Alumni Magazine Spring 2019

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: THE CONGRESSMAN

SOULCYCLE CO-FOUNDER ELIZABETH CUTLER OUR VIKING-COWBOY

COLORADAN — OR COLORADOAN?

RHODES SCHOLAR SERENE SINGH NOWJAN. 20, 2019 The name sounds comically ominous: “Super blood wolf moon.” But the astrological spectacle — a type of total lunar eclipse that turns the moon reddish — amounted to a minor marvel. People were ready with cameras, Glenn Asakawa (Jour’86), CU’s chief photographer, among them. He took these images between 9:08 and 11:04 p.m. in Lafayette, Colo., using a tripod-mounted Lumix G9 micro four-thirds camera with Panasonic/Leica 100-400 zoom lens. You don’t have to know much about cameras or moons to be impressed by the results.

1 SPRING 2019 Coloradan ColoradanPhotos by SPRING Glenn Asakawa 2019 2 FEATURES EDITOR’S NOTE

Serene Singh, CU Boulder’s first woman Rhodes Scholar, showed up ready to dance. It was late January and there’d been snow on the ground for days. She and CU photographer Glenn Asakawa went up to a Flatirons-facing building terrace. She brought some of her best bhangra dancing duds. He brought some of his best cameras. Serene, captain of the Colorado Bhangra Team, posed and danced as Glenn sought to capture a moment of pure bhangra, which in Hindi means “intoxicated by joy.” They’d been at it for more than an hour. “We were about to call it a day when she asked if I could get a photo of her jumping,” Glenn said. She leapt. He clicked. They walked away with 500 images. And that’s how we got our cover photo — the final shot of the day. Our story about COVER Serene Singh (Jour, 15 Rhodes Scholar 25 The Art of Science Serene starts on page PolSci’19), CU Boulder’s first Serene Singh (Jour, PolSci’19), CU’s first A CU engineering class reveals the beauty of 15. See outtakes from woman Rhodes Scholar, in Rhodes Scholar in 25 years, aims to be Miss moving gases and liquids. the shoot at colorado. bhangra dance attire. Photo America, too. edu/coloradan. Search by Glenn Asakawa. “Serene Singh.” 31 Living Like Julia Child ABOVE New U.S. Rep. 19 Blowing the Doors Off Visit La Pitchoune, the last original kitchen of Eric Gershon Joe Neguse (Econ, PolSci’05; CU scientist Norm Pace explores the vastness of the famed chef and cookbook author. Law’09) at a ceremonial caves and the microbial world. swearing-in event on campus in January. He represents 37 The Congressman Boulder. Photo by Glenn 23 Master of Soul Former student body president Joe Neguse Asakawa. SoulCycle co-founder Elizabeth Cutler (Econ, PolSci’05; Law’09) made a name for (DistSt’89) launched the spin sensation. himself in Colorado. Now he’s doing it in D.C.

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1 NOW 7 Campus News 13 ORIGINS Demonyms 45 CU Around 55 Class Notes Blood Wolf Moon 8 BOULDER BEAT 35 INFOGRAPHIC 47 President’s View 61 Letters 5 INQUIRY Paul Danish Our Nobel Laureates Jackson Crawford 49 Sports 65 THEN 1946 CONTACT ERIC GERSHON AT 11 LOOK Sororities 43 Alumni News [email protected]

3 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Coloradan SPRING 2019 4 INQUIRY JACKSON CRAWFORD

OUR VIKING-COWBOY When I started the videos, I was just sit- Jackson Crawford, director of CU’s Nordic ting in my office, but I noticed that when Studies program, studies and translates I went back home to Wyoming and Col- Old Norse, a language spoken by medieval orado and made videos outdoors those Scandinavians. Here the native Coloradan were a lot more popular. So I decided to talks Vikings, videos and his contribution to make all of them outdoors. It’s become the Disney animated film Frozen. my brand. I’m the guy who talks about Norse mythology in the mountains with a What is the context of the literature cowboy hat on. you study? The stuff that I'm looking at is roughly How much time goes into your videos? 1,000 years old. The poems of The About six hours per video, and I try to put Poetic Edda, about the Norse gods out two videos a week. and heroes, were probably composed around the 900s and passed down oral- Have you always dressed in cowboy/ ly. Then in Iceland in the 1200s, there Western style? was a big antiquarian interest and a Yes. I grew up in Clear Creek Canyon. My lot of their oral poetry and sagas were grandfather was old-school Western, and written down. I just picked up his style.

Tell me about Vikings. What do you hope your impact will During the Viking age, about AD 800 to be with the YouTube videos? 1100, Scandinavians were making a kill- There’s a lot of information about Norse ing off of raiding and pillaging the richer mythology and Norse language on the lands south of them. It’s a hyper martial web, but most of it is terrible. There are society with a family-based morality, so people with three or four times more fol- you can rob and kill people you’re not lowers than me who are basically making related to. As far as physical image goes, stuff up. What I’m trying to do is say ‘This Vikings didn’t really wear horned hel- is what we actually see in ink and calf- mets. But they did fight with axes. Also, skin.’ The community around my videos they were actually quite clean. In the has been overwhelmingly positive and Scandinavian days of the week, Saturday appreciative of the fact that I tell them is called bath day. A bath a week doesn't what we know and I don’t start making sound fantastic to us, but by medieval up things to fill in the holes. standards they were very clean. Do you see parallels in American Why did you translate The Poetic Western and medieval Scandinavian Edda and The Saga of the Volsungs? cultures? The other translations were so hard Old Norse sagas always have a frontier to read. Previous translators were too edge to them. They’re so much like fixed on the word order in Old Norse, Westerns. People were living far apart, which makes really awkward sentences relying on themselves and their small in English. They also wanted it to sound family. It’s the same attitude, like ‘Back old — it’s like “thou art.” Very Shake- when men were men and the wilder- spearean. In my translations, I’m willing ness was still untamed.’ If someone to mix around the word order and put it challenges your honor, you fight them in normal English. Apparently it struck a with an axe in the sagas, with a gun in chord. For two years in a row, my trans- the Westerns. lation of The Poetic Edda is pretty often the number-one best seller in European I heard you were a consultant for literature on Amazon. It sold 10,000 the Disney movie Frozen. copies in 2017. The creative team wanted to give Frozen that old Scandinavian feel. I wrote the What led you to launch your You- runes [ancient alphabet letters] in a Tube channel? book you see at the beginning. There’s In 2016, I was an adjunct professor in also a scene with spoken Old Norse — California making $1,600 a month while that voice is the actor imitating me. paying $1,200 a month in rent. I had to do something else to make ends meet. Condensed and edited by Ula Chrobak.

5 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan SPRING 2019 6 BOULDER BEAT By Paul Danish

WHERE’S THOMAS RIHA? died of cyanide poisoning, one within He disappeared 50 years ago this spring. days of a suspicious update to his will. Where to begin — maybe with the When the cops arrested her for Colorado Daily staff’s song about him forgery and fraud, they found a pound of (to the tune of “Where Have All the cyanide in her basement. Flowers Gone”): Meanwhile, Riha sightings were reported in Montreal, Prague, Moscow Where has Thomas Riha gone, long and Shangri-La. SPRING 2019 time passing? News ... and what of Mrs. Tannenbaum? Is he dead or is he fine… When will we ever learn... Is his body down a mine? Two Letters, Big Difference Thomas Riha was a Czech-born U.S. Enquiring minds wanted to know. citizen who taught Russian history at Including CU President Joe Smiley. So CU DUO DEVISES GENDER-NEUTRAL APPROACH TO HEBREW CU in the 1960s. he asked the CIA. One day he didn’t show up for class “Don’t know,” said the CIA guy, in so and vanished into thin air. many words. “I’ll ask an FBI guy I know.” When the cops went to his house, “No foul play here,” said the FBI guy. they found the table set for breakfast “Riha dropped off the face of the earth but nothing touched. for personal reasons.” The plot quickly thickened. The CIA guy told this to Smiley, who The week before Riha vanished, declared Riha was okay. his wife, Hana, opened a window When the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover and screamed that Riha and another heard this, he called up the CIA and woman were trying to drug her with said, in effect, “Who the bleep told ether, according to a 2011 account by you that?” Boulder attorney Gerald Caplan, who “We’ll never tell,” said the CIA. was Hana's lawyer. Galya pleaded not guilty by reason of CU poli sci prof Richard Wilson lived insanity to the fraud and forgery charges In Hebrew, it’s harder than you’d think to write “student” in a gender-neutral way. next door. He and a guest called the cops. and was packed off to the state funny Soon juicy details emerged, many of farm in Pueblo. them detailed in Caplan’s summary. Eight months later she committed When Lior Gross (Ecol, EvoBio’18) be used for both nonbinary individu- The woman with Riha went by suicide. With cyanide, of course. enrolled in a Hebrew course at CU, als and mixed-gender groups, which the name (among others) of Galya With her last breath she swore she Jewish Studies instructor Eyal Rivlin previously were referred to using the Tannenbaum. She had an on-and-off didn’t kill Riha. foresaw a challenge. Gross identifies as masculine plural. relationship with the truth. Mostly off. There was a large tree across from gender nonbinary — neither male nor “It was probably either really hard or Photo courtesy University of Colorado Among other things, she claimed to Riha’s house. As God is my witness, for female — and uses the English personal maybe even impossible within Hebrew be a colonel in U.S. Army intelligence. several years a flock of turkey vultures pronouns they/them/their. But standard to identify as nonbinary,” said Rivlin, an A CIA agent. A Russian agent. An INS hung out there. Hebrew requires masculine or feminine Israeli army veteran who also is a profes- agent. She wasn’t any of them. identifiers for many words. sional recording and touring musician. She also had an off-and-on again So where did Thomas Riha go… The sentence “I am a good student,” for The new rules are useful for Hebrew, relationship with forgery, fraud and Maybe only buzzards know… example, requires Hebrew speakers to as- he said, and “also for educating students embezzlement. Mostly on (three past sign gender to both “good” and “student.” about diversity." convictions). And with cyanide. Paul Danish (Hist’65) is a Coloradan “If you don’t have a word to concep- Gross and Rivlin have received A couple of her “friends” in Denver columnist. tualize your experience, then you can’t positive reviews from the nonbinary connect to others and you feel really community and others eager to spread isolated about it,” said Gross, who their approach, they said. Some people graduated in December and plans to have introduced it to their own universi- become a rabbi. ties and congregations. So, student and teacher drafted new Gross sees the project as a natural con- gender-inclusive Hebrew language rules tinuation of traditional Jewish teachings. and introduced the Nonbinary He- “One of the biggest things that brew Project, which they describe as “a resonates with me about Judaism,” they third-gender grammar systematics for said, “is the encouragement of doubting Hebrew.” (Visit nonbinaryhebrew.com.) and questioning and pushing back and The project essentially creates a holding multiple right answers.” third gender category by adding the suffix “-eh” to most words, and can By Sam Linnerooth

7 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Campus News

Six Years of Research, DIGITS Three Minutes to Talk SAFECRACKING AT CU SILVER-TONGUED GRAD STUDENTS COMPETE IN THE “THREE MINUTE THESIS.”

In three minutes flat, Hannah Glick A doctoral candidate in audiology, (SLHSci’12; PhD’19) breezed through six cognitive science, and speech, language ONESafecracking class offered years of her doctoral research on hearing and hearing, Glick wowed judges and by the ATLAS Institute loss, convincing a roomful of specta- audience alike, walking away with the tors to get their ears tested ASAP. Her “People’s Choice” award and the first- TECH TATTOOS FOR TRACKING HEALTH only prop was a single PowerPoint slide place prize, taking home $2,000. In the future, tattoos may be more than just a way to showing an ear and a hearing aid. Runner-up Luke Bury (PhDAero- express yourself. “We disregard [hearing loss] as a Engr’21) talked about engineering space Scientists in CU Boulder’s Emergent Nanomaterials normal part of aging, and young people landings and exploring the subsurface Lab are creating “tech tattoos” made up of tiny parti- don’t do a good job protecting them- oceans of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. cles that change color in response to stimuli like heat selves,” said Glick, who won CU’s He earned $750. or sunlight. The special inks in these tattoos can alert second annual “Three Minute Thesis” In all, 11 students made the final wearers to health risks. contest, or “3MT,” in February. “We round, from an original pool of 28. One prototype tattoo, for example, only appears in need to put hearing healthcare higher The candidates participated in a series UV light, warning of the potential for sunburn. When up on the health priority list.” of fall workshops organized by CU’s Grad- sunscreen is applied, the ink disappears. Someday, Even mild hearing loss can compro- uate School, honing their presentations these tech tattoos could serve many other functions, Safecracking robots mise cognition and emotional health, she and polishing their oratory. like revealing blood sugar levels, telling you how much designed by 11 students explained. But Glick has found that outfit- Glick also did a lot of rehearsing in you’ve had to drink and storing heat to keep you warm. ting hearing-impaired adults with hearing front of the mirror. aids can help reverse these other effects. If she's among the winners in the For more details, search “tattoo” and “color” at colorado.edu/today. Founded in Australia in 2008, 3MT regional 3MT contest in Arizona in challenges young scholars to explain March, she’ll proceed to nationals. their work quickly in simple, jargon-free Besides refining her communications HEARD AROUND CAMPUS terms with a single graphic aid. Now, skills, Glick said, 3MT opened her eyes over 600 universities across 65 countries to the breadth and impact of her fellow “I BELIEVE I WILL SEE PEO- Minutes robots needed participate. This was CU’s second year. CU students’ work: “People are working to open a safe (avg.) Judges evaluate contestants based on on some really cool stuff.” PLE ON THE SURFACE OF their ability to engage listeners in the topic and convey the value of their research. By Ula Chrobak MARS BEFORE I DIE.” — Allie Anderson, CU Boulder assistant professor of bioastronautics, during a discussion at a campus screening 7,457Possible combinations of National Geographic’s TV series Mars. robots tried (avg.)

CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS (AND TWEETS) Former Boulder-area Congressman Jared Polis — now Colorado’s governor — has donated his con- gressional papers to CU Boulder for archiving in the University Libraries. The social media and web portion of Polis’ records are already available in the library system’s special Minutes needed to try all possible combinations collections unit. They document his use of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram during a 10-year U.S. House 69 Photo by @iStock/alikemalkarasu of Representatives career that began in 2009. Polis became governor in January. Additional congressional records — including Polis’ briefings, speeches and constituent correspondence — 271.3Pounds of steel robots become available in 2050. rendered useless CU also holds the papers of former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and other Colorado politicians. THREE For more details, search “Polis” and “archive” at colorado.edu/today. Motors burned out

Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan SPRING 2019 10 LOOK SORORITIES

HOMES ON THE HILL In October 1884, not quite a decade after the University of Colorado’s founding, eight women established a Boulder chapter of the Pi Beta Phi women’s society. It was the dawn of Greek life for women at CU. Today, about 3,300 students are involved in CU Boulder’s 19 active sororities. Ten have houses on or near The Hill, each with about 60 to 80 resident members. Can you identify any of the sorority houses from these photographs of architectural de- tails? Write us with your best guesses, or simply a fond memory, at [email protected].

11 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photos by Casey Cass and Patrick Campbell Coloradan SPRING 2019 12 ORIGINS DEMONYMS

COLORADAN OR COLORADOAN? Even Colorado’s last state historian skirted the debate: Are residents of Colorado properly known as Coloradans or Coloradoans? “I have made every effort to weasel out of taking a po- sition,” said Patty Limerick, the CU historian and Center of the American West director who was, from 2016 to 2018, also the state historian. This magazine took a clear position in 1998, when it adopted the name Coloradan after publishing as Colorado Alumnus for most of the 20th century. The daily newspaper in Fort Collins takes a diplomatic approach: It retains the title Fort Collins Coloradoan (with the o) — but in its news reports uses the term Coloradan to refer to Colorado residents. “Invariably, every three months I get someone who calls who says, ‘You do know you’re spelling your paper’s name wrong, right?’” the paper’s editor, Eric Larsen, said in an interview, revealing one strain of thought. As it happens, readers of this magazine often refer to it as the Coloradoan. Perhaps this reflects that CU Boul- der’s student yearbook was called the Coloradoan before switching in the 1930s to Coloradan. Or maybe it simply reflects that both terms remain in use. But which is right? Others who have ad- dressed this question have advanced cultural, EACH HAS AT historical and linguistic arguments, such as the TIMES WAXED English-language conven- tion — for place names of SUPREME. Spanish origin ending in o — of dropping the o before adding -an to denote a resident, as in “San Franciscan.” (The Spanish word Colorado can be translated as “red” or “to turn red.”) We humbly offer the following for consideration also: The U.S. Government Printing Office maintains a list of demonyms, or terms for inhabitants of a state. It stipulates Coloradan, not Coloradoan. Perhaps more compelling is data provided by Google’s Ngram Viewer. The service allows us to chart trends in the use of words by searching actual references in millions of books published from 1800 through 2000. While scholars have argued that Ngram results do not perfectly represent popularity — written language doesn’t always mirror spoken language, for example — Ngram offers one clear interpretation of abundant available data. And it shows that each term has at times waxed supreme — but that references to Coloradan clearly surpassed references to Coloradoan in 1969. Coloradan still held the lead as of 2000, the last year in NGram Viewer’s range. Coloradoan peaked in 1918. “It does seem that Coloradan has prevailed,” said Limerick, “and I am at peace with that.” Are you? Write us at [email protected].

By Eric Gershon

13 SPRING 2019 Coloradan ACHIEVERS

OXFORD Bound SERENE SINGH BRINGS HOME CU’S FIRST RHODES SCHOLARSHIP IN A QUARTER CENTURY.

By Eric Gershon

15 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Coloradan SPRING 2019 16 ACHIEVERS OXFORD BOUND

Serene Singh had been a Rhodes Scholar for less than 48 hours last November when she boarded a flight for Southern California. She had a contest to get to, National American Miss, the nation’s biggest youth beauty pageant. Rhodes Scholars are rare enough — Singh, a CU Boulder senior, is one of 32 from the U.S. in the latest crop and CU’s first winner in 25 years. Rhodes Scholars also aiming to be Miss America were perhaps unheard of until now. But Singh (Jour, PolSci’19), a bhangra-dancing, snowboarding Boettcher Scholar from Colorado Springs with a 3.98 GPA, isn’t shy about the diversity of her ambitions, or much else, for that matter. “There’s no class in confidence,” she recently told a Denver audience of about 750 CU alumni and friends while dressed in a bright yellow jumpsuit — you have it, or you build it. The former Miss Colorado Teen and America’s Junior Miss said pageant competition has helped her cultivate presence, poise and a sense of her “own unique beauty.” To pageant skeptics (she once was one), Singh says she skips bathing suit contests. But she doesn’t scoff at contes- tants who find confidence through them: Washington, she returned to campus In all, 20 CU Boulder alumni have plus a running list of off-campus projects “I say to those women, I think they and resumed the presidency of both won the Rhodes since it was established and adventures in mind. should do it shamelessly. I applaud them CU’s Sikh Student Association and the in 1902. Before Singh, the last CU Buff She’ll wrap up the thesis, finalize plans for being bold.” political science honors society — all Rhodes Scholar was Jim Hansen for life overseas and convene with her At 22, Singh has done a lot. while leading the Colorado Bhangra (Engr’92; MAeroEngr’93), in 1993. The Truman Scholar class in Washington. A champion debater, member of CU’s Team, a competitive Punjabi dance former CU football captain later earned Presidents Leadership Class and chief squad. CU Boulder’s team, part of the an Oxford Ph.D. Today he is superinten- INTOXICATED justice of CU’s student government, she’s statewide team, numbers about 30, she dent of the Naval Research Laboratory’s also a classic activator: She founded CU’s said, mostly non-Indians. Marine Meteorology Division. WITH JOY. Sikh Student Association, the National Singh, who grew up in a Sikh family, Worldwide, there were 100 new Sikh Youth Program and the Serenity was also preparing to undertake an Rhodes Scholars in 2018. Of the U.S. She wants to skydive, visit Hanging Lake Project, a nonprofit group devoted to honors thesis about public percep- contingent, 21 were women, the most near Glenwood Springs, see the world’s empowering marginalized women. tion of Sikhs in the U.S., tackling two ever. Besides Singh, CU Boulder’s Nikki biggest collection of keys, stage a fashion majors and stopping nearly van den Heever (CivEngr’17; MEn- show for the Serenity Project and leave every dog she saw for a pet gr’19) made the final round. the National Sikh Youth Program in RHODES SCHOLAR? and a selfie. At Oxford, Singh plans to study public trusted hands. CHECK. MISS AMERICA? “I’ve got about 400 now,” policy, criminology and criminal justice, If it seems like Singh rarely rests, she said, presumably includ- preparation for law school in the United you’re onto something. STAY TUNED. ing her own chihuahua, Betta States. Her long-term ambition, she said, “I could do a much better job,” she said. (“child,” in Hindi). is a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. So, she dances whenever she gets a Last spring, mere months before After commencement in May, the “People often hold themselves back chance, even if it’s just a few steps on the she became CU’s first woman Rhodes Rhodes Scholarship will take her to through their own fear or self-doubt,” way to class — ballet, hip-hop, bhangra. Scholar, she won a Truman Scholarship, England for all-expenses-paid graduate said Ross Taylor of CU’s College of It energizes her. which provides $30,000 awards for study at the University of Oxford. There Media, Communication and Informa- “There’s no dull at all in bhangra,” she young people invested in public service she’ll follow in the footsteps of many tion, who has taught Singh in several said, noting it means ‘intoxicated with and access to an alumni network rivaling prominent Americans, including Rhodes courses. “Serene may have doubt, but joy.’ “I think life should be lived like the Rhodes’. alumni Bill Clinton, Rachel Maddow she overcomes it and is fearless.” that, too.” Last summer, after spending part of and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron Before Singh leaves for the U.K., she’s it as an Obama Foundation intern in White (Econ’38). got half a semester to enjoy at CU still, Comment? Write [email protected].

17 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photos by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan SPRING 2019 18 SCIENCE

Norm Pace can still remember what it cold. Though it’s November and already smelled like in that first cave. dark, he rode his bike to meet me. The year was 1957. The place, Monroe At age 76, he has started riding County, Indiana. again, not long after surgery to remove The boy, a precocious 14-year-old who several brain tumors and starting a new had talked his way into the local caving immunotherapy for Stage 4 melanoma. club’s expedition to the newly discovered He is in clinical remission. He Monroe Cave. thanks science. After ducking through a hidden “There is an incredible renaissance oc- entrance, climbing down 20 feet and curring in science right now,” he said. “The slithering on his belly for a quarter-mile, fact that I am even sitting here talking to young Pace stood up to behold a room you right now is evidence of that.” full of 40-foot rock for- mations coated in a white crystalline substance known A FIST-BUMP HELLO. as “moon milk.” Another scientific renaissance was “It smelled wet, mucky and alien underway during Pace’s rural Indiana in there,” said Pace, now a CU distin- childhood. guished professor emeritus of molecular, After his parents bought him a cellular and developmental biology. “It microscope kit, he spent hours poring was clear that this was not a world like over the strange rods and spheres. At 15, the one I was used to.” after building his own chemistry lab, he Pace has since discovered and mapped ruptured his ear drum and shattered the some of the largest and most dangerous surrounding bones in a mishap with a caves on the planet, a hobby that has batch of silver fulminate. required him to traverse deep underground “Still can’t hear out of it,” he said. lakes in a wetsuit and scuba gear, rappel Pace’s formal entrée into science came down waterfalls and narrowly escape death. in 1957, after the Soviet Union launched Among cavers, he is a legend. the Sputnik satellite. The U.S. govern- But he is best known for his explora- ment took note of the competition and tion of a different once-alien terrain: The launched two-week camps to engage kids world of microbes. in science. Pace was brought to Indiana A recent National Academy of Science University, where he met a molecular honoree for his “pioneering work on biologist. He was hooked. methods for delineating the diversity “We didn’t know a whole lot about the of life on Earth,” Pace is credited with natural microbial world,” he said. developing gene sequencing tools that Insects dominated textbooks then. have made it possible to identify virtu- Microorganisms appeared only in the ally all microorganisms, wherever they contexts of “disease and rot,” he said. live — remote caves, ocean floors, inside And the only way a scientist could study our own bodies. The current boom in a microorganism was to grow it in a microbiome research (the study of the petri dish and observe its physical traits myriad bugs living in, on and around under a microscope. us) wouldn’t have been possible without This was problematic, because only him, colleagues say. And thanks in part a miniscule fraction of microbes will to his work, the microbial “tree of life” actually survive in a lab. as we know it is rapidly filling in. “If you couldn’t culture it, you couldn’t “Microbiology is going through a Gold- identify it,” he said. Blowing the en Age right now, and it is largely because Pace would find a better way. of Norm,” said Hazel Barton, a University Doors OFF of Akron scientist who once worked in FILLING IN THE TREE OF LIFE Pace’s lab. “He revolutionized the field.” He attended Indiana University and the University of Illinois before ultimately CU’S NORM PACE ISN’T INTIMIDATED A RENAISSANCE IN SCIENCE making his way to CU in 1999. BY THE DARKNESS OF REMOTE CAVES When I meet Pace at his CU office, For years he studied ribosomal RNA, OR THE VASTNESS OF THE MICROBIAL he greets me with a cold fist bump. He the molecules that form the protein-mak- UNIVERSE. HE’S MASTERED BOTH. bumps fists with everyone: After decades ing machinery of cells. His friend Carl of studying microorganisms, he knows too Woese taught him that by comparing By Lisa Marshall well what’s on people’s fingers. His fist is rRNA between organisms, one could

19 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photo Courtesy Norm Pace Coloradan SPRING 2019 20 SCIENCENATURE BLOWING THE DOORS OFF

infer a lot about how they evolved and first time anyone identified an organism “How many stars are in the sky?” the relationship between them. by sequencing its genes. said Pace. “It’s one of those wonderful Tree of Life Pace ran with the idea: Biologists now had a way to study unknowables.” What if, rather than trying to grow a microbes that wouldn’t grow in labs. patch of some unknown microorganism “We went from not recognizing 99.9 MAPPING THE UNKNOWN in a lab to study it, you just sucked a bit percent of the microbes out there to The same could be said for the world’s of RNA from it in its environment, se- having the ability to identify every- caves, which, thanks to Pace’s hobby, we quenced the genes, and compared them thing,” said Akron’s Barton. also understand better now. BACTERIA to those of other known organisms Since then, Pace has used genetic Because GPS is hard to use un- Thermotoga already plotted on the tree of life? sequencing to discover communities derground, mapping a cave requires It was all about measuring the differ- of bacteria from the New York City old-fashioned exploration: “You have to Aquifex ence, or distance, between things, he subway, household showerheads and physically move through it and measure Bacteroides Cytophaga said — kind of like mapping a cave. inside the intestines of a Russian angles and distances,” said Barton, a Planctomyces surgeonfish (where he fellow caver. Cyanobacteria discovered the world’s For Pace, this has made for great Spirochetes HOW MANY SPECIES? largest bacterium, adventures. Proteobacteria Epulopiscium fishelsoni). At Colorado’s Spring Cave, he had to Gram positives HOW MANY STARS? Scientists worldwide don full scuba gear, wear it as he scaled Green Filamentous Bacteria have followed. a waterfall, then drop into an under- Pace first tried it with some myste- In the mid 1980s, all known bacteria ground river and swim, the water lit rious pink filaments he and students fit into about a dozen groups, or phyla. only with a headlamp, for 300 feet. scooped from a bubbling cauldron in Today, there are about 150. Entire con- In a cave near Grenoble, France, he Yellowstone National Park. ferences are dedicated to the microbes broke ribs when his backpack slipped, The resulting paper, published in 1984 living in our gut. smashing him against a rock wall. ARCHAEA EUKARYOTA in Science, made history, marking the How many species are there? During one harrowing expedition through a Mexican cave, he was making Pyrodicticum Entamoebae his way down a wall near a frigid wa- Thermoproteus Slime molds terfall when the clip holding his rope T. celer Animals popped open, hurtling him downward Methanococcus Fungi into the torrent until the rope caught Methanobacterium Plants him 30 feet below. He dangled upside Methanosarcina Ciliates down for minutes, cold water rushing Halophiles Flagellates over his head, before freeing himself. Trichomonads His fellow cavers thought he was dead. Microsporidia “I actually went through the mental Diplomonads process of dying,” said Pace, who led his last cave expedition in 2016. “That was interesting.” Norm Pace's scientific work has helped fill Mortality called again in 2017, when he in the tree of life, here shown in part. had a seizure while preparing for a lecture. he’s on the lecture circuit, and though he’s closed his lab, he teaches occasionally. I WENT His protégés describe him as intim- idatingly smart, at times cantankerous THROUGH and extraordinarily generous. “I am where I am today because of THE MENTAL him,” said Colorado School of Mines professor John Spear. PROCESS OF Each year, around Nobel Prize season, former students cross their fingers and DYING. whisper Pace’s name. He’s humbled, but not holding his “When I heard Stage 4 melanoma, I breath. figured, ‘F#$@, I’m outta here’” he said. After he’s gone, he has just one wish: But after 18 months on the im- “I want to be remembered as the guy munotherapy drug Keytruda, he’s who blew the door off the microbial reinventing himself. world.” He recently remarried his former wife, Bernadette, a professional trapeze artist, Comment? Email [email protected].

21 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan SPRING 2019 22 BUSINESS

Master of SOUL NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, SAYS SOULCYCLE CO-FOUNDER ELIZABETH CUTLER.

By Christie Sounart

Amid the sea of freshmen fidgeting in the “By the time the hike was over, we had stands of CU’s basketball arena at convo- solved our problems and were ready to get cation in August 1985, Elizabeth Cutler on with our day,” she said. (DistSt’89) pondered what she’d just heard. After the birth of her second daugh- “First, he said 25 percent of us wouldn’t ter, in 2005, a friend invited her to a be here next year because we’d flunk spin class. Cutler was anxious — about out,” she said of a dean. “The second was whether she’d finish, about how she’d feel that we’d have to be our own advocates, afterward. She hungered for an urban because CU is a large school. The third sanctuary offering the physical, social and thing he said is don’t get too focused on psychic benefits of an outdoor escapade what job you think you are going to do, with friends. as 90 percent of us are going to do a job Soon Cutler met Julie Rice, a former that has not yet been invented.” Hollywood talent agent with a similar The final point struck a chord: You can yearning for socially fulfilling exercise. blaze your own way. Over lunch they hatched a plan for a cy- Two decades later, in 2006, Cutler and a cling studio prioritizing communal feeling. partner did it by opening a fitness center, “[T]here was really nothing out SoulCycle, in a 1,400-square-foot former there that was efficient, that was joy- dance studio in Manhattan. It proved the ful, that was about community,” Rice start of a high-end fitness phenomenon. told Business Insider. “You could hardly find our front door, Cutler found a tiny West 72nd Street and we turned the hallway into the studio for rent on Craigslist and the pair locker room,” Cutler said. “But we were opened shop. They charged $27 a session beyond freaking-out-excited.” and adopted the then-unusual per-class Today, SoulCycle is a marquee name in reservation system to encourage riders the business of boutique fitness, operating to feel invested — and show up. 90 studios across North America. There “We wanted to create an experience are no memberships — exercisers book where people could clip into the bike seats online by noon on Mondays — and when the lights came down, listen to classes sell out fast, even at $40 or more a teacher who spoke to them in a real per session. Charismatic instructors teach way and leave the class after 45 minutes up-tempo cycling classes in candlelit having allowed their being to be able to rooms, shouting encouragement to cyclists sort everything out,” said Cutler. by name. It’s not uncommon for riders to As SoulCycle grew, first in New York, cry as they pedal in sync in the dark. then in California, celebrities discovered it. “As I dabbed my eyes and my sweat after Kelly Ripa raved. Jake Gyllenhaal, David class,” wrote an Atlanta magazine journalist Beckham and Lady Gaga became regulars. in June, “I wiped away my cynicism, too. Oprah came on her 60th birthday. Whatever the special sauce, whatever the “We were in service for people living science, I’m sold on SoulCycle.” their best lives,” said Cutler, who left Acquired in 2015 by Equinox Fitness, SoulCycle in 2016, after she and Rice SoulCycle was born of Cutler’s search for sold their full stakes to Equinox for $90 community in New York. million each. They now run LifeShop, a Although a big-city girl from Chicago, business advisory and investment firm. she’d moved east from tiny Telluride, Cutler still enjoys the fellowship of Colo., where she’d lived 10 years, working SoulCycle. Visiting Chicago last year, she as a real estate agent and Jin Shin Jyutsu joined a class — pedaling and sweating acupressure practitioner. She was used her way into harmony in the dark. to seeing familiar faces on the street and taking restorative hikes with friends. Contact Christie at [email protected].

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has produced a rich and growing body of equipment to mix fluids with magnets, interdisciplinary setting through class artworks, more than 900 and counting. mirrors and membranes. In class reports, presentations and critiques. The ART Some engineers might scoff at making they describe the dynamics at play in For art student Rayna Tedford art, but she thinks it’s important. their photos and videos. (MArt’03) the class “fostered a deeper “[Flow visualization] is fascinating and Engineering courses tend to have firm interest in science.” Her work improved of Science enriches us,” she said. “It’s a turning of instructions and test questions with her photography, because she learned new our perceptions outward, and that makes clear right or wrong answers. But in ways to create abstract images, she said. A CU ENGINEERING CLASS us, I believe, better humans.” Hertzberg’s class, which is usually about Working in teams with engineers, she REVEALS THE BEAUTY Hertzberg’s own research involves three-quarters engineering students, she added, felt like “we were functioning as a AROUND US. creating 3D models of blood moving encourages them to follow their inter- whole brain. … It made me learn to value through the heart to see tiny changes ests. “I don’t tell them what to do — I those types of teams.” By Ula Chrobak in flow that can signal health issues. It give them resources,” she said. Brown is now captivated by his could help improve medical diagnoses, Owen Brown (MMechEngr’19) used morning coffee, marveling at the way she said — and “it’s awesome to look at!” mirrors to highlight the flow of heat ris- the dense, cold cream runs down in clear Flickering campfire flames, milk swirl- The flow visualization class is wildly ing off a lit match. At the same time, he lines through the hot liquid. The ritual ing in coffee, shape-shifting clouds: For popular, and there’s a long waitlist each was taking a course on combustion. “I drink has become a new kind of experi- Jean Hertzberg, they’re stunning visual year. It’s capped at 35 students to leave was able to visualize what I was learning ence, a moment of immersion, he said, in manifestations of the physical forces plenty of time for critiquing art. Stu- [in my other class],” he said, adding that “the beauty of the natural world.” governing our world. dents learn to use camera settings, play flow visualization “takes those equations Since 2003, the CU Boulder mechan- with light and add dyes to illuminate and brings them into the real world.” Comment? Contact [email protected]. ical engineering professor has been otherwise invisible fluid flows. Brown said he’s benefited by learning sharing her enthusiasm for nature’s Many of these flows can be created to communicate engineering ideas in an beauty by teaching students to reveal the at home — soap bubbles, food dye hidden splendors of mingling gases and dropped in milk, water spattering off a liquids — and make art of it. spoon. Some students also use laboratory “I wanted to bring that to students so that they could find something uniquely pleasurable,” Hertzberg said of “Flow Visualization,” a fall class she offers that

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CAPTURE In Flow Vi- sualization, students capture the striking behavior of liquids and gases.

CREATE Even everyday materials suffice: The left image uses sugar and soap, the right molasses and water.

REVEAL Former stu- dents say the class changed their per- ception, revealing flows ev- erywhere.

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In the kitchen of La Pitchoune, the countryside by operating the property French Airbnb run by Craig Held as a cooking school and vacation rental. (Psych’74) and his family, a fragrance of “Makenna imitated Julia as a child,” said herbs, meats and simmering wines re- Craig, a retired business executive who ac- LIVING Like Julia Child calls the aromas that routinely scented quired La Pitchoune in 2016 at Makenna’s the space beginning in the mid-1960s. urging. “Now she’s 6’1”, wears the same WANT TO COOK IN JULIA CHILD’S KITCHEN? For nearly three decades, the stucco size 12 shoe as Julia [who was 6’2”] and CRAIG HELD CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. cottage was the summer home of went to Smith College like she did.” American chef and cookbook author Located about 10 miles north of Julia Child and her husband, Paul. Cannes, France, La Pitchoune (which By Christie Sounart Today, Craig Held, wife Tina and translates as “little thing”) is available daughter Makenna preserve the Childs’ seven months a year for up to six epicurean legacy in the hilly French adults in three rooms, starting at $970

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a night. During the remaining months family in 1992, when Paul became ill. — April, May, June, September and He died in 1994, Julia in 2004. October — it becomes the Courageous A student of Beck’s owned the home Cooking School. Guests receive six next and ran a cooking school there. days of live-in cooking lessons and She listed it in 2015 for $880,000. Af- excursions led by Makenna, who is a Le ter the Helds acquired it, they decided Cordon Bleu-trained chef. to run the 1,500-square-foot dwelling The Helds bought the property in as a family business. 2015, after Makenna, “Airbnb was then 30 and teach- the platform that ing skiing in Beaver INSIDE THE seemed most Creek, Colo., saw a appropriate for us story in The New York KITCHEN, at the time,” said Times about the house IT FELT AS IF Craig, adding that and felt an immediate the online property draw to it — especially LITTLE HAD rental firm was eager to the kitchen. to promote the fam- “My greatest CHANGED. ily’s unique listing, fear?” said Maken- which describes the na. “Someone would gut the kitchen home as “a foodie paradise in Provence.” and demolish the legacy Julia had left (The house also can be rented online at behind. … I knew that someone who lapeetch.com.) wanted to keep the house somewhat, if La Pitchoune quickly drew interest not completely intact, had to buy it. I from food writers at The New York wanted to be that somebody.” Times, Vogue, Food & Wine and Condé Besides a model of a Julia Child kitch- Nast Traveler. en in the Smithsonian, La Pitchoune is “Change is rampant in this part of the last original Julia Child kitchen, said Provence,” wrote Julia Moskin, a Times Craig. The extra-tall countertops re- food writer who spent a week cooking at main, as do the pegboards Paul installed the house. “But inside the kitchen of La on the walls with his hand-tracings of Pitchoune, it felt as if little had changed.” the utensils Julia hung there. The home offers fresh opportunities The Childs built the home around for Craig, who helped coach the CU 1963 on the three-acre property of ski team under Olympian Bill Ma- Julia’s friend and Mastering the Art of rolt (Bus’67). For most of his career, French Cooking co-author Simone Beck. Craig worked as an executive at Pepsi, Julia gave the home back to the Beck Taco Bell and Paramount Farms. Just 10 days before Makenna called him about La Pitchoune, he’d left his job as executive vice president of XetaWave, a software-defined radio company in Louisville, Colo. Now, when he’s in France with Tina on one of their three annual trips, his focus is on providing guests with cozy comforts: “We welcome guests with charcuterie, wine and a fully stocked Julia Child kitchen,” including all pots, pans, knives and baking dishes, he said. Two years in, the Helds’ recipe for La Pitchoune appears to be a hit. “You will have moments throughout where it seems surreal and unimaginable that you are cooking in Julia Child's kitchen, in her house,” wrote one Airbnb reviewer. “It was a week in paradise.”

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33 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photos by Beth Kirby Coloradan SPRING 2019 34 INFOGRAPHIC CU AND THE NOBEL PRIZE David Wineland PHYSICS, 2012 FIVE AND COUNTING TIME AT CU: 1975 to 2017 CU Boulder boasts five Nobel laureates, four in physics and one in AWARDED FOR: “Ground-breaking experi- chemistry. Perhaps the world’s premier honor for intellectuals, and mental methods that enable measuring and certainly the best known, it celebrates individuals who have “conferred manipulation of individual quantum systems.” the greatest benefit to humankind” through their work. IMPACT: By creating a method to trap elec- Since the award’s inception in 1901, 904 people have won the Nobel trically-charged atoms, he contributed to the — not to mention a measure of fame. Here’s the scoop on CU’s own development of extremely accurate atomic scientist-celebrities. clocks, which base their measurements of time on the vibrations of atoms and are used in GPS technology. The work is also useful in Carl Wieman & Eric Cornell quantum computer development. PHYSICS, 2001 FUN FACT: A fellow physicist in 2012 told AWARDED FOR: “The achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of the Washington Post that Wineland is “univer- alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates.” sally acknowledged to be one of the true nice IMPACT: By cooling rubidium atoms to an extremely cold temperature — minus guys in physics, which is not something that 459.67 Fahrenheit — Wieman and Cornell created a condensate, a new type of can always be said about Nobel laureates.” matter distinct from solid, liquid and gas. The discovery enabled scientists to better Thomas Cech QUOTE: “One of the interesting aspects understand quantum behavior. CHEMISTRY, 1989 of quantum computing is the possibility of TIME AT CU: 1978 to present massive memory storage.” AWARDED FOR: “Discovery of catalytic WHERE HE KEEPS HIS MEDAL: In a lock box properties of RNA." IMPACT: While scientists already understood RNA’s role in relaying genetic information, Cech revealed that the molecule also functions as a catalyst by helping speed up chemical reactions in cells — this was a fundamental shift in biology, with implications for our understanding of how life itself came about. FUN FACT: “Many chapters in our textbooks have to be revised,” wrote The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences of Cech’s work. QUOTE: "We were too steeped in the dogma of all the biology textbooks. . . . It took more than a year to convince ourselves that what was happening was true,” Cech told the Washington Post of his discovery. WHERE HE KEEPS HIS MEDAL: “I used to keep The Medal under my mattress, but it made it lumpy and hard to sleep on, so I had to move it!” John “Jan” Hall PHYSICS, 2005 TIME AT CU: 1964 to present AWARDED FOR: “Contributions to the devel- opment of laser-based precision spectroscopy, Carl Wieman Eric Cornell including the optical frequency comb technique.” TIME AT CU: 1984 to 2013 TIME AT CU: 1990 to present IMPACT: Enables scientists to accurately FUN FACT: While an undergraduate at MIT, FUN FACT: Cornell passed much of his child- measure frequencies of light, which can help Wieman moved into his lab: “After spending hood reading: “In elementary school I often calibrate atomic clocks. many very late nights by myself taking data in kept my desktop slightly open and affected FUN FACT: He installed the electrical wiring and the lab and showering every day at the athletic an alert-looking pose that still allowed me to plumbing at his family’s mountain cabin in Mar- center after exercising, I started to wonder why peek into the desk where I kept open my latest ble, Colo., and is “very proud” to have received I was paying all that money, of which I had little, book, as interesting as it was irrelevant to the no violation notices from state inspectors. to rent a dormitory room I almost never saw.” academic subject at hand.” QUOTE: He once likened the potential of his QUOTE: "I know you can double how much a QUOTE: “I thought I had a chance [of winning work to that of a baby: “Now, you might ask, student learns depending on what method the a Nobel], but I thought it would be 25 years ‘What’s the practical use of a baby?’ Man, instructor is using,” Wieman told NPR in 2016. from now,” he told the Washington Post in 2001. just hang on 20 years, and something good is Since receiving the Nobel, he has worked to WHERE HE KEEPS HIS MEDAL: Top secret going to happen. That’s the case with the tools improve teaching methods in STEM fields. we have made.” WHERE HE KEEPS HIS MEDAL: WHERE HE KEEPS HIS MEDAL: Donated to CU Donated to CU

35 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Sources: NPR, nobelprize.org, The Washington Post, The Denver Post, nist.gov, Illustration by Ryan Olbrysh Coloradan SPRING 2019 36 around.uoregon.edu/wineland, hub.jhu.edu, livescience.com, the laureates POLITICS

There he is with Nancy Pelosi in the House Chamber. There he is making phone calls with Joe Biden. There he is addressing the press, Bernie Sanders behind one shoulder, Cory Booker behind the other. That’s him on C-Span, CNN and CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Former CU Boulder student body president Joe Neguse (Econ, Pol- Sci’05; Law’09) made a name for himself in Colorado. Now he’s doing it in Washington, D.C. In November the one-time Baker Hall resident was handily elected to Congress from Colorado’s 2nd District, which includes Boulder, becoming the first CU graduate to represent the university’s hometown in the House of Representatives since 1975 and the first African-American elected to Congress from any part of Colorado. Neguse, 34, hadn’t been sworn in yet when he emerged as a prominent member of Congress’ incoming class, the most demographically diverse in the na- tion’s history. Within weeks of the Nov. 6 election, he was elected to the House Democratic leadership as co-freshman representative. Soon afterward, he was asked to deliver the party’s final weekly address of 2018. Since taking office Jan. 3, Neguse has won seats on the House Judiciary and Natural Resources committees, the latter of particular interest to Colorado, given its influence over policy affecting public lands, outdoor recreation and wildlife. As of late January, he had introduced more bills than any freshman member of the 116th Congress. No one who knows him is surprised. “You never saw him wasting time,” said Steve Fenberg (EnvSt’06), majority leader of the Colorado State Senate, recalling his days with Neguse at CU, The where they became close. “He was always doing something in service of his goals.”

CONGRESSMAN AMERICAN TALE The son of Eritrean refugees and a FORMER CU STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT self-described “eternal optimist,” Neguse JOE NEGUSE GOES TO WASHINGTON. has been on an upward trajectory in public life since his teens. By Eric Gershon Born in California and raised in High- lands Ranch, Colo., he arrived at CU as a freshman in August 2002 with an im- pulse toward “civic activism,” he said in a January interview with the Coloradan.

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He made connections in student responsibility that is usually beyond the government, worked on projects related ability of most failed states.” “I REFLECT A GREAT DEAL ON to diversity, affordability and higher Brown added: “I feel honored that education finance, and eventually became Joe regards me as a mentor, but I know THEIR JOURNEY,” NEGUSE SAID a tri-executive, or co-president. He better — I’ve always been the one campaigned for statewide ballot mea- learning from him.” OF HIS PARENTS, WHO FLED ER- sures and served as a Boulder Housing Between Neguse’s December 2005 Authority commissioner, a city coun- graduation and his return to CU for ITREA IN THE EARLY 1980s. cil-appointed post, while earning a law school (where he would be elected reputation as a thorough student with a class president), he worked for An- in Congress, Neguse said he would run Neguse’s first law school class was the sense of humor and authentic humility. drew Romanoff, then speaker of the for the seat. Now he’s a sitting mem- opening session of her civil procedure Amid all that, Neguse managed to Colorado House of Representatives, ber of the House of Representatives, course. When she entered the room, hold down a job at the CU Rec Center, and co-founded New Era Colorado, a serving alongside an unprecedented she said, she noticed one student had find time for intramural basketball, nonprofit foundation that promotes number of women, the first Muslim the attention of most of the others. write an honors thesis about failing civic engagement among young people and Native American women and the Describing Neguse as smart, funny, nation-states and graduate from CU through voter-registration drives and youngest congresswoman, Alexandria collaborative and “extremely kind,” she a semester early with two majors and leadership training. Ocasio-Cortez of New York, 29. called him “exactly the kind of person summa cum laude honors. By 2008, according to the Denver Post, Neguse’s background gives his arrival you might want as your Congressman,” Romanoff was already joking that “one as a major Colorado public figure a regardless of party affiliation. day we will all be working for Joe.” quintessentially American cast. Neguse’s early priorities in Wash- HE FIRST That was the year Neguse, then 24 Born in the U.S. to immigrant parents ington have included public lands and still in law school, won election who fled chaos in Eritrea in the 1980s, protection, voting rights, climate WON OFFICE to the CU Board of Regents, which he grew up in Highlands Ranch and at- change, prescription drug costs, gun governs all four CU campuses. Among tended ThunderRidge High School. His safety and immigration. AT AGE 24. the youngest Regents ever, he served six parents, Debesai and Azeib Neguse, put Higher education is on his agenda, too. years, representing the district he now themselves through school and raised Well versed in the challenges facing “I distinctly remember him coming serves in Congress. Neguse and his sister, Sarah, with an colleges and universities from his years in one week having consulted sources In the years to come, Neguse would appreciation for opportunity. as a regent, Neguse said he was prepar- tracing back in African history to the join one of Denver’s oldest law firms, “I reflect a great deal on their jour- ing legislation that would make it easier 15th century,” said CU political scientist Holland & Hart, run for Colorado ney,” said Neguse, whose parents, wife for students to transfer credits between David S. Brown, who led Neguse’s hon- Secretary of State, fall short, and join Andrea (Jour’11) and infant daughter two- and four-year schools, and is look- ors thesis committee (and whom Neguse then-Gov. John Hickenlooper’s cabinet Natalie attended his swearing-in. “It’s ing at ways to lower textbook costs. credits with “a profound impact on my as executive director of the state’s con- never too far from my mind.” He also plans to advocate, as he career”). “He uncovered pre-colonial sumer protection agency. has since he was a student, for greater trade routes to help explain why certain In June 2017, just after Jared Polis, WASHINGTON access to financial support for public countries were able to maintain fairly now governor, announced he would His early weeks in the capital were pre- higher education. stable exchange rates, a key government seek that office instead of a sixth term dictably busy. Constituents passing through Wash- Neguse set up shop in the Longworth ington should feel at ease relaying their House Office Building, began hiring priorities in person: Beneath his office staff, including district director and nameplate, Neguse has posted a sign deputy chief of staffSally Anderson that reads, “This office belongs to the (IntlAf’12), gave his first speech on the people of 2nd Congressional district House floor and held town hall meetings of Colorado.” in Estes Park, Fort Collins and Broom- field. He participated in efforts to end Comment on this story? Email editor@ the 35-day government shutdown, intro- colorado.edu. duced a flurry of bills — and spent a lot of time in the air. By his count, he took ABOUT JOE NEGUSE 10 flights in his first month in office. During a mid-January return to Col- AGE: 34 orado, he came to CU for a ceremonial JOB: U.S. Representative, CO-2 second swearing-in at Colorado Law. His BEFORE: Lawyer, head of Colorado’s former professor Melissa Hart, now a consumer protection agency state Supreme Court justice, administered AT CU: President of student govern- the oath in Wittemyer Courtroom before ment, law school class; summa cum an assembly that included Polis and laude honors former Colorado Law Dean Phil Weiser, NOTABLE: First African-American now the state attorney general. elected to Congress from Colorado; Congressman Joe Neguse (left) in his former days as a member of the CU Board of Regents. In brief remarks, Hart recalled that elected CU Regent at age 24

39 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photo by Casey A. Cass Coloradan SPRING 2019 40 41 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Coloradan SPRING 2019 42 DIRECTORS CLUB: SUMMER CONFERENCE Members of the Directors Club, a 50-year-old CU 2019 TRIPS Boulder group that raises money for Alumni Asso- ciation student scholarships and capital projects, are invited to their annual summer conference, June 13-15, at the Colorado Springs Cheyenne Mountain Resort. The weekend includes a spirit night with new head football coach Mel Tucker, a golf tourna- ment and talks by Magdalene Lim, director of the SPRING 2019 aging center at the University of Colorado Colora- GRAND DANUBE News do Springs, and Richard White, director of UCCS’ PASSAGE cybersecurity programs. Register at colorado.edu/ Sept. 29-Oct. 14, 2019 alumni/directorsclub. Membership is open to alumni A Meeting of Minds and non-alumni supporters, and involves a one-time tax-deductible $900 donation. GET READY FOR THE 71ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD AFFAIRS

than 200 events and 100 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TIDBITS speakers from around the This year’s Dinner with 12 Buffs parties U.S. and abroad. will take place April 11-14. Between 40 ROMANCE OF THE Leyla Acaroglu, a design- and 50 dinners will bring together alums DOURO RIVER er whose talks challenge in cities nationwide and abroad. For more Oct. 1-12, 2019 audiences to reconsider information, visit colorado.edu/alumni/dinnerwith12. their ideas around sus- tainability, will deliver the The Alumni Association is accepting opening keynote address nominations for its annual awards pro- April 9. Other scheduled gram through April 15. Students and speakers include Hope non-alumni staff and faculty are also Solo, the Olympic gold eligible for some awards. Each year, about a dozen medal-winning Ameri- winners are celebrated for their career achieve- PATAGONIA EXPLORER can soccer player; Chris ments and community involvement. The association Oct. 28-Nov. 11, 2019 Borland, a former San will honor them Nov. 7 at the 90th annual Alumni Francisco 49ers linebacker Awards Ceremony and Dinner in the Glenn Miller and current advocate for Ballroom. Learn more and submit a nomination at brain injury awareness; and colorado.edu/homecoming/alumniawards. Emmy-winning writer and producer of The Simpsons Juli Rasmussen (Jour’02) took over Mike Reiss. leadership of the Grand Valley alumni The event lineup will chapter, which won the Chapter of the ARTISTS AND cover myriad topics Year Award at the Alumni Association ARISTOCRATS organized around three Awards Dinner during Homecoming 2018. Visit colo- Oct. 29-Nov. 6, 2019 broad themes: “Design rado.edu/alumni/chapters to find your local group. for Life: Breaking the Hope Solo, former U.S. soccer goalkeeper, will speak at CWA. Bubble,” “Disruptive Join fellow Forever Buffs for a night Tech” and “Women & of baseball at the Alumni Associa- How do editing, music and character Girls Changing the World.” tion’s Buffs at the Ballpark events this design come together to tell a story in Many conference panelists participate summer. For more information, visit the Pixar filmWALL-E ? That’s just one in several events, so there’s usually more Photo by @iStock/33ft colorado.edu/alumni/buffsattheballpark. question you might ponder during a than one chance to hear them. POLAR BEARS four-part event called “Ebert Interrup- Hotel discounts are available for OF CHURCHILL tus” hosted by film critic Josh Larsen alumni. Many talks and discussions will Nov. 8-13, 2019 at this year’s Conference of World be streamed live online, and all will be Affairs April 9-13. You’ll also learn about available as audio recordings after the For more information nature-inspired design, relationships in conference. The event has an app for users about the Roaming Buffs the dating app-era and immigration. to submit questions in real time, from any- travel program, email The weeklong extravaganza, unfold- where. Find out more at colorado.edu/cwa. lisa.munro@colorado. ing at CU Boulder since 1948 (and once edu, call 303-492-5640 frequented by the celebrated late film Alumni are invited to a free CWA breakfast at or visit colorado.edu/ critic Roger Ebert) will feature more Koenig Alumni Center on April 10 at 8 a.m. alumni/travel.

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LET THERE BE LIGHT would hang: In his soon-to- The lamps were featured and assemble stylish and In truth, he said, it’s can learn how to design When Nicholas DeFaria be-born baby’s bedroom. in CU’s Red Room Gallery functional light fixtures more than a mere intro- a house or a piece of (EnvDes’19) designed His classmates were throughout November. using LED bulbs or strips. duction to design. It gives furniture or a lamp from and built three high-end planning to auction their Students used tools “Over time this ‘digilamp’ students the opportunity a book or theory alone lamps for his “Introduction lamps at an environmental such as 3D printers, laser assignment has turned into to learn by doing, and to is somewhat archa- to Digital Design & design department gala in cutters and CNC milling somewhat of a happening,” follow their vision from con- ic in today’s world of Fabrication” course, he April, to raise money for machines, along with com- said Marcel de Lange, who cept to design to product. design-thinking and de- already knew where they the program. puter software, to design teaches the course. “The idea that you sign-making,” he said.

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BEDROCK ideas. This ideal is exemplified in the The University of Colorado will celebrate Center for Western Civilization, Thought its sesquicentennial in a few years, which and Policy, which provides a forum to got me thinking — I’ve been associated address some of the pressing issues with CU for a large part of my life and of our time in an atmosphere of open, more than a third of the university’s. honest debate and discussion. It’s been an honor and a privilege to It’s a manifestation of our commitment serve as president these past 11 years. It to teach students how to think, not what will be bittersweet when I retire from the to think. And it’s one of the things I’m university in July. Like most of you, CU most proud of. has made its mark on me, and I tried to Despite the changes, the fundamen- return the favor. tal activities that have always made CU In many ways, it’s a far different place great remain firmly in place. Our faculty from when I arrived more than 50 years is first-rate. They are teachers, schol- ago. In other important ways, it hasn’t ars and researchers, among the best changed at all. in the world. People who taught me, CU remains a place where opportu- like Bruce Curtis and Doc Thompson, nity abounds. It changes lives. And to passed the torch to people like Tom borrow a marketing phrase from a few Cech and Patty Limerick and hundreds years back, in Boulder there are minds to more like them. match our mountains. Faculty still conduct research that The campus obviously looks quite changes lives and improves our society. different from when I arrived in 1961 to CU is still a place that makes the world study geology. It had just over 11,000 a better place. As I approach the end of students then and has nearly 35,000 my presidency and CU closes in on its now. There are new buildings to meet the 150th anniversary, I have every confi- demands of more students. Technology dence that what makes us great remains is a huge change and will continue to be. the bedrock of our university. The campus also has a renewed commitment to free speech and the Bruce D. Benson (Geol’64, HonDocSci'04) respectful debate and discussion of became CU's president in 2008.

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News SPRING 2019 By Andrew Daigle (PhDEngl’16) Hammer Thrower CU SENIOR ELISA GRANDEMANGE DOESN’T DO MUCH CARDIO OR STRETCHING. SHE SPINS, ACCELERATES AND THROWS WEIGHT — HIGH AND FAR. Olympic skiers raced in New CU football coach Mel Tucker arrived in December. the season-opening CU Elisa Grandemange’s (Neuro’19) li- At 5’5”, Grandemange relies on Invitational at Eldora. cense plate reads “E THROWS.” It makes technique, touch and thousands of rep- TUCKER TAKES OVER BUFFS FOOTBALL sense: Every day she spends hours practic- etitions for success, including a personal Mel Tucker was named CU’s 26th head football ing discus, javelin and hammer throws. best in the hammer in May, when she coach in December, succeeding Mike MacIntyre, Most afternoons, the CU senior is threw it 59.71 meters (195.89 feet) at who was let go after delivering a 14-39 Pac-12 record 8 among a handful of track-and-field NCAA Regionals. over six seasons. athletes laboring at CU’s Potts Field Her mother, Leila, was a profession- Tucker, 47, a former University of Georgia de- throwing ring — heaving, refining form, al ballerina, and Grandemange, who fensive coordinator and secondary coach, signed a keeping alert for errant missiles. They was born in France, said she “learned five-year, $14.75 million contract. Points Derrick White launch, rise, fly and arc back to earth, rhythm, choreography and body aware- Nick Saban, the Alabama and six-time national (Bus’17) sank in Spurs’ gashing it. ness” early, all of which help when champion coach, hired Tucker three times and calls 23Jan. 154-147 win over When Grandemange — a two-time spinning 1,260 degrees in a few seconds him “one of the brightest coaches in our profession.” Thunder (NBA). Washington State high school discus with the briefest optimal window — a A University of Wisconsin alum, Tucker has coached champion and a triple-threat thrower at fraction of a second — to launch the for six universities and three NFL teams. CU — lines up alongside competitors, 8.82 lb (4 kg) hammer. A new priority at CU will be adding bigger, she stands out. Grandmange is exactly what her CU stronger players, he said: “We need to be stout in the FIRSTPlace for Alexandra “I’m almost always the smallest one coach, Casey Malone, is looking for. “I trenches. We have to be able to move people.” Schwein (Math’20) in out there,” she said. would take the fast, coordinated, hard Tucker will lead the Buffs onto the field for the Triathlon Collegiate Club working, skillful, great competitor and first time April 27, for the annual spring game. National Championships. fearless athlete any day over a larger “Colorado should be a ‘no excuse’ program,” he said. athlete,” Malone said. “Elisa is all of those things.” In the 10th grade, shin BUFFS BITS splints led Grandemange Kennedy Leonard (Comm’19) delivered her 613th ca- to step away from sprints reer assist Dec. 30, becoming CU women’s basketball’s and hurdles. She turned to all-time assists leader. … Phillip Lindsay (Comm’18) javelin and discus. Her technique became the first undrafted rookie named to the NFL impressed coaches. Pro Bowl, before a wrist injury ended his season with Lacrosse team’s pre- The hammer throw — now her spe- one game left. … Fresh off a three-year, $34 million season ranking cialty — came late. extension with the Brooklyn Nets, Spencer Dinwid- “Hammer isn’t a high school sport,” die (Comm ex’15) will wear 82 different pairs of custom she said. “It tears up the field. I had nev- sneakers this season and auction off each worn pair er even seen one until senior year.” for charity. … CU Sports Information Director David TH That’s when a local hammer coach Plati (Jour’82) received the Football Writers Associa- Player picked in women’s introduced her to it. tion of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He’s in 25 pro soccer draft: Erin They began practicing at a ring on an his 35th year as the Buffs’ SID. …The Colorado Sports Greening (Comm’19). abandoned part of a golf course “in the Hall of Fame named runner Dani Jones (Psych’19) middle of nowhere,” Grandmange said. collegiate athlete of the year. … David Bakhtiari Five years later, the decision to add (Comm ex’13) of the Green Bay Packers was named All the hammer to her repertoire has led to Pro left tackle for the 2018 NFL season, recognizing The hammer a degree of NCAA prominence, and a him as the best at his position. … CU women’s hurdlers weighs recipe of sorts: A burst of ballet steps, took six of the top seven spots in one 60-meter race in Date4 of/ spring27 game 8.82 pounds. four rotations — and a long throw. January, including the top three. for Buffs football.

Photos courtesy CU Athletics Coloradan SPRING 2019 50 SPORTS Q&A GRANT ELLWOOD

RIDE AND RUN can’t have flat or mountain bike bars, course is going to be and how long once, for an hour. But it’s a good Grant Ellwood (MechEngr’19), run- so you have to have drop bars. There you’ll race. We typically race for 40 trade off. ner-up in the 2017 cyclocross collegiate are also rules that limit tire width. minutes. It goes by minutes, not miles. club national championships, claimed the Each lap can be about three kilometers Do you have plans for after CU? 2018 title in December in Louisville, Ky. How did you get started? and six to 10 minutes. After one or two I want to give racing a shot. Ideally, I’d Here the Boulder native talks about what I had been racing mountain bikes since laps, you get a sense of how many laps find part-time work that’s flexible, in en- cyclocross is, what it takes to win and I was nine. In high school, some par- you can fit in. gineering, but that’s kind of a fantasy. why it might be fun to see a race up close. ents from my team started a top-level I’ll probably race for a year or two and cyclocross team in Boulder. I tried it, What does it take to be competitive? then reevaluate. What is cyclocross? and it was super fun. A lot of time. We’re training 15 hours a You use a road bike, but with knobby week, just on the bike. I usually have Can you race cyclocross profes- tires. You ride through grassy fields and Did it influence your decision to at- an off day, but I’m on the bike every sionally? go over obstacles. There are barriers to tend CU? other day. Depending on the schedule, There’s prize money, but not enough to run over, or people jump them. Some CU’s a great school for engineering. I I might take it easier on Friday, and live off. You have to find the right team inclines are impossible to ride up. You was looking at cycling-specific schools, then race all weekend. or get sponsors. end up having to get off the bike and with varsity programs, but none of them run up hills. It's a mix of sports. had the academics like CU. You finished second at nationals What don’t people know about last year. How did you put yourself cyclocross? Are you allowed to get off the bike You’ve raced for five years at CU. over the top this year? Most people don’t think it’s fun to as often as you want? How has the sport changed? The different course helped. I’m a watch cycling. But we’re doing short Some sections are faster when you’re The biggest thing is how much riding good runner, and nationals was so laps and there are a lot of crashes. off the bike and running, because it you do. When I started, everyone ran muddy that there was a lot of running. We have races at Valmont Bike Park. might have a slippery turn where you over all the barriers. They’re pretty tall It was a hard, hard race. It wasn’t There are vendors and food trucks. It’s will crash nine out of 10 times. There and not easy to bunny hop. The bikes tactical. Put your head down and keep festive. There are races all day, and are no rules against running, but it’s are fully rigid, too. Now, everyone’s going hard. I just had a better day and you’ll see a person five or six times usually faster to ride, if you can. riding over everything. Riders have didn't make many mistakes. from one point on the course, since it gotten more skilled. wraps around itself. It’s a cool sport. What makes cyclocross different What is most challenging for you? from mountain biking? What is a typical cyclocross race like? School. Especially last semester, with Condensed and edited by Andrew The bikes are quite a bit lighter and you The only thing you know is where the senior design. Some weeks, I rode Daigle (PhDEngl’16).

51 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photo by A. Yee/Cyclocross Magazine Coloradan SPRING 2019 52 53 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Coloradan SPRING 2019 54 “Sonny” Uprising and the Sioux writes and teaches at the W. Harold War in Dakota Territory. It Osher Lifelong Learning ’67Flowers, Jr. (Engl’67; recounts the Dakota War Institute at the University Law’71) writes that he of 1862, also known as of Nebraska. received the Johnnie L. the Sioux Uprising, which, 50s, 60s & 70s SPRING 2019 Cochran Jr. Soaring Eagle until exceeded by the Jake Shepley Award from the American tragic events of Sept. 11, ’72 (Econ’72) Notes Association for Justice at had the highest num- recently celebrated the the organization’s annual ber of civilians killed on birth of his third grand- convention in Denver American soil. Thomas’ child. He writes that he’s in July 2018. The award other books on military still active as a commer- was established in 1997 history include Boots cial real estate broker to recognize lawyers of and Saddles: Military and has started playing color who have overcome Leaders of the American paddle tennis. “Life is obstacles as they travel West, In the Shadows good!” he writes. Jake the road to personal and of Victory: America’s lives in St. Louis with professional success. Forgotten Military wife Carole. The AAJ Minority Caucus Leaders, 1776-1876, and presents the award annu- In the Shadows of Victory For the past 28 ally to an attorney who, II: America’s Forgotten years, Patricia despite the challenges of Military Leaders, The ’74L. Wright (Art’74) has his or her own journey, Spanish-American War taught art in NYC-area pursues excellence and to World War II. He and public schools. After has made outstanding wife Nita live in Lincoln, CU, she lived in the San efforts and contributions Nebraska, where he Francisco Bay area and in paving the way for others. Jacob Ross (EvoBio ex'21), center, and friends skydive in New York State. After graduat- PATRICIA L. ’68 ing from CU, William “Bill” Wardwell WRIGHT (ART’74) Robert C. com. As an undergradu- hotel. Noble lives in (Econ’68) was a pilot Harvey ate, he drew cartoons for Newark, New Jersey. in the U.S. Air Force IS CREATING A ’59(A&S’59) received the the campus newspaper. He would like to hear for 23 years, serving in Inkpot Award at the from former teammates the Vietnam War and PHOTO SERIES 49th annual Comic-Con After attend- and can be reached via Operation Desert Storm. International in July 2018 ing CU in the daughter MiMi Milton at He writes that he flew the DOCUMENTING HER for his achievements ’621960s, Noble Milton 732-447-8900. Lockheed C-141 Starlifter in the comic arts. Past (A&S’62) moved to Lew Watters (Hist’62) jet all over the world from EXPERIENCE AS A winners include Ray New Jersey, where he writes that the Coloradan the Travis Air Force Base Bradbury, Milton Caniff, worked in trucking and in is “always devoured, and in California. One mission BREAST CANCER Chuck Jones, Jack Kirby, ministry. An avid sketch then shared with my six involved flying scientists George Lucas, Stan Lee artist, he once drew grandchildren.” Every and others to the U.S. SURVIVOR. and Charles Schulz. “I’m Martin Luther King Jr. fall, his family gleans McMurdo Research in distinguished compa- at a speech in Jersey apples at the Liberty Station in Antarctica. He ny,” Harvey said, “and I’m City in 1968. Noble Orchard in Brookfield, retired in 1991 as a lieu- appropriately humbled as has six children, three Vermont, to make tenant colonel. He and well as honored.” Since grandchildren and two apple cider using an old wife Kathleen Perrin 1994, Harvey has written great-grandchildren. He 19th-century wooden Wardwell (Engl’68) nine books about cartoon- fondly recalls his time as cider press. After reading recently celebrated their WE WANT ists and cartooning, and a running back with the a recent Coloradan 50th wedding anniver- has edited or compiled close-knit CU football article about Boulder sary. They live in San YOUR NEWS! five more. His work can teams of the early ’60s. County apple orchards, Mateo, Calif. be viewed at RCHarvey. During that time, the Lew wrote that his family Write Christie Sounart, team protested racial hopes to continue the Thomas Koenig Alumni Center, READ THE OTHER segregation, refusing to apple cider tradition D. Phillips Boulder, CO 80309, or DECADES OF CLASS play in the 1962 Orange into the next generation, ’71(MMgmt’71) co-authored [email protected] NOTES ONLINE AT Bowl unless all players perhaps even someday the book Fire in the COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN could sleep at the same owning Liberty Orchard. North: The Minnesota

55 SPRING 2019 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy Jacob Ross Coloradan SPRING 2019 56 CLASS NOTES PROFILE JEANNE WINER

HER KIND OF CASE “It was a way for me to get into my NOBLE MILTON (A&S’62) As a Colorado public defender and body and out of my head,” she said. “It private criminal defense attorney for 35 became the greatest love of my life.” FONDLY RECALLS HIS TIME AS years, Jeanne Winer (Engl’72; Law’77) Writing has also helped her decom- was not afraid to take the difficult cases. press. Last year, she published her A RUNNING BACK WITH THE “It didn’t matter what crime they second novel, Her Kind of Case (Bancroft committed, it was my job to make their Press), a legal drama that centers on a CLOSE-KNIT CU FOOTBALL lives better one way or another,” said female defense attorney on the cusp of Winer, of Boulder. 60 who represents a young man accused TEAM IN THE EARLY ’60S. of helping kill a gay gang member. “It’s one of the ways that I can DURING THAT TIME, THE WRITING IS A WAY escape into an alternative reality,” she TO ESCAPE. said. “A reality that is happening in a TEAM PROTESTED RACIAL different time.” When she lost her first case as a She says that women’s and gay rights SEGREGATION, REFUSING TO public defender in Jefferson County, she have come a long way in the United sobbed in the bathroom. The client, who States, but since the 2016 election, it’s PLAY IN THE 1962 ORANGE struggled with multiple personality dis- been hard for her to stay positive.“Ev- order, was sentenced to years in prison erything we worked so long on can BOWL UNLESS ALL TEAM for serial rape. disappear in an instant. It’s hard to come “It was my first really big case, and to terms with that reality.” MEMBERS COULD SLEEP AT even though he had done horrible, hor- But she’s found productive ways to rible things, I still felt like I had failed channel her energy: “There is a lot of THE SAME HOTEL. him,” Winer said. creativity involved in being a trial lawyer, A lifelong political activist who grew writer and martial artist,” she said. up in Boston, her tireless advocacy for “All three take discipline and a lot of served in the Peace ers. His free book series years and raising three the voiceless led her to law school. heart.” Corps in Africa. Now is meant to educate children has given her a “I spent most of my free time pro- retired, Trisha exhibits readers about negative deeper understanding testing against the Vietnam War, and By Amanda Clark (MJour'19) her black-and-white impacts of smartphones, of Colorado’s neigh- then for women’s civil and photography in galler- such as addiction, securi- borhoods, schools and reproductive rights, then ies throughout greater ty and cyber terrorism. lifestyle, and that her time gay and lesbian liberation,” New York, and credits Jane Becwar Murphy as a journalist served she said. her CU photo classes (EnvCon’76) writes that her well in communicat- Winer received the with Charles Roitz for she has been faithfully ing and helping clients Dan Bradley Award from introducing her to the reading the Coloradan determine what they are the National LGBT Bar alchemy and healing since she graduated looking for in a home. Association in 1996 for powers of photography. from CU in the ’70s. her trial work in Romer She is creating a photo She fondly remembers Bill Green v. Evans, a landmark civil series documenting her seeing Stevie Wonder (MechEngr’78), rights case that preceded experiences as a breast and the Rolling Stones ’78president of the Denver- and paved the way for cancer survivor. This play at Folsom Field in based mechanical the U.S. Supreme Court’s summer she and fiancé 1974 or 1975. “Tickets engineering company 2015 Obergefell decision, David Lawton will marry. were probably only about RMH Group, was named which legalized same-sex They plan to live in New $5 or $10 at the time, as one of 20 industry marriage throughout the York’s Hudson Valley. were many of the incred- leaders chosen as a United States. ible concerts during the 2018 inaugural class of “Romer was a huge win,” In 2017, Bob ’70s,” writes Jane, who Design-Build Institute said Winer, who has been Magnant lives in Punta Gorda, Fla. of America Fellows. The with her partner for 20 ’76(MTeleComm’76) retired fellowship is the highest years. “I was deliriously after 43 years of federal Susan level of DBIA certifica- happy. I was one of the service, working in the Eastman tion and acknowledges few ‘out’ lesbians on the information technology ’77(Jour’77) has begun a the achievements of the legal team. So I really felt industry. He recently new career with Live West nation’s most accom- the pressure." published the book We Realty in Boulder as a real plished design-build Life as a defense lawyer Are All Storytellers!, estate agent specializing professionals. Bill was took its toll. Martial arts which promotes reading, in residential sales. She inducted during a cere- became a lifeline. She now writing and interaction writes that living in the mony held on Nov. 8 in holds a third-degree black among smartphone us- Boulder Valley for many New Orleans. belt in tae kwon do.

57 SPRING 2019 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy Jeanne Winer Coloradan SPRING 2019 58 and Cultural Affairs. Deborah, who recently re- She is now director of the The appointment, turned to Colorado after Norwalk Department of which runs from 2018 to spending four years in Transportation Mobility 2021, matches special- Washington, D.C. and Parking. ists with foreign host Andrea Robbins 80s & 90s SPRING 2019 institutions from over (Comm’82) and her team Michele Heller 150 countries to share at Studio Six Branding ’90 (Jour’90) Notes expertise, strengthen in Longmont, Colo., was hired as the media international collabo- recently rebranded six relations and communi- ration and learn about Colorado transit systems cations manager for the other cultures. Peggy in Winter Park, Boulder, Peterson Institute for writes that her love of Telluride and Trinidad. International Economics. travel was sparked while For the past 15 years, She came to the attending CU, where she Andrea has coached Washington, D.C.-based sailed around the world and trained young ath- think tank after serving twice as the assistant letes in alpine skiing in eight years as an Obama executive dean for the Winter Park. administration appointee Semester at Sea pro- at the Federal Deposit gram. She lives in Ponte Since grad- Insurance Corporation, Vedra Beach, Fla. uating from where she was the In January, Peter Doo- ’83CU, Kathryn Hebert senior communications dy (Engl’81) received the (EPOBio’83; MPA’86) adviser involved in stra- Defense Lawyer of the writes that she has been tegic messaging, media Year Award from the San on an “exciting non-stop relations, and speech Diego Defense Lawyers local government jour- and op-ed development organization. In February, ney,” starting her career for members of the FDIC. he became president of as an assistant asset Before starting her new the Association of South- manager for the city and job, Michele traveled ern California Defense county of Denver. Next, with her middle-school- Counsel, the largest she moved to Norwalk, aged children throughout regional civil litigation de- Conn., to work as the Europe and Asia, pri- fense organization in the city’s assistant budget marily in the mountains nation, with 1,200 attor- director. She was later and remote villages of ney members from Santa promoted to administra- southwestern China. Barbara to San Diego. tive services manager Michelle has held various Rudy the French Bulldog keeps watch outside the UMC during a recent Homecoming. Peter specializes in cases and then to director of editing and reporting brought against product the parking authority. In jobs in Washington, manufacturers, transpor- 2018, she was named D.C., Beijing and Hong Rebecca lished in 1985 by the and education at NASA’s tation companies and president of the New Kong, including at Shockley Keyboard Club (which Jet Propulsion Labora- property owners. While at England Parking Council, the Washington Post, ’80(PhD’80), professor she founded in 1935), tory in Pasadena, Calif. CU, he was captain of the a nonprofit transportation McClatchy Newspapers, emerita of piano peda- the book includes new Previously, she worked rugby team. and mobility organization and the Hong Kong gogy at the University photos, letters, programs at NASA’s headquarters that represents eight Standard. She lives in of Minnesota School of and stories. in Washington, D.C., for Deborah states in New England. Washington with her Music, recently published Since graduating three years as a lead L. Napier a revised and expanded from CU, Tammy Kaitz communication spe- ’82(PolSci’82) writes that in edition of her mother’s (Thtr’80) has worked as cialist in the planetary January 2019 she met memoir, Is There a Piano an actress and producer science division. During her distant cousins Sadie in the House? Her moth- based in Los Angeles. her time in D.C., she Young (EnvDes’81) and er, Dorothy Stolzenbach She writes that she mar- created and produced Maree Young (Comm’87) WE WANT Payne, was a well-known ried childhood sweetheart NASA’s first podcast, in Durango for the first pianist and teacher in Steve Crane (Psych’77; Gravity Assist. time. Sadie and Maree YOUR NEWS! Cincinnati for many Law’80), who works for were born in Craig, Colo., years. Originally pub- the LA law firm Crane Peggy while Deborah grew up in Write Christie Sounart, Robinson & Seal, which Campbell- Fairfax County, Va. “We Koenig Alumni Center, READ THE OTHER he co-founded in 2001. ’81Rush (MEdu’81) was are related through [our] Boulder, CO 80309, or DECADES OF CLASS Laurie Cantillo named a Fulbright shared Luttrell ancestors: [email protected] NOTES ONLINE AT (Jour’80) is deputy di- specialist by the U.S. Our Virginia great, great COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN rector of communication Bureau of Educational grandparents,” writes

55 SPRING 2019 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan SPRING 2019 56 CLASS NOTES PROFILE OLESTER BENSON

MR. PATENT right for another.” AFTER LOSING HIS SIGHT AT Olester Benson Jr. (PhD’88) wasn’t Robert Damrauer, a CU Denver your average college student. professor and mentor, played a key role AGE 36, TREVOR THOMAS As a 26-year-old sergeant in the U.S. in Benson’s life: Damrauer personally Army in the late 1970s, he was married drove him to CU Boulder and intro- (ECON’93) BECAME A with children and working as a pharmacy duced him to his doctoral mentors, specialist at the (now former) Fitzsimons among them chemist Tad Koch, now an PROFESSIONAL HIKER. HIS Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colo. emeritus professor. An eager learner, he began taking night “He interjected himself into my life GUIDE DOG, A BLACK LAB classes at CU Denver, earning a chemis- like a virus,” Benson said of Damrauer try degree in 1981. when he accepted the CU Boulder NAMED TENILLE, RECENTLY Alumni Association’s MORE THAN 70 PATENTS — George Norlin Award RETIRED AFTER SEVEN YEARS in October. AND COUNTING. Benson’s grandparents, OF SERVICE. HER SUCCESSOR who raised him, encour- That led to doctoral studies at CU aged a habit of service to others, and he IS A GOLDEN LAB NAMED LULU. Boulder, his springboard to a fruitful has mentored new colleagues, college career as a corporate research scientist students and underrepresented high at Minnesota-based 3M, an international school students. He’s also served as 3M’s husband, their two sons participants of all ages Emerging Leader award powerhouse in industrial, health-care recruiter at CU and on the Boulder cam- and their dog. and ability. She writes by the American Institute and consumer goods. pus’ graduate school advisory council. that the goal of the pro- of Certified Public Specializing in photochemistry — the “Mentoring has always been second Dan Mackin gram is for individuals to Accountants and Utah chemical effects of light and other radia- nature to me,” he said. “As a sergeant (ElEngr’08) and live healthier, happier and Association of Certified tion — Benson has earned more than 70 in the infantry, you are always training ’91Trent Hein (CompSci’91) more fulfilling lives. Public Accountants. patents, including several that have made your replacement.” launched their Boulder- Michelle is the director cellphones, laptops and LCD TVs brighter, (In all, Benson served in the military based company Rule4 Melissa Glick of finance and principal more colorful and energy efficient. for 24 years, 11 on active duty and 13 in on Sept. 17. They also (Advert’96), accounting officer for Based on bending light with repeat- the Army Reserve before retiring as a wrote the 5th edition ’96CEO of information the Sundance Institute, ing, microscopic prisms embedded in master sergeant in 1997.) of the Unix and Linux technology firm Think an independent sto- screens, the process, known as refrac- Service feels good, he said — and System Administration Network Technologies, rytelling organization tion, took the electronic display world feels right. Handbook, published in received the Morley founded by CU alum by storm in 1994. “The Bible says, to whom much is given, August 2017. Ballantine Award on Robert Redford (A&S “We were on the cusp of the LCD much is required,” he said. “Any talents, Jan. 18 at the Durango ex’58, HonDocHum’87). computer display industry at 3M back knowledge and gifts I have are useless if I After losing Chamber of Commerce’s then,” he said. “And we had the right use them to only benefit myself.” his sight at annual award cere- Stephanie solution at the right time.” ’93age 36, Trevor Thomas mony at Fort Lewis Mohr’s Benson’s work has also proved use- By Jim Scott (EPOBio’73) (Econ’93) became a pro- College. The award ’99(PhDMCDBio’99) book ful for medical devices, fessional hiker. His guide honors women for their First in Fly: Drosophila motor vehicle safety, dog, a black lab named work in business and Research and Biological aerospace and renew- Tenille, recently retired philanthropy. In 2014, Discovery, was included able energy. See how after seven years of Glick co-founded the in Smithsonian maga- license plates, traffic service. Her successor is Professional Women’s zine’s list of the ten best cones, stop signs and a golden lab named Lulu. Network of Durango to science books of 2018. running clothes shine Lulu is currently working connect women in the The book, published in brightly at night? You on learning the items on Four Corners area by March 2018, outlines can thank Benson and Trevor’s shopping list providing a community in a century of scientific his colleagues. and honing her back- which they could mentor, research on the common A common theme at country navigation skills. guide and support each fruit fly and how the mod- 3M, he said, is taking other through profession- el organism has expanded the knowledge of one Stacy Miller al development, social our understanding of group and providing it to Fleming events and volunteering. human health and dis- another, he said: “In my ’94(Geo’94) opened THE ease. Stephanie is the group we have a farmer’s MAX Challenge in Michelle director of the Functional mentality when it comes Louisville, Colo., in Anderson Genomics Resource to technology — noth- January. It is a 10-week ’97(Bus’97) was recent- Lab at Harvard Medical ing goes to waste. What fitness, nutrition and ly awarded the 2018 School, where she is also might not work in one motivation program for Woman to Watch- a lecturer on genetics. field might be just

57 SPRING 2019 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy Olester Benson Coloradan SPRING 2019 58 ly manages the Denver from China, through joined the firm in 2015 insurance agency New Central Asia and into the and focuses on busi- Flower Co. Middle East along the ness, real estate and historic Silk Road. You estate planning matters. Juli Rasmussen can watch a documen- He is co-chair of the SPRING 2019 (Jour’02) tary about their journey firm’s pro bono program 00s & 10s ’02helped organize the golf called Cycling the Silk and president of the Notes tournament Tiara Rado Road on YouTube. Young Lawyers Division in Grand Junction in col- Lauren Ludtke of the Larimer County laboration with the local (Art’05) graduated with Bar Association. Rotary and one of CU’s a Doctor of Physical Rick Thomas (PolS- alumni chapters, Grand Therapy degree from ci’08) was promoted to Valley Forever Buffs. Massachusetts Gener- shareholder at the law The tournament raised al Hospital Institute of firm Brownstein Hyatt money for engineering Health Professions in Farber Schreck. He is a scholarships for Colorado Boston in June 2018. member of the firm’s real Mesa University and CU She completed an estate department in its Boulder students. internship at Spaulding Denver headquarters, Rehabilitation Hospi- and he represents devel- Kate Fagan tal last fall and is now opers, buyers and sellers (Comm’03) employed as a physical of a variety of proper- ’03announced in November therapist in Orlando, Fla. ties, including senior that she would leave living facilities, shopping ESPN by the end of Maria centers, golf courses, 2018. “[T]o continue at O’Malley medical office buildings ESPN I would have to be ’08(PhDEngl’08) co-au- and hospitals. immersed in the day-to- thored the book Beyond day in sports,” Kate told 1776: Globalizing the Heather the Washington Post. Cultures of the American Hansman “And I found myself more Revolution. Maria is ’10(Jour’10) wrote the book and more interested in an associate profes- Downriver, which will Buffs fans celebrating a victory during a men’s basketball game in 2011. other aspects of sports sor at the University be published by the — like how it connects to of Nebraska, Kearney, University of Chicago our culture.” Before join- where she special- Press in April 2019. The Kristen C. spoke at the College of Jennifer has worked in ing ESPN, Kate worked izes in colonial and book discusses fights Barnett Music commencement Denver-area nonprofits for the Philadelphia early American literature, over water rights to the ’00(MEdu’00) published the in 2018 as a Distin- since 1991, starting as Inquirer, focusing multicultural and trans- Green River, the most children’s book The Bug guished Alumni Award director of development primarily on the NBA’s national literature, poetry significant tributary of Who Thought He Lost winner. Fuller has been for the American Indian Philadelphia 76ers. and Emily Dickinson. the Colorado River. The His Buzz: What Happens featured on the cover of Science and Engineer- Benjamin Kramer Green River runs 730 When the Big, Bad Beast Saxophone Today, Jazz ing Society. She is Boston-based (Fin’08) joined the Fort miles from Wyoming to Stings. The book is part of Education Journal and the co-founder of the attorney Collins-based law firm Utah. In her research a series of products aimed JazzTimes Magazine and Institute for Leaders ’04Colin Boyle (Phil’04) Gast Johnson & Muffly for the book, Heather at helping parents talk has received numerous in Development at the was selected as a as a shareholder. He set out on a journey in a with their young children other awards, including University of Denver, a 2018 Massachusetts about being diagnosed winning the Downbeat professional advance- Super Lawyer. Colin, with a terminal illness. Critics Poll “Rising Star” ment program that an associate at the law Jazz saxophonist Tia award two years running. identifies Colorado’s firm Morgan, Brown & Fuller’s (MMus’00) new She has toured with emerging nonprofit fund- Joy, was selected as WE WANT album “Diamond Cut” Beyoncé and performed raising leaders. a “Rising Star” for his was nominated for a at the White House. Abel Laeke (Kine’00) practice in collective bar- Grammy Award in the She teaches full time at writes that he published gaining and labor law. YOUR NEWS! Best Jazz Instrumental Berklee College of Music two books since gradu- Album category. She in Boston. ating from CU: Powerful From July to Write Christie Sounart, Jennifer Roe Darling Attribute in 2017 and No December Koenig Alumni Center, READ THE OTHER (MPA’00) was named Pressure, No Diamonds ’052017, Ben Slavin Boulder, CO 80309, or DECADES OF CLASS president and CEO of in 2014. In 2017, Abel was (MechEngr’05) and wife [email protected] NOTES ONLINE AT the Children’s Hospital a candidate for Aurora Amberlynn biked through COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN Colorado Foundation. City Council. He current- seven countries, riding

55 SPRING 2019 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo by Patrick Campbell Coloradan SPRING 2019 56 CLASS NOTES PROFILE CLAYTON VAUGHN

was also a nominee in SERGEANT IS A CELLIST Vaughn played with orchestras in JAZZ SAXOPHONIST the Best Contemporary Most federal employees didn’t have Iowa, Alabama and Nebraska before ap- Classical Composition to work on Dec. 5, a national day of plying to the 150-member Marine Band. TIA FULLER’S category. Last March, mourning for President George H.W. He was chosen following three audition he appeared in the Bush. Clayton Vaughn (DMA’12) was rounds and an interview. Although he is (MMUS’00) NEW Eklund Opera Program proud to be among those who did. a member of the Marine Corps, he did production of “Sweeney A cellist in the United States Ma- not have to go through basic training, ALBUM “DIAMOND Todd.” His upcoming rine Band, known as “The President’s since his role is strictly noncombative. performances include Own,” Staff Sergeant Vaughn spent that “They have such a wide variety of CUT” WAS “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” Wednesday performing in the 41st pres- performance opportunities,” Vaughn says with Washington National ident’s memorial service at the National of his outfit, which is based at Marine NOMINATED FOR A Opera and Verdi’s “Requi- Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Barracks Washington, about three em” with the West Virginia “I was humbled to be part of that miles southeast of the White House, GRAMMY AWARD Symphony Orchestra. experience,” he said. “It was a very and is believed to have played at every reverent and solemn occasion — a good presidential inauguration since Thomas IN THE BEST JAZZ In December chance to pay tribute to our commander Jefferson’s. “It’s a great chance to serve 2018, Kate in chief.” your country.” INSTRUMENTAL ’15Brady (Engl ex’15) From the first number, a nocturne Last winter, the band performed at released her first single, from Gustav Holst’s “A Moorside the White House several times, playing ALBUM CATEGORY. “August.” In 2015, she Suite,” to the last, a hymn from “For holiday standards like “Rudolph the Red- won the Guitar Center All the Saints,” the band provided the Nosed Reindeer” and “Sleigh Ride.” Singer Songwriter soundtrack for a remarkable ceremony That’s quite a stage for any musician. one-person inflatable raft alums hiked the “Haute Competition, which watched on television by millions. “I try to shoot for the stars, but be a to paddle the entire river. Route” in Switzerland — was judged by Ariel The Marine Band is the country’s realist at the same time,” Vaughn said of Daniel McCormick a 12-day, 112-mile hike Rechtshaid, producer oldest continuously active profession- his path to the band. “I’ve taken a lot of (ChemEngr’01; Law’10) from the Chamoix Valley of bands and artists al musical organization. Established auditions over the years. Sometimes you was elected partner at in France to Switzerland’s such as Adele, Haim by Congress in 1798, its mission is to come close and sometimes you don’t.” Kilpatrick Townsend. Zermatt Mountain Resort. and Vampire Weekend. provide music for the president of the This time, he nailed it. He is a member of the The hike included a The award gave her the United States and the commandant of electronics and soft- stop on the Euroweng, opportunity to record the Marine Corps. By Mike Unger ware team in the firm’s the longest pedestrian a four-song EP with Vaughn, 34, landed a Denver office. suspension bridge in the Rechtshaid, a song- seat in its strings section Chasing Coral, a world, to unfurl the CU writing session with in June. His first big Sundance Film Festival flag they had carried for band City and Colour, a performance was the award winner and Netflix 100 miles. “Coincidentally, performance on Jimmy Fourth of July concert original feature produced we even bumped into Kimmel Live!, $25,000 for on the White House by Larissa Rhodes another Buff alum on the new gear and a feature lawn. Prior to that, (Film, Span’10), received route,” writes Michael article in the magazine his only other time at an Emmy Award in the Ton (CompSci’12; American Songwriter. America’s most famed outstanding nature MS’13). Bruce Deakyne residence was when he documentary category. (MEngr’12), Max Karyn was in fifth grade, during The film discusses how Bohning (ApMath’12, Kesselring a school trip. coral reefs, a vital part of MEngrMgmt’15), Hannah ’18(Law’18) recently joined He’d started playing the Earth’s ecosystem, are Steketee (MechEngr’17), the law firm Erise IP cello a year earlier, at age vanishing at an alarming and Alex Kessock as an associate in its 11, and he’s never stopped. rate around the globe. (Mgmt’15) also Denver office. After earning bache- Larissa is a film producer participated. Ishani Shrestha lor’s and master’s degrees and director of creative Wei Wu (MMus’13) (Mgmt’18) graduated in cello performance, development at Expo- won a Grammy Award in from CU’s Leeds School he thought he wanted sure Labs, where she February for his work in of Business in Decem- to become a professor. develops environmental- the Mason Bates opera ber. Ishani was crowned While pursuing a doc- ly and socially motivated “The (R)evolution of Steve Miss Nepal 2013 in Bali, torate at CU, he studied projects. She previously Jobs.” Wu played the role Indonesia, where she with Andras Fejer, of the worked on the Emmy of Jobs’ spiritual adviser, won the prestigious Grammy-winning Takács Award-winning documen- Kobun Chino Otogawa, Beauty with a Purpose Quartet, and Judith tary Chasing Ice. and took the prize for title for her work to edu- Glyde. Along the way, he Best Opera Recording. cate rural communities in realized his true inspira- In September, a The opera premiered in Nepal about the impor- tion was performing, ’13 group of five CU Santa Fe last year. Wu tance of oral hygiene. not teaching. 57 SPRING 2019 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy United States Marine Band Coloradan SPRING 2019 58 CLASS NOTES In Memoriam Jack Moyers (Jour’42) William P. Hyde (Law’53) Rodney F. 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59 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photo by Casey A. Cass Coloradan SPRING 2019 60 BUFFS IN ANTARCTICA Editor’s Note: Amy Red- cided whose voice was to What a fascinating and in- ford indeed attended CU be used. Jim made all the formative article [“Buffs on Boulder from 1988-1991. recordings of Alan Roach, Ice,” Winter 2018]. It de- We regret the omission. Pete Smythe, Reynelda SPRING 2019 serves a wide international Muse, Peyton Manning, audience to raise public PAIN Lindsey Vonn, etc. awareness of the breadth I read this article [“Unlearn- I really appreciated your 1 2 of research, and those ing Pain,” Fall 2018] with article, and the attention it ongoing support systems interest. My audiologist brings to Kim. But I’m sorry which allow it to function tells me tinnitus is the Jim’s name didn’t appear. throughout the year. result of the brain perceiv- Kathryn Charles Doreen Hansen ing whatever its root cause (Thtr’90; MArt’90) Cheltenham, United is as pain. For the millions Denver Kingdom of people who suffer from this annoying to almost FAVORITE PROFS I always look forward to my intolerable syndrome, Dr. Paul Danish’s description next issue of the Colora- Ashar’s studies might lead [“Boulder Beat,” Winter dan. The Winter 2018 issue to a “cure” for this awful 2018] of the excitement caught my interest with the distraction. Richard Wilson brought to article about CU scientists Mary McClanahan his class in constitutional spending time in Cape (Lang’67; MLatin’69) law is one I can fully con- McMurdo, Antarctica. Boulder firm. The years I spent in 3 4 Upon my graduation Colorado (1955-1959) were from CU in 1968, I joined MEMORIES years that shaped my life the USAF and became a I always very much enjoy — first as a student at the pilot. My career ended up reading the Coloradan. Denver Extension Center being 23 years long (I am a On the “Look: Inscriptions” and, from 1957-1959, flying vet of both Vietnam page [Fall 2018], I have as a graduate student and Desert Storm), and I another to add. I have and teaching assistant in flew the Lockheed C-141 repeated the saying to my- political science at Boulder. Starlifter jet all over the self and others hundreds It was my incredible good world from Travis Air Force of times throughout the fortune that the depart- Base in California. One of years. Inscribed over the ment had an extraordinary the missions was flying entrance to Norlin Library faculty in the areas of law scientists and support is the following: “He Who and jurisprudence, my 5 6 7 folks to Cape McMurdo. Knows Only His Own Gen- areas of primary interest. I retired in 1991 with the eration Remains Always A There was Henry Ehrmann, rank of Lt. Colonel. It was Child.” So true. a brilliant scholar who an amazing career, and I’d Jane Becwar Murphy taught me more about do it all over again! (EnvCon’76) legal scholarship than Bill Wardwell (Econ’68) Punta Gorda, Fla. anyone in my life; Clay San Mateo, Calif. Malick, a lovely gentleman THE VOICE and wise and thoughtful THE REDFORDS Thank you for your article teacher who directed my BIRDS OF BOULDER: Interesting infographic about Kim Christiansen master’s thesis; and Dick READERS FLOCK TO RESPOND Winners on Robert Redford in the (Jour’84) [“Voice on the Wilson, a challenging and Readers responded in droves to the winter issue’s Paula LaPoint (Geol’69) winter issue, but there’s a Train,” Winter 2018]. I was inspiring teacher, full of bird identification quiz. The winners, listed at right, Tom Hamm (Zool’64) slight error. It states that so excited to see that this important and stimulating will receive a copy of Peterson’s Field Guide to Bird Darrin Kadel (EnvCon’94) two of Redford’s chil- sound art created by CU ideas he was always ready Sounds of Western North America, by CU’s Nathan dren, David and Shauna, Boulder graduate Jim to share. All of them had Pieplow. Here's the answer key: Runners-up followed him to CU. His Green (MArt’78) was no- plenty of time for students, Margaret Furumo (Ling’88) younger daughter Amy ticed by his alma mater. to answer questions, to 1. Lazuli Bunting Ruth Carol Cushman also attended. She was in When the airport first give advice and to offer 2. Northern Flicker Sandra McNew (MPsych’81) a theater class for which I opened, Jim was com- encouragement. It was an 3. White-Tailed Ptarmigan Ron Podhajsky was the graduate student missioned by the [City of intellectual gold mine. 4. Bald Eagle Shalana Gray (Anth’12) teaching assistant. Denver] Mayor’s Office of But I have to ask where 5. Mountain Chickadee Peggy Wait and Lowell Douglas Gordy Art, Culture and Film to did you get the picture that 6. Western Tanager Baumunk (A&S’66) (PhDThtr’94) record all the sounds for apparently purports to be 7. Snowy Owl Mary Stewart Walnut Creek, Calif. the train. For years, he de- of Dick Wilson. It certainly is

61 SPRING 2019 Coloradan Photos by Peter Burke Coloradan SPRING 2019 62 not of him. Dick’s memory a prediction of financial taught his class with an FOLLOW US deserves better. outlooks. His wife, who intensity and dignity that is Facebook VOLUME 23, NUMBER 3 Dean Alfange, Jr. was nodding in the back likely one key reason I am a facebook.com/ SPRING 2019 (MPolSci’60) row while auditing a class, psychologist today. cuboulderalumni Leverett, Mass. caught one. Gregory Mondin Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers John Hubbs (MBA’69; (Nurs’86 at Anschutz) Twitter in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through Editor’s Note: Dean is ChemEngr’63) Boise, Idaho @CUBoulderAlumni regular communication with alumni, students, faculty, staff correct. We regret the error. Sykesville, Md. #foreverbuffs and friends of the university. It is published four times per year, in spring, summer, fall and winter, by the CU Boulder The real Dick Wilson is HAPPINESS Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles, photos pictured below here. Paul Danish’s column I’ve always thought LinkedIn and illustrations may be obtained from the editor. about his three all-time happiness [“Flip Side of University of Colorado favorite CU classes got me Happiness,” Winter 2018] Boulder Alumni MAILING ADDRESS thinking about my own. The as a goal was unachiev- Koenig Alumni Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO difficulty of the task for me able. It’s a by-product of Instagram 80309-0459; phone 303-492-3712 or 800-492-7743; was sorting entire classes having work and activities @CUBoulderAlumni fax 303-492-6799; email [email protected] from memorable moments and family you love. Glad #foreverbuffs ADDRESS CHANGES in class, where I was either to see folks are starting To change your address or remove your name challenged, or felt the “light to see the flip side of the from our mailing list, write or call the Alumni Association bulb” turn on with some constant emphasis on it. at the address and numbers above or email records@ new knowledge. I was able Bonnie F. McCune OF cufund.org. Please include your alumni ID number, which to narrow it down to three, (Psych’66) LIST 10 is on your mailing label. and the exercise itself Denver 10 OF CU BOULDER’S ON THE WEB was an enjoyable journey OLDEST BUILDINGS Visit www.colorado.edu/coloradan to read the magazine. through memories of peo- OLDEST APPLES ple and events I had not Your Coloradan is first rate 1. Old Main, 1876 PUBLISHER thought of in some time. — always devoured, and Ryan Chreist (Kines’96; MPubAd’09) I well recall another eco- My first choice was an then shared with my six 2. Koenig Alumni Center, nomics professor of the honors course my fresh- grandchildren. They live 1884 EDITOR era. One requirement for man year in the Farrand nearby in Brookfield, Ver- Eric F. Gershon engineering majors was Hall Academic Program. mont, where every fall the 3. Gates Woodruff to take a few classes from Along with about ten other family gleans the apples in Women's Studies ASSOCIATE EDITORS Christie Sounart (Jour’12), Ula Chrobak Arts & Sciences to broaden students, I took “Egoism Liberty Orchard, and then Cottage, 1884 our perspectives. One that and Altruism,” taught by produces delicious apple EDITORIAL ASSISTANT fit my schedule was Econ Brian Mahan. Memorable cider on a 19th-century 4. Woodbury Arts & Amanda Clark (MJour’19) 101 with Rubin Zubrow. as much for the discussions wooden cider press. After Sciences Building, 1890 In two semesters, he about the Lakers vs. Celtics reading your Fall 2018 arti- CONTRIBUTORS clearly demonstrated the rivalry (Mahan was from cle, “The Oldest Apples in 5. Hale Science Building, Glenn Asakawa (Jour’86), Michelle Starika macro-to-micro effects of Boston), he allowed his Boulder,” my family hopes 1893 Asakawa (Jour, Mktg’87), Patrick Campbell federal and state financial students to take arguments to continue this tradition (EnvDes’11), Casey A. Cass, Dave Curtin (Jour’78), Paul Danish (Hist’65), Trent Knoss, Kailee Kwiecien, policies on my wallet. counter to his, and not only into the next generation, 6. Temporary Building Sam Linnerooth, Lisa Marshall (Jour, PolSci’94), His enthusiasm for this treated them respectfully, and perhaps even some- No. 1, 1898 Ken McConnellogue (Jour’90), Jennifer Osieczanek, wide-ranging field resulted but encouraged us to de- day own the orchard. Kelsey Perry, David Plati (Jour’82), Julie Poppen in my taking nearly all velop those arguments. My Lew Watters (Hist’62) 7. University Theatre, 1902 (Engl’88), Daniel Strain, Clint Talbott (Jour’85) the economics classes second choice would be Chester, VT on offer. When I decided “The Sociology and Tech- 8. Page Foundation DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION to return to campus for nology of Modernization,” WINNING Center, 1903 Pentagram Austin an advanced degree, taught by Tom Mayer. I took To say “Sports is full of engineering college dean this class because it filled a ups and downs, and when 9. Guggenheim Max Peters recommended time slot and a requirement. you’re down, it’s fun to Geography, 1908 a new accelerated MBA It turned out to be one of recall the ups” is delusional Please recycle with magazines. program for non-business the best learning experienc- [“After Stellar Start, Buffs Photo courtesy of CU Heritage Center 10. Macky Auditorium, 1922 graduates. While many es of my life, and perhaps Spiral Down,” Winter 2018]! courses in “the dismal sci- taught me as much about At least with football, win- VISIT US AT ence” were in fact dreary, the process of learning as ning is everything! WWW.COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN Zubrow kept his classes anything else. Finally, “So- Pete Rabbitt (Bus’64) lively. No one dared doze cial Psychology,” taught by Newport Beach, Calif. off, since he was as accu- Lewis Harvey. He reminded rate with an eraser to the me of Prof. Kingsfield from Note: Letters edited for shoulder as he was with The Paper Chase, and he length and clarity.

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The Japanese American Citizens League hon- ored Colorado Governor Ralph Carr (A&S1910; Law1912) with this watch for his stand against the internment of Japanese-Americans in domestic prison camps following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Carr, who was governor from 1939 to 1943, was among the only U.S. politicians to op- pose the camps publicly. The watch, held in CU’s Heritage Center, is inscribed “In grateful appreci- ation for your Courageous Stand for Democratic and American Principles.”

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