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For Fred Holden (ChemEngr; MBA鈥�78), of Arvada, Colorado, Dr. Seuss鈥� Oh The Places You鈥檒l Go serves as a special theme to his life adventures. As a freshman, he lived in Baker Hall and recalls the popularity of Tulagi, The Sink and Timber Tavern. One of his favorite memories was playing sousaphone (wrap-around tuba) for the marching band in the 1957 Orange Bowl. He married his CU sweetheart Dottie (A&S鈥�61) and they moved to Salt Lake City, where he worked for the Hercules Powder Company on rockets, including the Minuteman and Polaris missiles. After two cross-country moves, he landed at the Adolf Coors Company in Golden, Colorado, as director of economic affairs. He also served 30 years as a senior fellow at the Independence Institute, focusing on budget and fiscal policy. A father to three daughters and grandfather to several grandchildren, Fred has given about 1,400 speeches and published several titles, including his book, Total Power of One in America: Discover What You Need to Know, Why and How to be a More Powerful Person and Citizen.听

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

Thomas Turman (ArchEngr) lives near his daughters in El Cerrito, California, for, as he writes, 鈥渆asy access to their sons Owen, Jasper and Griffen.鈥� After leaving CU, Turman spent 45 years in architecture and engineering in Northern California. He loves to write, and his latest book, Sailors and Dogs Keep off the Grass, is a novel about his time in the Navy.

Founder of Meadowlark Optics, Tom Baur (MAstroPhys) and the international Society for Optics and Photonics, known as SPIE, created the first endowed faculty chair at JILA, a joint institute for 彩民宝典 and the National Institute of Standards & Technology. The Baur-SPIE Endowed Chair in Optics and Photonics will be funded by gifts of $1.5 million from Tom and Jeanne Baur, $500,000 from SPIE and $500,000 from CU. Tom lives in Ault, Colorado.听

In 2019, William Cathcart-Rake (PolSci) retired from his position as dean of the Salina campus of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Salina鈥檚 regional medical campus is the smallest four-year medical school in the country. Prior to his nine-year tenure there, William was a practicing medical oncologist in Salina. In retirement he鈥檚 enjoyed swimming, (he was on the Buffs swim team in the late 1960s), hiking the Grand Canyon and playing classical guitar. He and his wife Ruth also enjoy spending time at their cabin in South Park, Colorado, and visiting their three children and five grandchildren.

Barbara Valent (Chem; PhD鈥�78) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her study of wheat blast disease at Kansas State University. Wheat blast is a fungus capable of destroying entire fields that has been found in low and middle income countries around the world, where wheat is often the primary source of protein. Barbara has led a research team that has studied how the fungus works, which can help with containment and keep it from spreading to the U.S.

Attorney William Blackwell (Advert) of Zephyr Cove, Nevada, will be featured in the documentary Lust For Gold, A Race Against Time, in the October 2020 Arizona Film Festival. It follows a team of adventurers, including William, that are on a quest for gold in the mountains of Eastern Arizona.听

After 43 years teaching English and writing at various universities across New York, Maureen King Cassidy (Edu) still keeps in touch with her college friends. Maureen transferred to CU after a trip to Aspen, Colorado, her sophomore year of college. 鈥淎spen was like another universe to me,鈥� she wrote. 鈥淚 became totally enchanted with the Rocky Mountains, the people and, of course, skiing.鈥� She arrived at CU having never seen the campus in fall 1975 and enjoyed every moment on campus. She lives in Oyster Bay, New York.听

Pronghorn Press published Jamie Lisa Forbes' (Engl, Phil) third book, Eden, a story of small town life in 1950's North Carolina. Her first novel, Unbroken, won the 2011 WILLA award for contemporary fiction. Her collection of short stories, The Widow Smalls & Other Stories, won the 2015 High Plains Book Awards for a short collection. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.听

Enterprise Bank in Lowell, Massachusetts, named Daniel Laplante (Fin) chief investment officer and director of investments. He has more than 30 years of investment management experience. He lives in Hancock, New Hampshire.听

G. Brown (Jour) launched his book series On Record. Each of the three volumes includes images, interviews and insights in music for the years 1978, 1984 and 1991. The series is published by Colorado Music Experience, a nonprofit focusing on Colorado music history, of which G. is director.

Kurt Ruttum (Econ) of Portland, Oregon, was named managing partner at business and litigation law firm Tonkon Torp. Kurt specializes in mergers and acquisitions, and began his career in law at the firm in 1986. He is also on the board of directors at Parrott Creek Child and Family Services, a nonprofit that assists vulnerable youth and families.

Bill Kling (Econ) runs a law and policy practice in Chicago. He is also a professor at University of Illinois at Chicago and Kent College of Law, where he teaches students how to engage with policymakers to effectuate change. He has drafted and advocated legislation at the federal, state and local levels. He lives in Elmhurst, Illinois.听

Stevens Point, Wisconsin native and retired music professor Geary Larrick (PhDMus) took the coronavirus shutdown in stride, ensuring he walks laps in his basement every day. He also practiced Marimba an hour a day, and caught up on 1982 World Series Milwaukee Brewers games he missed while studying hard at CU. Two of his music compositions were performed in summer 2020 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, as part of the virtual festival for the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival.听

Last year, after over 30 years in sales and marketing, Kim Swilpa (Mtkg) retired to focus on family and travel. After a visit to Sri Lanka she was inspired to start the nonprofit Elebalance, which aims to create a peaceful coexistence between elephants and humans. Elebalance feeds into the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society鈥檚 Project Orange Elephant, which helps farmers plant citrus trees to naturally deter elephants from their crops. Find out more at elebalance.org. Kim lives in Montville, New Jersey.听

Adventurer Katie Writer (Geog) of Talkeetna, Alaska, is a pilot, journalist and photographer. Her latest piece, 鈥淕eneral Aviation鈥檚 Role in Studying Climate,鈥� will appear in the October issue of the AOPA Pilot magazine. See her photography, oil and acrylic art at katiewritergallery.com.听

Robb Jeffrey (EnvDes, Mktg) was accredited as a 鈥淐ertified Cicerone,鈥� for his professional knowledge of beer. Robb began his beer career at the Coors Brewing Company while attending CU. He spent time at Miller Brewing Company, and is now celebrating his twelfth year at Anheuser-Busch as a training specialist. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.听

This year, Linda Tegarden (PhDBus) was conferred emerita status at the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. She joined the faculty in 1994, and made contributions in her work on technology innovation. She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.听

Karla McManamon Miller (Law), under the nom de plume Piper Bayard, has three recent book releases. Spycraft: Essentials is a primer on espionage and the U.S. intelligence community. Key Figures in Espionage: The Good, the Bad, & the Booty is a collection of biographies of key figures in espionage. Timeline Iran: Stone Age to Nuclear Age is a brief history of Iran, focusing on the past few decades and recent events. These books and others can be found at her website, BayardandHolmes.com. Karla describes herself as 鈥渁 recovering attorney who now works from her home in Colorado.鈥�

Eagle, Colorado-based journalist and author, Jennifer Alsever (Jour) released her latest young adult novel Extraordinary Lies, a paranormal mystery. When news about her Trinity Forest Series trilogy was featured in the Coloradan magazine several years ago, Atlanta-based film producer Matthew Moore (Engl鈥�93) reached out, and they鈥檝e since begun working on adapting her stories for the big screen. Jennifer credits her son Jacob Beauprez (MechEngr ex鈥�24) with pushing her to write.