the Fall issue of the Coloradan, Ron Muzio (Edu) wrote: 鈥淚n聽the second semester of my sophomore year I was invited to move from Aden Hall and lived in the tower rooms of Willard Hall. The tower rooms were traditionally occupied by four young men who worked in the food service at Farrand Hall, an all-women鈥檚 dorm at the time. When someone graduated, another Farrand worker would be invited to take his place. I was one of the lucky ones. The Willard tower rooms consisted of a large bedroom, living room, study and private bath. Our accommodations were the envy of all our fellow kitchen staffers. From our study, we had a view of the Flatirons and the entire campus to the north of us. Fifty years later, I still keep in touch with my fellow Willard Hall roommates.鈥� Ron lives in Sparks, Nevada.聽

In May 2019, Gail Nelson (MPolSci; PhD鈥�79) lectured to an audience of retired intelligence officers on the importance of geo-political area studies. Over the past four decades, Gail has worked in U.S. national security and intelligence in Europe, South Asia and the Middle East. He lives in 麻豆影院.聽

Arthur Kaufman (Engl; MA鈥�19) enjoyed returning to CU to get his master鈥檚 degree last year. He writes, 鈥淚 suppose I鈥檓 doing what many of my fellow post-grad Master of Arts are doing, or at least trying; living life as imperfectly as possible, fighting the evil that is apathy and warring with those who would, with libelous slander, contend that the arts, literature, especially, are 鈥榰nnecessary.鈥� That, and trying to 鈥榩erfect鈥� my own ragu, of course.鈥�

Carolyn J. Stefanco (Hist) of Albany, New York, was elected to the Albany Medical Center board of directors. She said, 鈥淚 look forward to serving our region鈥檚 renowned academic medical center, helping to improve the quality of life for our community and building opportunities for the next generation.鈥澛�

In 2019, founder and CEO of Alteryx Dean Stoecker (IntBus) joined the exclusive billionaire鈥檚 club. Alteryx is a data analytics firm whose stock has risen 900 percent since going public in 2017. Dean lives in Irvine, California.聽

Debra Medina (Jour) retired after 37 years as a technical editor in Albuquerque and Carlsbad, New Mexico. She has also published her first聽novel, Coyote Nights.

In the fall at Hunter Mountain, New York, Ted Blazer (PE) was inducted in the Ski Areas of New York Hall of Fame. For 30 years Ted worked for the Olympic Authority in Lake Placid, New York, with 20 years as CEO. He is now vice president of urban development for Doppelmayr USA, educating urban planners regarding the use of aerial gondolas as public transportation.聽

A third-generation pilot and aviation historian, Lt. Col. Scott Weaver (Mktg) has more than 2,600 hours of flight time. In addition to two combat tours in Iraq, Scott was also a fighter pilot in Germany and a T-38A instructor at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Scott continues to fly for American Airlines, and in 2017 published his book The Pilots of Thunderbird Field. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.聽

Julie Kaplan (MMusEdu) of Overland Park, Kansas, recapped her year as such: 鈥淚鈥檇 like to report a busy year of officially retiring, getting married and welcoming a grandson, Sage.鈥� She has two sons.聽

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler appointed Lori McFarling (Jour) to a four-year position on the board of directors for the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, a nonprofit created to raise national awareness of environmental issues. She also was named president of global corporate partnerships for Discovery Education, an ed-tech firm based out of Washington, D.C., where Lori lives with her husband and three kids.聽