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ISSUE RALPHIE THE Alumni MagazineFall 2017 NOWSEPTEMBER 2017 Former Rocky Mountain News illustrator Drew Litton has immortalized Ralphie in numerous cartoons over the years. Here's one of his latest, specially commissioned for the Coloradan. See others at drewlitton.com.

1 FALL 2017 Coloradan ColoradanIllustration byFALL Drew 2017 Litton 2 FEATURES EDITOR’S NOTE

Two years ago I spent some time with Larry Strear (Art’69) on his Boulder County buf- falo ranch for a story about ranchers' role in sustaining the Ameri- can buffalo population. I don’t think I’d ever seen a buffalo up close — close enough to feel her breath — let alone mingled among a herd of 40. These were plainly powerful animals, com- manding respect from mere humans. But they were also calm and un- hurried. They munched grass, sauntered to the pond to drink and generally ignored us interlopers, which was fine with me. I tried to imagine that time, many gener- ations back, when tens of millions of bison roamed the West. What did a stampede sound like? Feel like? What was the scent of the churned earth after they’d passed? CU Boulder grad- COVER The Ralphie 15 50 Years of Ralphie 31 Better than Babel uates perhaps can running tradition started The buffalo who became Ralphie I arrived Samuel Boyd has a way with languages. imagine better than in 1967. Photo by Getty in Boulder in 1966. In 1967, her Folsom Field most. Welcome to The Images/Doug Pensinger. performances took root in CU culture. Ralphie Issue. 35 Start-Up Fever ABOVE Madalyn Kern Entrepreneurs are coming out of the woodwork Eric Gershon (MechEngr'12; PhD'16) 23 The Art of Experience at CU Boulder. It’s no accident. at the Catalyze CU Demo Soon there'll be a degree for that. Day in July. Her company, ReForm, is developing a low- 39 Tasmanian Devil Is an Old Soul cost, adjustable prosthetic 25 Behind the Bars CU football captain Phillip Lindsay (Comm'18) socket for amputees. Photo A CU professor goes inside America's prisons enters his senior season as a top-ranked NFL by Logan Guerry. to study gang life. prospect. There's more to the man than that.

DEPARTMENTS

1 NOW Super Ralphie 8 BOULDER BEAT 29 INFOGRAPHIC 49 Sports 65 THEN Paul Danish Ralphies I-V Summer 1966 5 INQUIRY 55 Class Notes Brian Argrow 11 LOOK Playground 43 Alumni News 61 Letters CONTACT ERIC GERSHON AT 7 Campus News 13 ORIGINS CU Mascot 47 The President's View EDITOR@COLORADO.EDU

3 FALL 2017 Coloradan Coloradan FALL 2017 4 INQUIRY BRIAN ARGROW

DR. DRONE I use “legitimate” to separate those greatest promise for humankind? ing design. Integrity because, if we are Brian Argrow, the new chair of CU Boul- who intend to observe the current reg- As much as I see drones changing the to entrust our lives to the technologies of der’s Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace ulations from the “rogues” who have no world, I suppose if I had to say what holds aerospace engineers, we must first have Engineering Sciences department, talks intention to abide by the regulations. the greatest promise to humanity, it would trust in the people that are the engineers. Mars, drones, integrity and why he always NASA also is focused on developing have to be spacecraft with the potential books a window seat. an air-traffic management system in an- to spread humankind to other planets. Of What first drew you to aerospace ticipation of the continued proliferation of course, Mars is the first target. engineering? If you could visit any planet in our small drones. My first love was astronomy, as far back solar system, which would you pick? CU Boulder’s aerospace program as I can remember. The Gemini and Mars, of course. When I see images from How soon and for what uses? ranks among America’s best. How Apollo programs absolutely captured the surface, they often remind me of Small drones have become ubiquitous would you like to see it change my imagination. I was 8, about to be 9, places I’ve visited in the American South- enough to barely be noticeable. You or grow? for the first moon landing. I was similarly west, and I have so many memories from might have seen News Channel 4 in Den- Once, innovation was primarily within fascinated by the NASA X-plane program, reading sci-fi books such as Ray Brad- ver advertising their “Drone 4,” which is specific, well-defined disciplines. Today’s especially the X-15. If it had anything to bury’s The Martian Chronicles. It would be just a little DJI Phantom-4 quadrotor. innovation is mostly at their intersections. do with astronomy, and if it involved craft fascinating to see just how accurate my A partial list of CU’s recent drone ap- For example, today’s drone technol- that flew fast or high — preferably fast and youthful imagination was. plications and missions includes atmo- ogies are emerging from aeronautics, high — then it had my undivided attention. spheric measurements and profiling, an robotics, intelligent systems and space- You’re an expert in unmanned air- aerial photogrammetry survey of Chim- craft (GPS) technologies, with increasing- When you travel by air: Aisle or win- craft systems (drones). Do you think ney Rock National Monument, delivery ly autonomous technologies starting to dow, and how do you pass the time? they’ll become part of everyday life of real-time pre-storm weather data to emerge in spacecraft, air traffic control Window seat. When I first started traveling in America? the National Weather Service and inter- and ground-based systems, such as cars. as a professor, I thought it was important If you consider the battlefield, tactical cepting supercell thunderstorms in the Our aerospace program continues to for me to have an aisle seat, since I was and strategic missions of the U.S. mili- Great Plains. grow because of our diversity in disci- fancying myself as a businessman. It only tary for the past 20 years or so, drones A multitude of civilian applications plines and research, our willingness to took a few trips and I was back in the win- have already been an indispensable part includes search and rescue; powerline, collaborate and innovate at intersections dow seat where I belonged — where I had of the lives of many Americans — but railroad, bridge and river inspection; and our desire to be leaders in all aspects a clear view of the wings and engines, only recently in America. The introduc- estuary surveys; large aquatic mammal of engineering education. and great views of things on the ground. tion of the FAA’s “Part 107” regulation counts; anti-poaching; and blood and Even though I spend most of my time last year finally gave a relatively straight- plasma delivery. What qualities make for a first-rate working on my computer, I still look out forward path for legitimate drone uses aerospace engineer? and down often. for flights in the U.S. below 400-ft. alti- What aerospace endeavor that Curiosity and integrity. Curiosity drives the tude and away from airports. you’re aware of seems to offer the imaginations at the foundation of engineer- Condensed and edited by Eric Gershon.

5 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan FALL 2017 6 BOULDER BEAT By Paul Danish

FALL ’67: CHANGIN’ TIMES Between 1933 and 1963, Boulder voters The 1967 Summer of Love may not have considered six proposals to repeal local amounted to much at CU, but the ’67 fall prohibition — and rejected all six. semester was another matter. But by 1967 Boulder’s population was Hippie culture began seeping into the exploding. IBM alone brought more student body. Student activism turned than 8,000 new employees and their more radical. And in the city of Boulder spouses to town. there was a political earthquake. The newcomers weren’t much into FALL 2017 In October CU’s recently organized temperance. So in November ’67 the vot- News Students for a Democratic Society chap- ers said, in so many words, Happy Days ter blocked the entrance to the University Are Here Again, 9,709 to 3,965. Placement Office, where the CIA was The City Council wasted no time in No Smoking, Please interviewing job seekers, prompting a bellying up to the bar. near-riot when students who had other in- It swiftly annexed the enclaves home BUT MAYBE YOU’D LIKE TO BUY SOME ART? terviews scheduled tried to get past. Nine to a necklace of liquor stores, restaurants protesters were suspended for a semester. and bars surrounding Boulder, including The hope, she said, is for By the standards of what came later, the Harvest House and the Lamp Post, visitors to leave with a hap- the demo was pretty tame stuff. But Boulder’s two best eateries then. py token of their experience it marked the moment when student The total value of the property that inspires a return. activism switched from early ’60s civil annexed was almost $19 million in 1967, Eads stocks the Art-o-mat rights-style protests to the more militant about $138 million today. with oil paintings, watercol- Vietnam War era-style. The Boulderado Hotel obtained ors, jewelry, sculpture and Off campus, the citizens of Boulder a liquor license for The Catacombs, fabrics with animal, plant voted for a sales tax to buy open space the first upscale restaurant to open and other natural history (we called it greenbelts back then), and downtown in ages, beginning the area's themes or forms. A North also to allow booze sales in the city, Lazarus-like resurrection. Carolina-based artists’ co- ending 60 years of local prohibition. The Today Boulder has more than 150 op, Artists in Cellophane, votes profoundly changed Boulder and bars and restaurants and a vibrant food provides the art. The Art-o- how CU students would know it. and entertainment scene. If you haven’t mats come from an affiliated Today Boulder is completely sur- been back since 1967, you might not nonprofit. rounded by tens of thousands of acres of recognize the place. “We’re always looking open space. Without it, Boulder would Except for the soaring, unbuilt for new ways to pique be a lot more like Aurora, and the CU mountain backdrop and the breathtak- students’ interest in natural experience would be much more like ing panoramas of open space sweeping history,” she said. that of an urban campus. down from Davidson Mesa. That much There are about 100 Art- Boulder had voted itself dry in 1907, a hasn’t changed. o-mats around the country, decade before Prohibition came to the according to artomat.org, rest of the country. After 1934, 3.2 beer Paul Danish (Hist’65) is a Coloradan many in museums and sales were grudgingly allowed. columnist. arts centers, but also in CU Boulder is, officially, a smoke- libraries, hotels, restaurants and stores. free campus, and has been for years: No They’ve been spotted in Whole Foods. smoking permitted, indoors or out. CU’s mirrored model, a smooth, me- So, the appearance this year of a ciga- tallic specimen, rust-colored and replete rette vending machine in the north entry with pull-knobs, previously served up art of the CU Museum of Natural History has in Manhattan. After a touchup, it was prompted some delighted double-takes. shipped to Boulder. A mid-century model last on duty in a “There are many styles of Art-o- New York jewelry store, the dispenser to- mats, as there were many styles of day serves a salutary role: It’s an Art-o-mat. cigarette dispensers,” said Eads. “The Instead of Marlboros or Camels or Virginia feel of this one just seemed to fit with Slims, it offers original artworks at $5 per. the rest of the museum.” “We wanted to provide something Sales help support students in the mu- new and different in the museum that seum’s Museum and Field Study program, would bridge the gap between art and and the artwork is easy to carry away — science,” said Samantha Eads, the each measures 54mm by 82mm by 21mm, museum’s visitor services manager, who about the size of a pack of cigarettes. pursued an Art-o-mat after first seeing one in Indianapolis in 2015. By Timothy Drugan-Eppich

7 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo by Glenn Asakawa Photo from 1968 Coloradan yearbook Coloradan FALL 2017 8 Campus News

CU BRINGS BACK FRATERNITIES Are Mermaids Real? CU Boulder has established its own Interfraternity Coun- DIGITS cil (IFC), allowing Greek social fraternities to affiliate CU HERBARIUM AN 8-YEAR-OLD ASKS A CU SCIENTIST FOR THE HARD TRUTH directly with the university for the first time since 2005. Two fraternities are on board for the 2017-18 A botanical library of dried plants, some dating As 8-year-old Catherine Schwartz A CU faculty member since 1989, school year: Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Tau Gamma. back centuries. pondered the existence of mermaids, Randall said she wanted to encour- CU is in talks with others. she decided to seek an expert opinion. age Catherine to look for scientific, CU severed ties with social fraternities after pledge Scientist Cora Randall, chair of CU evidence-based explanations without Lynn “Gordie” Bailey Jr. died from alcohol poisoning Boulder’s atmospheric and oceanic diminishing her sense of wonder. in 2005. Fraternities formed their own off-campus sciences department, came through. “This seemed like such a natural councils but were denied university privileges. In June Randall received a letter question for an 8-year-old to ask that “We know that, for some students, being a 1902Year founded from Catherine’s father, Eric Schwartz, first I just wanted her to learn the member of a fraternity or sorority builds commu- relaying the girl’s question about answer,” said Randall, an expert in nity, provides a support network and frames lasting whether mermaids were real. satellite remote sensing of Earth’s at- friendships well beyond their college years,” said CU 535,000 “She said that her friends all said mosphere. “But I also wanted to avoid vice chancellor of student affairs Christina Gonzales. Plant specimens, lichens and mosses in collection mermaids are real, but her parents said disillusioning her; I wanted her to keep Members of the new CU Interfraternity Council they are not real, and she wanted to wondering about all the mysteries of must sign an agreement requiring them to follow all know who was right,” said Randall. the natural world.” university policies. The professor was busy — but hardly Catherine was thrilled to get Ran- too busy to take Catherine seriously. dall’s response, her father said, if also “Even though there’s no evidence that a little disappointed in the truth. But HEARD AROUND CAMPUS 1862Date on one of the old- mermaids are real,” Randall wrote in her enthusiasm for the mythical crea- est specimens her typed, one-page response, “I hope tures hasn’t waned. “THE FUNCTIONING OF you’ll continue to imagine what could “She still loves mermaids,” he said. be. Keep asking questions and trying to OUR SOCIETY IS BASED IN understand whether something is true.” By Christie Sounart (Jour'12) LARGE PART ON OUR ABIL- ITY TO TRANSPORT FOOD, FUEL AND OTHER GOODS — ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BE SEVERELY AFFECTED Years into digitization BY A NUCLEAR WAR.” of collection, housed in — CU Boulder physicist Brian Toon on his latest Clare Small study concerning nuclear war’s agricultural and oceanic impacts. 5 WHAT LIVES IN YOUR SHOWERHEAD? It’s a fine time to clean your showerhead — you’ll find an entire microbial ecosystem living there. But Noah Fierer wants a sample first. Percent of plants digi- The CU Boulder ecology and evolutionary biology tized so far, approx. professor and colleagues sent 1,500 kits to willing 50 “citizen scientists” in nearly every state, Puerto Rico and parts of Europe, enlisting regular folks to swab their showerheads and return the slime samples to FOURDays open to public CU for DNA testing. each week The researchers are trying to develop a more complete picture of showerhead bacteria commu- nities and the conditions that allow them to thrive. They’ll pay special attention to microbes that cause non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease (NTM). New book about Colora- For more on this study, visit colorado.edu/today and ONE do flora published with search “showerhead.” help from the Herbarium

9 FALL 2017 Coloradan Illustration by Raphael Lopez Coloradan FALL 2017 10 LOOK PLAYGROUND

ALL WORK, EXTRA PLAY At Kendall Apartments, an affordable housing community in Lakewood, Colo., children play Nerf wars, soccer and “groundies,” the don’t-touch-the-ground version of tag. They swing from monkey bars and scale a rope net amid the smell of fresh cedar. Resident parents are thrilled — their children, about 65 in all, now have a safe and spacious space to play. The old area was small and crumbling. Open since June, the new playground is the latest studio project by undergraduate environmental design students at CU Boulder. Predecessors dreamed up and built a tree office and a sustainable bathhouse. The six-month project, led by instructor Jeremy Ehly, involved interviewing parents and children, obtaining zoning permits, regrading the site and designing and building four separate play areas. The 18 CU students also raised more than $36,000 for mate- rial costs, including a $25,000 donation from the Northeast Denver Housing Center. “When we first started the semester, I was completely taken aback by how ambi- tious we were attempting to be,” said Jesse Koenig (EnvDes’17). But they pulled it off, to squeals of joy. “While we were putting our finishing touches on and cleaning up everything, the kids kept asking us, ‘Is it ready, can I play?’” said senior Anne Mosites (Arch’18). “We had to power wash everything as our last step and the kids started playing the minute we were done; they didn’t even care that it was soaking wet.” The CU students felt good, too — and were ready for more. Said Ehly, the instructor, “They’ve already been pitching me projects.” CS

11 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photos by Jeremy Ehly Coloradan FALL 2017 12 ORIGINS CU MASCOT

A BUFFALO FOR THE BUFFALOES appear at a CU football game — others, (Engl’69), all pictured below — trained north end zone, where the team awaited As a CU freshman in 1965, Bill Lowery rented or borrowed, had made sideline the live mascot at CU-owned Green kickoff. Asked to move, they grabbed Ral- (Bus ex’69) was shocked to see a cos- appearances since at least 1934, when Meadows Riding Ranch in east Boulder, phie’s ropes and charged onto the field in tumed buffalo at Buffs football games CU adopted “buffaloes” as its nickname. under manager Buddy Hays. cowboy boots — flailing, wild, euphoric. instead of the real thing. But the arrival of Ralphie I, a calf from Ralphie made her Folsom debut in fall “The crowd went absolutely nuts,” “I grew up in Texas and in the South- Colorado’s northeastern corner, set the 1966, according to Lowery and Martur- said Lowery, now of Vernon, Texas. “I west Conference,” he said. “I was used stage for Ralphie’s game-day runs. ano, who said they ran her on the field said, ‘I think the buffalo is here to stay.’” to seeing live mascots.” Lowery was the right guy at the right at the Oct. 1 Kansas State game. (The CU won the game 10-0. So the cowboy from Lubbock acted: time. An animal lover, he’d brought spring 1967 yearbook shows a picture, The next year Ralphie appeared on In fall 1965 he proposed a permanent two horses to CU. And his father was a labeled “CU’s new buffalo mascot, national television during the Bluebon- live buffalo mascot to the Silver and Gold rancher. The elder Lowery paid $150 for Ralph,” of Lowery and crew escorting net Bowl. freshman spirit committee. a young female buffalo from Sedgwick a buffalo in a stadium.) CU Athletics And with that, said Glenn Porzak The idea was a hit, and the group as- County and donated her to CU. endorsed the buffalo dashes in 1967, (PolSci’70; Law’73), president of the signed him the key task of finding a buffalo. Bill Lowery and three fellow students marking the start of the tradition. 1967-68 sophomore class, “She be- By summer 1966, Ralphie I was in — incoming sophomore class presi- On that October day in '66, Lowery’s came a celebrity.” Boulder, readying for action. dent Don Marturano (Econ’69), Victor team loaded Ralphie into a four-horse She wouldn’t be the first buffalo to Reinking (A&S’69) and John McGill stock trailer and drove her into Folsom’s By Christie Sounart (Jour’12)

13 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo from Coloradan archives Coloradan FALL 2017 14 YEARS OF RALPHIE

Parts of the story are well known — documented, verified, as certain as can be. Others are subject to interpretation. A few parts have been repeated so often that they feel true and important, though the evidence may be thin, con- tested or dubious. That’s the nature of legends. In this case, it all adds up to the story of a live buffalo mascot called Ralphie, ad- mired by generations of alumni, friends, fans and — dare we say it — rivals of the University of Colorado Boulder. You’ve probably heard about the time, back in 1934, when the Silver & Gold student newspaper sponsored a contest to identify a new and perma- nent nickname for CU, which had been known variously as the Silver and Gold, Frontiersmen, Thundering Herd and other names. More than 1,000 responses flooded in, including six recommending the buffaloes. We all know who came out on top. Legends are a mix of hard truth and in- herited belief. This fall, should you witness all 1,200 pounds of Ralphie V charging down Folsom Field, there won’t be any- thing vague about the feeling you get. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Ralphie live mascot tradition, we’ve assembled pieces of Ralphie's story, some past, some present. Some of you surely know details that escaped us, or perhaps remember things differently. For posteri- ty’s sake, we hope you’ll let us know. As a mascot, Ralphie has entered her sixth decade. Won’t you come see her again?

Photo by Randy Parietti Photography RALPHIE 50 YEARS OF RALPHIE

FIRST-CLASS Treatment

Ralphie is one pampered buffalo. When she takes the field for the Buffs’ home opener Saturday, Sept. 9, at noon, she’ll have experienced a morning of celebrity-level treatment from her handlers and thousands Handlers greet Load Ralphie into Arrive on campus of fans. Here’s a sample of her game-day Ralphie at her her trailer for the to pose for pictures schedule. Times are approximate. ranch8:00am and feed her. 8:30amdrive to campus. 9:15amduring Ralphie’s Corral football tailgate.

Load back into Ralphie and Ralphie is Handlers warm the trailer for a handlers arrive dressed in her up and stretch 10:45amdrive through campus to pump up fans. 11:00amat Folsom Field. 11:15amcustom harness and headstall. 11:30amon the football field.

Ralphie is Ralphie She Ralphie suits up moved into executes her dashes again. 11:40amrunning position on Folsom Field. 11:55amtrademark 250-yard sprint. 11:55:25aminto her trailer, where her gear is removed. 1:15pm

Handlers begin Ralphie thunders Handlers and Ralphie enjoys a their second across the field at Ralphie head back celebratory extra round1:30pm of warm-ups. 1:40pmthe start of the second half. 1:45pmto her ranch. 2:15pmfive pounds of grass hay.

17 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photos courtesy John Graves, CU Athletics and University of Colorado Coloradan FALL 2017 18 RALPHIE 50 YEARS OF RALPHIE

Q&A: Ralphie’s BABY CALF BOTTLE Other Universities Vets Drs. Lori and 2003 with LIVE MASCOTS Michael Scott The type of bottle and nipple used to feed orphaned Drs. Lori and Michael Scott of North Den- Ralphies III and IV. ver Animal Clinic have treated animals for CSU nearly three decades — including, for the CAM last 20 years, all the Ralphies, active and the Ram retired. Despite the Scotts’ own college them. We do checkups if they need ties — the spouses are both Colorado one, but buffalo are generally pretty State University grads — they consider resilient and healthy. CU's buffaloes part of their family. Mike BAYLOR keeps a framed picture of Ralphie IV on What’s involved in a typical checkup Joy and his desk. Here, Lori talks about what it’s for Ralphie? Lady the like to be the vets for Colorado’s most Things like yearly vaccinations and bears famous buffalo. de-worming. We talk about her overall health, whether we need to change any- How did you and Michael get in- thing in her diet and whether she is plan- YALE Handsome volved with the Ralphie program? ning on traveling anywhere that year. Dan the We got a call from Kevin Priola [a bulldog former Ralphie handler and program Have you had to treat Ralphie for director] 20 years ago. Our ad in the anything serious or complicated? Yellow Pages had a buffalo logo, and When Ralphie IV was sick with a liver he figured we would know how to care problem, Dr. Mike was there for a while, for one. In fact, in the popular years of but she wasn’t treated long. She went buffalo, my husband [Michael] cared for very peacefully [in March]. She was a thousands of them. good one. RALPHIE FOR Do you treat other buffalo? Does Ralphie’s diet differ much from PRESIDENT Yes, we have one client with a herd in a wild buffalo’s? Circa 1996 Lafayette. There’s about 40 or 50 of Pretty much these girls graze and are USC fed hay. It doesn’t differ much from wild Traveler Since she arrived at ones, except that those in the wild the horse CU Boulder, Ralphie graze on thousands of acres. has been a favorite among the students. In 1971, she even How do you know if Ralphie is was named Homecoming Queen. having an off day? Not eating is the big key, and if Ralphie V is not as feisty as normal. You can tell by their eyes that TEXAS A&M Reveille the collie they’re not feeling good.

What seems to make Ralphie happiest? Running on the field, performing and the interaction with humans. Ralphie V loves to lick you and have contact. She is very tactile.

You went to CSU. Does CAM the Ram know you take care of Ralphie? CAM bestowed the veterinarians’ oath on us. So privately he accepts our AIR FORCE ACADEMY healthcare and treatment of a rival Mach 1 the falcon school’s mascot…Publicly he Photos courtesy Texas never lets on. A&M, USC Athletics, Yale, Baylor, Colorado Photo by Casey A. Cass; © iStock/winterling; deepblue4you State University RALPHIE 50 YEARS OF RALPHIE

HANDLER'S BUFFALO BASICS COWBOY HAT Girl’s Got GAME Circa 1968

RALPHIE HELPS PAY HER OWN WAY IN LIFE — Handlers have been BUT THE FANS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING. involved with Ralphie since the beginning. The sophomore What’s the difference between a class was briefly in charge until buffalo and a bison? By Eric Gershon Ralphie running formally became a The terms are used interchangeably CU athletic program. in the United States to refer to the American bison (bison bison), North By and large, Ralphie works for free. “It’s a whole lot of small things that America’s largest living mammal. They But every so often, CU’s famed live add up,” he said. Still, expenses are expenses, and Ral- are related to cattle (what we call cows.) buffalo mascot takes on a paying gig. phie V, like her predecessors, relies on On July 1, she not only appeared at FOR INSTANCE... the largesse of her fans to keep going. the Folsom Field wedding of Bernie There’s hay, of course, and mainte- (Bus’04) and Deborah Belin Hund nance on the secret Colorado ranch VIOLET (Psych’08), she also kicked off the recep- where she lives. There’s transportation “Ever since the beginning, it has been tion, charging the field with her student to and from campus for practice and completely funded by fans,” said Graves, How big are they? handlers as guests watched from the games, workout gear and game-day at- who’s led the Ralphie program since Mature females weigh about 1,100 terrace of the Touchdown Club. tire for the 16 handlers and a part-time 2014 and manages a South Boulder horse pounds and males about 2,000. The Hunds paid $3,000 for the honor, salary for Graves and a stipend for his ranch as his day job. and were glad to do it. assistant coach, Taylor Stratton. Har- The biggest single donation came nesses, pitchforks, in 2002, a bequest of $40,729.88 from shovels, wheelbar- Violet Stromberg, a former teacher with THAT WASN'T JUST A rows and repairs to no heirs who died in 2001 at age 96. The Ralphie’s trailer are gift of her life savings established an How fast do they run? BUFFALO AT THE WED- all necessary, too. endowment called the Ralphie Fund. At top speed, nearly 40 mph. The list goes on. DING. IT WAS RALPHIE. Sponsorships and volunteers help keep A TEACHER “We’re diehards and it’s totally expenses down. In 20 years, for exam- worth it to us,” Bernie, a defense ple, Ralphie’s veterinarians, Drs. Lori ONCE LEFT HER contractor in Virginia, said a few days and Michael Scott of North Denver What do they eat? before tying the knot. Animal Clinic, have never charged a LIFE SAVINGS Plants: Hay, grass, shrubbery. Because the Hunds also rented space cent for her care, Graves said. (See at Folsom Field for the wedding, they page 19 for a Q&A with the vets.) The TO RALPHIE. got a discount: $6,000 is typically student handlers, as varsity athletes, what a private Ralphie appearance are unpaid. Other fans have been steady support- costs, said John Graves (Mgmt’09), ers, contributing an annual average of coach and manager of the Ralphie Live about $9,100 over the last five years. What’s the natural lifespan of Mascot Program. Some people give $1,000, others $5 — a buffalo? Ralphie’s occasional paid work — enough to feed her for a day. Female: 20-25 years. Male: 20 years. she does just a few gigs a year — helps Given Ralphie’s current costs relative meet the program’s expenses, which to her spendable income, and some last year came to about $52,00o, ac- erosion of endowment principal over cording to Graves. time, she still needs to bring in money, and Graves is hoping 2017-18 will prove a banner year. Are there still wild buffalo? RALPHIE HANDLER BOOTS Over the July 4 weekend CU Ath- Yes. Yellowstone National Park has the Circa 1968 letics and its fundraising arm, the Buff largest wild herds, nearly 5,000 animals Club, opened a $50,000 crowdfunding as of July. Most buffalo live on private Worn by Marc Applebaum (Arch'70; campaign at cubuffs.com/ralphie50. It’s ranches and are raised for meat. MS'73), these boots, along with a cowboy intended to bolster Ralphie’s endow- hat, shirt, vest and blue jeans, were part ment and limit her paid appearances Sources: National Park Service; of the uniform for the team that ran with to a special few each year — the Fol- National Bison Association; American Ralphie from 1968 to 1970. som Field wedding, say, of a pair Bison: A Natural History, by Dale F. of proud Buffs. Lott; John Graves

21 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photos by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan FALL 2017 22 Fully approved by the Board of Regents, field,” said Bud Coleman, the former CU early industry advisers. The program will the master’s in experience design is prepar- Boulder theater and dance department draw heavily on faculty and instructors The Art of ing to enroll its first students next year. It’ll chair who has led development of the new from CU’s theater and dance, environ- be among the only academic programs of degree. “Our main objective is to train a mental design and engineering programs. EXPERIENCE its kind — and a timely addition, as venues process of thinking.” “Having someone that has the SOON THERE’LL BE A aim to add bits of Hollywood and theme Over four continuous semesters, knowledge and understanding of the col- DEGREE FOR THAT. park magic to their sites. students will develop skills in communica- laborative process is incredibly valuable,” “More and more we are being asked tion, modeling, scenic art, dramaturgy and said Cooperstein, who designed China’s to provide these design services to areas design technology, for example. They’ll also Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, one of Asia’s By Christie Sounart where entertainment was normally not do group projects, devising their own solu- top theme parks. “Those are the types thought of a few years ago,” said Doyle, tions to assignments faced by real-world of people we can put in a brainstorming Jim Doyle (Thtr’78) knows how to director of technical resources at Los design firms. And they’ll complete in- session and they can help design an experi- turn a space into a spectacle. Angeles’ WET Design. “Where do you get ternships with firms like Doyle’s while ence no one has ever done before.” The Academy Award-winning people who have some sort of education in developing portfolios. Incoming students will represent a wide special effects guru masterminded the this? You can’t.” Few other universities have similar range of talents. Coleman and program water-dancing Fountains of Bellagio CU plans to fill the void by educating programs, according to Coleman. Savan- director Bruce Bergner, a theatrical scene in Las Vegas, the volcano outside the versatile designers who can transform un- nah College of Art and Design offers an designer and artist, expect a meld of Mirage hotel nearby and the flame inspired or static spaces at hotels and zoos, MFA in themed entertainment design, creative students who range from novelists cauldron for the 2002 Winter Olym- on cruise ships, in parks, shopping centers for example. Columbia and Carnegie and cooks to artists and engineers. pics in Salt Lake City. and Federal Reserve banks — almost any Mellon offer degrees in aspects of enter- When they graduate, they’ll be on a Soon he’ll be guiding a new genera- place that hosts lots of visitors — into tainment technology. path blazed by Jim Doyle. tion of thrill-producers as an adviser to visceral, dynamic environments. Doyle — who won a 1992 Academy “Once people figure out this exists,” he a pioneering new CU Boulder master’s “The experience design industry has in- Award for technical achievement — and said, “you’ll have people all over the world program that blends elements of theat- dicated that the abilities to think through Dave Cooperstein of PGAV Destina- who will want to hire them.” rical, lighting and graphic design with projects, to collaborate effectively and to tions, an architecture and planning firm aspects of architecture, landscape communicate eloquently are the qualities whose clients include Sea World, NASA Christie Sounart (Jour’12) is associate architecture and engineering. most lacking among aspirants to their and Busch Gardens, have signed on as editor of the Coloradan.

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Behind the BARS

A CU PROFESSOR GOES INSIDE AMERICA’S PRISONS TO STUDY GANG LIFE.

By Lisa Marshall

Seated inside a windowless, soundproof room at the county jail in Fresno, Calif., David Pyrooz was getting nervous. Across from him sat a gang member awaiting trial for murder, his slick-bald head tattooed with a devil’s horn above each temple. His eyes were darting, a sign that — as Pyrooz’s professors had warned — the interviewee might be growing impatient. Pyrooz, then a 22-year-old criminol- ogy student, glanced at the button on the wall he’d been instructed to press in case of trouble. The inmate spoke: “You know, you have to hold that button for two seconds before someone will come.” “I remember thinking ‘A lot can hap- pen in two seconds,’” Pyrooz said. He paused, reestablished eye contact and asked the next question. Fast forward 12 years and Pyrooz, an assistant professor of sociology at CU Boulder, has interviewed hundreds of gang members in correctional facilities and on the streets, searching for insight into how some people manage to avoid or escape what he calls “the snare” of gang life, while others succumb to it and suffer lifelong consequences. His research comes at a time when 33,000 violent gangs with 1.4 million members are active in the United States and gang violence — though down from its 1990s peak — still plagues cities like Denver and Chicago, where 50 percent of homicides are gang-related. The Trump administration has named one gang, MS-13, “one of the gravest threats to American public safety.”

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Pyrooz, with several high-pro- joining a gang as a teen — as 8 percent of file papers newly published and the U.S. adolescents do — impact life later largest-ever study of imprisoned gang on for the gang member? members in the works, hopes his re- He found sobering answers: Joiners search can prevent youth from joining were 30 percent less likely to earn a gangs and help veteran members escape. high school diploma, 60 percent less His colleagues say the work could also likely to earn a college degree, more shed light on the power of groupthink likely to be unemployed as an adult and and its hold over all of us. lose tens of thousands of dollars in po- “I have always been fascinated by tential earnings — and 100 times more social groups whose collective power is likely to die by homicide. greater than the sum of their individual One subsequent study, subsidized by parts,” said Pyrooz, a married father the Google Ideas think tank, explored of two young children. “We all like to how gangs use the Internet. (To brag think our accomplishments come from about their exploits and keep tabs on individual merit, but so much of our other members, but generally not for re- success is driven by the people in our cruitment, it found.) Another looked at environment. If it weren’t for the gang, similarities between gang members and things might have turned out differently domestic terrorists (not many, he found). for a lot of these guys.” “What David has done that few oth- The closest of the seven prisons near David Pyrooz's old office was a 10-minute walk. He would often ers have is place gang membership in watch the newly released inmates file out, ready to start a new life, and wonder how they would do. DODGING THE SNARE the context of what came before it and Pyrooz grew up in California in the after it,” said Scott Decker, foundation 1990s, splitting his time between his professor of criminology at ASU. “That long way toward establishing trust and are committed in groups, and member- dad’s house in the Bay Area, where the kind of understanding is critical when rapport. He breaks the ice with a friend- ship’s long-term consequences are grave. Norteno gang ruled, and his mom’s it comes to thinking about how to ly question: What are you most looking Second, the way kids spend their time, house in the Central Valley, Sureno turf. address this problem.” forward to eating when you get out? and with whom, matters. By 6th grade, he was noticing groups “The number one thing I want to do is hanging out by their cars, rap music THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW treat them as another human being, not booming, gang signs flashing. Roadside Before arriving at CU in 2015, Pyrooz a prisoner,” he said. YOU SEE A buildings were emblazoned with graffiti. taught at Sam Houston State Univer- Then the stories pour out: A six-fig- By high school, some of his friends sity in Huntsville, Texas, a.k.a. “Prison ure-salary businessman who landed LOT OF LOST were in gangs. City U.S.A.,” because of its seven in prison for a white-collar crime and Instead, he made salutatorian and correctional facilities. joined the Mexican mafia for protection. POTENTIAL. landed a scholarship to California The closest was a 10-minute walk A member of a motorcycle gang who got State University, where he volunteered from his office. He’d often watch newly in trouble for fighting, landed in jail and “Working to keep kids busy and moni- to help a criminology professor with released inmates file out, ready to start a took up with the Aryan Brotherhood. A tor their activities, particularly the friends research at the local jail. Those first new life, and wonder how they would do. young man who, at 18, fell in love with a with whom they hang out, along with 16-year-old girl. When the relationship instilling in children good moral values went sour, her mom called police. He and coping skills, are the ways in which we 33,000 VIOLENT GANGS WITH was charged with statutory rape, went to can keep youth out of gangs,” said Pyrooz, prison, joined a gang, and never left. with a nod to his own attentive parents. 1.4 MILLION MEMBERS ARE Especially hard to hear are the stories Many inmates he’s interviewed ulti- of fathers who missed their children’s mately left their gangs, pulled away by the ACTIVE IN THE U.S. lives and of inmates in solitary confine- attractions of other groups comprised of ment, whom Pyrooz talks with through wives or girlfriends, children and grand- interviews fed his curiosity about what There, he and Decker embarked a mesh wall. children, employers and friends. makes “us” and “them” so different — on a monumental project. They began “You just see a lot of lost poten- “The stereotype is that these guys are or whether we really are. interviewing 800 inmates, half gang tial,” he said. “You go home at night violent predators with zero empathy for “I was struck by how, in many ways, members, half not, 48 hours before they wondering what these guys might have other people,” Pyrooz said. “Some of that these guys behind bars were not much were released, then followed up with been doing if they weren’t behind is true, they have done some very bad different than me or my friends,” Pyrooz them 30 days and nine months later. those bars. You also wonder: Are they stuff. But they still love their kids and said. “They just got caught doing some- The project, still going, has been really ready to get out?” want to see their families be successful. thing, and once they got into that web both gratifying and emotionally taxing, If you look at them at one point in time, that is the criminal justice system, they Pyrooz said. THE TAKEAWAYS they may look like the worst person out had a hard time getting out.” He begins each interview by shaking His research has already produced there, but even that person can change.” Later, during doctoral studies at Ari- the inmate’s hand, a gesture that — for some key conclusions. zona State University, Pyrooz explored someone who has not experienced First, it’s important to keep kids out Lisa Marshall (Jour, PolSci'94) is a a question few others had: How does human touch for months — can go a of gangs, as 90 percent of juvenile crimes freelance writer.

27 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photos by Getty Images/Jan Sochor/CON Coloradan FALL 2017 28 THE OFFICIAL BUFFS CARD INFOGRAPHIC RALPHIES VITAL STATS TENURE MONTH YEAR START FINISH September 1987 GAMES RUN TOTAL November 1997 10 years, 3 months 73 Acquired... Johnnie As of August 2017, five individual buffa- Gift from CU Athletics supporters Shaaron Parker loes have served as Ralphie, including (Hist’62) and (Bus’61), who’d bought the incumbent, 11-year-old Blackout. her from Hudson buffalo rancher Bob Renaud Career highlights...Ran 1990 and 1991 Orange Bowls What do you know aboutShortest-serving each? TEQUILACU LIVE MASCOT Temperament...Fiery, which led to her nickname Ralphie II, 9 years Fun Facts...Reigned as Ralphie during CU’s 1990 Born: Longest-serving Laramie, Wyo. national championship year. States where Ralphies born Birthdate: June 1985 Death: Ralphie I, 12 years MT Hudson, Colo. Death date: WY COLORADO Jan. 1998 Ralphie that attended Trainers: most bowl games CO BUFFALOES Johnnie and NM Shaaron Parker Ralphie III, 8 bowls No.3

Debut of first female : Ralphie handler Farthest distance traveled ROWDY • LIVE MASCOT 1992, Anne Griggs Boulder to Orlando, Fla. (Span’97; MS’01) Ralphie IV, Champs Sports Bowl Game, Dec. 27, 2005 BUFFS No. 1 ROWDY'S RECORD YEAR LOCATION TENURE START Sept. 1998 Ralph BIRTH 1997 Montana CU BUFFS — BOULDER, COLORADO FINISH Aug. 2008 ACQUIRED— DEATH 2017 Colorado Lowery Gift from CU Boulder student ’s (Bus ex’69) family, which bought her ACQUIRED — from a Sedgwick rancher for $150 Bill Gift from Ted Turner, the CNN founder, who is CAREER HIGHLIGHTS— America’s biggest buffalo rancher Kevin including 1977 OrangeRan Bowl 75 (vs. total Ohio games, State) TRAINERS — Johnnie Parker (Hist’62); Benny Frei and and six other bowls FUN FACTS— Priola (Fin’96) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS — Queen. KidnappedNamed by CU’s Air Force1971 HomecomingAcademy cadets Ran at 75 total games, including four in 1970. Nominated for student body president conference championship games and six bowl games. Also in 1968. Had four calves, the last of which ran FUN FACTS — Survived coyote attack early in life. Lived to be nearly 20 years old, a traveled to Athens, Ga., for 2006 game vs. University of Georgia. behind her during 1975 homecoming game. Temperament — THE RALPHIE THAT STARTED IT ALL ripe old age for a buffalo. Calm, sometimes stubborn YEAR BIRTH LOCATION No. 4 DEATH 1965 Sedgwick, Colo. TENURE No. 5 1982 START TRAINER TEMPERAMENT Boulder, Colo. FINISH Oct. 1966 Nov. 1978 “Buddy” Hays Calm

MOON RALPHIE II No. 2 ACQUIRED BLACKOUT FUN FACTS By a group led by Bank H: 5 ft. W: 1,200 lbs. College: CU Boulder of Boulder president and First named Moon because current CU Regent Steve DATE she was born during a Bosley (RealEs’68; Hon- BIRTH LOCATION lunar eclipse. During visit to DEATH Oct. 2006 DocSci’03), from Foxfield, Vermejo Park Ranch, TENURE Oklahoma State University Living Colo., rancher Gregg Cimarron, N.M. START in 1986, OSU students RESIDENCE: Sept. 6, 2008 Mackenzie Secret, undisclosed ranch in AdamsFINISH County, Colo. spray-painted “OSU” on her ACQUIRED: Not yet! TRAINER: John GravesGift from Ted Turner side in orange letters. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS TEMPERAMENT: (Mgmt’09) and Benny Frei FUN FACTS: NICKNAMES Ran 53 total games, including Freedom Wore the RalphieSociable blanket but independent, her first two always seasons loves but tohas run refused Photo of Ralphie I since. Largest (1,200 pounds, 5-feet high at hump) and fastest of all Ralphies. MOON Bowl (1985) and Bluebonnet Bowl (1986) courtesy Heritage Daily Camera MOONSHINE Center, Can finish 250-yard run in less than 25 seconds. TRAINER TEMPERAMENT Collection; Ralphies MOONSHINE PASSED AWAY AT THE HUDSON RANCHTENURE AFTER CU-STANFORD GAME I-V courtesy University CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: As of June 2017, had run at 60 total YEAR LOCATION of Colorado; © iStock/ START Nov. 1978 Gregg Easygoing games, including 2016 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Mackenzie Mutlu Kurtbas BIRTH 1975 Longmont, Colo. FINISH Sept. 1987 DEATH 1987 Hudson, Colo. LANGUAGES

Better than BABEL

SAMUEL BOYD HAS A WAY WITH LANGUAGES.

By Eric Gershon

Like millions of Americans before him and after, Samuel Boyd took high school Spanish. Since then he’s learned some other foreign languages, bringing his total, at last count, to 26, including dialects. He’s got room in his head for more. “I started to learn Sumerian but had some scheduling conflicts,” said the 38-year-old CU Boulder professor, referring to a language spoken about 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, now

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tradition,” Scholars of the Bible tend to know- Boyd said. “I’m many languages — often half a dozen or here to help so, according to Jeffrey Stackert, one of ProfessorProfessor SamuelSamuel Boyd's cover band, The people think Boyd’s graduate school professors at the critically.” University of Chicago. It’s really the BoydBoyd knowsknows 2626 Dead Sea Trolls, nodded Boyd first only way to do the job. Stackert himself grew interest- knows 12, including dialects. foreignforeign languages,languages, ed in ancient But even among his peers and men- cheekily to the scholarly languages while tors, Boyd stands out. includingincluding dialects.dialects. working as a “This level of language competence is life ahead of him. currency deriv- pretty uncommon,” said Stackert, who AA sample:sample: atives analyst called Boyd “a natural” who “combines at a big bank in a remarkable memory with a keen 1. Hebrew Charlotte, N.C. It was the early 2000s interest and indefatigable drive.” part of Iraq. “I’d and he was fresh out of college. Boyd candidly noted another secret 2. Greek like to come back to it.” Inspired by debates about religious to his success: Many languages in his Nearly all Boyd’s languag- fanaticism after the Sept. 11 attacks, repertoire are related. 3. Akkadian es are “dead” — no longer spoken, by his upbringing in the heavily Phoenician, Hebrew and Moabite, for except as a scholarly exercise. Few use Christian American South and by a example, belong to the northwest Semitic 4. Hittite the Roman alphabet (the ABCs). childhood obsession with Indiana language family and share many common But they’re all key tools in his work features, including certain characters 5. Syriac as a professional student of the Bible, used to form words and convey ideas, the Western world’s most famous book. aspects of grammar and some vocabulary. 6. Aramaic Reading the languages of the Punic and Ammonite, once spoken in ancient Near Eastern and Mediterra- Greek sucked North Africa and what is now Jordan, 7. Ge'ez nean cultures that produced it some respectively, in turn resemble Moabite. 8. Phoenician 2,500 years ago helps him assess him in. In a Western context, this is like subtleties lost in translation. It also someone knowing Italian and Spanish Ugaritic allows him to decipher contempora- and adding Portuguese or French — 9. neous records that illuminate context other Romance languages. 10. Moabite and meaning. Jones, he enrolled in an on- Still, it takes a lot of study, and Boyd Guiding this work are two endlessly line course in ancient Greek. He spent years heads-down. 11. Classical Arabic ponderable questions: “What is the wanted to read the New Testament as It helped that “I was a single guy” Bible, and what are we supposed to it was first written. during graduate school, he said. use it for?” Greek sucked him in. Now married with children, Boyd These are not questions with final “I’ve got the bug,” Boyd told his emerged as an uncommon talent whose doesn’t consider himself a hyperpolyglot answers. bosses at the bank, where he also linguistic abilities make him — a person who speaks lots oflanguages. But meticulous study of played guitar in a cover band called a versatile scholar. (Zaid Fazah of Lebanon claims to read the literary and archaeo- The Dead Sea Trolls, a cheeky nod “He is able to address complex and speak about 60.) logical evidence left to the latent interests that led to a research questions that span significant “Texts are my thing,” he said. new life. time, geography and culture and that Predictably, Boyd's office shelves all Within 18 months he’d left finance require considering a number of differ- but sag with dictionaries, which he con- and begun a master’s program focused ent types of evidence in ways that few sults freely — and skeptically. on extinct languages. He added more scholars can,” Stackert said. “Sometimes, the dictionary might be Sometimes as a PhD student. At home at night, Boyd reads Good- wrong," he said. Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic came night Moon and Where the Wild Things Are the dictionary after ancient Greek, then Ugaritic and aloud to his children in Hebrew. Eric Gershon is editor of the some modern languages, German and Despite his linguistic aptitude, Boyd Coloradan. is wrong. French, which he also reads better than he speaks. Eventually Boyd picked up Akkadi- an, Syriac and Classical Ethiopic (also by biblical cultures informs current known as Ge’ez), as well as Phoeni- Two big questions guide his work: understanding of what the Bible’s cian, Moabite and Hittite, among authors meant to convey. This shapes about a dozen others. "What is the Bible,Bible andand whatwhat areare how people interpret and act on those He even helped identify and deci- messages now. pher a lost Aramaic dialect inscribed we supposed to use it for?" "I'm not here to convert anybody on a nearly 3,000-year-old monument out of or into a particular religious discovered in Turkey.

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ENTREPRENEURS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK AT CU BOULDER. IT’S NO ACCIDENT.

By Eric Gershon

Kimberly Drennan had two goals “All of this was new to me,” Drennan two big questions: What is an entrepre- sums will be on the line in 2017-18, in late summer 2014, and neither said of start-up life. neurial university, and how could CU NVC’s 10th anniversary. involved starting a business. The CU At root, HiveTech is the product of Boulder become one? Since NVC’s founding, CU Boul- instructor, an architect, was honing an an idea, an attitude and an increasingly Among the first initiatives to emerge der has vastly expanded support idea for an upcoming sophomore de- robust CU Boulder entrepreneurial from the 35-member group’s discus- for entrepreneurs across campus. sign studio and aiming to aid America’s ecosystem that encourages students, sion was the New Venture Challenge There’s broader access to long-suffering honeybees. faculty and staff to see themselves as (NVC), a nine-month, incubator-like relevant academic courses, Yet three years later she’s CEO of enterprise builders — and helps bring program culminating in a spring cham- new co-working and maker HiveTech Solutions, LLC, a Boul- enterprises to life. pionship with real money at stake. spaces, a selective business accelerator der-based start-up firm developing CU hasn’t always been an easy place In 2016 HiveTech won NVC’s program, intensifying interaction with technology and data services for for would-be entrepreneurs. That began grand prize, walking away with nearly Boulder’s start-up community — and commercial beekeepers to monitor to change after local investors and $25,000 in all. The most recent top five a growing appreciation that entre- hive health remotely, enabling timely, business leaders convened with CU pro- finishers netted almost $100,000 in preneurship isn’t just for MBAs and efficient interventions. fessors and executives in 2007 to tackle prizes and private investment. Greater software developers.

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place finisher ReForm, which is working business accelerator that hastens the on self-adjusting prosthetic limb sockets, formation of actual companies. netted $21,500. Founded in 2014 by the College of A year earlier, Cook (now a postdoc Engineering, Catalyze CU offers entre- at Arizona State University) had made preneurs of all backgrounds an intensive HiveTech’s opening pitch, taking home eight-week summer boot camp: Weekly the award for best idea, the first in a lectures on business fundamentals plus series of successes. opportunities to rub elbows with other “It was a real shot of energy,” Drennan start-up teams while refining their ideas said — and yet not HiveTech’s biggest with mentors and beginning to build busi- score that October night. nesses. Each team gets a $4,000 stipend. Sue Heilbronner, CEO of MergeLane, Drennan learned about raising a firm that cultivates and invests in wom- capital, business plans, budgeting en-led start-ups, was among the judges. and types of corporate structures. Peggy Tautz (MBA’17), then a CU MBA She and her co-founders labored student with an engineering background, over their technology, began talking with was in the audience. potential customers and expanded their “Sue actually grabbed Peggy’s hand, idea of what the company could be. Was grabbed me and said ‘Y’all need to talk,’” it just a hardware maker, or a data services Drennan said. and analytics firm, too? Heilbronner went on to mentor By the end, the HiveTech team better HiveTech. Tautz helped the team understood their aims and potential and As a CU doctoral student, bee expert Chelsea Cook and two CU instructors co-founded a Boulder firm explain the technical aspects of their were convinced that an architect, that aims to help large-scale commercial beehive operators maximize hive health and business efficency. evolving project in terms businesspeo- a civil engineer and a biologist ple could appreciate. could also be entrepreneurs. At a later mentor-matching event, That’s the mentality CU wants to “Now it’s really the opposite of 10 years The idea began to evolve beyond the the HiveTech founders met other local foster, said Sarabeth Berk, assistant ago,” said the law school’s Brad Ber- project her students would ultimately businesspeople who would help them director of the innovation and entrepre- nthal, who oversaw NVC until this take on. Maybe Drennan, Cook and test their ideas, asking tough questions neurship initiative — one that “pushes year and teaches a popular venture Bellucci could develop a sensor tech- and unearthing “all the pieces we didn’t people beyond what they thought was capital course. “It’s a different university.” nology system that would generate data have in place,” Drennan said. possible for themselves.” NVC now falls under the purview for commercial beekeepers — data “Every time we went to one of those HiveTech is still in its early stages. of CU’s Research & Innovation Office, about hive temperature and humidity, events, some other little golden nugget The firm is perfecting its technology home of a burgeoning cross-campus in- perhaps, or weight and acoustics. This showed up,” she said. and fine-tuning its focus to address the novation and entrepreneurship initiative. would add a more scientific dimension The HiveTech trio found a name, won needs of large-scale growing operations to beekeeping, minimize reliance on midway NVC contests and gradually in particular. But there’s momentum. IDEAS TO ACTION time-consuming visual inspections and came to see the firm as both a technology The company has grown to six people Amid all this, in 2014, Kim Drennan was benefit both bees and hive operators’ exploring projects for her environmental bottom line. design students. When Drennan filed an invention CU BOULDER'S START-UP Scouting a potential site on CU’s disclosure with CU’s tech transfer East Campus one summer day, office, she learned about the NVC and INFRASTRUCTURE IS PAYING OFF. she spied a cluster of beehives dove in headfirst. along Boulder Creek. Aware of “We wanted to test if our idea could and data services provider. The founders with diverse expertise. It’s testing its the dramatic decline of the honeybee be a business,” she said. “We really also polished a five-minute pitch for latest prototype on dozens of hives while population in recent decades, she didn’t know.” NVC’s championship round. courting customers and investors. And wondered if there might be a way NVC has deliberately minimal entry In the spring, Drennan, Cook and it’s winning notice outside Boulder: The to help them through architectural requirements. Teams need one person Bellucci delivered it jointly before a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture recently award- design. Maybe her class could dream with a valid CU ID — faculty, student standing-room-only campus crowd. ed HiveTech $100,000 to forge ahead. up better hives. or staff — an idea they can articulate Before the night was out, NVC 8’s “The training wheels are off,” said Drennan tracked down the hives’ and the chutzpah to present it to a live four-judge panel declared Hive- Drennan. “We are in full-scale execu- owner, a doctoral student named Chel- audience in 60 seconds at an annual fall Tech the year’s overall winner. tion mode.” sea Cook (PhD’16), who was studying “quick pitch night.” Last year 30 teams Without NVC and Catalyze CU, how bees regulate hive temperature. showed up, including NVC 9 overall ACCELERATION HiveTech might be a good idea, she said They then met with Drennan’s faculty winner Give & Go, which has devel- Fresh off the NVC victory, HiveTech — but not a business. colleague Justin Bellucci (EnvDes’08; oped an automated film-editing process won a spot in another campus program “It wouldn’t be anywhere but back in MCivEngr’12), an expert in sensors. for sports teams. for entrepreneurs, Catalyze CU. Where the classroom,” she said. “We sat down over martinis and just Give & Go ultimately walked away NVC is a highly-inclusive shaper and started talking,” Drennan said. with $64,000 in seed money. Second- filter of ideas, Catalyze CU is a selective Eric Gershon is editor of the Coloradan.

37 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo courtesy HiveTech Solutions; © iStock/Antagain Coloradan FALL 2017 38 TASMANIAN Devil Is an Old Soul

CU FOOTBALL CAPTAIN PHILLIP LINDSAY ENTERS HIS SENIOR SEASON AS A TOP- RANKED NFL PROSPECT. THERE’S MORE TO THE MAN THAN THAT.

By Andrew Daigle

Three-time CU football captain offers from other schools. “I wanted her to education and making the most of it. involved daily meetings, a checklist to Phillip Lindsay (Comm, Soc'17), a.k.a. be able to watch my games.” “Five kids in our house,” he said. “If we complete each week and generally stay- “the Tasmanian Devil,” is best known for The 5'8," 190-lb senior tailback with wanted to go to college, we needed to ing ahead, especially before away games. his visible exploits: 219 rushing yards in wild flowing hair relishes being a captain. find a way to pay for it.” They’d work through every assignment last year’s homecoming romp over Arizo- He keeps on teammates about homework True to intent, Lindsay dominated at together, whether for a women and gen- na State, a 67-yard trick play touchdown and sleep. He gets to practice early, wears Denver South High School and earned der studies course or an English class. against USC and 1,579 total yards during ice packs to class and makes time for a full scholarship to CU. He’s risen “Miss Michele,” as Lindsay calls her, CU’s storybook 2016 season. visiting local schools and youth groups. from practice squad player to elite often stayed late to work with him. But there’s more to No. 23 than the “He’s always pumping us up,” college tailback. He typically arrives The joint effort paid off. Lindsay com- explosive moves fans see on game day. offensive guardTim Lynott (St- on campus at 4 a.m. and doesn’t leave pleted his communication major in May, Away from Folsom Field, Lindsay, a se- Comm’19) told the Denver Post. “He until after 7 p.m. He has one hour each and this fall, his final semester at CU, nior from Denver, is an admittedly “old just pushes himself to his limits.” evening to act like a college kid. he’s earning a second major in sociology. Pure perseverance pushed him “He has evolved,” said Brannigan. through tough times, like when he tore Lindsay, who formally graduates in LINDSAY, A SMOKEY ROBINSON FAN, his ACL his senior season at South. Five December, got more than academic months after surgery, he had no flexion guidance out of their partnership. He TAKES PRIDE IN BEING A THROWBACK. in his knee. Lindsay thought he’d never found inspiration. play football again. He was down to “Seeing her effort pushedme ,” he said. soul” for whom family comes first and Teammates may call him “Old Man extreme measures. Whether or not Lindsay plays pro dogged effort is a deep habit. Phillip,” as academic coordinator “My dad and uncle would hold me football, he sees himself one day in a He talks fondly of wrestling younger Medford Moorer (EthnSt, Soc'04; down,” he said. “Then they would pop police uniform — a family-focused old brothers Zachary and Marcus until MEdu'14) confides, but Lindsay, a my knee and loosen up all that scar soul trained in sociology with a badge, a father Troy would send in big sisters Smokey Robinson fan, takes pride in tissue. That’s torture.” fierce work ethic and an urge to help. Cheri and Sparkle to settle the score. being a throwback. He recovered, redshirted freshman “I don’t want to be looked at as Phillip To this day Lindsay makes time for “I want to see you face-to-face,” he year and excelled on the practice squad. Lindsay the football player,” he said. “I long bike rides with his dad, card said. “With no phone or social media, New challenges emerged. want to be looked at as Phillip Lindsay, a games with his mom, Diane, and family you have to be real.” “He was really struggling academi- man who has changed the world.” face-offs in dominoes. Make no mistake, Lindsay, 23, loves cally,” says Lindsay’s learning specialist, “It was big for me to stay near my playing football. But it has always been Michele Brannigan. Andrew Daigle (PhDEngl'16) is a free- mom,” said Lindsay, 23, who turned down a means to an end: Getting a college She set him on a strict schedule that lance writer.

39 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan FALL 2017 40 41 FALL 2017 Coloradan A GROWING CLASS OF SCHOLARS In 2012, Benoit Gorgemans (Bus’21) was the first stu- 2018 TRIPS dent to represent Colorado in the National History Bee Finals in Washington, D.C. During a televised broadcast, moderator Al Roker quizzed competitors on topics such as apartheid and the fall of Communism. Gorgemans, who placed eighth, realized the payoff for hard work. He’s not stopping now. Gorgemans joins CU’s class of 2021 this fall intending to pursue international busi- WOLVES OF FALL 2017 ness and finance. The Alumni Association is helping YELLOWSTONE News him get started: Gorgemans is one of nearly 90 stand- January 21-27, 2018 out students to receive a Forever Buffs scholarship. Funds for the scholarships come from the sales Homecoming 2017: Oct. 26-29 of CU license plates, personal donations and alumni chapter and club events. This year, 86 students re- REUNIONS, A PARADE, BUFFS ON TAP, ALUMNI AWARDS, LECTURES, FOOTBALL ceived $158,264, up from 67 and $151,950 a year earlier. Some scholarships, 32 this year, are allocated for leg- At Homecoming 1978 Flash Cadillac tailgate before the Buffs take on the Cal acy students — Buffs whose parents or grandparents and the Continental Kids, still basking Bears at Folsom Field, Saturday, Oct. 28. attended CU Boulder — as part of an endowment left UNTOUCHED in fame from their appearance in George The weekend kicks off Oct. 26 with by George (Bus’33) and Helen Lesser (Psych’31). COSTA RICA & THE Lucas’ filmAmerican Graffiti, played for the annual Alumni Awards ceremony in Since elementary school, Gorgemans has watched PANAMA CANAL about 10,000 people in Balch Field- the University Memorial Center. Eleven the Golden Buffalo Marching Band perform in Fri- April 12-20, 2018 house. Nearly everyone wore a toga. individuals will be honored, including day-night pep rallies on Pearl Street. Now he's eager “The movie Animal House had just Uncharted (formerly Unreasonable Insti- to attend as many athletic games as he can. been released,” said James Barry tute) CEO Teju Ravilochan (IntlAf’09), “CU represents everything that I desire in my col- (Econ’79), who planned the event as education dean emerita Lorrie Shepard lege experience,” he said. the head of the Inter- fraternity Council. “It was the wildest party I ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TIDBITS remember at CU.” The CU Heritage Center’s approximately SCOTTISH ISLANDS & Barry, a member of the 1-million-piece depiction of CU Boulder’s NORWEGIAN FJORDS Delta Upsilon fraternity campus is getting a makeover. Beginning May 10-18, 2018 while at CU, is eager to Oct. 26, visit the expanded exhibit in a reminisce about the event larger room. New additions include the business school, and others during this year’s the Ralphie-shaped pool and the Champion’s Center. Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 26-29. He’s hosting There are two new alumni chapters, in a reunion for all classes of Honolulu and Santa Barbara. David Delta Upsilon, the first in Markle (Soc’12) leads the Honolulu more than 20 years. chapter and Ryan Connery (PolS- AFRICA'S WILDLIFE “Delta Upsilon was The homecoming toga party of 1978. James Barry remembers it well. ci’08), a former Phoenix chapter leader, heads the June 17-30, 2018 at CU for over 35 years, Santa Barbara chapter. and in that time over 2,500 members (MEdu’70; PhD’72) and student leader graduated from CU,” said Barry, CEO of Alexander Martin (Geog’18). Tailgate with the Alumni Association marketing consultancy Duly Inc. During the BuffTalks micro lecture this fall at Ralphie’s Corral, a free, Barry hopes reunion attendees can series Friday, Oct. 27, CU experts will suc- family-friendly pregame on Duane Field “kindle the old spirit,” catch up with cinctly discuss intriguing topics — space starting three hours before each home each other and discuss whether Delta and brain injuries, for example — and football game. Ralphie and her handlers will make an Upsilon should reactivate a chapter in alumni brewers will showcase their best appearance for photo opportunities. For away games, PAC-12 ALASKAN Boulder. (CU announced the launch of a libations during the Buffs on Tap beer check out our equally festive Buffs Bash tailgates. CRUISE new interfraternity council in July. Two tasting event. From there, the annual June 19-29, 2018 fraternities, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Homecoming parade and pep rally will The Alumni Association welcomes Tau Gamma, agreed formally to affiliate commence on Pearl Street. On gameday, its newest advisory board members: For more information with the university.) all are encouraged to attend the free, M. Susan Harvey (Ger’76), Mark about the Roaming Buffs Also reuniting among nearly 20 other family-friendly Ralphie’s Corral tailgate Lambert (Econ, Engl’88), David Knox travel program, email groups are American Indian Alumni, the on Duane Field before Ralphie takes the (DistSt’82), Theresa Szczurek (MBA’84; PhD’89), lisa.munro@colorado. President’s Leadership Class, Black Alum- field in her 50th anniversary run. Meghan Martelon Evans (PolSci’89), Chris Allieri edu, call 303-492-5640 ni, Veterans and Latino Alumni. All groups Register for Homecoming Weekend at (EnvSt, LatAmerSt’96), Amanda Freeberg Donovan or 800-492-7743 or visit will celebrate at an exclusive reunions colorado.edu/homecoming. (Mktg’03) and Jennifer Gray Graves (Comm’06). colorado.edu/alumni.

43 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo courtesy James Barry Coloradan FALL 2017 44 CU AROUND AEROSPACE

EASTWARD, HO! The $82.5 million university and the state cently named after major IN BRIEF: CU Boulder’s aero- project, expected to of Colorado,” said Bobby benefactors, and enable space engineers are break ground this fall Braun, the former NASA new kinds and methods 1. New aerospace building on East Campus preparing to lift off from and open in 2019, will chief technologist who of research. central campus and land position a prominent and became dean of the Besides labs, class- 2. 144,000 square feet squarely in a burgeoning fast-growing academic College of Engineering & rooms, offices and an innovation hub on East unit for further expansion Applied Science in Janu- auditorium, the building 3. $82.5 million project Campus. and new collaborations ary. “This facility will be a will allow indoor drone The Board of Regents within both the university beacon of innovation.” flight-testing, enhanced 4. Expected to open in 2019 in June signed off on a and Colorado’s aero- The building will satellite tracking and, new, 144,000-square-foot space industry. physically unify six core through the lobby 5. Unifies six core research areas aerospace building near “This is a watershed research areas of the windows, live-viewing of other major science fa- moment, not just for Ann and H. J. Smead bioastronautics research. 6. Enables new methods of research cilities a mile east of the CU aerospace, but for Aerospace Engineering Read more at colorado. main engineering center. our entire college, the Sciences department, re- edu/engineering. 7. Indoor drone flight-testing

45 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo courtesy CU College of Engineering Coloradan FALL 2017 46 THE PRESIDENT’S VIEW BRUCE D. BENSON

THE BEST INVESTMENT rent students, the Council of Graduate As a student at CU Boulder in the ear- Schools and TIAA funded an initiative ly 1960s, when costs were far lower to enhance their financial literacy. Sev- than today, I financed my education eral campus offices are collaborating by working on and off campus during on a program where students create school and over breaks to augment financial plans to determine what type my family’s small contribution. It’s rare of financial information they need. We for today’s students to be able identify at-risk borrowers and tailor pro- to do what I did. grams and outreach to assist them. Loans are common now and student Declines in state funding increase debt is an issue. Yet it’s important to costs to students, so we continue to consider loans as an investment rather work to keep a CU education afford- than just a cost. CU is focusing on able by finding efficiencies, instituting educating our students about debt and better business practices and trimming ensuring they have tools to help them bureaucracy. We realized some $32 mil- understand and manage it. lion in savings and cost avoidance last At CU Boulder, some 58 percent of year and $40 million the previous year. bachelor’s recipients graduated with A college education is perhaps the debt in 2015. The average debt load best investment a person can make, was $26,519, below the national aver- paying financial and other dividends age of $28,100. Our graduates’ loan for decades. Most estimates show a default rate was 2.7 percent; the nation- bachelor's degree is worth $1 million or al average was 11.8 percent. This tells more over a wage-earning life. Col- me our graduates are getting jobs and lege graduates also tend to be happi- paying off their loans. er, healthier and participate more in We are educating students about community and civic life. Loans are an debt and finances. Before prospective unfortunate part of financing college for students even arrive, we engage them many, but for an investment that is less with tools like our Aid Estimator, which than the cost of most new cars, gradu- projects the cost of education. For cur- ates reap a lifetime of benefits.

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News FALL 2017 By Jennifer Osieczanek

Age of runner Sara In the NBA, More Buffs to Cheer For Vaughn (Psych’09) at her first World Champi- GUARD DERRICK WHITE DRAFTED BY SAN ANTONIO SPURS IN JUNE 31onships appearance in Taylor Kornieck played on two U.S. national teams this summer. the 1,500-meter race in August The Buffs continue to make inroads in Two more former Buffs, forwards BUFFS BITS At the August IAAF World Champi- the NBA. Josh Scott (Soc’16) and Xavier onships, Emma Coburn (Mktg’13) won gold in the The San Antonio Spurs drafted guard Johnson (EthnSt’17), joined White 3,000-meter steeplechase and set a U.S. record. She Derrick White (Mgmt’17) in June, and Dinwiddie in the NBA Summer is the first American woman to win the event. In a making him the fourth active NBA play- League. Scott suited up for the Port- thrilling 1,500-meter race, Jenny Simpson (Econ, er from CU in the league. land Trail Blazers and Johnson for the PolSci’09) won silver, her fourth major championship White spent just one season in Denver Nuggets. medal. ... Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Taylor Korn- Boulder after transferring from the Uni- Meanwhile, Buffs legendChauncey ieck (IntPhys’20) spent her summer playing soccer for versity of Colorado-Colorado Springs (a (Soc ex’99) was in the running two U.S. national teams. Kornieck scored her first in- Billups Strokes under par for Division II program) before being select- for multiple NBA front office positions ternational goal and assisted two others while playing in David Oraee (Int- ed in the first round, No. 29 overall. during the spring and summer months. six matches for the U-20 and U-19 squads. … CU golfer Phys’15) at the Wyoming “It was surreal to get that call that I After not getting the Atlanta Hawks’ (A&S’20) played in the U.S. Women’s Robyn Choi Open, which he won was a first-round pick,” White, pictured, general manager job, Billups was the Open in July. The third Buff to compete in the event, 15 told Spurs.com. “All the hard work and front-runner for the president of bas- Choi carded rounds of 76 and 77. … Women’s basket- dedication that I put into this game, it ketball operations job in Cleveland with ball players Zoe Beard-Fails (Advert'17) and Haley was definitely a fun time.” LeBron James and the Cavaliers. Saying Smith (MechEngr'17) each earned Arthur Ashe Jr. White led the Buffs with 18.1 points, 4.1 in a statement to ESPN that “the timing Sports Scholar Awards for their efforts in the classroom, assists and 1.2 steals per game last season just isn’t right,” Billups decided not to on the court, in the community and student leadership. and was named to the Pac-12’s All Confer- accept Cleveland’s offer and remains an ence First Team, All-Defensive Team and analyst for the network. CU HALL CLASS HAS FOOTBALL FLAVOR All-Tournament Team. The 13th class will be inducted into the CU Athletic Buffs who earned He is the third Buff Hall of Fame Nov. 10 and will feature three former conference all-academic drafted in the first round football players and an administrator who has made a 98honors during the 2016- during Tad Boyle’s sev- name for himself on the national stage. 17 season en-year tenure as head Stan Brock (A&S’80) and Mark Haynes coach at CU, and fourth (Comm’81) were each first-round NFL Draft picks selection overall. White coming out of CU. Chad Brown (Soc ex’94) was joins Utah Jazz guard Alec selected in the second round of the 1993 draft. Steve Burks (A&S ex’13), Okla- Hatchell (Advert’70) didn’t play at CU but served as homa City Thunder guard a football team manager before moving up the ladder Date 105/ football players (A&S as assistant to the athletic director and co-sports 7 28 Andre Roberson reported to fall camp, ex’14) and Brooklyn Nets information director. He left CU for high-profile roles the earliest date in point guard Spencer with several conferences, including the Big 8, and also school history Dinwiddie (Comm ex’15) served as executive director of the Orange Bowl. He is as current NBA players. currently president and CEO of the National Football Roberson, by far the Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. most high-profile of cur- Joining the football Buffs in the 2017 class are rent Buffs in the league, skiing’s Frank Brown (A&S’59), volleyball’s Karrie signed a three-year, $30 Downey (A&S’95), golf’s Les Fowler (Fin’48), men’s million contract this sum- basketball’s Jay Humphries (A&S’84), women’s bas- mer after being named to ketball’s Jamillah Lang (A&S’94) and cross-country/ Number of Buffs in the NBA’s All-Defensive track standout Jorge Torres (Econ’03). Frank Brown 101the CU Athletics Hall Second Team. and Fowler will be inducted posthumously. of Fame

49 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo courtesy CU Athletics Photo courtesy CU Athletics Coloradan FALL 2017 50 SPORTS Q&A RACHEL EDSON

RALPHIE'S LEADING LADY Is there anything you do that you expecting the same amount of effort and making sure she was OK throughout the Rachel Edson (Soc’18), a 21-year-old know makes her happy? hold[ing] us to the same standard in the night. One of my favorite memories is just senior from Boulder, is one of two women She loves being pet everywhere on her weight room and [practice]. I have cre- sitting with her in her little trailer at 5 a.m. on the 16-member Ralphie Handlers body. We just try to give her as much love ated the best friendships with the [men] making sure she’s OK and I’m so tired team. Here she talks about life as part of and attention as we possibly can. You and know that they will always be there and she’s sleeping. CU’s most distinctive sport, road tripping can’t really give her a treat like a dog. You to support and protect me. with Ralphie — and getting along with can’t take her to the park. Our main thing Is there any sort of rivalry with CAM the Ram. is just positive reinforcement. How does Ralphie relate differently CAM’s handlers at CSU? to the women? No, we all get along with them pretty What’s it like to be a part of the Ral- Why did you choose CU — did it have On game days, when Ralphie gets a little well. It’s sad to say, but it’s not really phie Handlers? to do with being a Ralphie handler? jazzed up, our coach specifically tells us comparable. It’s just little CAM and then It’s a bond that is kind of hard to explain, My older brother also went here. He’s to sit next to her and talk to her to calm Ralphie. If they were doing something because it’s so different than a regular three years older. I was going to run track her down a little. I think she feeds off that was fairly similar to us, maybe we’d sports team, because you’re also bonded and I was looking at some other track the boys’ energy, and they get a little bit have a bit of competition, but we’re with an animal. There’s an aspect of the schools, but then my coach asked me if hyped up on game days and I think that mostly just friendly and try not to get in team that can’t communicate with you, I’d ever thought about Ralphie running. I maybe fuels her intensity. She hears the the way of each other. We both share so you have to really communicate with thought I would rather try out than never softness in our voices. the feeling of being with a live animal, so each other to get the job done. know what would have happened. it’s not like we’re trying to win, because Where does Ralphie live? there’s no winner. Can you read Ralphie’s emotions? What’s it like being one of two wom- We get that question very often, but it’s You can definitely tell when she’s in a en on the team? a secret. What advice would you give women new environment. When we took her to Generally, I don't notice. It is nice to thinking of trying out for the team? the Alamo Bowl, we left her at a ranch have another girl on the team to create What’s your best memory of being As long as you are putting in your best an hour away from the stadium. When a tight friendship with, but I also share with Ralphie? effort, the Ralphie Handling team will not we first released her into it, she was the same friendships with all the other It was a 12- or 14-hour drive [to the bowl focus on your gender, but your ability. like, ‘What’s going on?’ It was kind of guys. As girls, we get the same amount in Texas]. We had to stop along the playful, but taken aback, like, ‘Where’s of participation in games and practices way and make sure everyone got some Condensed and edited by Jennifer my old ranch?’ as the men. Our coach is gender blind by sleep, but we also had one or two people Osieczanek.

51 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan FALL 2017 52 53 FALL 2017 Coloradan Larry Kilham Mildred Taylor team, and holds the same (EngrPhys) (MJour) is the season tickets today. ’63launched a tour for his ’69author of nine books. He's “hoping for another book The Digital Rabbit Her first, Roll of Thunder, National Championship!” Hole. During his career, Hear My Cry, which won 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s FALL 2017 Larry traveled extensively the Newbery Medal in Gunnison overseas for 20 years and 1977, recently celebrated ’72 Forever Buffs Notes worked for several large its 40th anniversary with chapter leader Jim international companies. the release of a special Gelwicks (CommThtr) He and wife Betsy live in edition. At CU Mildred was elected mayor of Santa Fe, N.M. helped create a black Gunnison, Colo. Jim studies program and worked as general Josephine taught in it for two years. manager of KWSB, the Keenan She lives in Boulder. Western State Colorado ’64(MSpchDr) published her University radio station, second book, In Those Ralph E. Lawson for 14 years. Previously Dazzling Days of Elvis. (Acct), chief finan- he worked as a pro- Josephine enjoys oil paint- ’70cial officer and executive fessor at Florida State ing, square dancing and vice president of Baptist University. In June, he cooking Southern dishes. Health South Florida, attended a CU event She and husband Frank served on the national in Gunnison during the live in Cincinnati. board of directors of the Chancellor's annual road Leukemia and Lymphoma tour. Olympian Emma Nancy Smoyer Society from July 1, 2013 to Coburn (Mktg’13) also (Hist) wrote June 30, 2016. attended. ’65Donut Dollies in Vietnam: Ron Pippin (Acct) Baby-Blue Dresses & OD writes he has been living Barbra Levine Dead & Company, which includes three Grateful Dead members and John Mayer, returned to Folsom Green, a memoir about in Wheaton, Ill., since Cohn (RelSt; Field in June. A year earlier they played the first Folsom concert since 2001. In front: Mayer and Bob Weir. her year in Southeast Asia 1991. He is a former audit ’73Engl’77) published as a Red Cross recreation partner in an international Calmer Waters: The Bonnie of the Marshall Plan. The al, a college degree was worker in 1967-68, and the accounting firm (Arthur Caregiver’s Journey Forsberg venue was the Hôtel de important. Unsure which aftermath. She used letters Andersen), vice-president Through Alzheimer’s & ’48Bentson (IntDes) wrote a Talleyrand, where the college he should attend, and tapes sent home of SEC and financial Dementia. The guide of- collection of her memo- Louisiana Purchase had he decided on CU Boulder during her tour as well as reporting for Ameritech fers caregivers tools and ries called My Life Story. been negotiated and after a coin toss in his bar- emails written to veteran Corporation, now part of techniques for feeling Bonnie lived in London which housed the plan’s racks bunk bed. Later he groups since 1993 to AT&T and, most recent- happier, more energetic for 15 years from 1954 to U.S. headquarters in was offered a job by the recall her memories. She ly, editorial managing and confident. It contains 1969 and adopted four Europe. Eric and Linda, U.S. Department of Labor has worked with veterans director of Commerce essays contributed by children with her then hus- co-executive producers in Washington, D.C. Bill, in various capacities, Clearing House’s online other caregivers, 20 heal- band. When she returned of a 1997 PBS documen- who retired from the fed- including as a Vet Center accounting research data- ing methods that can be to Denver, Bonnie worked tary on the Marshall Plan, eral government 15 years counselor, volunteer at base. He was the Denver incorporated into a daily for a nationwide travel were writers and re- ago, lives in Leesburg, Va. the Vietnam Veterans Buff Club president in regimen and the author’s club. Bonnie has lived in searchers for occasional Memorial and organizer 1986, when Bill McCart- personal experience. Grand Junction, Colo., for projects at the Talleyrand American of the Stand Down in ney coached the football Barbra lives in Boulder. about 25 years. from 2003 to 2010. The publisher of Fairbanks, Alaska. couple lives near their ’62biographies Marquis On June 1 two children in Southern Who’s Who named Marcy Braiker Linda Rowland Pines, N.C. Charles Harbert (Chem) (Edu, Psych) of ’60Christenson (Span) and a Lifetime Achiever. He is ’66Beverly Hills, Calif. was rec- Eric Christenson (Edu, The “Then” co-inventor of the antide- ognized as a Professional WE WANT Engl) participated in a ’61 photo from pressant drug Zoloft, and of the Year for 2017 by seminar sponsored by the summer issue of the led the chemistry team Strathmore’s Who’s Who YOUR NEWS! the U.S. Embassy in Paris Coloradan sparked memo- that first synthesized it. Worldwide for her contri- for the 70th anniversary ries for William Sprecher After working in pharma- butions and achievements Write Christie Sounart, (IntlAf). While stationed in ceuticals for more than in nearly 40 years in real Koenig Alumni Center, READ THE OTHER France with the U.S. Army 30 years, Charles retired estate. Marcy has two sons Boulder, CO 80309, DECADES OF CLASS during the 1950s, Bill in 1999. Since then, and five grandchildren. She [email protected] NOTES ONLINE AT realized that to develop he has published four enjoys skiing, traveling and COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN and grow as an individu- Colorado history books. tango dancing.

55 FALL 2017 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo by Peter Burke Coloradan FALL 2017 56 CLASS NOTES PROFILE ANNE CASTLE

EYES ON THE WATER ducer on the Colorado River in Arizona, BILL LERNER (COMM’78) When the grass is green and Colora- for the next 20 years. do’s reservoirs look full, it can be hard Now back at CU, Castle is focused on HELPED DEVELOP HIS FAMILY’S to imagine restrictions on water use in Colorado’s own water plan and Colorado the Centennial State. But Anne Castle River management policy broadly. PARKING GARAGE BUSINESS, (ApMath’73; Law ’81) knows better than The state aims to help reduce the gap most that shortages elsewhere in the projected between water supply and IPARK, INTO NEW YORK’S LAR- West can affect Coloradans, even when demand. A particular interest for Castle there’s snow on the slopes. concerns alternative transfer methods, GEST GARAGE AND PARKING She also knows that living with less or ATMs, which are intended to give cit- water will probably become a necessity ies access to new water supplies without FACILITIES OPERATOR. in the West, as recent droughts in Cali- permanently transferring land and water fornia have proved there. rights from farmers and taking agricul- "There's nothing like a good crisis” tural land out of production. After working position as graphics edi- clinics. She retired from to focus attention, said the former Castle also is working to address the for more than 35 tor at the Grand Junction Upstate Hospital in 2012. high-ranking U.S. Department of the balance between supply and demand in ’74years as sports direc- Daily Sentinel, the largest For more than 40 Interior official, now a senior fellow at the vast, multi-state Colorado River basin. tor at WLNE ABC 6 in newspaper between years, Bill Lerner Colorado Law School’s Getches-Wilkin- Today its reservoirs are at about 50 per- Providence, R.I., Ken Bell Denver and Salt Lake (Comm) has helped grow son Center for Natural Resources, cent of capacity, and the effects of climate (Comm) is retiring. Ken City. Robert has received and develop iPark, his Energy and the Environment. change, including rising temperatures, are covered some of the most more than three dozen family’s parking garage Castle’s big picture view comes from a not going to diminish anytime soon. memorable moments awards for newspaper business (previously long career in water law and policy, first No matter who’s in charge in Wash- in New England sports design and graphics known as Imperial Park- in private law practice in Denver, then at ington, D.C., the Western U.S. — and history, including the from the Colorado Press ing Systems), into New Interior, where she was assistant secre- eventually the whole country — will be Celtics championships of Association and the York’s largest garage and tary for water and science for five years forced to plan for a drier future. the 1980s, the Red Sox Colorado Associated parking facilities opera- during the Obama administrations. For Castle, this means embracing con- winning the World Series Press Editors and tor. Bill also started the In that role, she oversaw the U.S. servation, looking at things like recycling and numerous Patriots Reporters organization. organization Billy4Kids Geological Survey and Bureau of Recla- and reuse of water and even desalination. Super Bowl victories. The He writes that his mid- to provide shoes for mation, both of which play huge roles in “When it comes to water scarcity, the Colorado native loves 1970s experience in underprivileged children federal water policy, calling it “the best West is on the forefront,” she said, “but to spend time outside Boulder with the campus around the world. job in Washington.” it's coming to a city near you.” running and hiking. minority student newspa- Castle, a native Coloradan, had effec- Robert Garroway per El Diario de la Gente After graduat- tively been preparing for it for decades. By Kelsey Simpkins (MJour'18) (MCDBio) has served was the foundation for ing from CU, After graduating from on the board of the New his success. In 1995, ’79Linda Sasser (MPsych; Colorado Law in 1981, York State Society of Or- Robert, a fifth-generation PhD’81) taught at two she joined the regional thopedic Surgeons since Coloradan, was desig- Illinois institutions of firm Holland & Hart 2013 and will complete nated a CU Hispanic higher learning. She was in Denver for the next his term in 2019. He has Alumni Association an adjunct psychology 28 years. been practicing hand and Distinguished Alum. professor at Wheaton From the start, she sports medicine on Long In April, Katherine College and then a full- worked on interstate Island for 35 years. Leonard (Chem, MCD- time education professor and intrastate water Bio) presented results at Judson University. litigation, representing Nancy of her research study In 2013 she began her diverse clients, including Eckman “The Meaning of Touch business, Brain and ski areas, mining com- ’75Clanton (ArchEngr) was to Patients Undergoing Memory Health. She is panies, environmental elected president of the Chemotherapy” at the a national speaker on organizations, ranchers, American Council of United Health Services brain health and mem- real estate developers Engineering Companies 25th Annual Oncology ory, teaches continuing and municipalities. of Colorado’s board Teaching Day in Owego, education workshops for When she joined the of directors. Nancy’s N.Y. The research was healthcare profession- government, she initi- Boulder lighting design previously published in als and has authored ated studies that led to company is Clanton & the Oncology Nursing a curriculum titled BE! innovative, science-based Associates, Inc. Forum in September Brain Enrichment, which operations. A major ac- 2015. Katherine is a is used in retirement complishment was a new After more nurse practitioner with communities and senior long-term plan that will than 32 years, SUNY Upstate’s adult centers. Linda and her guide operations at Glen ’78Robert Garcia (Art) oncology medicine husband, Carey, live in Canyon Dam, a major retired in May from his group’s outpatient Bloomingdale, Ill. hydroelectric power pro-

57 FALL 2017 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy Anne Castle Coloradan FALL 2017 58 Center for Space and At- education leadership and (RealEst) as director of mospheric Science with pioneering initiatives. credit administration. American Meteorological John and wife Molly live in Society Press. It explains After a 15- Newport Beach, Calif. the process from the ’88 year career in While on a cruise FALL 2017 1930s to 1950s by which television production around the British Isles, 80s & 90s Boulder went from a and management with Suzy Colglazier Smith Notes small college town in the KCNC and CNN, Mark (IntlBus) ran into fellow foothills of the Rockies Baker (Jour) transitioned alum Randy Kilgore to an international center to a mortgage career (A&S’68). Randy was for science. in 2001. In 2016, for the wearing Buffs gear Journalist Kim Chris- fifth consecutive year, he outside the Caernarfon tiansen (Jour) joined was named a “Top 1% Castle in North Wales, Denver’s 9News’ 10 Mortgage Originator in where they took a photo p.m. news team. Kim, the United States.” He together. Suzy lives in a seven-time Heartland has been with SWBC Atlanta, and Randy lives in Emmy award winner, has Mortgage Corporation Colorado Springs. worked for KUSA since since 2010, originating the beginning of her ca- loans in both Colorado Larry Drees reer. Kim lives in Denver and Georgia. (PolSci; with her husband, Greg, ’89 and son Tanner. SARAH KAUSS Sofinnova, a bio- tech investment (ACCT’97), FOUNDER ’85firm, has added Alan Colowick (MCDBio) to its AND CEO OF S’WELL partnership. Previously Alan worked as execu- WATER BOTTLE COM- tive vice president for Norlin Quad is home to slackliners, frisbee players, dog walkers and all versions of studying students. Celgene Corporation, a PANY, WAS NAMED Some curl up under a shady cottonwood tree, while others suspend between them. biotech company that topped Business Insider’s ONE OF AMERICA’S “Best Employer in Director of insurance landscape is Race since 2002, and was America” list in 2013 and MOST SUCCESSFUL ’81 TrueBlue Inc. and impacting healthcare one of the editors for the 2014. He and wife Casey founder of Marca Global providers. episode nominated for have two children. SELF-MADE WOMEN LLC Colleen Birdnow Marsha Piccone a picture editing Emmy Derek Thompson Brown (MBA) was inter- (Jour; Law’85) joined Award this year. He writes (CompSci, ElEngr) was BY FORBES. viewed by the National Rollin Braswell Fish- that he uses the Russian recognized by Intel Cor- Association of Corporate er LLC in Greenwood he learned at CU Boulder poration with a promotion Money360, a com- MBA’06; MS’09), retired Directors for its May/June Village, Colo. In 2003, when they take the con- to principal engineer. mercial real estate from CU Boulder in 2017 magazine. Marsha was the sixth testants there. He lives in Before joining Intel in marketplace-lending plat- February. He served woman to be appointed Los Angeles. 1997, Derek worked as a form, hired John Calder as director of the Buff Tracy Hume as a judge on the Colora- design engineer for NCR (Psych) is a free- do Court of Appeals. In August 2016, Corporation. ’82lance writer in Greeley, Sara Ledes Colo., who specializes in Paul Nielsen ’84Aiken (Hist) launched Kimberly writing about the health- (Econ, Russ) Eastport Pickleball, a Smith (Advert) care industry, particularly ’83enjoyed reading the cover- manufacturing company lo- ’87was named executive WE WANT health information tech- age of The Amazing Race cated in Annapolis, Md. Her director of the League of nology. She recently contestants Floyd Pierce primary business is paddle Innovative Schools, a co- YOUR NEWS! ghostwrote a book about (ApMath, Econ’17) and production for pickleball, alition of forward-thinking how the changing health Becca Droz (Anth ex’12) one of the fastest growing district leaders represent- Write Christie Sounart, in the summer issue of the sports in the U.S. ing more than 3.3 million Koenig Alumni Center, READ THE OTHER Coloradan. He also was Joe Bassi (MAstro- students in 33 states. Boulder, CO 80309, or DECADES OF CLASS involved in their season Phys) published the book Kim is an Aspen-Pahara [email protected] NOTES ONLINE AT of the show. He has been A Scientific Peak: How Institute fellow focused on COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN an editor of The Amazing Boulder Became a World

55 FALL 2017 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan FALL 2017 56 CLASS NOTES PROFILE PATRICK BURRUS

OneCard Program and healthcare organization, an executive member of assistant director of named Juan Perez (Acct) the Interactive Advertising housing information chief financial officer. Bureau and also serves technology. In June, he on the board of directors was elected president of In July, for the Lighthouse Guild, the Alumni Association’s London-based a charitable organization Directors Club. He will telecommunications’94 providing services to continue to serve the group GSMA appoint- the blind and visually campus and the com- ed Laxmi Akkaraju impaired. munity as a mentor, (MCivEngr) chief strategy In May, Forbes called volunteering on various officer. Laxmi has more Sarah Kauss (Acct), boards and promoting than 20 years of expe- founder and CEO of CU as an active alumnus rience in the IT industry S’well water bottle and advocate. in numerous countries, company, one of Amer- Heather Gates (Acct) including India, Norway ica’s most successful was named national and the U.S. She and self-made women. Also managing director for husband Sindre Mekjan in May, S’well won Inc. CMDR. CRITICAL With an acceptance letter in hand the Emerging Growth live in Oslo. Magazine’s 2017 Design U.S. Navy Cmdr. Patrick “Critical” Bur- and some money saved from Navy ser- Company practice for Award for brand design. rus’ ideal classroom is the cockpit, his vice, he declined advice to re-enlist, aim Deloitte, an audit and After serving for specialty, making pilots sweat. for a Navy ROTC scholarship and go to tax advising service 18 years as an In July, Horizon Until recently, Burrus (ChemEngr’ college later. company. Heather is ’95attorney in public service, Elder Law & 97) led the Helicopter Maritime Strike “Nope, I’m going to UCB next fall,” the first woman in the Devona Futch Able (Law) ’98Estate Planning wel- Weapons School Atlantic (HSM), which Burrus told his superior officer. position. has accepted an appoint- comed Jerald Marrs teaches advanced weapons tactics to The Navy countered: If he re-enlisted, In June, specialty ment as an administrative (Law) to its team. Jerry, Navy helicopter pilots and crew. it would pay his salary. He could attend pharmaceutical com- law judge for the Social a veteran of the U.S. Air No desk jockey, Burrus spent three or full-time, earn tuition money and be- pany Aytu BioScience Security Administration Force, is committed to four days a week in the air with students come a commissioned officer. named Gregory A. in Alexandria, La. Devona helping seniors, couples as they learned to fly low and fast under He accepted and moved his wife and Gould (Fin) chief finan- lives in Louisiana with and families through the combat conditions at the controls of a two children (now four) to Aurora. cial officer. her husband and four trying times associated 12-ton Sikorsky MH-60R. After CU, Burrus attended Navy heli- On May 6, actor and children. with the aging process. It was about more than technical copter flight school. director Scott Takeda He lives in San Ramon, mastery, Burrus, 47, said: Pilots must fly Tours of Afghanistan in 2001 and (Jour) was the keynote Henry Throop Calif. “aggressively.” Iraq in 2003 followed. Stateside, he was speaker for CU Boul- (MAstroPhys; “We’re here to make them uncomfort- assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola der’s Asian graduation ’96PhD’00) was awarded the Boulder able,” he said. “We apply the boot. You as a flight instructor. In 2004, he em- celebration. Scott has Avis Bohlen Award for resident Kate can’t be timid.” bedded as an instructor in Iraq, training been in movies and tele- Exemplary Performance ’99Lacroix (Thtr ex’99) is Burrus himself began as an enlist- Iraqi pilots. vision shows including by the American Foreign owner of KONTENTLY, a ed man in 1987. After high school, In 2011 he returned to Afghanistan Gone Girl, Grey’s Anat- Service Association in digital content marketing near Omaha, he qualified as a nuclear to fly medical evacuation missions with omy and Whiskey Tango a ceremony held at the company, and co-produc- technician, serving on a pair of nucle- the Afghan Air Force. Two helicopters Foxtrot. The Colorado Department of State in er of Boulder’s restaurant ar-powered submarines. would swoop into battle, one suppress- native lives in Denver. Washington, D.C. Henry week. Yet she considers The job earned him his nickname: ing the threat while the other retrieved is a senior scientist with her most important life “Critical” is a nuclear reactor’s normal the wounded. In June, the Planetary Science accomplishment the operating state. This fall Burrus takes on his latest Wooden Institute in Tucson, Ariz. donation of her kidney Burrus had hoped to become a commis- assignment, as “air boss” on the USS ’92McLaughlin, an He works remotely from to someone in need. sioned officer, which requires a four-year Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship Indianapolis-based his postings in Mumbai, Currently Kate is working degree, but his parents’ divorce tied up his based in Mayport, Fla. He’ll be in law firm, announced Pretoria, Mexico City and with legislation to pass college funds. Still, ambition burned. charge of the flight deck, the hangars that Mark Boos (Law) D.C. with his wife, Heidi a law that would provide By the time his initial six-year Navy and the airspace. was recognized in Hattenbach, a foreign tax compensation for stint was up in 1993, he’d fallen in love During the break between Navy Chambers USA: A Guide service officer, and their organ donors. with CU Boulder following a visit with assignments, he visited Boulder for the to America’s Leading three children. Nick Massie (Econ, some high school buddies. The architec- first time since 2003, but skipped the Lawyers in Business. Mktg; MBA’10) joined the ture, artists and free-thinkers all caught rock climbing and mountain biking he’d Mark and his wife, Carly, In July, Travis Colorado State Board his attention. enjoyed as a student. have three children. Howe (Fin) of Land Commissioners “I saw interesting things I could “I broke my back in Afghanistan ’97joined ESPN as senior as assistant director and never think to do, never have the in a hard landing,” he said. “I know Nashville- vice president of digital CFO/COO. He and wife artistic ability to do,” said Burrus, who my limits.” based Correct ad product sales and Holly Nelson Massie (En- himself would study career-friendly ’93Care Solutions, a public strategy. Travis serves as vSt, Ger’00) live in Denver. chemical engineering. By Janice Podsada

57 FALL 2017 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy Patrick Burrus Coloradan FALL 2017 58 an outdoor media adver- MBA’09) launched a guests in a traditional tising company. marketing company, Serbian Orthodox cere- Market Compass, which mony at the home of the The New Jersey works with fast-grow- bride’s parents, Chateau ’03 Law Journal ing startups along the Summerset, in Northern FALL 2017 selected Nicholas Kant Front Range. Chris is an California. Shaun is a 00s & 10s (Jour; Law’06) as one of active member of the licensed mechanical Notes the state’s New Leaders CU entrepreneurship engineer in Denver. The of the Bar. Nick works as community and cur- couple enjoyed a month- a deputy attorney general rently the lead mentor long African honeymoon for the state. at Boomtown Boulder, on safari in Ethiopia. Kathleen Ratteree a volunteer judge and They also sailed around (Engl), who works with the mentor for CU’s New the Seychelles Islands Oneida Nation of Wiscon- Venture Challenge and and toured Morocco. sin, a federally recognized a co-founder and board Shaun and Cassandra tribe of Oneida people, member of the Leeds reside at their home, published a book titled MBA Board. He is com- Sierra Dorado Ranch, in The Great Vanishing Act: pleting a certificate in Golden, Colo. Blood Quantum and the entrepreneurship and in- In March, Ben Rosen- Future of Native Nations. novation at the Stanford berg (Psych) married Kathleen and husband Graduate School of Sarah Czerniejewski Paul Wochinske (Acct, Business. (IntPhys’07) on their MS’03) live in Wisconsin 11-year anniversary as a with their daughter. Mark couple. Ben writes that Nowakowski fellow alum and good San Francisco ’06(MMus) was appointed friend J. Keith McGlone resident Max assistant professor of (Econ, PolSci’06) officiat- About 1,000 people participated in the 10th annual Tube to Work Day on Boulder Creek July 14, the most ’04Kiefer (Mgmt) was music technology at Kent ed the wedding at the C ever. Spectators marveled at the daring tubers, some costumed, some just dressed for work. named director of State University, Stark. Lazy U Ranch outside of business development His CD Blood Forgotten Granby, Colo. They were for Healthy Buildings, was released on June joined by several other Veronica Alexander leader Rex Laceby a consulting firm. Max, 9 through NAXOS, the alumni, including Marc Amey-Perrin Brown (Hist) was awarded who is currently pursu- world’s largest distrib- Sandler (Mktg’06), Chris ’00(Fren) joined the neuro- ’01(PhDMechEngr) was the Red Cross Armed ing a master’s degree utor of classical music. Powers (Hist’06), Ricka psychology unit at Ozarks named an American Forces Hero Award. At in sustainability from He lives with his wife and Sterner (IntPhys’07) Medical Center in West Society of Mechanical the end of his accep- Harvard University, is three children in Ohio, and Nicholas Sorrenti- Plains, Kan. Veronica and Engineers fellow, a dis- tance speech at the Red a member of the U.S. where he continues to no (MechEngr’05). Ben husband Jim enjoy hiking tinction reserved for only Cross Heroes Soirée Green Building Council, pursue an active career works as a lecturer at and fishing in their spare 3.1 percent of ASME’s at the Sheraton Denver the Building Owners and in music composition, Chapman University in time and will move to the 107,895 members. He Downtown Hotel in Managers Association writing and teaching. Orange County, Calif. West Plains area. works at Sandia National March, Rex proposed to and the National On Sept. 24, 2016, Sarah is a nurse in the Marshall Scallan Laboratories and has had Sabrina Blosky, now his Resource Defense Shaun Reed (AeroEngr) ICU at a hospital near (Engl) joined real es- an exciting career in fire fiancée. Rex is retired Council. married Cassandra Ilich their home in Hermosa tate services company research, including serv- from the Marine Corps Denver resident Jon- Reed in front of 200 Beach, Calif. Cushman & Wakefield as ing the Nuclear Regulatory after 21 years of service. athan M. Lucero (Fin; managing director within Commission as an expert He enjoys spending time Law’07) was appointed its capital markets group reviewer for nuclear power in the mountains, climb- to sit as a part-time mag- for the Washington, D.C., plant fire assessments for ing and skiing. istrate in Denver County region. Outside of work, the past decade. Tracy Bloch Lech- Court. Outside his judi- WE WANT Marshall volunteers as Online marketplace ner (PolSci) joined the cial duties he continues a sous chef at Miriam’s DataStreamX named Hari intellectual property in his private practice as Kitchen, a nonprofit Krishnan (MTeleCom) to department of Denver law a senior associate with YOUR NEWS! whose mission is to end its advisory board. Hari firm Brownstein Hyatt Far- the law firm of Hernan- chronic homelessness. is CEO of PropertyGuru ber Schreck, where she dez & Associates. Write Christie Sounart, Group, Asia’s leading will lead cybersecurity Koenig Alumni Center, READ THE OTHER online property group. and technology transac- Alumni Boulder, CO 80309, or DECADES OF CLASS tions. Previously Tracy Association [email protected] NOTES ONLINE AT CU Boulder worked as vice president ’05advisory board member COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN ’02 Veterans Club for Outfront Media Inc., Chris Deardorff (Fin; 55 FALL 2017 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo by Glenn Asakawa Coloradan FALL 2017 56 CLASS NOTES PROFILE VINNIE MONTEZ

Oy!Chicago mother, who received in November 2017. In and the young an honorary MBA for Singapore, he spends ’07leadership division of attending every class his time with his fiancée, the Jewish United Fund with him to help him take Kamilah, and friends, named Rob Derdiger notes. A 2012 accident and travels around (Econ) to the sixth an- left Marty a quadriple- Southeast Asia when he nual Double Chai in the gic. He lives in Orange can. He plans to stay in Chi: 36 Under 36 list of County, Calif. Singapore for the long young impactful Jewish term, but will continue to influencers in Chicago. Ellen Koenig visit Boulder, as it’s near (Neuro ex), a and dear to his heart. Cable Hill ’11relation of CU Boulder Partners, an benefactor Samuel Debby Sneed ’08investment advising Koenig (ElEngr1913), (MClass) company, hired Kendall namesake of Koenig ’13was named one of 21 Acheson (IntlAf) as its Alumni Center, stopped Charlotte W. Newcombe newest lead adviser. by campus in May to Doctoral Dissertation Active in his Portland, snap a picture with Fellows for 2017 at the Ore., community, his portrait. Ellen’s Woodrow Wilson National Kendall serves on the great grandfather, Fellowship Foundation. COMIC RELIEF In 2007, as a counterweight to the board of New Avenues Rudolph Koenig, was Debby is completing her Sizing up and relating to people are stresses of his day job, Montez turned to for Youth and on the Sam Koenig’s brother dissertation, “The Life must-have skills for Boulder County Sher- comedy, making a two-minute “newbie” finance committee of and mayor of Golden, Cycle of Disability in iff SergeantVinnie Montez (PolSci’15). debut at Comedy Works in Denver. the Portland Japanese Colo. A prosecutor in Ancient Greece,” in the His sideline as a standup comic “I like to tell stories involving my Garden. the Brooklyn district archaeology department also helps. mom, my Mexican heritage and cops,” attorney’s office, Ellen at UCLA. “I believe the essence of a good cop is he said. “I’m still perfecting my law Golden, Colo., previously served as a being a great performer,” said Montez, enforcement routine.” native Jack law clerk for Judge John Fashion who knows the pressures of hostage The shtick has been working. Since ’10Jones (Econ) spent a G. Koeltl of U.S. District photographer negotiation and the bright lights of the 2013, Montez has been promoted to year and a half on Wall Court for the Southern ’14Sammy Keller (Comm) comedy club stage. Comedy Works’ “almost-famous list,” has always loved taking The dramatic aspects of law enforce- as he called it, a role in which he opens photos. She works ment can make for tense moments. A way for bigger-name comedians when they ELLEN KOENIG for the Denver-based with jokes helps diffuse stress during ar- come to Denver, folks like Caroline vintage shop Orenda rests, investigations and in the squad car. Rhea, Chris D’Elia, Bobcat Goldthwait (NEURO EX’11) CAME Lou and has also worked “Laughter breaks barriers,” said Mont- and John Crist. with Urban Outfitters. ez, 41. “Police officers are regular people.” Whatever natural talent Montez has, BY THE ALUMNI When she isn’t do- He came to law enforcement early, he attributes to his late father, a hard- ing freelance work, initially as a fan of CHiPs, the TV drama of working, genial man who could “talk to CENTER AND SAW Sammy works full-time the 1970s and 1980s about a pair of Cali- anybody in any situation.” at Rooster Magazine in fornia Highway Patrol motorcycle officers. At any sort of social gathering, “It ANCESTOR SAM Boulder. “They were always doing what was would take him 15 minutes to make an Chelsea Miller (IntlAf) right,” Montez said of the fictional exit,” Montez said. “That rubbed off on KOENIG’S PORTRAIT. and Will John (Engl’12) duo. “There was always a lesson in my brother and me.” eagerly awaited their the show. They talked to people and Still, comedy takes work. Street in New York City District of New York. She Aug. 13 marriage in resolved problems.” “I never think, ‘I’m just a hilarious before realizing stocks and her husband live in Boulder. It involved an At 14, after a ride-along with the Lafay- guy,’” said Montez, who does as many weren’t for him. He now Manhattan. interfaith Jewish cere- ette Police Department, he became an as six shows a week, always aiming for works three jobs: Tends mony. The couple began explorer cadet — kind of like a junior a laugh within the first 30 seconds. “It’s bar at Red Rocks, runs After graduat- dating six years ago apprentice without law enforcement trial and error.” his own wine company ing from CU, after meeting through powers — first with Lafayette, then When not performing at comedy and plays forward for the ’12Sean Smith (Comm) rugby at CU. Their first with Boulder County. In 1994, after clubs, he often takes the stage at benefits Colorado Switchbacks, moved to Singapore, date was a one-on-one high school, he was hired as a sheriff’s for fellow officers and at law enforce- a professional soccer where he teaches fifth rugby match. Chelsea, dispatcher, and he’s been in law enforce- ment conferences. team based in Colorado grade at Singapore a full-time law student, ment ever since, rising through the ranks. “Comedy has kept me from becoming Springs, Colo. American School. He also works part-time in Along the way, he attended CU jaded and overly cynical in a profession In May, Marty O’Con- writes that he’ll start a Jewish education in New Boulder, doing most of his degree in the which has a tendency to drive officers in nor (Film) received an master’s degree pro- York. Will is a judicial 1990s and finishing later, in 2015, while that direction,” he said. MBA from Chapman gram in leadership for criminal court clerk in working full-time as a detective sergeant. University alongside his international educators Jersey City, N.J. “I didn’t sleep much,” he said. By Marty Coffin Evans (Engl’64)

57 FALL 2017 Coloradan “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Photo courtesy Vinnie Montez Coloradan FALL 2017 58 CLASS NOTES In Memoriam Bernice Seldin Frieder Barbara Benedict Brown (Math’53) PhD’68) (MusEdu’37) C. F. Damon Jr. (Law’53) Dorothy E. Dunlap (A&S’62) Donald P. Irish (Soc’41; MA’50) Jack M. Horner (A&S’53) Mary E. Higgins (A&S’62) Jessie Meador Bowles (Zool’42) George K. Nielsen (ArchEngr’53) Charles L. Pearson III (A&S’62; Robert G. Settergren (CivEngr’42) Rex B. Simms (ElEngr’53) MBaSci’65) Wayne A. Van Arsdale (Econ ex’43) Anita J. Berry (Pharm’54) Gretchen A. Seidl-Smith (A&S’62) James L. Larkin (MechEngr’45) Charles P. Coombs (MechEngr’54) Donald G. Sherman (ElEngr’62) Ruth Browner Scott (Pharm ex’45) Norton E. Gwynn (Pharm’54) Daniel L. Slanovich (ElEngr’62; Mary Neal Bloomquist Bonnie L. Souder Hedges (Mus’54) Fin’70) (HomeEcon’46) Thomas J. Madden (A&S ex’54) Lyle A. Sprout (A&S’62) H. Bruce McFarlane (ElEngr’46; Gilbert B. Morrill (CivEngr’54) James G. Bulgrin (A&S’63) MS’58) John Shybut (Chem, MPsych’54) Paul R. Fenske (PhDGeol’63) Ruth Hall Roberts (A&S ex’46) Jesse M. Cleveland Jr. (Chem, Donald L. Gustafson (Geol’63; Edward M. Tomsic (ElEngr’46) MS’55; PhD’59) MS’65) Marjorie Vining Davidson Roger Dodd (A&S ex’55) Donald R. Hall (A&S’63) (Psych’47) Philip G. Esbensen (ArchEngr’55) David W. Kuehn (Mus ex’63) Mary Linendoll Gerke (Math’47) Charles P. Fisk (A&S’55) Henry K. Mikawa (Acct’63) John R. Newell (MechEngr’47) James M. Hornsby (MMath’55) Marlys Enabnit Millhiser (MHist’63) Wesley H. Dieter (Mgmt’48) Jo Ann Anderson Newmyer Marschula B. Renkel (A&S’63) Phillip J. Dukes (MechEngr’48) (MusEdu’55) Charles H. Brase (Phys’64; Abner S. McKee Jr. (ElEngr’48) Della Jenks Thomas (Chem’55) MMath’67; PhD’69) Natalie Coursen Slattery (A&S’48) John T. Bickett Sr. (Engr ex’56) Marilyn E. Bruner (PhDPhys’64) Marjorie Sample Chandler Donald W. Burger (AeroEngr, Vivien A. Casagrande (Psych’64) (Nurs’49) Mgmt’56) Frank A. Gerhardt (Mktg’64) Clayton L. Eichelberger (A&S’49; Patricia Peach Gebura (Mus ex’56) Del G. Ruff (MEdu’64) MA’50) William E. Clark (A&S’57; Law’59) Sheldon L. Shepherd (Law’64) Patricia Wells Huston (MPolSci’49) Luanne Titley Richie (A&S’57) Gerald R. Skoll (A&S’64) G. Berk Kellogg (Mktg’49) Laverne Williams Richmond Raymond C. J. Tseng Robert J. Moore (ElEngr’49) (Acct’57) (MAeroEngr’64) O. Jeffrey Berven (ChemEngr’69) Thornton W. Field (Psych’76; Heather A. Swanson (Kines’94) Herbert A. Ault (Mktg’50) Judith Flickinger Bahney (Edu’58) Carole A. Gibson (A&S’65) Carrol J. Carter (PhDA&S’69) Law’79) Constantine D. Pappas (Kines’96; Edward Gallegos Jr. (Pharm’50) Paul W. McLean (Geol’58) Maleet Brooks Gordon (A&S ex’65) Douglas Currin (A&S ex’69) Thomas M. Misenheimer (MBA’76) MD’02) Viron D. Kliewer (ChemEngr’50) Robert G. Reed (ElEngr’58) James A. Green (MPsych’65; Betty J. Grebe (Engl ex’69) Keith M. Lagrenade (DistSt’77; Reid A. 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59 FALL 2017 Coloradan Photo by Casey A. Cass Coloradan FALL 2017 60 BOULDER...CITY of 10 cited songs that things (other than the On page 64 of the mention Boulder: Please occasional check!) that most recent issue of add a song entirely about keeps me going to the Coloradan, I read that Boulder — Pure Prai- mailbox! FALL 2017 the Gordon Lightfoot rie League's “Boulder Geoff Reed (Geog’78) song “10 Degrees and Skies.” Phoenix, Ariz. Getting Colder” (1971) Glen Peterson is mentioned as a song (EnvDes’79) A SAX PLAYER that mentions Boulder. Seattle NAMED FLY However, Lightfoot men- Paul Danish's Spring tions that it happened KEEPS ME GOING 2017 column says “a “down by Boulder Dam,” TO THE MAILBOX jazz musician named over 1,000 miles from I graduated from CU in Fly would play his here. I'm not sure that 1978 with a degree in sax there,” at Doozy Boulder City, Nev., ever geology, but audited a Duds. Fly was Phillip gets that cold, and the 10 beginning photography McClard (MusEdu’69). degrees mentioned may class with the venerable Sandy Leviton Reay be Celsius rather than Gary Metz. Fast forward (Engl’71) Centigrade, as Lightfoot to today, and I'm a Monument, Colo. is Canadian. professional commercial David S. Wood photographer in Phoe- Correction: In a story (MSpan’69) nix, Ariz. I'm continually about Megan Mangum Boulder impressed with the high (IntPhys, MS’17) [“Grit,” quality of photogra- Spring '17], the Coloradan ANOTHER SONG phy, editorial content reported that she works as ABOUT BOULDER and design layout of a Denver Health flight nurse I love reading the Colora- the Coloradan. It's a in addition to her studies at CU Boulder. She does not. dan cover to cover. The stand-out publication, We regret the error. summer 2017 issue's List and it's one of the few

perfood” about wheth- @emmacoburn [Emma er Americans will eat Coburn (Mktg’13)] run.” GETTING insects, one Facebook reader who goes by In response to SOCIAL Robby Doo commented, Allegra Boggess’ Several readers took to “Only sugar coated, or (Mus’07) work teaching the CU Boulder alumni with chocolate,” while music to children in social media channels to Elaine Quintana Royale Afghanistan, Robin Kor- voice their thoughts on exclaimed, “Oh Hell No!” evaar wrote on Facebook, CRICKETS the Summer 2017 issue. “These strong girls are Here’s a few: Concerning the finding their voices musi- LOVED THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE story about CU cally and in public advoca- After reading “The scientists showing the cy. Thank you Allegra for BAUGH BROTHERS AND THEIR Risk of Being Un- way to beat a two-hour all you have done!” distinguished,” in which marathon, CRICKET PROTEIN. I'LL GIVE IT A TRY. economist Jeffrey Zax @CUGoose mentioned he hands tweeted: A WEBLINK IN THE STORIES ARE back papers and tests “I just as- in reverse alphabeti- sumed the AN EASY WAY FOR US TO FOLLOW cal order, Dylan Bird best way (Econ’03) teased on to do it is UP ON YOUR EXCELLENT STORIES. Facebook: “I hated be- to just have ing one of the last to get @trackjenny KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. LOVE my papers back from [Jenny Professor Zax!” Simpson READING THE COLORADAN! (Econ, Bob Prendergast (Geog’84) When the question PolSci’09)] Encinitas, Calif. was posed in “Su- or

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OF LIST 10 VOLUME 22, NUMBER 1 FALL 2017 10 CU NICKNAMES THAT MIGHT Coloradan aims to connect, inform and engage readers HAVE BEEN in the life of the University of Colorado Boulder through regular communication with alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the university. It is published four times per Actual mascot proposals year, in spring, summer, fall and winter, by the CU Boulder prior to the Silver & Gold's Alumni Association. Permission to reprint articles, photos 1934 national mascot- and illustrations may be obtained from the editor. naming contest. EDITORIAL OFFICES 1. Silver Helmets Koenig Alumni Center, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309-0459; phone 303-492-3712 or 800-492-7743; 2. Wolves fax 303-492-6799; email [email protected] ADDRESS CHANGES 3. Eagles To change your address or remove your name from our mailing list, write or call the Alumni Association 4. Elks at the address and numbers above or email records@ cufund.org. Please include your alumni ID number, which 5. Yellow Jackets is on your mailing label.

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7. Sour-Doughs PUBLISHER CU junior Madison Tarbox (Mktg'18) spent the month of July in a rural village outside Kathmandu, Ryan Chreist (Kines’96, MPubAd’09) Nepal, teaching English, planting and harvesting in the jungle and trekking to the Everest Base Camp. 8. Big Horns EDITOR 9. Frontiersmen Eric F. Gershon

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Ralphie I may have looked small when she arrived in Boulder, but she was mighty. “We had to run for our life to keep up with her,” said Bill Lowery (Bus ex’69). To tire the animal before football games, sophomores Lowery, Don Marturano (Econ’69), Victor Reinking (A&S’69) and John McGill (Engl’69) ran her along the perimeter of Boulder's Green Meadows Riding Ranch, where she lived. But Ralphie was never too worn-out to keep the day's main appointment at Folsom Field. Read more on page 13.

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