The CU Parents Association has awarded 15 faculty and staff members at the University of Colorado at Boulder with the Marinus G. Smith Recognition Award.
The purpose of the award is to identify and recognize CU-Boulder faculty, instructors and staff who have made a significant impact on the lives of one or more CU-Boulder undergraduates.
The 2003 recipients include Randolf Didomenico, senior instructor of environmental, population and organismic biology; Lisa Hutton, adviser at the Leeds School of Business; Joseph Michl, biochemistry professor; Raymond MacFee, senior accounting instructor at the Leeds School of Business; Alphonse Keasley, director of the Minority Arts and Sciences Program; Brian Argrow, aerospace engineering professor; and Timothy Morton, English professor.
Other recipients are Eric Tippeconnic, Upward Bound academic coordinator at the Student Academic Services Center; Jonathan David Harris, instructor at the College of Music; Alan Lester, geological sciences instructor; Tom Davinroy, geography instructor for the Baker Academic Program; Kathleen Campbell, communications instructor; Leslie Irvine, assistant professor of sociology; Beth Krensky, International and National Service Training instructor at the School of Education; and Norman Aaronson, attorney and instructor at the School of Law.
The award, now in its third year, is named for Marinus G. Smith, a Colorado pioneer who made significant financial and land donations to the university to locate in Boulder at the base of the Flatirons.
According to Peter Simons, director of CU-Boulder's Office of Parent Relations, students were asked to nominate candidates who were deserving of this recognition during Parents Weekend last fall. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on April 5 at 11 a.m. at the University Club.
For more information about the CU Parents Association's programs and activities contact the Office of Parent Relations at (303) 492-2283, visit the Web site at or e-mail parents@colorado.edu.