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Marty Coffin Evans* (Engl鈥�64) stays active in the CU-麻豆影院 community. She does freelance writing for the听颁辞濒辞谤补诲补苍听magazine, covering alumni across the country. She also serves on the College of Music Advisory Board. She and husb补苍诲听Robert Trembly II听(Fin鈥�70) live in 麻豆影院.

*Directors Club member

Jeannie Doepper Thompson* (Zool鈥�64) 补苍诲听Jack Thompson* (Hist鈥�64, MA鈥�70) built $1.6 million in combined gifts to trigger a new $2 million jazz studies program endowment in March. To recognize and honor them the program will be renamed the Thompson Jazz Studies Program. The couple serves as 麻豆影院 campus chairs of the CU Creating Futures fundraising campaign. Jeannie also serves on the College of Music Advisory Board and as an ex-officio member of the Alumni Association board, offering insight and guidance. The couple lives in 麻豆影院.

*Lifetime and Directors Club member

A lawyer in Steamboat Springs, Colo.,听John Grassby听(Phil, PolSci鈥�64) has a focus on corporate and international law. John taught U.S.-Mexico relations at CU Denver in the 鈥�90s and wrote many columns on related subjects. His first novel,听Calcutta Sunrise听(Nebbadoon Press), was published in June and was submitted to the Annual Awards Program of the 鈥淐olorado Humanities Center for the Book.鈥� The novel follows a freighter during India鈥檚 independence from England in 1947 and partition into India and Pakistan.

颁辞耻辫濒别听Arlan Gadeken听(EngrPhys鈥�64) 补苍诲听Mary Stevens Gadeken听(Edu鈥�64) returned from a two-week Rotaplast Mission to Karikal, India. Rotaplast is a Rotary International organization with the goal of 鈥渟aving smiles and changing lives.鈥� They were among eight volunteers who assisted 15 medical personnel in performing 67 free听cleft palate, lip revision and burn release surgeries. Arlan sterilized instruments while Mary assisted the post-anesthesia care nurses working with patients and parents. The Gadekens are retired and live in Kennewick, Wash.

The Predator Ridge exhibit at the Denver Zoo was dedicated to CU President听Bruce Benson* (Geol鈥�64, HonDocSci鈥�04) in May. He chaired the zoo鈥檚 board during three of its most active years, which included a capital campaign to build more exhibits. The ceremony was attended by about 200 guests, including his wife, three children and 10 grandchildren. The $27 million exhibit is called Bruce D. Benson Predator Ridge.

*Directors Club member

For the past 20 years 麻豆影院 resident听Dave Carlson听(PolSci鈥�64, MA鈥�69) has been a staff member of the 麻豆影院 County food bank, Community Food Share, where he is in charge of its various garden projects and fruit orchards. A consulting arborist, he has his own company, Carlson Tree. Dave writes he looks forward to a trek to Nepal in the spring with Friends of Nepal, a returned Peace Corps volunteer group.

A lawyer in Steamboat Springs, Colo.,听John Grassby听(Phil, PolSci鈥�64) practices law of business formation and capitalization, commercial transactions, oil and gas and commercial real estate. John taught U.S.-Mexico relations at CU Denver in the 鈥�90s and wrote many columns on related subjects. His first novel,听Calcutta Sunrise听(Nebbadoon Press), was published in June, and he expects the sequel,听Mexico Sunrise, to be released in 2013.

He has worked for large corporations, run his own businesses and taught business law at Southern Oregon University, yet听Dennis Powers听(A&S鈥�64) writes his prime interest is writing books. He has written help books, legal books, maritime books, fiction and nonfiction. Dennis鈥� last two books published are e-books:听A World Within Worlds听补苍诲听The Deadly Seas.听Dennis lives in Ashland, Ore.

The nonprofit Home Builders Institute appointed听John Courson* (Fin鈥�64) president and chief executive officer. He formerly served as president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, was chairman of the California Housing Finance Agency under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2004-08 and participated in international housing initiatives led by the White House and the U.S. Treasury Department.

*Lifetime member

础耻迟丑辞谤听John Greenwood听(A&S鈥�64) wrote the book听Passing the Test: Combat in Korea, April-June 1951听(University Press of Kentucky). It emphasizes the tactical operations on the front lines while examining U.S. and United Nations strategy and the operations of the Communist Chinese and North Korean forces. John lives in Annandale, Va.

The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver honored听Lynne Vincent Cheney听(MEngl鈥�64), wife of former vice president Dick Cheney, as the 2012 Citizen of the West. She was recognized at the stock show鈥檚 signature dinner on Jan. 9. Lynne is the author of听Blue Skies, No Fences听(Threshold Editions), which is about growing up in the West. She lives in McLean, Va.

John Quicker鈥檚听(Anth鈥�65;听PhDSoc鈥�70) book,听, was published听by Temple University听Press. Kirkus Reviews听wrote that it is 鈥渁听compelling sociological听examination of the pre-1970 Los Angeles 鈥榮treet听groups鈥� that improbably听spawned the Crips 补苍诲听Bloods,鈥� and is a 鈥済ripping urban history.鈥� John听is a professor emeritus听of sociology at California听State University,听Dominguez Hills.

Engineer Jim Wagoner (ElEngr) wrote this summer, hoping to connect with other CU graduates to see how they are doing. Email us at editor@colorado.edu to connect with Jim.听

To document the lives and stories of African Americans throughout Colorado history, Clementine Pigford Washington (CommDisor) has been working on a self-publishing project that she hopes to finish in 2021.听

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On Oct.14, 2017,听Colorado Black Women听for Political Action听honored听Clementine听Washington Pigford听(CommDisor) for her听writing and research听projects. She lives in听Centennial, Colo. 听

Nancy Smoyer (Hist) wrote Donut Dollies in Vietnam: Baby-Blue Dresses & OD Green, a memoir about her year in Southeast Asia as a Red Cross recreation worker in 1967-68, and the aftermath. She used letters and tapes sent home during her tour as well as emails written to veteran groups since 1993 to recall her memories. She has worked with veterans in various capacities, including as a Vet Center counselor, volunteer at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and organizer of the Stand Down in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Artist, author and self-publisher Carol L. Young (A&S) published What Grows Here? Mountain Gardening听in Northern California, which has sold more than 9,000 copies since appearing in 1986. Carol remembers her time at CU fondly. She says that when she first boarded a plane from California to attend CU, she stood up and asked, 鈥淚s there anyone here who is in the hiking club?鈥� Three people stood up, and she remembers becoming an active member of CU鈥檚 hiking club after that. She lives in Winchester, Ore.

Columbia University appointed听Tom Maniatis听(A&S; MA鈥�67) director of its precision medicine initiative. He also serves as chair of the biochemistry and molecular biophysics department and on the board of directors for the New York Genome Center, which he co-founded. The center looks for clinical solutions to diseases based on genomic research. Tom lives in New York.

History Colorado awarded听Clementine Washington Pigford听(Spch) the Honorable Mention Miles Bancroft award for her 600-page book,听Colorado African American Organizations 1899-1926: Before and after the Dance. It was her second award from the organization since 2012. The book contains information about clubs and events sponsored by various African American organizations for the betterment of their academic, civic, religious and social groups. Clementine lives in Centennial, Colo.