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Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Dave Curtin (Jour) retired this summer. After working a senior year internship at the Boulder Daily Camera, Dave jumped around various newspapers in Colorado, living in Greeley, Durango, Colorado Springs and Denver. In 2007, he came back to CU as executive communicator for campus. In retirement, Dave will transition from climbing fourteeners to lake kayaking. He told 彩民宝典 Today that his favorite thing about working at CU was 鈥渢he people of the university community.鈥� Read more about Dave in this issue.

叠辞耻濒诲别谤鈥檚 Stan Garnett (Hist; Law鈥�82), shareholder in the Denver office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, joined the board of directors of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Garnett was elevated to the board in recognition of his work as the chair of the academy鈥檚 Latin American Task Force and to further strengthen its presence and relations with the legal community in the region. Prior to rejoining his firm, Stan served as district attorney for Colorado鈥檚 20th Judicial District for nearly 10 years.聽

In 1983, at the age of 28, Doug Larson (Fin) and two of his oldest friends bought Eldorado Artesian Springs Resort, which opened in 1905 and was described by many as the 鈥淐oney Island of the West.鈥� From scratch, they have made it the thriving business it is today. Doug is married to Kathy Larson (Bio鈥�85) and lives in Eldorado Springs, Colorado.聽

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.聽

Jeff Mehan (Econ) of Stamford, Connecticut, has been resurrecting dual-slalom professional ski racing, taking it back to the days of Billy Kidd (Econ鈥�69) and Spider Sabich (A&S鈥�71). Some of his more recent competitions included races in Vail, Steamboat and Eldora, Colorado. Jeff works on Wall Street in the international financial derivatives markets.

Composer聽and multi-media artist聽Pamela Z聽(MusEdu) was awarded聽the Frederic A. Juilliard/Walter Damrosch Rome聽Prize for musical composition last April. The prize聽includes an 11-month聽fellowship in the Italian聽capital. Pamela is聽considered a pioneer聽of digital looping, and聽won a Guggenheim聽Fellowship in 2004.

Bill Green (MechEngr鈥�78), president of the Denver-based mechanical engineering company RMH Group, was named one of 20 industry leaders chosen as a 2018 inaugural class of Design-Build Institute of America Fellows. The fellowship is the highest level of DBIA certification and acknowledges the achievements of the nation鈥檚 most accomplished design-build professionals. Bill was inducted during a ceremony held on Nov. 8 in New Orleans.

After more than 32 years, Robert Garcia (Art) retired in May from his聽position as graphics editor at the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, the largest newspaper between Denver and Salt Lake City. Robert has received more than three dozen awards for newspaper design and graphics from the Colorado Press Association and the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters organization. He writes that his mid- 1970s experience in Boulder with the campus minority student newspaper El Diario de la Gente was the foundation for his success. In 1995, Robert, a fifth-generation Coloradan, was designated a CU Hispanic Alumni Association Distinguished Alum.

In April, Katherine Leonard (Chem, MCDBio) presented results of her research study 鈥淭he Meaning of Touch to Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy鈥� at the United Health Services 25th Annual Oncology Teaching Day in Owego, N.Y. The research was previously published in the Oncology Nursing Forum in September 2015. Katherine is a nurse practitioner with SUNY Upstate鈥檚 adult oncology medicine group鈥檚 outpatient聽clinics. She retired from Upstate Hospital in 2012.

For more than 40 years, Bill Lerner (Comm) has helped grow and develop iPark, his family鈥檚 parking garage business (previously known as Imperial Parking Systems), into New York鈥檚 largest garage and parking facilities operator. Bill also started the organization Billy4Kids to provide shoes for underprivileged children around the world.

Boulder County district attorney Stan Garnett (Hist; Law鈥�82) has decided not to make a second run for Colorado Attorney General. He ran unsuccessfully in 2010. Stan is now in his third term as 叠辞耻濒诲别谤鈥檚 DA. In March, he and his wife, Brenda, celebrated their 39th anniversary. The couple lives in Boulder.

At the Lippin Group, a brand communications firm, Pamela Ruben Golum (Comm) has managed notable client accounts, including Dick Wolf and his Law & Order franchise, various projects for the Disney Channel and the Emmy Awards. Previously Pam worked as a journalist聽with Fairchild Publications and at radio station KBOL in Boulder. She and husband Rob live in Los Angeles, Calif., with their two daughters, Caroline and Jennifer.

In December Cardno, Inc., an infrastructure and environmental services company based in Australia, named Ted Tomasi (Econ; MA鈥�79) vice president and director of national practices. He is based at the company鈥檚 Newark, Del., office. Ted, who has more than 30 years鈥� experience as a natural resource economist, also has worked as professor at the University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and Michigan State University.

In November William A. Baltz (Hist) published a book, Spiritual Nexus: Discovery in America鈥檚 Heartland. It鈥檚 about聽five spiritual centers with connected histories nestled in southwest Michigan on the outskirts of Three Rivers. The co-founder of one of the retreats, Nancy Hector (A&S鈥�58), is also a Forever Buff, as is Nancy鈥檚 sister, Joan Hector (A&S鈥�52), an artist and teacher known for her stained slab glass installations.

Kim Rothstein (Advert) writes that she is happily retired from a successful career in food advertising and聽marketing. She lives in Sebastopol, Calif.

In honor of Leonard Mermel鈥檚 (EPOBio) 60th birthday and his commitment to patient care for the citizens of Rhode Island, Governor Gina Raimondo proclaimed June 15 鈥淒r. Leonard Alan Mermel Day鈥� in the state. Leonard has spent his career advocating for patient safety by preventing infections in hospitals through national and international teaching and his extensive research. Leonard is a professor at Brown University, an adjunct professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Earlier this year,聽Joel Berger聽(PhDBio) was named one聽of six finalists for the 2016聽Indianapolis Prize, the聽world鈥檚 leading award for聽animal conservation; Jane聽Goodall is a聽past recipient.聽A scholar at Colorado聽State University, Joel聽studies why populations聽of tundra land animals,聽such as muskoxen and聽wild yaks, are declining聽and what can be done聽about it. He helped lead聽the creation of America鈥檚聽first federally sanctioned聽wildlife migration corridor,聽the Path of the Pronghorn,聽in Yellowstone National聽Park. Joel聽has also helped聽reevaluate rhino conservation tactics in Africa and聽aided efforts to conserve聽Mongolia鈥檚 saiga antelope聽populations. He lives in聽Colorado with his wife聽and daughter.

Jack Turner (Bus) was聽elected to the Explorers Club, a renowned聽organization whose聽members include the聽adventurers who were the聽first to reach the poles,聽the summit of Mount聽Everest and the moon.聽Jack鈥檚 grandfather Ansel聽F. Hall was the first chief聽naturalist of the National聽Park Service and also a聽member of the club. Jack聽is the founding director of聽California-based Rainbow聽Bridge-Monument Valley聽Expedition Onward. The聽project is completing聽fieldwork in Arizona and聽Utah and working on 3D聽modeling聽techniques聽and virtual-reality tools to聽recreate the experience聽and surroundings of the聽expedition, including what聽was discovered and by聽whom. The result will be聽a museum exhibition at聽multiple U.S. venues.