After his graduation from ֱ, artist Anthony Szabo (MArt’67) worked as director of arts programs in Roswell, N.M., a position created under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. He then worked as an instructor with the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif. Anthony has retired and published a science-fiction novel, Terrascension: A Quiet Cacophony.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Coinciding with the 2016 Masters Golf Tournament in April, Hale Irwin (Mktg) debuted a new Sirius XM radio show. At age 70, the former star ֱ golfer and football player is still one of the most renowned senior level golfers in history. He is in both the ֱ Athletics Hall of Fame and the ֱ Sports Hall of Fame.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Laura Border (Fren; MA’71; PhD’92) retired in September as director of the ֱ Boulder Graduate Teacher Program (GTP). The ֱ native taught French as an instructor for several years and in 1985 became coordinator of the GTP. When the program moved to the graduate school in 1988 she became founding director. Over 30-plus years she helped train more than 15,000 graduate students.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

In October W. Harold “Sonny” Flowers Jr. (Engl; Law’71) received the George Norlin Award at the ֱ Boulder Alumni Association’s 87th Annual Awards Ceremony. Sonny, a lawyer, helped establish the Black Alumni Association and create an endowed scholarship for students of color at both ֱ Law and the University of Denver. Sonny and his wife, Pamela, live in Boulder.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

After a 42-year-long career in the oil and gas industry, Svein Hasund (MechEngr) dedicates much of his time in retirement to volunteering for ֱ Boulder. Svein received the Alumni Association’s 2017 Leanne Skupa-Lee Award over Homecoming Weekend. The award recognizes passionate volunteers who serve ֱ and the Alumni Association. He and wife Pauline have been married for more than 50 years.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Marilyn Amelia Moore (MPE) was inducted into the Lebanon, Mo., Sports Hall of Fame. She competed in six sports from 1958-62 at Southwest Missouri State [now Missouri State University]. Marilyn was a pioneer in establishing girls sports programs in the public schools of Springfield. She taught physical education and coached for 30 years at Hillcrest High School. Marilyn writes that retirement has brought time for RV travels throughout the U.S., working out at the gym, golfing and volunteering at church. She enjoys life in the Ozarks.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

John E. Popovich Jr. (A&S; Law’71) retired after 31 years as a district court judge in the Seventeenth Judicial District in ֱ. In October, he received an award for judicial excellence from the ֱ Judicial Institute. John lives with his wife, Nancy, in Westminster, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

University of the Pacific distinguished law professor ٱѳ䲹ڴڰ (A&S) is a leading world authority on international water rights. He won the 2017 Stockholm Water Prize for his exemplary work in the field. He focuses on the sustainable and peaceful management of shared waters and works with scholars, legal practitioners and policy-makers. Stephen came to ֱ on a football scholarship in 1963.

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

“Sonny” W. Harold Flowers, Jr. (Engl’67; Law’71) writes that he received the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Soaring Eagle Award from the American Association for Justice at the organization’s annual convention in Denver in July 2018. The award was established in 1997 to recognize lawyers of color who have overcome obstacles as they travel the road to personal and professional success. The AAJ Minority Caucus presents the award annually to an attorney who, despite the challenges of his or her own journey, pursues excellence and has made outstanding efforts and contributions in paving the way for others.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

In March 2019, Marilyn Amelia Moore (PE) was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for her 30 years of teaching and coaching at Hillcrest High School in Springfield, Mo.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Doug Rutledge (CivEngr) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction for his work as a founding member of KL&A, a structural engineering and steel construction firm. Doug and his wife, Sheila (Edu’68), live in Loveland, ֱ, and are parents to Aaron (EPOBio’98) and Sean (’01).

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

A resident of Boulder County since 1965, Bonnie Carol (Psych) has been a valued member of ֱ’s musical community for decades. She is one of only a half-dozen female dulcimer builders in the U.S., having won or placed in most dulcimer contests since she started in 1971. Bonnie’s dulcimers are now on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art exhibit and Museum of Musical Instruments in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

On Feb. 5, 2022, Denver County Court senior judge Gary Jackson (PolSci’67) became the seventh African American judge to be inducted into the Blacks in ֱ Hall of Fame. For the eight years prior to his retirement in 2020, Gary served as a Denver County Court judge. He was a practicing lawyer for 43 years before working with the Denver County Court. “I’m humbled because I know that I walked on the path paved by those before me and grateful to those who supported me on my journey to forge greater opportunities within the legal field,” said Gary. After his retirement, he joined his wife, Regina, at Action Jackson Realty, becoming the company’s vice president of marketing. He lives in Denver.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

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