ܳٳǰPhilip Hart(Soc’66) is working on publishing the second edition of his 2007 bookAfrican Americans and the Future of New Orleans.It will be published to coincide with the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005. Philip is adviser to the Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum and its permanent and traveling “Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight” exhibits since 1982. This spring the exhibit traveled to Spartanburg, S.C., Canton, Ohio, and Fort Worth, Texas. Philip lives in Los Angeles.
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
After owning Signature Bank for 18 yearsHugh Scheurer* (A&S’66) sold the company and retired. He has been living in Dallas as a banker since he graduated. He spends time writing and being with his grandchildren, as well as fishing and hiking, much of it in Colorado. He writes that his daughter and her children live in Parker, Colo., so Hugh always has a reason to visit.
*Lifetime member
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
After serving 12 years as parish nurse and health ministries coordinator at her church in Golden, Colo.,Karen Anderson Setzer(Nurs’66) retired on May 31. Her work included setting up a comprehensive program that involved more than 500 volunteers. Karen started the Golden Family of Churches Health Ministries, a consortium of nine Christian churches that work together for the health of the Golden community, including paying for immunizations for children unable to afford them.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
The Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors awarded the Diversity in Media award toPhilip Hart(Soc’66) and his wife at their annual awards dinner in Beverly Hills. His filmFlyers in Search of a Dreamwas reviewed in theNew York Timesmovie section in December. He appeared on the Smithsonian Channel’sBlack Wingsin February. He and his wife live in Los Angeles.
Posted Jun. 1, 2012
For more than a yearMorgan Smith(Law’66) has been making monthly trips to the Mexican border to visit and photograph many humanitarian programs while also giving them supplies. He writes that his intent is to show the public that there is a different side to the common perception that the border is solely grounded in violence. He plans to write a book about his time spent volunteering at an insane asylum near Juarez where he says, “The patients really take care of each other to an extent that you would never see in the U.S.” Morgan lives in Santa Fe, N.M.
Posted Mar. 1, 2012
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 Colorado 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
A resident of Boulder County since 1965, Bonnie Carol (Psych) has been a valued member of Colorado’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
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, Colorado, and are parents to Aaron (EPOBio’98) and Sean (’01).
Posted Feb. 1, 2020
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
“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
University ofthe Pacificdistinguished lawprofessorStephenMcCaffrey(A&S) is aleading world authorityon international waterrights. He won the 2017Stockholm Water Prize for his exemplary workin the field. He focuseson the sustainable andpeaceful managementof shared waters andworks with scholars,legal practitioners andpolicy-makers. Stephencame to CU on a football scholarship in 1963.
Posted Mar. 1, 2018
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 Colorado. In October, he received an award for judicial excellence from the Colorado Judicial Institute. John lives with his wife, Nancy, in Westminster, Colo.
Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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 CU Boulder. Svein received the Alumni Association’s 2017 Leanne Skupa-Lee Award over Homecoming Weekend. The award recognizes passionate volunteers who serve CU and the Alumni Association. He and wife Pauline have been married formore than 50 years.
Posted Dec. 1, 2017
Laura Border (Fren; MA’71; PhD’92) retired in September as director of the CU Boulder Graduate TeacherProgram (GTP). The Colorado 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 CU 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 Colorado Law and the University of Denver. Sonny and his wife, Pamela, live in Boulder.
Posted Dec. 1, 2016
Coincidingwith the 2016Masters Golf Tournamentin April, Hale Irwin (Mktg)debuted a new Sirius XMradio show. At age 70,the former star CU golferand football player is stillone of the most renownedsenior level golfers inhistory. He is in both theCU Athletics Hall of Fameand the Colorado SportsHall of Fame.
Posted Jun. 1, 2016
After his graduation from CU, 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
In October the William N. Rom Environmental Lung Disease Laboratory opened at Bellevue Hospital. Bill Rom (PolSci) served 25 years as the director of the New York City hospital’s chest service and also worked for the pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine division at New York University School of Medicine. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the American Thoracic Society and also delivered a 2010 presentation at CU on the early detection of lung cancer using biological markers. He teaches climate change and environmental policy at NYU’s College of Global Public Health. Bill enjoys skiing in Aspen, canoeing from his cabin in Ely, Minn., and living and working in New York City.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Olympic skierBill Marolt(Bus) was named a 2015 George Norlin Award winner for his dedication to CU Athletics and beyond. He won three U.S. ski championships (1963 downhill, 1964 slalom and 1965 giant slalom) before taking on the head ski coach’s job at CU-Boulder in 1969. He coached 30 All-Americans and also helped with the creation of the CU women’s ski team. After working as the U.S. Ski team coach for six years, Bill became CU’s athletic director and oversaw the construction of the Dal Ward athletic complex, the addition of three women’s sports (soccer, golf and volleyball) and the university’s first national championship in football. He and his wife now split their time between Boulder and Arizona.
Posted Sep. 1, 2015
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