Ned Sperry, MBA ’86, JD ’86, remembers playing softball as an undergrad in Boulder and seeing players in their 30s with their wives and kids watching. “I couldn’t believe people kept playing softball at that age,” Sperry says. But when Sperry was in his first year of law school at […]
Emily Allred Hutchison, BFA ’78, has taken a little abuse lately. She’s been beaten up, blown up, shot, caught in a sword fight, and even hit by a ’51 Ford. The car accident was her favorite. “That was flashy,” the 48-year-old says with a slight Southern accent. “It had a […]
Ida Fasel loves written works. She reads them in French, German, Italian and Spanish. But writing poetry is her first love. Fasel, PhD English ’63, has published numerous academic articles and chapters on subjects ranging from Milton (her specialty) to translations of French poetry. She’s received a number of awards […]
“Every artist, from the moment he or she makes the first stroke on canvas, is destined to follow a certain path,” wrote renowned American abstract painter Perle Fine. Patricia Tool McHugh’s path has led to a lifetime filled with art and travel. She came to DU after spending her freshman […]
Living an inspired life means more than exposure to great ideas. It includes exposure to great personalities. When Cliff Gauthier, BA physical education ’69, received the 2004 Thomas Ashley Graves Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching at the College of William and Mary, he realized how many of the great […]
In January, Lina Paumgarten, MA counseling psychology ’05, embarked upon a three-month, 3,600-mile bicycle trip along the east coast of Australia. Through pledges, she hopes to raise $10,000 to help fund a community orphans home being built in Meru, Kenya, by the nonprofit Peace Initiatives International (PII). Paumgarten, who originally […]
What do South American rainforests, water quality and Denver land-use patterns have in common? They are all issues that Denver Post editorial writer Penelope Purdy, MA communication ’98, deals with on a daily basis. Purdy knew at a young age that she wanted to write, and her connection to the […]
If you were one of the skiers or snowboarders carving Colorado’s slopes this winter, you may have passed by Tamara Hoppes, BA business and marketing ’87, who is attempting to snowshoe up every one of the thousands of ski runs at Colorado’s 23 ski resorts. Hoppes has been preparing for […]
What comes to mind when you think of a music march? John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever”? Sir Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance”? How about the “Thunderbirds March” by Bynum Weathers? Weathers, PhD comparative history ’71, has been a music lover since his days as a young boy in […]
What you see is what you get with Peter Coors, MBA ’70. He loves his business, and he loves his family. And even though he operates the $5.4-billion Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, Colo., family never plays second fiddle. “Sorry I was little late. My daughter stopped by with my […]
Before graduation, Ally Haynes, BA theater ’96, had an interview with the DU theater faculty. They told her she was well suited to pursue a career in the business side of the theater industry, but that was not what she wanted to hear. Her response was, “That’s not really what […]
Boxes of slides, thousands of photographs, more airline miles than anyone can count and precious memories are the rewards of being a world traveler for nearly 50 years. And they all belong to retired DU staffer Rosy Griffiths, BSBA ’78 and MA ’87, who’s passing her traveling joys on to […]
Master potter Mark Zamantakis has spent a lifetime in pursuit of the ultimate form.
Karen Argust is the first to admit that her daughter is “difficult.” Her adopted child has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, reactive attachment disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. The 17-year-old, who acts more like a 13-year-old, also is showing signs of personality disorders. But for […]
After graduating with a BFA in 1967, Jane (Leland) Langdon had difficulty finding work as an artist. “There wasn’t guidance in that era,” she says. “It was sort of a tumultuous time.” It wasn’t until 15 years ago that Langdon was able to get reacquainted with her first love. Langdon […]