In Memoriam

Forever Buffs who have passed away.

Forever Buffs who have passed away.

If you had taken a boat up Washington’s Nisqually River with CU law dean David Getches and headed west down a muddy creek, you might have seen the remains of a 100-foot Douglas fir tree along the banks.

Billy Lewis, the school’s first African-American varsity basketball player, passed away in his Sarasota, Fla., home on June 14. He was 72.

Forever Buffs who have passed away.

Forever Buffs who have passed away.

Forever Buffs who have passed away

When Kenneth Caughey was born on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, it started a relationship that lasted 85 years.

Forever Buffs who have passed away.

A tireless attorney, CU professor, carpenter and water gardener, Clyde Martz passed away on May 18 at home in Albuquerque, N.M., after a long illness. He was 88.