Albuquerque resident Roscoe Champion (MechEngr) spent his engineering career in advanced R&D, interrupted by a stint as a Navy air intelligence officer. Then, he had a career with his own business. In the past two years, he’s published four books of poetry: Flakes of Time; And Then. . . (which covers 33 poems from the first year following his wife’s death in December 2018); Wandering and Wondering; and Celebrations! He collaborated with an artist for a children’s book of poetry titled Chrys Caterpillar’s Dream. Next up is his book My Lifelong Adventure with the Grand Canyon. Roscoe swam four freestyle events in the Senior Olympics over the course of 12 years and, in four age groups, set 15 New Mexico state records. He won two gold and three silver medals in the Senior Olympic Nationals in Tucson, Arizona, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He writes, “Dear Old CU gave me a broad vision and a great start.”

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While studying at CU, Edward F. Altman Jr. (Fin; DistSt’86) was the business school student president and a member of the ROTC. When he graduated, he immediately served in he Korean War. Edward is searching for a former classmate who gave him a bracelet before graduation. If this was you, please email us at editor@colorado.edu so we can put you in touch.

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Jane Weil Romberg (Edu) was selected as the 2021 recipient of the Hazie Werner Award in Steamboat Springs for her service to the community over the last 55 years. The award is given each year to a Yampa Valley, Colorado, woman who represents the legendary Hazie Werner’s legacy of volunteer work, community commitment and support of local organizations. Jane moved to Steamboat from Denver in 1966.

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Terry Marshall (Jour) and Ann Garretson Marshall (Engl) of Las Vegas, Nevada, are co-authors of A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties. The book is about their own romance and took seven years to write. It begins on the steps of Hallett Hall on the CU Boulder campus and is full of CU references. The book is available on Amazon.

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Nurse theorist and professor Jean Watson (Nurs; MS’66; PhDEdu’73) believes caring goes beyond a patient’s physical healing and also includes healing that occurs on a deeper, spiritual level. She created the Theory of Human Caring, for which she has received countless honors and awards, including 15 honorary doctorates. Jean has also written over 30 books and has been named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.

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Children’s author and Peace Corps alumna Mildred D.Taylor (MJour) is the winner of the 2021 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, which honors an author or illustrator whose books have made a significant and lasting contribution to literature for children. Mildred’s award-winning works include Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , which won the 1977 Newbery Medal; The Friendship; The Road to Memphis; and The Land — all recipients of the Coretta Scott King Award. Mildred is also the recipient of the 2020 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Harvard chemistry professor James G. Anderson (PhDAtmos) is the recipient of the 2021 DreyfusPrize in the ChemicalSciences. He received the award for his decades of crucial contributions to the field of environmental chemistry. Recently, Anderson made a revolutionary link between the decrease of stratospheric ozone and global climate change. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992 and is a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union.

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Master wood-turner David Ellsworth (Art; MFA’73) is considered one of the most prominent wood-turners in the world, famous for developing his elegant thin-walled hollow forms which may be as thin as 1/16th of an inch. He is also known for advancing the discipline of woodturning as a legitimate craft art form. David’s work is included in more than 43 museums internationally, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum inLondon. This fall, he will receive the prestigious Smithsonian Visionary Award. David’s father, Ralph Ellsworth, was director of CU libraries for many years.

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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.

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In 1977, Lionel D. Lyles (MGeog; PhD’77) became the second African American man to graduate with a doctoral degree in geography from CU Boulder. In February, he was a guest on the Just Folks: Conversations with Emma podcast in Baltimore. Lionel’s episode, “Wake Up, Stand Up for Your Rights,” covers social, political and economic issues that face our society today. The podcast is available by name on YouTube.

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After CU, Douglas Durkin (Hist) earned a law degree from the University of Baltimore, then practiced law in Breckenridge for eight years. Thereafter, he served as politically appointed county attorney in New Mexico, Virginia and Maryland before becoming associate general counsel for a federal savings bank in Baltimore County. Now, he works as general counsel for MidAtlantic Farm Credit in Westminster, Maryland.

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Each year, the towns around the D-Day landing beaches hold the D-Day Festival, during which participants from dozens of countries commemorate the event with a mass parachute drop honoring the American and Allied paratroopers who jumped into Normandy on June 6, 1944. Major Brian Campbell (IntlAf) led his California-based army reserve team for parachute and aircraft training in Florida as preparation for this June’s 77th anniversary commemoration in France.

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Boulder’s Stan Garnett (Hist; Law’82), shareholder in the Denver office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, joined the board of directors of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Garnett was elevated to the board in recognition of his work as the chair of the academy’s Latin American Task Force and to further strengthen its presence and relations with the legal community in the region. Prior to rejoining his firm, Stan served as district attorney for Colorado’s 20th Judicial District for nearly 10 years. 

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In 1983, at the age of 28, Doug Larson (Fin) and two of his oldest friends bought Eldorado Artesian Springs Resort, which opened in 1905 and was described by many as the “Coney Island of the West.” From scratch, they have made it the thriving business it is today. Doug is married to Kathy Larson (Bio’85) and lives in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. 

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Gary Shirman (Soc) of Boulder and Michael Hake (Mktg’02) of Erie, Colorado, formed Boulder Wealth Advisors, a financial planning and investment management firm.

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Harvard history professor Philip J. Deloria (MusEdu; MJour’88) was elected to the American Philosophical Society. His research and teaching focuses on the histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the U.S., as well as the histories of Indigenous peoples in a global context.

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Since his first article was published in 1966, Geary Larrick (PhDMus) has written for many publications, including Books in Print, RILM Abstracts, Music Index and WorldCat. He lives in central Wisconsin with his wife, Lydia, where he is a retired music professor from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and recently welcomed his second grandson.

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Sports marketing enthusiast Jenny Anderson (PE) has worked for the PGA TOUR, U.S. Tennis Association, U.S. Pro Ski Tour and World Cup Soccer 1994. She is now the ride manager for the Buffalo Bicycle Classic, a job she writes is perfect and combines everything she loves. The bicycle ride supports Colorado high school graduates with four-year need- and merit-based CU Boulder scholarships. This year’s race is Sept. 12. Register at www.buffalobicycle-classic.com.

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California bankruptcy attorney Robyn Sokol (Fin) joined Leech Tishman as a partner in the business restructuring and insolvency practice group. Robyn has also served as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California for the Honorable Robin Riblet; and as a judicial law clerk for Judges Ahart, Lax, Lasarow, Marchand Zurzolo.

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Tony Pasquini (Mktg) started OliAMO Olive Oil Company, which offers unfiltered extra-virgin olive oil harvested and cold-pressed in his family’s olive press in Abruzzo, Italy. The oil can be bought at oliamoevo.com. Tony is owner and operator of Tony P’s, a Denver Italian restaurant he established in 1986. He lives in Denver. 

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