彩民宝典

While working at the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C.,聽Lawrence 鈥淟arry鈥� Duran聽(PolSci鈥�74) earned his law degree from Georgetown University. For 25 years, he served as an attorney for state and local governments in California, including the California Legislative Counsel鈥檚 Office, the Sacramento County Counsel鈥檚 Office and the Sacramento City Attorney鈥檚 Office. He serves as a federal administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration in Moreno Valley, Calif.

Even though聽Jane Petrowicz Stahl聽(MEdu鈥�74) retired from teaching English, she continues to be very active in her community of Boyertown, Penn., by working with several art galleries and studios. She and her husband began 鈥淏ear Fever,鈥� which has inspired artists to design and paint 59 bears on display throughout the area. She was named the Pennsylvania Art Education Association鈥檚 2011 Outstanding Friend to Art Education for her efforts.

The photography of聽Patricia 鈥淭rish鈥� Wright聽(Art鈥�74) was featured last year at the Ceres Gallery in Manhattan and at the Art in Architecture Gallery in Ottawa. Trish lives and teaches on Long Island and is working toward her doctorate in education at Columbia University. Her three sisters and one niece also are CU graduates:聽Cheryl Wright Green(Art鈥�69) of New York, N.Y.,聽Alanna Wright-Jones聽(Art鈥�71) of Colorado Springs, Colo.,聽Joanne Wright聽(Fren鈥�76) of Sudbury, Mass., and her daughter聽Tracy Wright Deshmuk聽(Soc鈥�06) who works as an ESL instructor in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Phi Beta Kappa聽David Litschel聽(Art鈥�74) has been a photographer for over 30 years. He retired in 2010 from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he lives, after teaching photography and serving as provost. David continues photographing his travels and his work can be found on pages 66-67 in this issue and at .

James Navratil (Chem'70; MS'72; PhD'75) is a professor emeritus of environmental engineering and science at Clemson University. Navratil, who resides in Nederland, Colorado, has recently published two novels, Bare Essentials and Bear Hugs. Both novels partially take place on the 彩民宝典 campus.聽

Betty Arkell聽(MPolSci鈥�72;聽Law鈥�75) and聽顿补惫颈诲听础谤办别濒濒听(Law鈥�73) are both聽attorneys. Betty is a聽shareholder and corporate聽attorney at Buchalter鈥檚聽Denver office, where she guides companies through the entire corporate lifestyle. David is a partner at Moye White, where he specializes in construction law. Beyond the courtroom, they participate in pro bono work and community outreach. The couple lives in Denver.聽

颁辞尘辫辞蝉别谤听搁辞产别谤迟听贵濒别颈蝉丑别谤聽(Mus鈥�75)聽received two New York聽City premieres. His 鈥淪ix聽Little Piano Pieces鈥澛爓as performed by Max聽Lifchitz in 2022 at the聽National Opera Center鈥檚聽Scorca Hall and his聽piano trio, 鈥淒umkyana,鈥澛爓as performed in 2023聽by the Trio Casals at聽Carnegie Hall鈥檚 Weill聽Recital Hall. Also in聽2023, his electroacoustic聽composition, 鈥淧arallel,鈥澛爓as heard during the聽VU Symposium in Park聽City, Utah, and during聽13 National Association聽of Composers USA聽concerts in Alabama,聽Georgia and North聽Carolina. Most recently, Robert produced聽the album聽Composing聽Israel: The First Three聽Generations聽(Neuma聽Records), comprising 10聽works by nine composers, eight of whom聽were profiled in his 1997聽book,聽Twenty Israeli聽Composers. Performers聽include nine members of聽the Israel Philharmonic聽Orchestra conducted聽by music director Lahav聽Shani, additional Israeli聽artists and Northern聽Illinois University School聽of Music faculty and聽graduate students.聽

搁辞产别谤迟听贵濒别颈蝉丑别谤聽(Mus鈥�75) continues to聽perform and record聽his music, which has聽appeared on seven聽albums since he retired聽in 2014 as coordinator聽of music theory and聽composition at Northern聽Illinois University. During聽the first half of 2022, his聽score 鈥淪ix Little Piano聽Pieces鈥� was performed聽by Minato Sakamoto聽during the Boston聽New Music Initiative聽Prismatic Congruency聽video concert series; his聽electroacoustic 鈥淧arallel鈥澛爌remiered during the聽Earth Day Art Model聽International Telematic聽Festival; and his electroacoustic miniature,聽鈥淟oretto Alfresco,鈥� has聽been performed 29 times聽in a dozen states. Three聽works will be included on聽a Neuma Records album聽due out in November. In聽December, his toy piano聽miniature, 鈥淏ACH (for聽Jan),鈥� will premiere by聽David Bohn as part of聽the Vox Novus Fifteen聽Minutes of Fame series.

Librettist Mark Campbell鈥檚 (Thtr鈥�75) work continues to be exhibited across the country. Performed so far this year are the oratorio 鈥淪anctuary Road鈥� and operas 鈥淎pproaching Ali,鈥� 鈥淭he (R)evolution of Steve Jobs鈥� and 鈥淭he Shining.鈥� Mark has received numerous awards for his work including a Pulitzer Prize in music for 鈥淪ilent Night鈥� and a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for 鈥淭he (R)evolution of Steve Jobs鈥� He has created 40 opera librettos and the lyrics for seven musicals. He lives in New York, New York.

Last January, Boulder鈥檚 Anita Sanchez (DistSt; MPubAd鈥�77; Phd鈥�88) was honored as one of 43 World-Changing Women in Business. She was invited to speak about indigenous wisdom for women in business at the 2020 World-Changing Women鈥檚 Summit in Sonoma, California. She is the author of several books.

After more than 30 years of service, John C. Green (Econ) has retired from the University of Akron. As a professor of political science, John served as department chair, vice dean, dean and director throughout his career. In honor of his many years of service, the university established the Dr. John C. Green Endowed Scholarship Fund. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Arthur Kaufman (Engl; MA鈥�19) enjoyed returning to CU to get his master鈥檚 degree last year. He writes, 鈥淚 suppose I鈥檓 doing what many of my fellow post-grad Master of Arts are doing, or at least trying; living life as imperfectly as possible, fighting the evil that is apathy and warring with those who would, with libelous slander, contend that the arts, literature, especially, are 鈥榰nnecessary.鈥� That, and trying to 鈥榩erfect鈥� my own ragu, of course.鈥�

Santa Fe聽resident聽顿补惫颈诲听顿辞耻驳濒补蝉 (Law) is founder聽of the all-volunteer聽organization Waterlines,聽which is committed to聽providing the world clean聽drinking water. Currently,聽Waterlines鈥� main projects聽are focused in Panama聽and Kenya, but since聽its founding in 1986, it聽has worked with over聽700 communities in 15聽countries.

It was an exciting time for women鈥檚 tennis when identical twins Judy Sigel Freeman (Art) and Jill Sigel Greer (Art) attended CU. Professional female tennis player Billie Jean King had just beaten Bobby Riggs and Title IX had just passed for equality in sports for women. Yellow tennis balls were just being tested. 鈥淲hat an incredible experience for two Minnesota girls who played one tennis match in high school and won the Lake Conference in high-top tennis shoes and cutoff jean shorts!鈥� wrote Judy. Her CU sweatsuit now hangs in Old Main. The twins, now 65, continue to play tennis together in the Twin Cities. 鈥淲e dress alike and feel that usually gives us a three-game advantage,鈥� said Judy, whose husband, Todd Freeman (Mktg鈥�74), was a cheerleader at CU. Judy and Jill鈥檚 sister Susie Sigel Teboul (Jour鈥�82) also went to CU, along with Judy鈥檚 son Zach Freeman (Mgmt鈥�06) and Jill's daughter Allison Greer (IntPhys鈥�16). 鈥淲e聽all continue to have the University of Colorado deep in our hearts,鈥� wrote Judy.

John B. Elstrott (PhDEcon) is board chairman for MicroBiome Therapeutics, a company focused on the microbiome and how it impacts human health. John, a former chairman of Whole Foods Market, recently retired from Tulane University鈥檚 A.B. Freeman School of Business after 30 years as a professor. He served as the first chief financial officer for Celestial Seasonings, the Boulder-based tea company.

Barbara Cooke (Psych; MBA鈥�81), Los Angeles Forever Buffs chapter leader since its founding in 1988, received the Alumni Association鈥檚 2017 Leanne Skupa-Lee Award over Homecoming Weekend. The award recognizes passionate volunteers who serve 彩民宝典 and the Alumni Association.

Nancy Eckman Clanton (ArchEngr) was elected president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado鈥檚 board of directors. Nancy鈥檚 Boulder lighting design company is Clanton & Associates, Inc.