As a ֱ Boulder student, Roe Green (CommThtr) fell in love with theater. Initially an art major, she switched her freshman year after volunteering to take notes for a faculty director during a theater class. She became enamored with the theater’s backstage and management aspects. This year, she donated $5 million to ֱ Boulder’s theater program. It is the Department of Theatre & Dance’s largest gift in history, and it will fund an upgrade for the University Theatre — which will be renamed the Roe Green Theatre in fall 2023 — as well as establish endowed funds for student scholarships and fund events to further students’ careers. “Theater and the performing arts make us human,” she told ֱ Boulder Today in September. “This is how we pass on what we know.”

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Harvard chemistry professor James G. Anderson (PhDAtmos) is the recipient of the 2021 DreyfusPrize in the ChemicalSciences. He received the award for his decades of crucial contributions to the field of environmental chemistry. Recently, Anderson made a revolutionary link between the decrease of stratospheric ozone and global climate change. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992 and is a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

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’s 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’s 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, ֱ, and visiting their three children and five grandchildren.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

ٱ𱹱Ჹٳ(Advert), president and CEO of the National Football Foundation (NFF), was featured in the book 1st and Forever: Making the Case for the Future of Football,written by Bob Casciola. A ֱ native, Steve has worked with intercollegiate athletics for most of his professional career. In 2017, he was inducted into ֱ’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

In 2016, Steve Volstad (Jour) retired from his career in communications, most recently as communications and marketing director for UNC-TV, North Carolina’s statewide public broadcasting channel. After 30 days away from work, Steve knew he needed something more: He got a job with the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, writing stories about animals in poor health and their caretakers.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Some might say that Steve Frenzl (Mktg) worked an “odd” job while attending ֱ. In the late 1960s, he worked as an apprentice at Boulder’s Howe Mortuary. A retired marketing manager, Steve recently published a two-volume fictionalized memoir of his days (and nights) working at the mortuary, Coffee & Donuts with the Dearly Departed. In addition to his book, he published the Life-Alone Planner, a free, digital workbook to help survivors prepare for life without their loved ones. Visit his blog at .

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

N. Stephen Kane (PhDHist) published his new book, Selling Reagan’s Foreign Policy: Going Public vs. Executive Bargaining in May 2018. Stephen is a former U.S. State Department officer and American University professor. He holds a B.A. and a M.A. from Temple University in Philadelphia and currently lives in Silver Spring, Md.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

On Dec. 6, 2017, Mary-Lynne Pierce Bernald (PolSci) was elected mayor of Saratoga, Calif. Previously, she served on the Saratoga City Council and as a planning commissioner for the city. 

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

¾ɲDZ (Fren) spent 25 years in the culinary arts, becoming a Certified Executive Chef in 1989 and a member of the American Academy of Chefs in 1994. In 1998, he received a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law. He has since specialized in criminal defense and has served several years as an adjunct in the WVU College of Law. Nearing retirement, he is touring the National Parks and fulfilling other bucket-list items. He lives in Morgantown, W.V.  

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Lorrie Shepard (MEdu; PhD’72), a distinguished professor and dean emerita who has been with ֱ for more than 40 years, received the Alumni Association’s 2017 George Norlin Award over Homecoming Weekend. The award recognizes alumni who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in their chosen field.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Ralph E. Lawson (Acct), chief financial officer and executive vice president of Baptist Health South Florida, served on the national board of directors of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

Ron Pippin (Acct) writes he has been living in Wheaton, Ill., since 1991. He is a former audit partner in an international accounting firm (Arthur Andersen), vice-president of SEC and financial reporting for Ameritech Corporation, now part of AT&T and, most recently, editorial managing director of Commerce Clearing House’s online accounting research database. He was the Denver Buff Club president in 1986, when Bill McCartney coached the football team, and holds the same season tickets today. He's “hoping for another National Championship!”

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

Samuel Paul Cummins (Edu) has now retired from both of his jobs. He simultaneously worked as a plant manager at Akzo Nobel Coatings in Matteson, Ill., for 36 years and for the Tinley Park Illinois Fire Department, where he was assistant chief for 40 years. He achieved the designation of chief fire officer and served for 25 years on the MABAS 24 Hazardous Materials Response Team that responded to all HAZMAT calls in the southern suburbs of Chicago. Samuel writes that he and wife Marcia have retired to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and are enjoying the weather.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

During a visit to ֱ Boulder in October, Helen Louise Young (MGeog; PhD’75) and her wife, Vivienne Armstrong, shared the story of their advocacy for LGBTQ rights and equality in the U.S. Helen and Vivienne met at ֱ in 1971 and have since

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

One of the first prolific pass rushers in ֱ Boulder history, Bill Brundige (A&S), will be inducted into the ֱ Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 17. Bill started every game his rookie season in the NFL and played in Super Bowl VII following the 1972 season. Bill lives in Virginia.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

For almost 20 years, president and COO of Winter Park Resort Gary DeFrange (Mgmt) has guided the resort’s expansion and maintained its proud relationship with the City and County of Denver through his collaboration with Winter Park Recreational Association, Intrawest, City of Denver Water and the U.S. Forest Service. Gary has overseen the development of a base village with retail space and skiin, ski-out condominiums, developed a world-class biking program and is close to reinstating the ski train service to Winter Park from Union Station.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

Bob Justice (MechEngr; MBA’77), the 1968 NCAA national champion in wrestling, will be inducted into the ֱ Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 17. Bob worked in the natural gas industry and loves spending time with his wife Cameron and daughters Aimee and Sunny.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

This year attorney Linda Kinney Neuman (A&S; Law’73) was inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame. Linda was the first woman appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court, in 1986. She moved to the state after meeting her husband, Henry Neuman (Law’73), at ֱ. Linda retired from the Iowa Supreme Court in 2003 and has since focused on private practice and teaching at the University of Iowa Law School. She also serves pro bono as counsel to the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Robert Williams (Math) announced his retirement in May from Centerstone, America’s largest nonprofit community-based provider of mental health, addictions and intellectual disabilities services. He served as chief policy and strategy officer and as CEO emeritus. Earlier in his career he taught, served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and worked as a psychologist and clinical director. At ֱ Robert stayed busy: He was a Boettcher and Regents Scholar, a member of the Silver and Gold freshman honor society, a charter member of ֱ’s Key Club and played the clarinet in the men’s marching band. Today, he and his wife volunteer summers at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park. They have three children and four granddaughters.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

This May Robert (Bob) Trembly (Fin) began his 25th year as publisher of 50PlusMarketplaceNews, an award-wining resource for agers in Boulder, greater Denver, Larimer and Weld Counties. Previously he was vice president of Neodata Services, a division of A.C. Nielsen and Company, with responsibilities for Sunset, Texas Monthly, Architectural Digest and other accounts. During his ֱ days, he worked at the Lamp Post Restaurant in the evening, learning from his professors there and later in the classroom. He credits Hank Kester with being a significant mentor and influence in his professional life. Robert lives in Boulder with his wife, Marty Coffin Evans (Engl ‘64).

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

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