Madame Bovary鈥檚 Daughter (Random House) by聽Linda Urbach Howard聽(A&S鈥62) hit the shelves in July. Linda writes she 鈥渙wes it all to the great teaching I got from the English department at 麻豆影院.鈥 She lives in Bridgeport, Conn.
Posted Dec. 1, 2011
In June聽David Jamieson聽(A&S鈥62) received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian General Counsel Awards in Toronto. He is executive vice president and corporate secretary at J.D. Irving.
Posted Dec. 1, 2011
A criminal and civil law lawyer in Oklahoma for 32 years,听Donald W. Davis Sr.* (PolSci鈥62) received the Trailblazer of the Year award at the Oklahoma Bar Association鈥檚 annual meeting last year. He was the first African-American to be appointed as a municipal special judge in the Oklahoma City Municipal Court. During the civil rights movement, Donald represented the Ministers Alliance Organization, which included the majority of African-American churches in Oklahoma City. He also is a founding member of the J.J. Bruce Legal Society, an organization of black trial lawyers, and was a charter member of the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer鈥檚 Association.
*Lifetime member
Posted Mar. 1, 2012
In April聽Marvin Stein聽(Bus鈥62) received the annual Fort Carson Good Neighbor Award for being a civilian who enhanced the quality of life for soldiers and their families. He is retired owner/president of Stein Food and serves as president of the CSU-Pueblo Foundation and Monday Evening Club. He also serves on several boards in Pueblo, Colo. He is married to聽Sandra Fuchs Stein听(贰诲耻鈥64).
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
In July聽Patricia Chapman Meder鈥檚 (A&S鈥62) novel聽The True Story of Catch- 22,听The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller鈥檚 340th Bomb Group in World War II聽(Casemate) was published. The three-part book explores the real men and combat missions on which Joseph Heller鈥檚 bestselling novel聽Catch-22聽was based while blending history and facts with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos of the USAAF flyers. Patricia lives in Annandale, Va.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
History professor at the University of North Carolina聽Loren Schweninger聽(A&S鈥62, MA鈥66) continues his research and writing. His book聽Families in Crisis in the Old South聽(University of North Carolina Press) about pre-Civil War divorce among slaveholders was published in September. 鈥淪taying active is the best medicine,鈥 he says. He lives in Greensboro, N.C.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
After reading 鈥淎 call for courage鈥 in the June 2012 issue of the聽Coloradan,听Risto Marttinen聽(Hist鈥62) thanks Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. 鈥淎s men of iron and women of granite, we laud this recognition and praise,鈥 Risto writes. Although he no longer climbs cliffs and limits his boxing to the bags at the local gym, Risto is the Kentucky gold medal holder in discus, javelin and shot in the 70-74 age group. He lives near his three grandchildren in Lexington, Ky.聽
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
In the December聽Coloradan, we incorrectly characterized聽The True Story of Catch- 22,听The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller鈥檚 340th Bomb Group in World War II聽(Casemate) by聽Patricia Chapman Meder聽(A&S鈥62) as a novel. It is a three-part book comparing real-life people to the main characters depicted in Joseph Heller鈥檚 bestselling聽novel,听Catch-22.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
In July聽Risto Marttinen聽(Hist鈥62) will compete in the National Senior Games in Cleveland. He will be hurling the discus, shot and javelin. 鈥淭he ancient Greeks considered the greatest athlete to be the discus thrower. I鈥檒l try to do my best!鈥 he writes. Risto lives in Lexington, Ky.
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
In 1962,听Don Meyers聽(PE鈥62, MS鈥65) set an unofficial world indoor record with his successful 16鈥-1录鈥 attempt in the pole vault. He was just the fifth person ever to clear 16 feet in the pole vault. After college, Don coached for the Buffs for seven seasons. His accomplishments were recognized this year by his induction into the 2014 class of the CU Athletic Hall of Fame.
Posted Dec. 1, 2014
Joseph Bell聽(Math), a board member on the International Senior Lawyers Project, was awarded with the Commander鈥檚 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. The official presentation was May 14 at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. The recognition was made for his efforts to further Poland鈥檚 economic transformation. While at the law firm Hogan & Hartson he worked pro bono for the Polish government for many years. He eventually established a branch of the firm in Warsaw in 1991. Joseph also was honored for his work as a director of the American Polish Freedom Foundation. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Posted Sep. 1, 2015
Jean-Paul Valette聽(PhDEcon) and聽Rebecca Loose Valette聽(PhDFren鈥63) have devoted their professional lives to the creation of language teaching materials, including聽French for Mastery, Spanish for Mastery, Contacts and Discovering French. For their work they have been honored by the French government. Rebecca is past president of the American Association of Teachers of French and professor emeritus at Boston College. The couple also have a passion for Navajo blankets with
Yeibichai imagery, which led to the publication of their book Weaving the Dance. They live in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Posted Sep. 1, 2015
The College of Saint Benedict/Saint John鈥檚 University in Minnesota named Anna Lisa Ohm (IntlAf; MGer鈥79) professor emerita. She has taught at the school since 1988. After graduating from CU, Anna lived and worked in Germany and served four years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia and Tunisia before earning her doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She lives with her husband, Stuart, in Saint Cloud, Minn.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Richard George (Engl鈥62) has published five volumes of his writing on smashwords.com, the world鈥檚 largest distributor of indie e-books. The works include a collection of poems, a novel about a man who leaves Colorado for a big city and a book of verses Richard has penned since high school. The titles can be found by searching Richard鈥檚 name in the search box of the website.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Iowa native and renowned NFL linebacker Jerry Hillebrand (PE) will be inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 17. Jerry played nine seasons in the NFL for the New York Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Posted Sep. 1, 2016
American publisher of biographies Marquis Who鈥檚 Who named Charles Harbert (Chem) a Lifetime Achiever. He is co-inventor of the antidepressant drug Zoloft, and led the chemistry team that first synthesized it. After working in pharmaceuticals for more than 30 years, Charles retired in 1999. Since then, he has published four Colorado history books.
Posted Sep. 1, 2017
F. Rodney Drake (DistSt; MD鈥66) was president of his senior class in 1966. Following graduation, Rodney did a residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in child psychiatry. He is a past president of the Washington Psychiatric Society, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society of Greater Washington and the Baltimore-Washington Psychoanalytic Society.
Posted Dec. 1, 2017
Frank Montera (Math) was inducted into the California Community College Football Coaches Hall of Fame in March. He completed his 54th consecutive year of coaching in 2017. Frank was a member of CU鈥檚 football team in 1959, 1960 and 1961 and a member of CU鈥檚 baseball team in 1960, 1961 and 1962. He and wife Kendel (Engl鈥64) reside in La Palma, Calif.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
After 40聽years of research,听闯别补苍-笔补耻濒听痴补濒别迟迟别听(笔丑顿贰肠辞苍)听补苍诲听Rebecca Loose Valette聽(PhDFren鈥63) published the book Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes:聽A Historical Overview聽of a Secular Art Form. Rebecca鈥檚 parents were introduced to Navajo rugs by their neighbor, famed archeologist聽Earl Morris聽(Psych1914; MA1916). 鈥淭heir love of these beautiful weavings was passed on to me, and then also to my hus- band,鈥 writes Rebecca. In the 1970s, the couple acquired a Navajo blanket and began investigating its history and origin. Over the next four decades, they assembled a collection of more than 100 ceremonial-themed textiles, published several articles in聽American Indian Art Magazine聽and curated two museum exhibits of Yeibichai weavings.聽
Posted Sep. 1, 2018
After attending CU in the 1960s, Noble Milton (A&S鈥62) moved to New Jersey, where he worked in trucking and in ministry. An avid sketch artist, he once drew Martin Luther King Jr. at a speech in Jersey City in 1968. Noble has six children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He fondly recalls his time as a running back with the close-knit CU football teams of the early 鈥60s. During that time, the team protested racial segregation, refusing to play in the 1962 Orange Bowl unless all players could sleep at the same hotel. Noble lives in Newark, New Jersey. He would like to hear from former teammates and can be reached via daughter MiMi Milton at 732-447-8900.
Posted Mar. 1, 2019
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