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.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Professor emeritus of history at the University of Montana, Frederick Skinner (Hist) is happy to report that his long-standing research and writing project Beethoven in Russia: Music and Politics will be published by Indiana University Press. Frederick writes that his study covers “the reception of Beethoven’s music in Russia since 1801, with a focus on the revolutionary movement and ancillary cultural and political developments.”

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

After graduating from CU and getting her master’s degree from The Ohio State University, Charlotte Roe (A&S) went on to become a leading activist in labor organizing and union support. Today, Charlotte is a national field rep for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and a diplomat with the State Department, serving on four continents.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

This summer Dwane Starlin (A&S) of Washington, D.C., found his copies of the Coloradan — formerly the CU yearbook — from the years 1963 and ‘64. He wants to give his classmates a chance to collect them: If interested, call or text him at 202-368-2737.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

After a long career as owner of ACS, a sales and marketing agency, Jim Kearney (IntlAf) retired in early 2019. After just two months off, Jim accepted a position as vice president of a sports flooring company based in Los Angeles. 

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

In June, in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, retired Navy Commander łÒČč°ùČâÌęčóŽÇ°ùČőČú±đ°ùČ” (Psych) sang at the Brittany-American and Omaha Beach American Cemeteries, as well as Sainte-Mere Eglise and Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Gary is a member of the Sounds of the Rockies men’s chorus, and a former member of the CU Buffoons a capella group.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

On June 16, Herb Davis (PhDPhys) and wife Donne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in a not-so-ideal place: The emergency room. “ER or no ER, it’s still a joy to be together and in love after all these years,” writes Herb, who was admitted for a flare up of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

Jeannie Thompson (Zool) writes: “Jack (Hist’64; MA’70) and I just returned from a wonderful People-to-People trip to Cuba with Ambassador Vicki Huddleston (A&S’64). Vicki led the American diplomatic mission in Cuba in the early 2000s and was our study leader on the trip.” Jeannie, Jack and Vicki met with artist Martha JimĂ©nez of CamagĂŒey in her studio. 

Posted Nov. 14, 2017

Josephine Keenan (MSpchDr) published her second book, In Those Dazzling Days of Elvis. Josephine enjoys oil painting, square dancing and cooking Southern dishes. She and husband Frank live in Cincinnati.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

Sandra Fuchs Stein (Edu) was named Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for Pueblo, Colo. Sandy will be honored by the Women’s Foundation of Colorado at their annual fundraiser in June. She has been active as president or founder of more than 50 organizations in the community and was previously named to the Pueblo Hall of Fame, among numerous other honors. She and husband Marvin Stein (Bus’62) have two daughters and five grandchildren. The couple resides in Pueblo, Colo.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

In December 2015 Carlton Stoiber (Hist; Law’69), an independent consultant on international and nuclear law, was named a distinguished visiting scholar by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He and wife Susanne (PolSci’65; MBA’67) reside in Washington, D.C., where Carlton also chairs the Nuclear Security Working Group of the International Nuclear Law Association. Read more about him in the Fall 2015 issue of Coloradan magazine.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

In June, Albuquerque attorney Roberta Cooper Ramo (Hum) received the highest award of the American Bar Association, the ABA Medal. She was the first woman to head the association. She works in New Mexico for the law firm Modrall Sperling, concentrating on mediation, arbitration, business law, real estate, probate and estate planning. Roberta also was the first woman elected president of the American Law Institute, in 2008, a position she remains in today.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

The first female president of both the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute, Roberta Cooper Ramo (Hum) was given the inaugural Award for Professional Excellence by the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession this spring. Previously Roberta had been appointed by the U.S. Senate to serve as co-chair of a committee to review governance issues of the U.S. Olympic Committee. She is a partner at Modrall Sperling, the largest New Mexico-based law firm.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

Madonna C. Lyons (Art) closed her popular Grand Lake, Colo., Onahu Lodge Bed and Breakfast after 27 successful years. Madonna, a retired elementary art and kindergarten teacher and award-winning plein-air painter, teaches watercolor workshops throughout the West. Her book, My Kawuneeche: An Artist’s Journal in Rocky Mountain National Park, was released in spring 2015. She resides in Grand Lake and Littleton, Colo.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Joby Jenkins Patterson (Psych, MArt’70) has produced a book, Norma Bassett Hall: Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the Block Prints and Serigraphs, the first comprehensive publication of printmaker Hall’s work. It reproduces more than 110 of her illustrations. Joby lives in Eugene, Ore.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

The Health Mart Healthy Living Tour traveled to Pueblo, Colo., to honor Jim Sajbel (Phar) with the Health Mart Community Healthcare Excellence Award. Jim opened his pharmacy, the Prescription Shop, in 1969 and has placed emphasis on personalized care for his patients ever since. Jim also is on the board of directors for Rx Plus Pharmacies, where he advocates for legislation that will improve the pharmacy industry.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

At a luau at Hanalei Bay, Kauai, last fall Boulder couple John Meadows (A&S) and Lindalu Parker Meadows (Art) celebrated their 50th anniversary with their four children and six grandchildren. After working for Coors for 35 years, John took a job with the CU athletics department for five years. He is now an agent for college women’s basketball coaches. The couple continues to live in Boulder.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

Jay Jacobs (A&S’64) published The Widow Wave, a nonfiction courtroom drama. The book attempts to address many questions non-lawyers have about the justice system by telling the story of a high-profile case Jay was involved in as a young trial lawyer. He thinks of his days at CU fondly, calling them “some of the happiest of my life.” He lives in Coupeville, Wash.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

Pete (Mktg’64) and Mary MooreÌę(·Ą»ćłÜ’64)ÌęRabbitt were eagerly awaiting their 50th class reunion during Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend. This year also marks their 50th wedding anniversary. Pete and Mary have two daughters who also graduated from CU-Boulder, Kelly Rabbitt Krill (Comm’86) and Katie Rabbitt DeLine (Fin’87). A third generation of Rabbitts recently joined CU: Jeffrey DeLine is a freshman in the business school.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

Lawyer and political cartoonist Carlton Stoiber (A&S’64, Law’69) consults on international and nuclear law from Washington, D.C., where he and his wife Susanne Alexander Stoiber (A&S’65, MPubAd’67) have lived since graduating from CU. In the spring they rafted and hiked the Grand Canyon with the Colorado Mountain Club. Carlton is chair of the Nuclear Security Working Group of the International Nuclear Law Association. He has been a political cartoonist since 2006 and his cartoons have been published by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. He is editorial cartoonist for 1540 Compass, the web magazine of the United Nations Security Council Committee that implements UNSC Resolution 1540 on weapons of mass destruction.

Posted Sep. 1, 2013

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