A PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FALL 2019

YEARS

PATHWAYS THROUGH OUR PAST INSIDE

FALL 2019 A Lasting Legacy Career Services 6 Leonidas Loomis (1884), George 34 CSU is with you beyond Glover (1884), and Libbie Coy (1884) graduation EDITOR Ben Fogelberg (B.A., ’94; M.A., ’98) 8 WATER WISE 10 Extending the Land-Grant 35 Events Mission Homecoming and Family CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Roud McCann (B.S., 1914) Weekend recap Angie Dixon (B.A., ’94) Gretchen Gerding Fum McGraw’s Other Legacy New Life Members Ann Gill (M.A., ’76) 16 Thurman “Fum” McGraw (B.S., ’50) 36 Thank you, and welcome! Whei Wong Howerton

GRAPHIC DESIGN Erin Foster Christy Schuster (’18) CSU Creative Services Proud to Be – through the years COPY EDITOR 7 A WOMAN’S WORK Colorado State University’s 150th anniversary celebration, which kicked off in style Betty Grace Mickey

during Homecoming and Family Weekend and continues well into 2020, provides an PHOTOGRAPHY opportunity to look back, and to look forward too. It’s human nature, I think, to sort CSU Photography through the events and milestones of our past to try to bring order and purpose to a CSU Library Archives CSU Archives & Special Collections sometimes muddled narrative. University Historic Photograph Collection In this issue, we’ve attempted to create a timeline of CSU history that branches out into some of the amazing stories of our beginnings, development through the STAFF CONTRIBUTORS Kristi Bohlender decades, and innovative impact driven by trailblazing alumni. I say “attempted” Assistant Vice President (B.S., ’93; M.B.A., ’95) because we have to be honest with ourselves and admit that assembling a definitive timeline is impossible given the immense impact and incredible variety of Haley Katz Associate Director of Membership and Giving accomplishments of our CSU community, on campus and beyond. I would be remiss if I didn’t thank a few of the stewards of our stories and Around the Oval is published twice a year by the CSU Alumni Association highlight books that informed this issue. See Professor Emeritus James E. Hansen’s as a benefit of membership.

Democracy’s College in the Centennial State and Democracy’s University for CSU’s ABOVE AND BEYOND 14 Colorado State University institutional history. Hansen teamed up with Gordon Hazard (B.S., ’77) and Linda 7114 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523-7114 Meyer (B.A., ’95; M.A., ’00) on CSU’s Sense of Place: A Campus History of Colorado’s NAVY SEALS ROOTED IN CSU (800) 286-2586 18 Land-Grant University. And Aggies to Rams: The History of Football at Colorado State (970) 491-6533 (phone) ALUMNUS FRANKLIN ANDERSON University by John Hirn (B.A., ’93) is indispensable. [email protected] I hope you’ll discover something familiar that makes you proud, something new alumni.colostate.edu

that makes you think, and please let me know if you have a story you’d like to share! © 2019 by Colorado State University. 28 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON All rights reserved Ram proud, An equal-access and equal-opportunity University

ON THE COVER: Kristi Bohlender, B.S., ’93; M.B.A., ’95, and Life Member The Oval then (1927) and now.

Join us on Facebook, Membership makes an IMPACT Instagram, and Twitter. Your Alumni Association membership is an investment in the past, present, FEARLESS Search “CSU 24 and future of Colorado State University. You make it possible for us to connect Alumni Association” more than 232,000 alumni to CSU in meaningful ways. Thank you! to download today!

CSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERS LIKE YOU MAKE THIS PUBLICATION POSSIBLE The Council Tree, circa 1914

THE LAND WE WALK UPON Colorado State University acknowledges, with respect, that the land we are on today is the traditional and ancestral CSU Native American homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, faculty and staff gather on the Oval, June 13, 2019. and Ute Nations and peoples. This was also a site of trade, gathering, and healing for numerous other Native tribes. We recognize the Indigenous peoples as original stewards of this land and all the relatives within it. As these words of acknowledgment are spoken and heard, the ties Nations have to their traditional homelands are renewed and reaffirmed. CSU is founded as a land-grant institution, and we accept that our mission must encompass access to education and inclusion. And, significantly, that our founding came at a dire cost to Native Nations and peoples whose land this University was built upon. This acknowledgment is the education and inclusion we must The land on which the Colorado as the Council Tree once stood in what Colorado State recently adopted an official statement practice in recognizing our institutional State University campus stands is the is now southeast Fort Collins. Arapaho honoring the ties of Indigenous people to land on traditional and ancestral homeland Chief Friday would often hold councils which the University was established, developed, and history, responsibility, and commitment. of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute under its branches. These lands retain operates today. This issue’s reflection on our history peoples. A large cottonwood known their cultural value to Native Americans. acknowledges and respects those ties.

AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 3 Four men working in a MEDLEY machine shop on parts for a Case OF MASCOTS kerosene tractor. Enrollment CAM the Ram’s unofficial 1870-1878: 0 predecessors through the years First classes 1879: 20

Population Fort Collins area: 363 Colorado Territory: 39,864

1912-1918 Peanuts, a bulldog

Popular Book The Adventures of

ESTABLISHMENT Huckleberry Finn -1934 Mark Twain AT A GLANCE 1870 AT

1919 Teddy, a black bear cub Popular Song Pass Me Not W.H. Doane

Price of Milk 2¢/gallon Early 1920s William “Billy” Hughes

President Lincoln signs Morrill Act, Colorado territiorial First building on allowing grants of land to establish government passes act campus: Claim Shanty, colleges specializing in agriculture establishing land-grant on the corner of Laurel Colorado becomes and the mechanical arts institution in Fort Collins and College the 38th state 1862 1870 1874 1876

ESTABLISHMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 5 A LASTING LEGACY A WOMAN’S WORK By Ann Gill (M.A., ’76) race Espe Patton (B.S., 1895) Patton served as president of the ike so many other lasting and hired Glover to enrolled at Colorado Agri- Colorado Woman’s Democratic Club meaningful endeavors, the teach its first vet- cultural College – Colorado and then became her party’s nominee Colorado State University erinary medicine GState University’s name when it was for state superintendent of public LAlumni Association started with a con- courses, leading to founded – when she was just 14 years instruction. Dubbed “the little profes- versation among friends over a meal. the creation of a depart- old. After graduating four years later, sor” due to her short stature, she was Leonidas Loomis, George Glover, ment with Glover as head. she served on the College faculty for labeled too young and inexperienced and Libbie Coy became the first grad- Veterinary medicine flourished more than a year. She taught “pre- for the office by opponents. However, uates of Colorado Agricultural College under his leadership; the hospital dedi- paratory courses,” which “prepared” she was a smart, dynamic, and engag- on June 5, 1884. At lunch following cated in 1950 bore his name. women for teaching and for mar- ing public speaker and proved to be a ceremony held at the opera house Coy was the first woman to graduate riage. In a delicious irony, Espe Patton a formidable campaigner, winning a on College Avenue, President Charles from any Colorado institution of higher spent the rest of her life playing a decisive victory. As superintendent, Ingersoll suggested forming an alumni education, and she did so by taking the central role in securing equal rights she encouraged the establishment

GO GREEN 1887 organization and was prepared with a same courses as the men. Afterward, for women and improving Colorado of kindergartens and libraries in CSU’s beloved Oval took shape in constitution and bylaws. Glover became she taught preparatory-level classes standards for education. Colorado schools and increased min- stages. Its parallel north-south rows president, Loomis was vice president, at the College until 1890, when she of American elms were planted in Her political influence developed imum teacher qualifications. and Coy was secretary. These three married Glover’s benefactor, Professor 1881, long before civil engineering early. Around 1893, she started The Grace Espe Patton not only set new alumni set the standard for alumni im- Lawrence. She was central to the students designed and built Oval Tourney, a magazine focused on wom- standards for preparing women for pact as they lived out their class motto: Alumni Association’s growth, organizing Drive in 1910. Trees were planted en’s rights. She later moved the maga- life and careers, she also started a tra- “Attempt and accomplish.” Homecoming and other alumni events. around the west perimeter in 1922 zine to Denver and changed its name dition at her alma mater – breaking Loomis spent his career in agricul- These first graduates also exempli- and east perimeter in 1924. The to something more descriptive: The through those glass ceilings. – A.G. ture, the foundational discipline of the fy our commitment to public service. Statistics Building (1910), Weber Colorado Woman. College. He started in the cattle busi- Glover served as president of the Building (1923), Administration The times were ripe for her per- ness in Wyoming and then returned to Colorado and American Veterinary Building (1925), Library/TILT Building spectives. In 1893, Colorado passed a Colorado, working on a ranch in North Medical associations and as city (1928), and referendum granting women’s suf- other structures Park. Later, he became a prosperous food inspector for Fort Collins. Coy 1925 frage. A year later, voters elected three gradually added farmer in the Cache la Poudre valley. Lawrence was an engaged civic lead- women to the Colorado House of architectural Glover started the College’s veterinary er, playing leadership roles in the definition and Representatives, the first in Colorado medicine program. After graduation, he Fort Collins Woman’s Club and other a more unified and the country. When, nearly three completed a veterinary medicine degree organizations. aesthetic that decades later, the United States gave at Iowa Agricultural College, thanks to an Coy Lawrence, Glover, and Loomis endures to all women the right to vote, it was due interest-free loan from College Professor became the first members of the 50 this day. to the groundwork laid by women James Lawrence. In 1900, the College Year Club in 1934. such as Espe Patton. Active in Colorado politics, Espe

New York Fair in Yonkers, 1913. By then, Colorado and eight other Western states had already adopted Elijah Edwards women’s suffrage legislation. becomes president First American Main Building First classes elm trees planted (later “Old Main”) held at Colorado in what would Charles Ingersoll First commencement; Alumni Alston Ellis cornerstone laid Agricultural College become the Oval becomes president Association established becomes president 1878 1879 1881 1882 1884 1892

6 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 7 1896 1899 1903 1907 1909 Fort Collins becomes Barton O. Aylesworth Women’s basketball George Glover Charles A. Lory a dry town becomes president team wins College’s establishes becomes president first conference Arlene Wheeler a veterinary Stewart (B.S., ’32) championship in curriculum became an Alumni any sport Association life member 61 years after posing for this photo in 1931. A PIONEER IN VETERINARY MEDICINE GEORGE GLOVER After studying WATER WISE veterinary medicine in Iowa, George hile many inventions revolutionize a Parshall Flumes as a means to protect those rights. Glover returned to particular field of human endeavor, Over time, Parshall Flumes were used more wide- his alma mater as a few remain in use a century later. ly. They measure flow rate in industrial discharges, faculty member where WInvented in 1921, the Parshall Flume measures municipal sewer lines, and influent/effluent flows he demonstrated –

1907 water flow as uniquely related to water depth. in wastewater treatment plants. These days, the sometimes in dramatic This invention revolutionized water management, flumes are not only constructed of concrete but a fashion – the need for and it remains in use to this day. The inventor, variety of materials from stainless steel to plastic. professionally certified Ralph Parshall (B.S., 1904), epitomizes Colorado Not only have his flumes stood the test of time, veterinarians. Glover helped establish State University’s values of excellence and but at his alma mater, the hydraulics lab Parshall the program that problem-solving. helped develop continues to play an important role became one of the top After completing an undergraduate degree at in maintaining CSU’s reputation as a top water re- veterinary medicine Colorado Agricultural College – CSU’s name when search center. – A.G. schools in the nation it was founded – Parshall pursued graduate stud- and served as its dean ies at the University of Chicago. He returned to from 1907-34. Fort Collins and joined the College faculty in 1907, becoming an internationally recognized pioneer in civil engineering and hydrology. His patent application for his invention that has endured for a century referred to it as a “Venturi- flume water-stage recording instrument,” but it is commonly known as the Parshall Flume. Initially, the flume’s main use was to measure the flow of water through ditches and canals in those arid states that used the doctrine of prior appropriation (“first George Glover died in time, first in right”) as the basis for water rights. Jan. 11, 1950. The new The flume enabled water managers to ensure that veterinary hospital, water users received their fair share of that incred- under construction at the The Parshall Flume’s elegant simplicity ensured its ibly valuable resource based on their water right. Water flowing through concrete Parshall Flume time, was named after widespread adoption throughout the world. Indeed, the law in some states mandated the use of from Moffat Tunnel outlet, 1936. him the following day.

8 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 9 Grafton St. Clair Norman but returned in 1921 to lead the Colorado Cooperative (lower right corner), 1896. Extension Service (today’s CSU Extension). 1923 Congress established the Extension Service in 1914. World War I broke out shortly thereafter, so its initial role became urging farmers to increase production: “Food will win the war!” After the ar- mistice, European farm production increased and demand for U.S. products dropped precipitously, as did prices. Extension’s goals then shifted to farm- ers’ economic issues. Intelligent and an experienced public relations expert, McCann was well suited to reinventing Extension. He met with people around the state to gain a clear understanding of issues facing rural The Colorado Agricultural College class communities, then used what he learned to create of 1896 consisted of five women and 11 the Colorado Code of Agriculture, issued in 1923. men, including Grafton St. Clair Norman, Widely read and well received, the code stressed a general agriculture major who was the the importance of marketing (including experi- Roud McCann at College’s first African American student and mental radio programs), rural community devel- work in 1923, the alumnus. His enrollment reflected hope that opment, improvements in rural home life, and year he created the College’s land-grant mission of greater youth programs. the Colorado Code opportunity and access to higher education Although he resigned in early 1929, his time at of Agriculture. would one day apply to everyone. Extension was tremendously successful; it became That day was still in the distant future a well-administered and effective branch of the when George W. Cooper graduated from College. He focused its organization at the local the College’s veterinary school in 1918. EXTENDING THE Cooper maintained a large-animal practice level by extending the system of county agents. He in rural northeastern Colorado for 25 years also made technical assistance a central part of its LAND-GRANT MISSION before becoming one of the first faculty services, hiring specialists in areas ranging from members of a new veterinary school at marketing and home economics to animal hus- ervice and leadership have been central to Following graduation, he stayed in Fort Collins and the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Known bandry and agronomy. Roud McCann left indelible Colorado State University’s identity since became deputy state dairy commissioner and later today as the Tuskegee University College footprints on this institution and the state. – A.G. its inception. Roud McCann (B.S., 1914) joined the faculty as an associate professor of ani- of Veterinary Sembraced those aims as a student and throughout mal husbandry. Notably, he was an active member Medicine, the his career. of the Alumni Association and helped launch the school has As an undergraduate, McCann demonstrated alumni magazine. educated more than 70 leadership potential by founding the Livestock He left the College for top administrative oppor- percent of the 1927 Club and serving as an officer in the then-Colorado tunities with agricultural organizations, including nation’s African Agricultural College’s military training battalion. secretary of the National Dairy Council in Chicago, American veterinarians. George Cooper, second from right, TRAILBLAZERS with students at Tuskegee

Home Economics Congress provides 1,600 High Altitude acres of national forest First Homecoming; George Cooper ROTC begins firing Laboratory for College use (later, College plays alumni graduates from cannon during Students paint an “A” on the established; first in CSU Mountain Campus) team, loses 3-0 veterinary school. football games foothills west of campus the nation 1912 1914 1918 1920 1923 1926

10 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 11 Mechanical engineering student, 1943. GLENN MORRIS Enrollment Glenn Morris (B.S., ’35) 1935: 1,472 served as class president and competed in football and track. He then represented the United States at the 1936 1935 Olympic Games in Berlin, Population winning the gold medal in the decathlon. A direct Fort Collins: 11,489 descendent of the oak Colorado: 1,035,791 trees awarded to gold medalists grows outside the Iris & Michael Smith Alumni Center today.

Popular Book -1956 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is published in 1936 DEVELOPMENT AT A GLANCE 1935 AT

Popular Song On the Good Ship Lollipop Shirley Temple

Price of Milk 47¢/gallon

Name changed to Colorado Glenn Morris (B.S., State College of Agriculture ’35) wins gold medal in and Mechanic Arts after decathlon at the Berlin Sherwood Forest student petition Olympic games planted 1935 1936 1937

DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 13 Denver Public Library, Western History Photographic Collections, John Mosley Collection ABOVE AND BEYOND 1944 By Ben Fogelberg (B.A., ’94; M.A., ’98)

ost Americans who enlisted in the U.S. armed services after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 couldn’t wait to fight for their country. John MMosley (B.S., ’43), like so many other African Americans, had to fight just to get in the fight. Mosley attended Manual High School in Denver, where he excelled in academics and athletics and developed an interest in flying. The Class of ’39 valedictorian took his leadership skills to Colorado A&M, where he broke through color barriers in sports and student government. Mosley served as student body vice president twice and played football for legendary Above: John W. Mosley, far left, poses with fellow coach Harry Hughes, becoming the school’s first black player airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group at Tuskegee Army Air Field, 1944. Left: John Mosley at Douglas on record. Army Air Field in Arizona, 1944. During his senior year, Mosley applied for entrance into the Advanced ROTC program, but was rejected due to a failed physical exam that may have been related to racial tensions of the time. Undeterred, he passed an independent exam and completed a local civilian pilot training program Afterward, Mosley worked as a civil servant in in hopes of increasing his chances to fly with the the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and 332nd Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen) in Welfare (renamed Health and Human Services in Alabama. Rejected again, he appealed to Congress 1979) in Washington, D.C., and Denver. Outside and even wrote to the White House. His per- of his career, he helped provide opportunities sistence paid off, and he was finally accepted. that he never had through organizations such as A poster shows scenes of the Sept. 4, Mosley learned to fly B-25 bombers, but World the Mile High Flight Program, which introduc- 1938, campus flood: six buildings around War II ended before he could be deployed. After es young women and men – especially minority the Oval are shown as photographed by the war, he earned a master’s degree in social youth – to careers in aviation, aerospace, and President and Mrs. Lory the morning of work from the University of Denver and then STEM fields. the flood. A humorous comment refers to the Heating Plant smokestack. served his country again in the Korean War and In 2004, CSU awarded Mosley and his wife, in Vietnam. He retired from the Air Force in 1970 Edna, honorary doctorates in recognition of their as a lieutenant colonel. service to their communities and nation.

John Mosley receives the Most Valuable Player award The Oval, Sept. 6, 1938. at the Varsity Ball, 1942. Women outnumber men Colorado Agricultural at the College after Research Foundation men leave to serve in established to administer WWII; College provides patents, solicit and receive instructional programs Flood inflicts heavy Roy Green gifts and grants, and enter including pilot training damage to the campus becomes president into research contracts. for military personnel. 1938 1940 1941 1942

14 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 15 1944 1945 1948 1949 Name shortened to Returning veterans make Isaac E. Newsom Fum McGraw (B.S., ’50) became Colorado Agriculture up 2/3 of student body. becomes president the first College football player & Mechanical College Many veterans and their to win All-American honors in (Colorado A&M) families lived in Quonset three sports huts along Laurel, dubbed “Veterans’ Village” William E. Morgan becomes president

Traditions ranked high among his administrative ON THE FIELD priorities. Facilitating the construction of Moby Arena ATHLETICS AWARDS and Hughes Stadium would count for nothing unless AND ACCOLADES students and fans attending games felt part of some- 1965 thing greater. 1948: All-American, To that end, McGraw revived a tradition that had football and wrestling begun to fade – literally. Students painted the icon- 1949: All-American, ic Aggie A on the hogback west of campus on Dec. 4, football and track 1923, and enlarged it the following year to present pro- 1950: NFL Rookie of the portions. Whitewashing the A became an annual Year – lineman freshman ritual until the tradition lapsed in the 1971: Colorado Sports 1970s. McGraw enlisted longtime friend and Sigma Hall of Fame Alpha Epsilon alumni adviser, Bill Woods (’58), who 1981: National Football persuaded the fraternity chapter to shoulder the task. Foundation College Later, he recruited red-shirted football players and Football Hall of Fame track athletes. He and agriculture Professor Marshall Frasier kept the tradition strong with help from the 1992: Named to CSU Football All-Century Alumni Association and, of course, students. Team As a proud Aggie, McGraw knew that CSU’s reputa- tion was rooted in agricultural education, research, and Fum McGraw looks Extension. What better way to underscore that con- over basketball courts nection than a good old-fashioned barbecue? The Ag at Moby Arena, 1965 Day concept, attributed to animal sciences Professor John Matsushima, became a reality and was first held outside Hughes Stadium in 1981. Supporting student dent-athlete scholarships.” The event has raised more FUM MCGRAW’S OTHER LEGACY scholarships in the College of Agricultural Sciences, the than $5 million to date. event has grown through the decades and still high- McGraw’s place in University history and legend is he list of Thurman “Fum” McGraw’s ath- championships in five seasons before a knee injury lights Colorado-grown commodities that have benefit- assured by the placement of his name and number atop letics accomplishments defies comprehen- forced his exit from professional football. ed from CSU research. the west stands in Canvas Stadium; the athletics center sion. Diehard Aggies and Rams fans can tick These are the kinds of achievements that get Longtime athletics department fixture Gary Ozzello named in his honor; and the annual Thurman “Fum” Tthem off on their fingers: He was the only athlete a jersey retired, but McGraw wasn’t finished. In (’78) recalls that McGraw should get credit for anoth- McGraw Award, presented to the CSU student-athlete in school history to receive All-American honors in three separate spans, he served his alma mater as er fundraising tradition. “Fum actually began the Ram who best exemplifies academic and athletics excellence, three sports (football, 1948, ’49; track, ’49; and wres- an assistant coach, assistant athletics director, and Good Time Auction,” Ozzello says. “He and other staff character, leadership, service, and Ram Pride. Just as tling, ’48). Drafted by the Detroit Lions, he made an athletics director. Through it all, he demonstrated members – I was fortunate enough to be included – put important to his legacy are the traditions that endure instant impact, nabbing the Rookie of the Year tro- leadership and a deep understanding of the ties together the first auction in the Lory Student Center main because he knew what “Proud to Be” meant long before phy for linemen. He went on to win two national that bind a university community together. ballroom to raise additional funds for supporting stu- it became our signature chant. – B.F.

16 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 17 Franklin Anderson, center, and the Navy SEAL team receive a Presidential Unit Citation from President Lyndon B. Johnson. NAVY SEALS ROOTED IN CSU ALUMNUS FRANKLIN ANDERSON By Whei Wong Howerton

hen Franklin Anderson (’56) left Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, in 1955, to finish his undergrad- uate education at Colorado A&M (Colorado State WCollege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts), he made the move for Underwater Demolition Team 11. It was when he re- SEAL Team One,1966 Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Meritorious its livestock program. turned that his career path solidified. Service Medal, and a Presidential Unit Citation. “I was going to Fort Lewis College at the time and it was a branch At the time, the Navy was on the verge of shutting down On the homefront, Anderson and his wife, Martha, raised of CSU, so it was very easy to transfer,” said Anderson, now 85, re- its World War II-era maritime commando units, also called four children. One of their sons entered SEAL training but covering well from a stroke he had in May 2019. SEAL – for Sea Air and Land – program. In 1966, they gave was injured. The couple retired to their ranch in Tiffany, Two years later, he graduated and was working for a rancher in the program one last shot, and named Lt. Cmdr. Anderson a small town in southwestern Colorado. They have been Denver. That’s when his path began to veer significantly. acting commanding officer of what would become SEAL married for 58 years. “I got my military draft notice. Going into the military was the Team One. He handpicked officers, rewrote policy, changed He still keeps in touch with friends from school – mem- furthest thing from what I wanted to do. My perception of what training to include weapons and small-unit tactics, and bers of the Livestock Club and Rodeo Club – and fondly re- that would be like was so different.” updated curriculum with intelligence collection and un- members time spent swimming at Horsetooth and studying After reporting to one branch of the military to ask questions, he conventional warfare, thereby establishing the Navy SEAL at CSU. In 2017, the CSU Alumni Association’s 50 Year Club Franklin Anderson was walked out. He didn’t appreciate their attitudes, he said. program we know today. honored Anderson with the Public Service Award. named commanding officer Instead, “I went next door and enlisted in the Navy.” “Most of the programs that I set up are still in existence. And, for so many reasons, the SEALs keep Anderson of SEAL Team One in 1966. Soon after, in 1957, Anderson shipped out to Officer Candidate The SEALs started performing admirably, and everybody close. They invite him to speak to classes of SEALs and, School. There, he tried to get into flight school. He was an inch- wanted them. We had 50 officers and 350 men at the time. just this August, he traveled to Coronado, California, for and-a-half too short. “What’s a point of pride is the advancement that we have SEAL team reunions. Anderson’s ties to his military career “My next choice was to be in the underwater demolition team, made within SEALs. I was involved in writing letters to get remain strong. The sense of pride he carries about his because I had seen the movie, Frogmen, with Richard Widmark.” the SEAL program as an independent group. We had an ad- time in the Navy and his role establishing the Navy SEAL He figured growing up swimming in the rivers around Pagosa miral who was our best supporter.” program, is palpable. Springs would help. Anderson served in Vietnam for a year, Anderson went on to Defense Intelligence School, “Things have changed so much since I was there. People starting in 1964, training Vietnamese military forces with Commander in Chief, Pacific, and Special Target Analysis find it hard to believe a lot of the stuff that we do. They (the Group to write plans that included POW recoveries. By the SEALs) are operating all over the world now. Our camara- time he retired in 1977 after 21 years in the Navy, Anderson derie is second to none. had received the Legion of Merit as commanding officer of “I would do it all the same at the drop of a hat.”

1957 Student Union Annex opens, later renamed Colorado A&M celebrates Construction begins Colorado A&M makes the Administration Annex, Harry Hughes Day on Nov. 8, on five new residence College World Series for the and eventually honoring the legendary coach halls, including first and only time. Centennial Hall. and athletics director. Newsom Hall, right. 1950 1951 1952 1953

18 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 19 1954 1955 1957 At halftime at the College awards its Effective May 1, by act of the Colorado A&M vs. first Ph.D. toA.R. Colorado General Assembly, Wyoming basketball Chamberlain, the Colorado A&M becomes game, President Morgan future ninth president Colorado State University christens the school mascot, “CAM”

CAM TAKES THE University on Jan. 11, 1946. “The senators spruced up the ram they’d chosen and presented Buck to the college,” reported the Silver Spruce yearbook. “He SPOTLIGHT was greeted with wild applause, and served as a spirit booster the rest of the basketball season. He As Colorado State University celebrates its attended each game faithfully, escorted in style. sesquicentennial, our beloved mascot will mark his Truly a loyal Aggie.” own major milestone. The Colorado A&M student President Morgan officially named our mascot body voted to call themselves “Rams” in 1945, the CAM the Ram – for Colorado A&M – during halftime college’s diamond anniversary. at a basketball game versus archrival Wyoming in A.R. Chamberlain and an The first woolly mascot, a ram named Buck, 1954. CAM has been a steady spirit booster ever since, unidentified person in the made his debut at a basketball game against Denver hydraulics laboratory, 1959 still escorted in style by student volunteers. The Ram Handlers participate in CAM’s training and care, transportation to events, sharing CAM’s A.R. Chamberlain (Ph.D., ’55) story with Rams fans of all ages, and traditions received the first doctoral degree such as his sprint across the end zone during home granted by Colorado A&M. He joined football games. The Alumni Association, which the faculty in 1956 and served as supports CAM and manages the Ram Handler manager of civil engineering research. program, encourages students from any and He played a leadership role in that all majors and backgrounds to apply to endeavor; his suggestion that unused join the group. The most rewarding part land on the Foothills Campus be given to engineering CAM the Ram and of their job? Capturing the smiles of resulted in Aggie Marching students, alumni, and Rams fans who significant federally line up to get their photo taken with Band, Fall 1956 funded research their beloved mascot. – B.F. projects. He became vice president for CSU CAM the Ram Administration in in 2008 1960 and executive vice president of the University in 1966. In 1969, Chamberlain became the ninth president of CSU, a position he held until 1979. 1979 THE FIRST PH.D.

DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 21 A young SOURCE photographer, 1966

Enrollment 1957 1957: 5,282

Population Fort Collins: 25,027 CSU graduate and Peace Corps -Now Colorado: 1,753,947 volunteer Alice Ardito, right, in the Dominican Republic, 2016 SCARCE SKILLS Popular Book olorado State University consistently ranks among the top Peace Corps Atlas Shrugged volunteer-producing schools in the by Ayn Rand is published Cnation. This enduring connection is, in part, a living legacy of CSU’s contribution to the service organization’s origins. More importantly, the 1,700-plus current and former volunteers represent the land-grant mission AT A GLANCE 1957 AT Popular Song in action. Their so-called “scarce skills” in fields such as agriculture, civil engineering, All Shook Up animal sciences, and sustainability have INNOVATION Elvis Presley always been in high demand. – B.F.

Price of Milk $1/gallon

John Matsushima (B.S., ’43; Shelton Stanfill (B.A., M.S., ’45) joins the faculty of his ’65; CERT, ’65) along with alma mater. Later, he developed Collegian editor John a method for turning corn kernels Maurice Albertson, Pauline Hyde (B.A., ’66) place into flakes, a technique adopted Birky-Kreutzer, and Andrew Rice The Stump on the Plaza worldwide that significantly conduct study that helps lead to improved cattle feeding. the creation of the Peace Corps The Lagoon is built; filled in 1964 Morgan Library opens 1961 1962 1963 1965

INNOVATION AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 23 keeps us from doing things, like trying something Marketing Team, the Horse Judging Team, and the new or asking someone for help. I don’t ever want Meats Judging Team. “But it was the support from to be fearful of taking a chance.” people like Dr. Gary Smith, Dr. Tom Field, Dr. Jim For those who know Saunders, it’s probably not Heird, and Dr. Lee Gray, just to name a few, that FEARLESS surprising that she would offer this sage advice and means so much me.” that fearlessness is central to who she is. Saunders Through the Saunders’ generous support, Where By Angie Dixon (’94) is the daughter of CSU alum Butch Mayfield (’67), Food Comes From Inc., sponsors the meat and dairy who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil retail store at the JBS Global Food Innovation Center eann Saunders (B.S., ’92; M.Agr., ’94) is engineering and a master’s in math, then made his in Honor of Gary & Kay Smith. a fearless innovator and leader. Highlights own fearless decision to follow his lifelong passion “I truly believe that we can do whatever we want from the 2018 CSU Distinguished Alumni and become a full-time, first-generation rancher with to do,” said Saunders. “If we aren’t afraid to ask for LAward recipient’s career include co-founding and his parents. He raised his children the same way. help from others, and thank people along the way, I operating Where Food Comes From Inc. – the No. “My parents raised my sister and me with the idea don’t think there are any barriers to getting to where 1 provider of certification and verification services that we could do anything a man could do,” Saunders we want to be in life.” to the food industry – with her husband, John; recalls. “We fixed fence, herded cattle. We never sensed 2019 developing the first-ever USDA Process Verified a gender difference.” program for beef; serving as a board member for the The Where Food Comes From So, when her husband, John, started their company Market in the JBS Global Food International Stockmen’s Education Foundation and 20 years ago, she knew that accepting and embracing Innovation Center at CSU, 2019 the University of Nebraska’s Engler Agribusiness her fear was key to their success. Entrepreneurship; and serving as one of only two “There were so many times when I wanted us to quit, female chairs for the U.S. Meat Export Federation. but we didn’t,” she said. Does Saunders think she is fearless? She is Saunders is grateful for the opportunities she had quick to attribute that trait to other people in at CSU to gain hands-on experience in the agriculture her life, such as her husband, her father, and her industry before she graduated. She is also grateful for grandfather. But Saunders pauses in describing the support she received from professors within the herself that way. College of Agricultural Sciences. “I am just someone who steps out of my comfort “I tried to take advantage of all CSU and the zone to do the things I want to do in life,” she said. College of Ag had to offer,” Saunders said. Among “There are moments when I can be very fearful, other activities, she was an Ag Ambassador and a but I have to coach myself to move beyond it. Fear Pacesetter, and she was a member of the Agriculture

First football game played in Hughes Stadium Office of Women’s A.R. Chamberlain (Ph.D., ’55) Relations established Project Go enrolled its first becomes president (became Women & Gender group of ethnically diverse Advocacy Center in 2011) students (Project Go later Black Student Alliance Chicago, The Beach First basketball became Black African and Mexican American Boys, and the Rolling CSU achieves Carnegie game played in American Cultural Center Committee for Equality Old Main Stones concerts at Foundation Research I Moby Arena and El Centro) lead civil rights protests burns Hughes Stadium University status 1966 1968 1969 1970 1975 1976

24 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 INNOVATION AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 25 1979 1981 1984 1987 1990 1991 1993 1994 Native American First Ag Day held State creates the Colorado College Days Albert Yates CSU Professor Tom U.S. District Court Pingree Park (CSU Cultural Center office State University System abolished becomes president Sutherland released finds CSU in Mountain Campus) established after being held six violation of Title damaged by Services for Asian American years as a political IX and requires Hourglass Fire Students (Asian Pacific American prisoner in Lebanon reinstatement of Resources for Disabled Ralph E. Christoffersen Cultural Center) founded women’s softball Students established, becomes president intially serving about 180 Philip E. Austin students self-identified as becomes president having disability. The office is now Student Disability

Center and serves HOMECOMING approximately 2,300 Tom Sutherland Scotland native Thomas Sutherland joined the animal sciences faculty students First Generation Award program holding a plaque of appreciation, 1991 in 1958. In 1983, he accepted a started; the first such scholarship position as dean at American 2019 offered in the nation University in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad abducted A first-generation Sutherland in 1985 and held him graduate, 2019 Spring captive for 2,353 days. When Commencement finally released, he returned to a jubilant celebration in Moby Arena, displaying the spirit and optimism that had buoyed him and a fellow captive throughout their ordeal. Sutherland spent his last 25 years generously supporting the local community. Today, the Lory Student Center’s Sutherland Memorial Garden honors his legacy and his Bernard Dime family’s commitment to education. is CSU’s first paraplegic vet student. Read more about his amazing story on SOURCE. #25STRONG In 2019, the CSU softball team won the Mountain West

Conference title for the third time in program history. At the Outfielder season’s outset, the team adopted the hashtag #25Strong, Ashley symbolizing the unity of its 20 players and five staff. The Michelena, hashtag also acknowledged the significance of the program’s 2018 reinstatement 25 years prior. The University had cut the sport in Lapel pin 1992 due to budget constraints related to reduced state funding, but given to first- players and parents sued, citing violations of Title IX gender-equity generation requirements. Signed into federal law in 1972, Title IX prohibits sex alumni discrimination in education. The claimants won in U.S. District Court a year later. CSU recently announced plans to build a women’s athletics complex serving the softball and soccer programs within the former football practice area south of Moby Arena.

26 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 INNOVATION 27 2019 Legnard was majoring in microbiology CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewery, ONCE IN A when he took the home-brewing class, among the first breweries in held in a house across from the Gifford Fort Collins. The brewery was Building his junior year, changing his built on Lincoln Avenue in ’91 BLUE MOON life’s course. After learning how to brew and started brewing beer in the By Gretchen Gerding beer, he experimented with different rec- spring of ’92. Legnard and Sandy ipes, with his roommates as testers. He In 1995, Legnard interviewed Jones with the first ohn Legnard (B.S., ’90) has been a part of even won an award for a Pilsner from Fort for a brewery job in Denver. At H.C. Berger beer the explosion in craft brewing in Colorado Collins’ home-brewing club. the time, he didn’t know it was for since the late 1980s. His love of brewing Legnard found encouragement for his the Coors SandLot Brewery at the Jstarted at Colorado State University when one interest in brewing within his major at new Coors Field, the first brewery SANDY JONES of his roommates saw an ad in the Collegian for CSU, where he completed a senior project inside a major league ballpark. a home-brewing class taught by CSU Extension. on industrial fermentation. It would be “I interviewed, and they told me they MEMORIAL Legnard’s journey from those home-brew roots many years before CSU’s brewing class were building a craft brewery in the right SCHOLARSHIP has taken him from the fledgling Fort Collins (2005) and, eventually, the Fermentation field corner. I wasn’t a baseball fan, and I brewing scene, to the SandLot Brewery at Coors Science and Technology Program (2013), didn’t know where right field was. I had John Legnard (B.S., ’90) Field, to his present role as brewmaster at the were launched to fill a need for trained played soccer all my life. I’ve become a has continued to support the Blue Moon Brewing Company in Denver. professionals in the brewing and fer- baseball fan since then,” he said with a fermentation science program. mented foods industries. laugh. Legnard took the job and helped When Fort Collins’ brewing pioneer Sandy Jones, who HOME-BREWING CLASS AT CSU launch the brewery during the Rockies’ founded H.C. Berger Brewing, Originally from Connecticut, Legnard found CSU inaugural season. SANDLOT AT COORS FIELD passed away unexpectedly when he checked a box on the SAT to indicate As a student, Legnard made several con- In the summer of ’95, they experiment- in February 2018, Legnard an interest in pre-veterinary studies and agreed nections to the brewing community in ed with a Belgian wheat beer they called revived one of the early H.C. to share his scores. CSU sent him a postcard and Fort Collins, including pioneers Sandy Bellyslide Wit. A Coors employee tried Berger recipes, Red Banshee that was all it took to convince him to visit in 1986 Jones and Doug Odell. After graduation, it and said, “A beer this good only comes Ale, with proceeds from sales and then enroll. he had a temporary position at Coors in along once in a blue moon,” and Blue at Blue Moon Brewing Compa- “CSU was such a fun place to go to school and Golden, where he was a quality control Moon was born. ny going to the Sandy Jones hang out and meet people. That’s what is so cool technician. He was commuting to Golden Memorial Scholarship. The about CSU – I still have tons of friends from my when Jones called him about launching SUPPORTING THE scholarship will be awarded to days as a student. A group of us gets together for H.C. Berger Brewing Company; Legnard FERMENTATION a student majoring in fermen- a reunion every five or 10 years. We buried a time became one of the original investors and tation science and technology at CSU. Legnard hopes to raise capsule in Poudre Canyon the day after gradua- the first employee. SCIENCE PROGRAM enough funds to eventually en- tion and look forward to going back and finding H.C. Berger joined Odell Brewing As a land-grant University, CSU has always dow the scholarship in mem- it,” said Legnard. Company, New Belgium Brewing, and played a role in (continued on next page) ory of his mentor, who also founded Fort Collins Brewery.

Key Communities created to decrease graduation rate gaps across first-generation, Jim (B.S., ’40) Student Alumni Amy Van Dyken Pell recipient, and minority and Nadine Connection (now Rouen) wins students at CSU (B.S., ’41) establishes I Love four gold medals Flood causes more Henry named CSU Day, which Robert H. and Mary G. University in swimming at the than $120 million in GLBT Student Services (Pride “alumni of the is celebrated Flint Animal Cancer Larry Edward Penley Center for the Tony Frank Summer Olympics damage to campus Resource Center) opens century” annually on April 18 Center opens becomes president Arts opens becomes president 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2008 2009

28 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 INNOVATION INNOVATION AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 29 2010 2013 2014 2016 2017 2019 2020 Fostering Success The CSU Becky Hammon University raises On-campus football C. Wayne McIlwraith Colorado State Program created Marching Band (B.S., ’00) becomes record $197.8 million stadium, later named Translational Medicine University celebrates to support CSU participates in the first woman full-time Canvas Stadium, opens; Institute opens its sesquicentennial Old Main Bell students who were St. Patrick’s Day NBA coach Old Main Bell installed returned to CSU CSU ranks 5th former foster youth. It Parade in Dublin in the Jim and Nadine nationally in currently serves more Henry Family Tower at Military Times than 200 students the Iris & Michael Smith “Best for Vets” list Alumni Center Becky Hammon (B.S., Joyce McConnell ’00) is assistant coach becomes president of the San Antonio Spurs. She was the preparing students to meet the needs of Legnard became the brewmaster at first female full-time the Colorado workforce. The Department the new Blue Moon Brewing Company assistant coach in NBA of Food Science and Human Nutrition in the RiNo District in Denver in 2016, history, the first woman in the College of Health and Human while continuing to oversee the SandLot to coach an NBA Sciences had been preparing to launch Brewery at Coors Field. He is excited summer league team, and the first woman to a major in fermentation science and about CSU’s fermentation science pro- coach in an NBA All- technology to help support the growing gram and the potential to train new Star Game. As a Ram, brewing and food fermentation indus- professionals to meet the needs of the Hammon was a three- tries in the state. They pulled together brewing industry in Colorado. JOYCE MCCONNELL time All-American and an advisory board of professionals in the “I started off as a home brewer doing set the all-time Western Joyce McConnell became the 15th industry, including Legnard. five-gallon batches,” said Legnard. “Just Athletic Conference president of Colorado State University on “At the first meeting in March 2014, imagine where I would be if I had started scoring record for men July 1, 2019. Taking the helm during CSU’s we expressed the importance of teach- off with a degree in CSU’s Fermentation or women. She then sesquicentennial anniversary, she is excited ing not only the science, but also engi- Science and Technology Program. With spent 16 years in the to lead the University into its next 150 years neering and business as part of the cur- all of the classes and background knowl- WNBA, where she was by leaning on principles that have guided riculum. We wanted the program to be edge, I would be light-years ahead of named a Top 15 player her throughout her life, including a belief practical and hands-on. When you are where I am now.” in the league’s history. in providing opportunities to help others running a brewery, you need to under- achieve their dreams. “If you give one student access and that student becomes stand concepts of refrigeration, steam, successful, forever after their family is pumps, and heat transfer as well as the affected by that success,” she says. “You’re science and raw materials.” empowering students to live lives that they “John attended our inaugural industry Becky Hammon, never would have expected they could live, advisory board meeting and has been an 2016; far right, and that’s just extraordinary. I’m driven by active and reliable member ever since,” playing for that sense of purpose.” said Jeff Callaway, associate director of CSU, 1999 the fermentation science program. “He has supported the FST program and CSU in many ways – everything from advice on curriculum and brewing and giving tours and his time, to leveraging his net- work to create scholarships to support the next generation of brewers.” Legnard also worked with Molson Coors to secure brewing equipment that THE NEXT 150 YEARS Coors had in storage. The equipment Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on the hold true to the one thing the class of 1884 would was donated to what is now the Lory past and plan for the future. Strolling through recognize if they were transported here now: our Student Center Teaching Brewery in the CSU’s last 150 years offers an opportunity to values. And as stewards of those values, CSU’s Ramskeller, which served its first beer in renew pride, though it might revive some old alumni have a distinct role to play in our next 2018. pains along the way. Both will bolster efforts to century and a half.

30 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 INNOVATION INNOVATION AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 31 As Colorado State University celebrates its 150th anniversary, Your membership strengthens our community, preserves our we thank you for being a member of the Alumni Association. traditions, and extends our legacy. Thank you.

Visit giving.colostate.edu/150 to see how alumni and donors like you are making an impact. CAREER SERVICES CSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS START TAKING

ADVANTAGE OF Happy Homecoming! Proud THINGS SUCH AS: to Be 150 – Homecoming and KEEP LEARNING. KEEP GROWING. • In-person workshops and Family Weekend 2019 was online webinars one for the books. Five days Even after graduation, your alma mater name is Angela Hayes, and she’s our resident • One-on-one career path filled to the brim with Ram still offers valuable learning tools to meet expert in all things professional development. coaching Pride. We came together as a you where you are. Through your CSU She has a B.S. in psychology, an M.S. in • Job-seeker resources community of green and gold, Alumni Association, you have access to real- industrial/organizational psychology and a • Access to exclusive career reminisced, and caught up life, immediately applicable, professional Ph.D. in professional coaching and human fairs and industry events with old friends. We honored development tools and career services for your development. • Career speaker series our Distinguished Alumni life beyond campus. • Individual consultation and inducted the Class of We’ve even dedicated a staff member to your Learn more at alumni.colostate.edu/career-services. opportunities 1969 into the 50 Year Club. professional journey as a CSU graduate. Her We officially kicked off the University’s Sesquicentennial celebrations. We looked back in awe at our last 150 years, and we raised a glass to the NorthAmerican Van Lines offers a60% discount for interstate next. And all of it was possible moves and free replacement cost insurance. because of members like you. Your membership carries Contact Gordon Taylor at (800) 987-3608 and mention CSU. traditions like Homecoming CSU Alumni Association staff with their award-winning Homecoming Parade float. into future generations.

mindsharenetwork.com/CSUAlumninetwork.com/CSUAlumni Access your your free free toolkit toolkit today! today!

TRAVEL PROGRAM Learn more at alumni.colostate.edu or call (800) 286-2586

SWITZERLAND: HIDDEN TRAILS AND MAJESTIC PEAKS NORMANDY – HONFLEUR June 5-14, 2020 Sept. 26-Oct. 4, 2020 Discover Neuchatel’s historic quarter and the treasures Immerse yourself in historic Normandy on this seven-night of the Belle Époque period. Explore the vineyards of adventure through the coastal region. Set foot on Omaha Swiss wine country on foot, participate in an immersive Beach and visit the Normandy American chocolate workshop, enjoy a wine tasting at a UNESCO Cemetery, marvel at the stunning Serving Rams through life’s proudest moments. World Heritage site, visit the charming village medieval village Mont-Saint-Michel as Call 1-800-922-1245 today or visit www.TheAIP.com/rams of Zermatt, and marvel at views it rises above tidal waters, and relax of the Matterhorn. each evening at your first-class Life • Health • Dental • Vision • Auto • Home • Disability • ID Theft • Pet Health hotel in the picturesque harbor town of Honfleur.

9P8

34 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 35 LIFE MEMBERS

WELCOME, NEW LIFE MEMBERS | MARCH 15, 2019 - OCTOBER 1, 2019

Jeff and Brie K., ’03 Aguila Frederick M., ’06, ’12 and Iliana A. Gallegos Morris W. Price Jr., ’87 Michael C., ’96, ’00 and Susan N., ’97, ’00 Albright Brian K. Gelder, ’02 and Mindy L. Devries Gelder Phillip H., ’03 and Andrea R. Purdy Trevor A. Amen, ’06, ’17 Joshua A., ’06 and Pamela J., ’05 Gold Justin A. Reedy, ’16 Grace C. Ami, ’09 Barbara J. Gustison, ’16 Rachel N. Riley, ’15 Larry G., ’66, ’68 and Nancy E., ’66 Arlian Todd E. and Jenny L., ’93 Harding Timothy L., ’03 and Aimee S., ’02 Rudolph Dean E. and Patricia A., ’76 Asselborn Stephen R. Jr., ’93 and Wendy M., ’92 Higgins Michael J. Ruff, ’88 Jennifer R. Atencio, ’02 Thomas and Amy Hirn Dwight G. Rus, ’80, ’97 Dallas F., ’93 and Barbara A. Belt John G., ’79 and Carolyn L., ’80 Hudek John W., ’66 and Pamela J. Sample Dana P. Berg, ’91 Gregory P. Huerta, ’02 Karen C. Schubert, ’75, ’79, ’88 John W. Jr., ’74 and Anne C., ’76 Blair Jillian Jacobo, ’17 Michael A. Schulman, ’01 and Bryn Harris Dakota K. Bogner, ’14, ’18 Estevan L. Jaimes, ’10 Clayton A. Schwerin, ’93 Jerry Boortz Paul C., ’58 and Millicent M., ’58 Jennings Basit A. Seehar, ’19 Samuel C. Carpenter, ’06 Wayne A., ’81, ’84, ’91, ’05 and Tracey S., ’96 Jensen Jordi B. Sendra, ’19 Katharine M. Claypool, ’16 Charles F. and Claudia M. Johnson Steven R. Short, ’75 Michael L. Collins, ’65 and Susan A. Murphy Jonathan J. Johnson, ’19 Jordan P. Smith, ’01 Donel L. Conley, ’94 and Margaret E., ’93 O’Rourke Tyler G. Johnson, ’18 Michael A. Smith, ’19 Darren D’Attilio and Lisa, ’99, ’01 Campos David W. Kain Roberta I. Smith, ’65 Jeffrey S. Dadd, ’97 Ray M. Kato, ’83 Peter M. Staab, ’92 Amy K. Dahlgren, ’99 Jacqueline A. LaBelle, ’19 Chase C. Stockon, ’87 Michael D. Davis, ’81 Donald J., ’75 and Susan C. (Gathers), ’76 Law McKayla E. Stoltenberg, ’17 Jordan M. Derecho, ’19 Adam R., ’12 and Emily E., ’12 LeFevre Patricia L. Sulik, ’84 Janis M. Doerr, ’77 Michael D. Lohman, ’18 Daniel R. Sweeney, ’91 Mark S. Domzalski, ’88 Vernon L. Lowrey, ’76 Christopher T. Theisen, ’86 Ann Barber Doyle, ’76 Michele S. Marquitz, ’19 Abram M. Theiss, ’07 Melissa D. Doyle, ’89 Alexis J. Martinez-Nolasco, ’17 John E., ’00 and Jennifer B., ’99 Thompson Gabriel R., ’11 and Caitlin K., ’10 Dunbar Carl R. Maxey, ’90 Zeph T. III, ’01 and Carla J., ’99 Thorning Richard D. Edgington, ’84 Christopher and Carmen Meeks Hudson A., ’78 and Mary C., ’79 Washburn Brian D. Eilers, ’94 Jade D., ’08 and Erin Y., ’08 Mercer Laurie A. Weaver, ’95 We customize. Terry E. Engle Jr., ’93, ’96 and Robert H. Montgomery, ’87 Ricky L. Webber, ’00 1 Shannon L., ’94, ’96, ’15 Archibeque-Engle Jennifer M. Musick, ’11 David R. Wells, ’92 Ann L. Fenwick, ’87 Katherine I. O’Donnell, ’59 Tara Williamson, ’05 You could save hundreds. Matthew C. Fergen, ’14 Gabriel P., ’96 and Abigail J., ’02 Ortega Cole V. Wise, ’18 Adam H., ’02 and Kimberlee J., ’01 Fisher Tava E. Owens, ’91 Janet M. Wolfenden, ’80 Richard L. Jr. and Terrie C, ’76 Foristal Charles M. Penland, ’75 Gene D. Woodfill, ’98 Kevin L., ’99 and Mary J., ’01 Francis Guy L. Pidgeon, ’73, ’75 M. Danielle Young and Patrick M. Kocovsky

Colorado State University Alumni Association has partnered with Liberty Mutual Insurance to bring you customized insurance so you only pay for what you need. You’ll enjoy valuable savings on auto and home insurance along with many other great benefits.

Exceptional service Benefits you’ll love Nine out of 10 customers recommend Experience the value with benefits like A Stalwart Life Member is someone It is the highest level of pride Liberty Mutual.2 Whether you’re in an 24-Hour Claims Assistance, 12-Month Rate STALWART LIFE who gives annually beyond their a member of the Colorado accident or just need some advice, know Guarantee3, Accident-Free Discount4, and MEMBERSHIP Life Membership to support Alumni State University Alumni we’ll always be on call for you. Loss Forgiveness5. Association programs. Association can show.

Learn more at alumni.colostate.edu/Stalwart-Life-Membership

For the first time ever, we are offering Disability Insurance to members in the state of Colorado. 1-888-964-2146 • Simplified underwriting available • Own occupation coverage or visit www.libertymutual.com/colostate. • Fixed rates "More than half of all personal bankruptcies and mortgage Client #101163 forclosures are a consequence of disability." - FACTS FROM LIMRA, 2016 Protect your most valuable asset– To learn more on how to protect your income, call your ability to earn an income. (720) 588-9109, or visit coloradodisabilityadvisors.com AUTO | HOME | RENTERS | UMBRELLA | MOTORCYCLE | CONDO | WATERCRAFT 1Savings validated through countrywide survey of new customers from 8/1/16 to 8/1/17 who reported savings from prior premiums when they switched to Liberty Mutual. Savings may vary. Comparison does not apply in MA. 2Based on a 2017 study conducted by Qualtrics. 3Your rate is guaranteed for one full year from your effective date. Rate guarantee may not apply if there is a midterm change in underwriting risk that impacts policy premium. 4Discounts and savings are available where state laws and regulations allow, and may vary by state. Certain discounts apply to specific coverages only. To the extent permitted by law, applicants are individually underwritten; not all applicants may qualify. 5Subject to eligibility requirements. Benefits and eligibility requirements may vary by state. Coverage provided and underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance and its affiliates, 175 Berkeley Street, 36 AROUND THE OVAL | FALL 2019 Boston, MA 02116 USA. Equal Housing Insurer. ©2019 Liberty Mutual Insurance 10967758 AFF_686950_03 CW 2019/06 This organization receives financial support for offering this auto and home benefits program. The legacy you create today empowers YOUR LEGACY, CSU’S FUTURE future generations and allows CSU to remain a world-class institution. For Have you considered putting CSU in your will or trust? more information about charitable estate planning, please call us at (970) 491-3414 WITH A BEQUEST TO THE CSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, YOU: or email us at [email protected].

• keep control of your assets • reduce (or possibly eliminate) Have you already included CSU in your throughout your lifetime estate taxes estate plans? Let us know. We’d love • meet your philanthropic goals • become a member of the to thank you with a small token of our while supporting your passion Frontier Legacy Society appreciation.

Proud sponsors of CAM the Ram:

SUPPORT CAM FOREVER alumni.colostate.edu

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION