Duane Morris energy partner and chair of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office,Sheila Slocum Hollis(Jour’71) was elected to be a 2012 Fellow of The American College of Environmental Lawyers. Sheila practices in the areas of energy transactional and regulatory law and international and administrative law before government agencies, Congress and other entities. She was named one of 50 Key Women in energy worldwide and received the 2011 Lifetime Achievement in energy in Platt’s Global Energy Awards. Sheila lives in Washington, D.C.

Posted Mar. 1, 2013

After graduating from CUPaul Perez(Bio’71) attended the Harvard School of Dental Medicine until 1976. After 32 years of working with Veteran Affairs hospitals in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque, N.M., Paul retired. He resides in Albuquerque. Contact him at champion4jc@gmail.com.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

In 104 days beginning last May,Jon Turk(PhDChem’71) completed, by kayak, foot and skis, the world’s first circumnavigation of Ellesmere, the northernmost island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The author and scientist completed the 1,500-mile adventure with a 26-year-old photographer, and the pair endured harsh weather conditions and long days of paddling. For their endeavor, they were nominated as adventurers of the year byNational Geographic. Jon lives in Darby, Mont., and is a grandfather of six.

Posted Jun. 1, 2012

The United States Tennis Association namedRichard Berman(Mktg’71) recipient of the 2011 Arthur Ashe Award. He received the recognition for his contributions to the growth of tennis, specifically among students in wheelchairs, and for his involvement with the Colorado Wheelchair Foundation. The «Ƶ resident teaches tennis to people of all skill levels at Rich’s Tennis School.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Last yearAnne Johnson Randolph(Art’71) became vice president of the Tecumseh Land Trust, which covers two counties in Ohio and has preserved more than 20,000 acres of farmland, riparian areas and forest. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and writes that she fondly remembers all of her Kappa friends.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

At the Wordharvest’s Tony Hillerman Writers Conference in Santa Fe, N.M.,Sherida Stewart’s (Edu’71) story “Turquoise Remembrance” won the Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest and was published in the February issue ofNew Mexico Magazine. She became a writer after a few years of teaching elementary and preschool children. Her sonEric Stewart(Psych’09) is executive director of the Health Outreach to Latin America Foundation in «Ƶ. Sherida and her husband live in Farmington, N.M.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

After 36 yearsRichard Rundell(PhDGer’71) retired from New Mexico State University. Most recently, he was head of the languages and linguistics department. He lives in Las Cruces, N.M., and says it is hard to believe 40 years have passed since he finished his doctorate.

Posted Dec. 1, 2011

ٱ𳾲,ұǰʾ (Psych’72) joinedNew York-based law firmZeichner Ellman & Krauseas special counsel. Hepreviously served asgeneral counsel and chieflegal officer of ToyotaTsusho America and hasexperience in providinglegal services related tocomplex litigation, corporate governance, labor andemployment, bankruptcy,international trade, regulatory compliance and cybersecurity matters.

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

For their 50th weddinganniversary,DzղܲԳ(PolSci’72) andLeanna Olson-Taunt (Psych’73) took anostalgic trip to the CU«Ƶ campus in May2023. They visited theirold residence, KittredgeCommons, where theymet during their timeat CU. “There are somany changes, yet theold campus feelingwas still there,” Robertwrote. Leanna is retiredfrom teaching psychology and serving as thegeneral studies department head at WesternTechnical College inLa Crosse, Wisconsin,where the couple lives.In 2022, Robert published a two-volumebook,The War EagleYears, Steamboating onthe Upper MississippiRiver 1854-1870, whichtells the history of thesteamboat “War Eagle,"a well-known boat of the1860s that burned andsank in 1870 and still lieson the river bottom in LaCrosse. Robert retired in2014 as county personneldirector with La CrosseCounty after 30 years.

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

In the fall of 1968 in the Kittredge Commons, long-lasting friendships developed between Mike McCabe (𲹱’72), Dan Eberhart (’76), Lloyd Davis (Anth’72) and Paul Turner (Soc’74), along with Cory Siegel and Kevin Lee. They banded together in a faux fraternity they dubbed the “WEW” — “West East’s Wing of Arnett Hall.” After a long separation, in the early 2000s they found out that all except Paul (who lives in Portland) once again lived in the Denver-«Ƶ area. WEW began getting together regularly to rehash campus memories, analyze Buffalo athletics and discuss the state of world affairs.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

In the fall of 1968 in the Kittredge Commons, long-lasting friendships developed between Mike McCabe (𲹱’72), Dan Eberhart (’76), Lloyd Davis (Anth’72) and Paul Turner (Soc’74), along with Cory Siegel and Kevin Lee. They banded together in a faux fraternity they dubbed the “WEW” — “West East’s Wing of Arnett Hall.” After a long separation, in the early 2000s they found out that all except Paul (who lives in Portland) once again lived in the Denver-«Ƶ area. WEW began getting together regularly to rehash campus memories, analyze Buffalo athletics and discuss the state of world affairs.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

Distinguished professor of political science at Lehigh University Laura Katz Olson (MPolSci’72; PhD’74) is the author of Ethically Challenged: Private Equity Storms Healthcare, published last year by John Hopkins University Press. Recipient of the 2022 North American Book Award and the 2023 Axiom Best Business Book Award, Ethically Challenged examines the private equity industry’s impact on our health-care system. With a focus on cost and quality of care, Laura investigates the industry’s tactics, including piling debt on investment targets and heavily charging enterprises with fees while collecting dividends for themselves. Laura has been a Social Security administration scholar, a Gerontological Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of the Charles A. McCoy Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

Tired ofobserving theexpansive litter problemon Oklahoma’s Interstate40, “Super Doc” Ҳ (Bio’72) decidedto become part of thesolution. Every Friday,Garber leaves his cityjob as a plastic andreconstructive surgeonand heads to his familyfarm in the country.There, he dons his redhat, yellow-and-orangevest, 55-gallon black bagand pincher robotic toolto pick up trash alongInterstate 40 and USHighway 75 South. Hismotto for the area is “Thecleanest, greenest exit oneastbound I-40 coast tocoast.” He lives in Tulsa.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Artist Barbara Takenaga (Art’72; MFA’78) creates swirling, kaleidoscopic abstract paintings through use of acrylic paint. Barbara received a 2020 Guggenheim fellowship and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honors society that promotes excellence in the arts. Both her independent and group work has been exhibited throughout the country, including in New York, Colorado, California and Maine. Her work was last exhibited at the Robischon Gallery in lower downtown Denver. She lives in New York City.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

In April, Steven Gardner’s (PreMed) book, Jabberwocky: Lessons of Love from a Boy Who Never Spoke, was released on Amazon. His story chronicles the life-changing experience that Steven and his son Graham, who had cerebral palsy and died at age 22, had at a “magical summer camp for kids with disabilities...where hope flourishes and playfulness prevails.” Steven is an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Barbara Valent (Chem; PhD’78) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her study of wheat blast disease at Kansas State University. Wheat blast is a fungus capable of destroying entire fields that has been found in low and middle income countries around the world, where wheat is often the primary source of protein. Barbara has led a research team that has studied how the fungus works, which can help with containment and keep it from spreading to the U.S.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

In May 2019, Gail Nelson (MPolSci; PhD’79) lectured to an audience of retired intelligence officers on the importance of geo-political area studies. Over the past four decades, Gail has worked in U.S. national security and intelligence in Europe, South Asia and the Middle East. He lives in «Ƶ.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Jake Shepley (Econ’72) recently celebrated the birth of his third grandchild. He writes that he’s still active as a commercial real estate broker and has started playing paddle tennis. “Life is good!” he writes. Jake lives in St. Louis with wife Carole.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Longtime «Ƶ resident Jeanne Winer’s (Engl;Law’77) book Her Kind of Case received starred re- views from Kirkus, Library Journal and Booklist. The novel, which takes place in «Ƶ and Denver, centers on Lee Isaacs, a female attorney who defends a young man accused of helping kill a gay gang member. Jeanne was a criminal defense lawyer in Colorado for 35 years. She’s received national attention for her work in Romer v. Evans, a landmark civil rights case that laid the foundation for the 2015 Obergefell decision, which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the U.S. Like the heroine in her book, Jeanne is a martial artist who holds a third-degree black belt in taekwondo. She lives mainly in «Ƶ with her partner and cat,but spends a number of months each year writing in Taos, N.M.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Since leaving «Ƶ,Cathy Crosby(MPhil)writes that her professional career has included working at the Los Angeles Crime Lab as a senior criminalist and as a chemistry teacher at Santa Monica College. In 2015, she published the bookA Good Catholic Girl: Pro-choice IS Pro-life. She teaches science to her granddaughters and other little ones at Hidden Gems, her daughter’s pre-K school in L.A.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

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