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For the past seven football seasons, Phil Caragol (Comm), known to many Folsom Field attendees as Buffalo Phil, has run through the stadium on game day with a furry horned buffalo helmet adorned with a mullet and CU beer koozies. It all started after his return to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ seven years ago, when, during his first game back in Folsom, Phil watched disheartened students and alumni in the stands and decided he wanted to do something about it. He writes that he’s proud to serve as the Buffs’ positive and friendly 64-year-old superfan and cheerleader. He and wife Susan Blickhahn Caragol (Jour, Psych’75) live in ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

Virginia Tech math professor Martin Day (MMath; PhD’78) has been named professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. He has been at the university since 1980. Martin’s students appreciated his patience and thorough instruction, the university noted, while his colleagues praised his insightful contributions to curriculum development.

Jane Gianvito Mathews (EnvDes) was awarded the William H. Deitrick Service Medal by the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The medal honors a member who exhibits extraordinary service to the community, profession and AIA North Carolina. Jane is president and principal of Mathews Architecture in Asheville, N.C.

For 45 years Anita Sanchez (DistSt; MPubAd’77; PhD’88) has been consulting, training and coaching in business, government and nonprofits around the globe with her husband, Kit Tennis (Psych’75; MPubAd’77; DBA’86). Her latest book, The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times, will be published by Simon & Schuster in September 2017. Anita serves on the boards of Bioneers and the Pachamama Alliance. In their spare time, Anita and Kit lead trips into the Amazon to live and learn with dream culture tribes whose worlds are threatened by rainforest destruction.

After serving on the board of the Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association for more than 25 years, Dennis Egner (EnvDes) has been named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners College of Fellows for his achievements in urban planning.

As founder and executive director of Youth Challenge, a Cleveland nonprofit, Mary Sue Anter Tanis (Rec) brings together children with physical disabilities and youth volunteers for participation in recreational activities. It was while working at the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ rec center with injured Vietnam vets that Mary Sue was first inspired to dedicate her life to working with physically disabled people. She returned to the Cleveland area after graduation and founded Youth Challenge in 1976.

With 30 years’ experience in marine biology, ´³±ð´Ú´Ú°ù²âÌý²Ñ²¹°ù³¦³Ü²õ (EPOBio) of Miami, Fla. was recognized by Worldwide Branding for his dedication, leadership and excellence in freshwater and marine ecology. He works for Stantec Consulting Services and specializes in environmental restoration and permitting advisory services.

Greg McMenamin (EnvDes) and daughter Madelyn (IntPhys’12) traveled to Machu Picchu last October and took a photo at the ruins with a giant CU flag. Greg is a Louisville, Colo., resident and the principal and owner of the architecture and planning company McMenamin Design Associates.

Television producer Lee Aronsohn is the co-creator of Two and a Half Men and executive producer of The Big Bang Theory. Last November, he returned to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ to film a rare concert of Magic Music, Colorado’s first jam band, for a documentary on the group. The performance was the band’s first concert in 40 years.

Best Lawyers named Stephen Lewis (Law) to the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He is a partner for Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp in San Francisco.

Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers promoted Beth Robinson (Math) to broker in charge. She specializes in luxury estate and ranch properties in North Kohala, on Hawaii island, where she lives. She was named to Hawaii Business magazine’s top 100 realtors list in 2011 and 2013. She received her doctorate degree in economics from the Colorado School of Mines and spent more than 10 years working as a Wall Street banker. When she moved to Hawaii in 2006, she began her career in real estate.

Pulitzer Prize-winning opera librettist Mark Campbell (Thtr) returned to CU this year to present seven scenes from Susan Smith, his 1998 opera. The opera is a psychological drama about a woman who drowned her two sons in a South Carolina lake in 1994. Mark has written 15 opera librettos, including Silent Night, which won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2012.

Whole Foods Market chairman John Elstrott (PhDEcon) gave the 2015 commencement speech at Louisiana State University, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. John, who retired from Tulane in 2013 after teaching there for 30 years, joined Whole Foods’ board in 1994. He lives in New Orleans and ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

Paperclay artist Rosette Gault (Comm) earned a PhD from the National Centre for Glass and Ceramics Art and Design of the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. Her work with the paperclay medium began when she began to search for a more versatile clay body for her sculpture and pottery. It took her 20 years until a breakthrough and another 25 years of trial. She has contributed to 39 publications and four books, including her latest, Paperclay Art and Practice: The New Ceramics. Rosette has taught in more than 40 countries.

Continental Who’s Who recognized Stephen Mercer (Art, Psych) as a pinnacle professional in the energy industry. He works as a senior HR process consultant with Williams, an energy company based in Tulsa, Okla., and helps with organizational development, program management and performance assessment. Stephen is fluent in three languages, including Bisaya, which is spoken in the Philippines. He hopes to conduct process improvement training and consulting for businesses in the Philippines.

Hilo, Hawaii, resident Krishna S. Dhir (PhDBusAd) is dean of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Earlier he served as a chief academic officer of business programs at The Citadel, Penn State Harrisburg and Berry College. His recent book, The Dean’s Perspective, was published by the Decision Sciences Institute and was translated into Japanese. He and his wife, Sheila, a children’s book writer, have twin daughters who work in industrial engineering and business analytics.

After 39 years in the mining industry, Clyde Borrell (CivEngr) retired and moved to Venice, Fla., with wife Sarah. He spent the last 17 years working for Murray Energy Corporation (MEC), the largest privately held coal company in the U.S. He worked primarily in business planning and development as part of MEC’s acquisition team. In December 2014 the team finalized the purchase of five large underground coal mines in West Virginia from CONSOL Energy for $3.5 billion. Clyde and Sarah’s son, Stanford, is a sophomore at Stetson University and has already put CU on his list of potential graduate schools.

After working for the National Institutes of Health, Jane Peterson (PhDMCDBio’75) was appointed CEO of the Keystone Symposia. It is a nonprofit in Silverthorne, Colo., that holds life science research conferences in the Rocky Mountains and around the world.

For 30 years, Jane L. Peterson (PhDMCDBio’75) has served in an array of positions at the National Institutes of Health, as well as played an integral role in the Human Genome Project managing the mapping and sequencing centers of the project. In April she took on a new task, joining the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology as the nonprofit educational organization’s president and CEO. Throughout her career, Peterson has promoted the role of women in science and chaired the American Society for Cell Biology’s Women in Cell Biology Committee.

In January the American Board of Pathology selected Dr. Edward Ashwood (ChemEngr’75, MD’79), a pathology professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine, as one of its trustees. Edward also is president and CEO of ARUP Laboratories, a national reference laboratory and nonprofit in the University of Utah’s pathology department. He lives in Park City, Utah.