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In the spring听Robert Byrne听(CivEngr鈥�54) will publish his 24th book,听The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said听(Simon & Schuster). While at CU he was editor of the humor magazine听The Flatiron听and played pool, snooker and billiards. One of his books,听Byrne鈥檚 Standard Book of Pool and Billiards听(Marnier Books), has sold more than 500,000 copies and helped him get inducted into the Billiards Congress of America鈥檚 Hall of Fame in 2001. He also became a full-time freelance writer after 20 years as editor of an engineering magazine based in San Francisco. Robert lives in Dubuque, Iowa.

Longmont residents听Jim Armitage听(MEdu鈥�54, EdD鈥�67) and his wife Doris Armitage celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in November. The couple has four children and celebrated their milestone with family. Jim taught in the education school at CU, served as director of elementary education at Oregon State University and spent 11 years as principal of Foothill Elementary School. He retired in 1987. The couple spends winters in Arizona.

On March 26, 2011,听Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld听(A&S鈥�54), wife of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, broke a bottle of champagne to christen the听USS Arlington. Joyce is the ship sponsor of the听Arlington, one of three vessels named in honor of the heroes and victims of 9/11. The vessel is named for Arlington County, Va., where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. She lives in Chicago.

For the past decade听John Howe听(MechEngr鈥�56) has been an author and speaker on energy, population, environment and economics. He writes 鈥淲e are entering the second half of the short oil age, and in that context, things don鈥檛 look very promising.鈥� His studies are shared in his manuscript,听The End of Fossil Energy, 4th ed.: What鈥檚 Next? It鈥檚 Up To You. John, the 1956 CU ski team captain, and his wife听Debbie Mead Howe听(Art鈥�69) live in Waterford, Maine. They have fond memories of their time at the university and 麻豆影院 in the 1970s when John was vice president of engineering for the Head Ski Co. on 63rd Street and Debbie was a professional freestyle skier.

Former CU football player听Royal Shepherd听(Geol鈥�54, MS鈥�68) and his wife celebrated their 60th anniversary on Aug. 16, 2013, at the Red Lion Inn in 麻豆影院 Canyon in the same room as their first anniversary dinner. Royal graduated from 麻豆影院 High School, played football on the first all-services football team for the Air Force, coached at Aurora Central High School and taught school for the 麻豆影院 Valley School District. He and his wife have four children and live in Longmont, Colo.

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

It seems nothing can slow down David Hall鈥檚 (A&S) golf game. David was featured in The Albuquerque Journal for using only a single zero-iron club to shoot below his age, an 84, at the Puerto del Sol Golf Course, despite a long list of ailments. He has a tournament named after him, the annual Dave Hall 3-club Tournament, which takes place every December.

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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.听