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The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Fla., hired聽David Breneman聽(Phil) as president and chief executive officer in January. He previously worked 19 years at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., and in the early 1990s served as a visiting professor in Harvard University鈥檚 Graduate School of Education.

Bill McConnell聽(Hist) and聽Beth McLeran McConnell聽(Edu鈥�64) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last June. After graduating from Denver Seminary, Bill spent 40 years on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, 15 of them on loan to the Alian莽a B铆blica Universit谩ria in Brazil, where he started the organization鈥檚 publishing house, the ABU Editora. Beth taught school, both in the U.S. and Brazil. Bill retired in 2006, ending his career as assistant to the president of InterVarsity, and the couple moved to Denver, where their four children (two of them born in Brazil) and two grandchildren live.

The March Coloradan featured actor聽Robert Redford聽(A&S ex鈥�58, HonDocHum鈥�87), prompting聽Charles Fetterhoff聽(MechEngr鈥�63) to write, as he found himself looking out of one of the story鈥檚 accompanying photos. In the decades since he graduated from CU, Charles pursued a career in sales and real estate. He sold mainframe computers with IBM and then co-owned a Denver real estate company for 18 years. Charles still loves the beauty of the Rockies and lives in Aurora, Colo.

A celebration of聽Karl Spence Richardson聽(A&S鈥�63) and聽Sharon Holtzinger Richardson鈥檚 (A&S鈥�63) 50th wedding anniversary in Greece turned into a small Buffalo reunion. The couple stayed with U.S. Ambassador聽Daniel Smith(Hist鈥�77) and his wife, Diane. Spence is a former Marine who spent 30 years in the Foreign Service. Sharon worked for the Peace Corps in Venezuela and several companies in South Korea. The couple lives in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ambassador Smith鈥檚 assignment is in Athens, Greece.

础濒耻尘苍补听Rebecca Loose Valette聽(PhDFren鈥�63) shared a photo with聽Coloradan聽staff taken in 1940 by 麻豆影院 photographer Charles Snow, featured in this edition of class notes. Rebecca鈥檚 father Gerhard Loose was a German professor at CU from 1939 to 1968, and the Snows were neighbors in the Geneva Park neighborhood until Rebecca鈥檚 family moved to Grant Place in 1947. She lives in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

The International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry honored聽Laurel Richardson聽(PhDSoc鈥�63) with the Lifetime Achievement Award in qualitative research. In April Laurel announced the publication of her book聽After a Fall: A Sociomedical Sojourn聽that addresses key issues of health delivery through a personal narrative of her experience in a rehabilitation facility. Laurel lives in Worthington, Ohio.

Composer, producer, arranger and pianist聽Don Grusin聽(Soc鈥�63, MEcon鈥�67) has recorded and produced scores of Grammy Award-winning albums. In April Don participated in the 65th Conference on World Affairs. He is recipient of the CU-麻豆影院 Alumni Association鈥檚 George Norlin Award for distinguished lifetime achievement. He tours internationally, records and teaches. Don lives in Los Angeles.

Michael A. Berniger*聽(IntlAf鈥�63) is president elect of the CU-麻豆影院 Directors Club.聽Michael is a founder and past president of the University Club at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs established in 1981 to serve as a liaison between the university and the business and professional community.聽 He is a board of directors member of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation and is legal counsel and a board of directors member of the Esperanza Education Foundation and El Cinco de Mayo. He is a founder of the law firm of Berniger, Berg & Diver established in 1977.

*Directors Club member

Architectural historian聽Richard Wilson聽(Hist鈥�63) reveals Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton鈥檚 effect on design in his book聽Edith Wharton at Home: Life at The Mount聽(The Monacelli Press). Richard is a professor at the University of Virginia鈥檚 School of Architecture with focus on American design and art of the 18th to 20th centuries. He resides in Charlottesville, Va.

A 鈥淟iving Legend鈥� of CU football,聽Mike Bolan聽(Acct鈥�63) writes that the best part of the title is to be living. In law school he played rugby and served as a director of the United States Rugby Football Foundation for years. He practiced law, clerked for an Illinois Supreme Court judge and served as a circuit court judge in Chicago for 18 years before his retirement in 2001. Mike has five children, three stepchildren and 17 grandchildren. 鈥淚 am very proud of my CU classmates and teammates, many of whom were outstanding students, genuine scholars and good men and women,鈥� he writes. Mike lives in Glencoe, Ill.

On June 10聽Joseph La Camera聽(MEdu鈥�63, EdD鈥�70) and his wife celebrated their 40th anniversary. After their retirement from the Thompson School District in Loveland, Colo., the couple worked in Monterrey, Mexico, for two years and two years in Kathmandu, Nepal. They have two children, two grandchildren and one great-grandson. Joseph and his wife live in 麻豆影院.

Composer, producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist and CU-麻豆影院 instructor聽Don Grusin聽(Soc鈥�63, MEcon鈥�67) has recorded and produced many albums, including Ernie Watts鈥� Grammy award-winning CD,聽惭耻蝉颈肠颈补苍.听Don tours internationally and traveled to Germany and Japan this summer. A 2006 George Norlin Award winner, he lives in 麻豆影院.

The Lifetime Achievement Pacesetter Award was given to聽Alan Cass* (A&S ex鈥�63, HonDocHum鈥�99) by the 麻豆影院Camera. He was recognized in February for his achievements on campus and in the community. Alan and his wife, Sue Cass, live in Longmont, Colo., and their son Casey Cass is a university photographer at CU-麻豆影院 whose work appears in the聽Coloradan.

*Directors club member

Women and Poverty in 21st Century America聽(McFarland Publishing) by聽Paula Dail聽(Edu鈥�63) was nominated for the 2012 Council of Wisconsin Writers Kenneth Kingery/August Derleth Award for nonfiction books. She also has written two novels and co-authored a self-help book. She was tenured at Virginia Tech and Iowa State University and received emeritus status as a research professor. She then enjoyed an eight-year career as a journalist writing editorials, columns and feature stories. She lives in Spring Green, Wis., with her husband and dog, Ernest Hemingway.

San Francisco was an enjoyable vacation spot for聽William Kieffer聽(PolSci鈥�63) last fall. During his weeks visiting the Bay Area he wrote, 鈥淚 used to live here in the 鈥�60s. Now that was a time!鈥� He calls Rock Hill, S.C., home.

Bill Wilson (A&S鈥�64) has lived in Colorado since 1977. In 2022, he moved from the Denver metroplex to Grand Junction. He recently self-published a new collection of short stories, Escape in 1948. The lead story is about a group of people escaping the Iron Curtain from Czechoslovakia. The remaining stories outline experiences in Wilson鈥檚 life.

During her career, Josephine Rascoe Keenan (MSpchDra鈥�64) worked several years in theater and film as a director and actress, including a feature role in The Pride of Jesse Hallum, a film starring Johnny Cash. Josephine is now a writer of novels and short stories for young adults, including her Days of Elvis three-book series, which is about a young girl who came of age in the days of Elvis Presley. Josephine lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and enjoys speaking at book clubs and other events.聽

In 2021, Bruce Benson (Geol鈥�64; HonDocSci鈥�04), former president of the University of Colorado, and his wife, Marcy, created the Marcy H. and Bruce D. Benson Graduate Fellowship Fund in Geological Sciences. This $6 million endowment will fund a full-ride scholarship for five graduate fellowships each year.

麻豆影院 residents Jeannie Thompson (Zool) and Marty Coffin Evans (Engl) joined the Coloradan Advisory Council this fall. The council will help shape the future of the Coloradan, one of CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 longest-running publications. Both women and their husbands are staunch supporters and advocates for the university.聽

Terry Marshall (Jour) and Ann Garretson Marshall (Engl) of Las Vegas, Nevada, are co-authors of A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties. The book is about their own romance and took seven years to write. It begins on the steps of Hallett Hall on the CU 麻豆影院 campus and is full of CU references. The book is available on Amazon.