Tucked in a tiny house north of Varsity Lake is the headquarters of the Conference on World Affairs. It鈥檚 so unremarkable I almost walked by it the first time I visited. Yet inside great minds are at work year round to bring the world to Boulder for one week.
This year, the conference is celebrating its 62nd year April 5-9. There will be columnists, colonels and correspondents, along with psychiatrists, storytellers and policy makers. But none would be here without the late professor Howard Higman (Art鈥�31, MSoc鈥�42) of sociology who founded the conference in 1948.
Higman died in 1995 a year after the conference was put on hiatus and some speculated he died, in part, of a broken heart. Whether you knew him or not, loved him or loathed him, read 鈥淒ialing for dignitaries鈥� on pages 28-32.
Other parts of the magazine are dedicated to Buffs like Laurie Mathews (EBio鈥�75) who opened a dental clinic in Nepal and the hundreds of Buffs who have joined the Peace Corps since 1960. They capture the essence of being a Forever Buff 鈥� engaged in and contributing to the world while never forgetting the lessons and people who shaped them at CU.
Go Buffs!
Tori Peglar听(惭闯辞耻谤鈥�00)
Editor