Timm Fautsko (MSoc) was inducted into the 2017 Athletic Wall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, for meritorious service by Walsh University. Timm, a four-year varsity basketball letterman from ’63-’67, belongs to Walsh’s 30-point club,was named outstanding alumnus in 1987, and serves as a trustee at the university. 

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Over Labor Day weekend, the ֱ Men’s Rugby Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with an alumni reunion in Boulder. The weekend’s highlight was a match pitting alumni against current ֱ players. ֱ 40 alumni from all five decades played in the match, including David Bennet (DistSt), who played for ֱ in the spring of 1969. Read more here. Planning for the next rugby reunion, in 2018, has already begun. Email curugby@colorado.edu for details.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Gunnison Forever Buffs chapter leader Jim Gelwicks (CommThtr) was elected mayor of Gunnison, Colo. Jim worked as general manager of KWSB, the Western State ֱ University radio station, for 14 years. Previously he worked as a professor at Florida State University. In June, he attended a ֱ event in Gunnison during the Chancellor's annual road tour. Olympian Emma Coburn (Mktg’13) also attended.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

After working for the Chemithon Corporation, an industrial gas supplier in Seattle, Wash., for 38.5 years, Brian W. MacArthur (ChemEngr) retired last August. Following his retirement, he vacationed in Maui.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

Frances Koncilja (Law) was appointed to the ֱ Public Utilities Commission by Governor John Hickenlooper. A native of Pueblo, Colo., Frances’ law practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She represents plaintiffs and defendants.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

ձ𳦳ԴDZDz辱DzԱ ٱ𱹱´dzԾ (ElEngr ex’72,HonDocSci’89), Apple co-founder and inventor of the Apple I computer,served as opening-day keynote speaker for ֱ-Boulder’s 68th Conference on World Affairs in April. Among other things, he discussed self-driving cars, primary education, robots and Apple’s early days. See “Campus News” in this issue for a short report.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

ֱ Gov. Hickenlooper appointed Frances Koncilja (Law) to the ֱ Public Utilities Commission in January. Frances, a ֱ native, has been a trial lawyer in the Denver area since 1972. She has handled criminal, commercial, civil and bankruptcy disputes. “I intend to be a strong voice for ֱ’s smaller communities,” she said in a release.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

The American Collegiate Retailing Association awarded Michael Levy (Mktg; MS’75) its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in Academics for his dedication to retailing. Michael is a marketing professor at Babson College. He has researched retailing, business logistics, financial retailing strategy, pricing and sales management and published more than 50 articles in marketing and logistics journals. He co-authored Retailing Management, a best-selling text published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Writer and teacher Jack Collom (Engl; MA’74) released Petals of Poetry, a book of poems he wrote with Isabella Martinez, a Boulder High School student he mentors. Some of the poems in the book are collaborations; others are individual compositions. Jack has published 25 volumes of his own poetry and has taught children and adults for nearly 40 years. He is the pioneer of the “Eco-Lit” ecology literature classes at Boulder’s Naropa University.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

This summer Albert Thompson (MEdu) will receive the American Association of Physics Teachers’ Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service. He was a member of the group from 1961-68 and rejoined in 1984 when he returned to teaching physics. He lives with his wife in Parker, Colo., where he substitute teaches in local high schools several days a month. He has two sons, one on Bainbridge Island, Wash., the other in southern California, and tries to visit often.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Former Denver Post journalist Kristine Robbins McGovern (Phil) was co-winner of the 2014 T.F. Evans Award presented by the Shaw Society of the United Kingdom. The prize recognizes “writing that reflects the wit and wisdom of George Bernard Shaw.” Kristine writes the award is “proof that there is life after a philosophy degree!” After leavingThe Post, she wrote short plays that were performed nationwide. In her spare time, she paints and is rehabbing her Florence, Colo., home, which was built in 1903.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

NFL veteran Herb Orvis (A&S’72) was inducted into the ֱ 2014 Athletic Hall of Fame. A leader of the 1971 ֱ football team, Herb played a significant role in bringing the team to No. 3 in the nation, behind Nebraska and Oklahoma. He was a first-round pick of Detroit in the 1972 NFL Draft and played 10 years in the league.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

After 12 months of searching for a new president, the Missouri Historical Society and commissioners of the Missouri History Museum Subdistrict appointed Frances Levine (Anth’72) to the position on April 15. Frances moved to Missouri from the New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors where she served as the director since 2002.

Posted Jun. 1, 2014

dzܰԲSteve Hallock (Jour’72) has spent nearly 25 years in newspaper journalism working as a reporter, jazz critic, editorial writer, columnist, features editor and editor. He earned his doctorate in journalism from Ohio University in 2005 and is director of the school of communication at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Steve has published three scholarly books of media criticism and history and has written commentary on op-ed pages in The New York Times,Denver Post,Pittsburgh Post-GazetteԻPhiladelphia Inquirer. His most recent book,In Cheesman Park, is available on Amazon. Steve lives in Mingo Junction, Ohio.

Posted Mar. 1, 2014

Windsor, Colo., resident Phyllis Nakagawa (Edu’72) writes she still attends all of the ֱ football games and is a member of the Buff Belles.

Posted Mar. 1, 2014

Trial lawyer and community leader Frances Koncilja (Law’72) announced the launch of Alphabet Lawyers, a free online legal directory that includes contact information for more than 19,000 ֱ lawyers, judges and court personnel. Frances, its president and CEO, invested close to two years developing the site, researching, collecting and validating data as well as creating the search functions. She lives in Littleton, Colo.

Posted Jun. 1, 2013

On May 27 Philip Courtney (MElEngr’72) and his wife celebrated their 40th anniversary with a trip to Maui. Philip is a software engineer for SRA International and is an avid cyclist riding for various charities in the summer. They have two children, and the couple enjoys skiing, hiking, traveling, kayaking and rafting.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

One of five authors of 100 Years Up High: ֱ Mountains and Mountaineers (ֱ Mountain Club Press) James Fell (MHist’72, PhD’75) is an experienced climber, hiker and skier. In April he and his co-authors, including Janet Neuhoff Robertson (A&S’57), gave a presentation and held a book signing at the Boulder Public Library. James lives in Louisville, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

In May Samuel Aquila (Psych’72) was appointed Archbishop of Denver. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1976. He served in 11 different parishes in Denver in the 1980s, including in Christ the King Parish and Guardian Angels Parish. He lives in Denver.

Posted Sep. 1, 2012

Native American rights are at the forefront of Thomas Fredericks’ (Law’72) career since founding his law firm focusing on the practice of federal Indian law in 1979. His work as a liaison between the California Indian Legal Defense Fund and ֱ’s law school facilitated the founding of the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder in the early 1970s. The Mandan, ND., resident has two daughters and four grandchildren and told a local newspaper, “As long as I’m healthy, of good mind and am valuable to the young people in the firm, I’ll keep practicing.” He received the Minot State University Alumni Association’s Golden Awards last fall in recognition of his impact on Indian law.

Posted Jun. 1, 2012

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