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Since retiring as provost at California鈥檚 Brooks Institute in 2010,聽David Litschel聽(Art) has built houses in Guatemala, Paraguay and Bolivia with his wife through Habitat for Humanity. The couple also helps immigrants and foreign visitors with their English-language skills. David enjoys photography and sells his work through the UK-based stock photography agency Alamy. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Crocker Art Museum, the Toledo Museum of Art, the University of Michigan and the Quincy Art Center. See his work at davidlitschel.com.

Rocket scientist Kevin McNeil (Math) spoke about the exploration of Mars during a lecture series for children at the Cortez Cultural Center Plaza in Cortez, Colo. He worked for Marietta/Lockheed Martin for 28 years, 25 of which he spent developing spacecraft for NASA missions, including missions to Jupiter, Venus, Mars and comets. He retired in 2007 and moved with his wife to Ridgway, Colo.

Former NBA and Buffs basketball player Scott Wedman (RelEst) was inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. He played at CU from 1971-74 and is ranked 19th all-time for scoring, with 1,251 career points. Scott was the sixth overall pick in the 1974 NBA Draft for the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. He won two titles with the Boston Celtics, in 1984 and 1986, the first former Buff to earn an NBA title.

Mark Johnson (Engl) wrote the book Apprehensions & Convictions: Adventures of a 50-Year-Old Rookie Cop. The memoir tells the story of his experience as the oldest rookie police officer in Mobile, Ala. Mark previously spent 20 years as a public relations director and executive director for United Way.

Mariko Tatsumoto Layton (Psych; Law鈥�77) was the first Asian woman attorney admitted to the Colorado Bar. While practicing law, she dreamed of writing books. In 2015 she wrote Ayumi鈥檚 Violin, which was the winner of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Gold Award. The novel for middle schoolers is a multicultural fiction that takes place in California and Japan in 1959.

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,聽Darryl now lives in Falls聽Church, Va.

Five-time All American track and cross-country star Ted Castaneda (Soc) will be inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 17. Ted competed in two U.S. Olympic trials and is one of the seven original inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame. Ted lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., and is head coach of women鈥檚 outdoor track and field at Colorado College.

Laura Katz Olson (PhDPolSci) has been a professor of political science at Lehigh University since 1974. Laura researches aging, health care and women鈥檚 studies. To date, she has published eight聽academic books and a novel. Her latest, published this year, is a memoir titled Elder Care Journey: A View from the Front Lines.

Last fall Ron Stewart (PolSci) retired from his position as director of 麻豆影院 County Parks and Open Space. He became director in 1999 and worked on projects including expanding聽open space, hiring volunteers and creating trails.

After working for more than 35 years as sports director at WLNE ABC 6 in Providence, R.I., Ken Bell (Comm) is retiring. Ken covered some of the most memorable moments in New England sports history, including the Celtics championships of the 1980s, the Red Sox winning the World Series and numerous Patriots Super Bowl victories. The Colorado native loves to spend time outside running and hiking.

Robert Garroway (MCDBio) has served on the board of the New York State Society of Orthopedic Surgeons since 2013 and will complete his term in 2019. He has been practicing hand and sports medicine on Long Island for 35 years.

厂丑别濒濒别测听顿颈补尘辞苍诲聽(Phil)聽served as artist-in-residence for the U.S. Forest聽Service, San Gabriel聽Mountains, which spans a聽huge region between Los聽Angeles and the Mojave.聽She wrote, 鈥淢y project聽had to serve the community and environment I聽was privileged to live in.聽My home was a big 1920s聽lodge. The Forest Service聽was there during the daytime, I was alone at night.聽This lent some聽Shining聽pizazz to the week I聽teach at L.A.鈥檚 Juvenile聽Hall 鈥� the San Gabriels聽are visible from the yard.聽Students considered聽my lesson: Photography聽to prompt reflections聽about this 鈥榓lien鈥� place.聽Challenged: Why would聽we ever go there?聽Eventually sugar pines聽and wildflowers cast their聽spell. They got it, and flew聽outside the walls.鈥澛燜remont, Calif., resident聽George Whaley聽(PhDBus) is co-editor聽of the Society for Case聽Research鈥檚聽Business聽Case Journal. George聽is an emeritus professor of human resource聽management for San聽Jose State University鈥檚聽management school.聽

Fremont, Calif., resident聽George Whaley聽(PhDBus) is co-editor聽of the Society for Case聽Research鈥檚聽Business聽Case Journal. George聽is an emeritus professor of human resource聽management for San聽Jose State University鈥檚聽management school.聽

Kenneth R. Miller (PhDBio) was elected president of the board of the National Center for Science Education. He is a professor of cellular biology at Brown University and has published a new book, The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness and Free Will. In November 2017, he delivered the keynote address for the Colorado Science Teachers Association鈥檚 annual meeting in Denver. He will be back in Colorado in September 2018 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. He will give a public lecture on the state of American science.

For the past 28 years, Patricia L. Wright (Art鈥�74) has taught art in NYC-area public schools. After CU, she lived in the San Francisco Bay area and served in the Peace Corps in Africa. Now retired, Trisha exhibits her black-and-white photography in galleries throughout greater New York, and credits her CU photo classes with Charles Roitz for introducing her to the alchemy and healing powers of photography. She is creating a photo series documenting her experiences as a breast cancer survivor. This summer she and fianc茅 David Lawton will marry. They plan to live in New York鈥檚 Hudson Valley.

Author Roger P. Barrick (Law) lives in Roseville, Calif. In 2012, he published At the Gates of the Wolf鈥檚 Lair. Set in 1944 Berlin, the novel follows the life of Robert Felsen, the son of Jews who fled Germany after 鈥淭he Night of Broken Glass.鈥� In the book, Felsen is a detective and investigative reporter who takes on a mysterious and dangerous case that 鈥渢hreatens to destroy all that he loves in life.鈥澛�

Dave Engles (CivEngr) received the 2019 Engineer of the Year Award from the Wyoming Engineering Society. Dave and his wife Catherine live in Sheridan, Wyoming, where he is a principal in EnTech, Inc. Professional Engineers.

In 1977, Lionel D. Lyles (MGeog; PhD鈥�77) became the second African American man to graduate with a doctoral degree in geography from CU 麻豆影院. In February, he was a guest on the Just Folks: Conversations with Emma podcast in Baltimore. Lionel鈥檚 episode, 鈥淲ake Up, Stand Up for Your Rights,鈥� covers social, political and economic issues that face our society today. The podcast is available by name on YouTube.

J. Dirk Nies (Chem) has worked on environmental issues since graduating from CU. Recently, he wrote an article on climate change titled 鈥淎n Incommodious Question: Can Renewable Energy Tackle the Existential Threat?鈥� which was published in the Crozet Gazette. He also has written a book, Floriescence: Foundations for Human Flourishing on a Thriving Planet 鈥� A Visionary Synthesis of Science, Ethics, and Aesthetics Crafted to Promote Well-Being in the 21st Century.

After nearly 50 years of leading human resources organizations, Darryl Varnado (PolSci; MPubAd鈥�76) retired from Children鈥檚 National Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he had served as the executive vice president and chief people officer for the past nine years. Over his career, he also led HR teams at the Adolph Coors Company, Tennessee Valley Authority, Coca-Cola Company, U.S. Airways, The Nature Conservancy, Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises and the University of Colorado Hospital Authority.