Carol Lally '90 graduated with a degree in English.  She is now an intellectual property lawyer.

Neal Baer '78 earned his degree in political science.  He has been the executive producer and a writer for the hit shows "ER" and "Law & Order SVU."

Colorado U.S. Senator Ken Salazar graduated from CC in 1977. Elected to the senate in 2004, he had been the state's attorney general.

Holly Ornstein Carter '85 received her degree in political science and is now a writer and documentary filmmaker.

Karen Andersen Medville, a research scientist at Arizona State University, graduated in 1985.

Marcia McNutt, president and CEO of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, earned her degree in physics in 1974.

Jay Engeln graduated in 1974 with a degree in biology.  He is the 2000 National High School Principal of the Year.

Basketball star Verdel Baskin, an English major from the Class of 1999, is now an El Pomar Fellow.

Laura Hershey, a disability rights activist, graduated in 1983 with a degree in history.

Jazz singer Lorna Kollmeyer, a liberal arts major from the Class of 1980, owns an ornamental plasterwork company.  

Richard Koo, 1982 alumnus with a degree in math, is the co-founder of Vitria.com.

Mountain climber Jake Norton, Class of 1996, was a history-philosophy major.  

Paul Markovich graduated in 1988 with an international political economy major and is the co-founder of MyWayHealth.

J. Ralph Armijo, a business administration major, graduated in 1974 and founded Navidec, Inc. and DriveOff.com. 

Theatre artist Liz Stanton earned her degree in business and economics in 1988.

Colorado College Stories

It’s a question we hear from prospective students, their parents, and many others interested in CC.  We even hear a version of it from our current students, who obviously know why they chose Colorado College but still aren’t sure what they’ll do when they graduate. 

Such inquiry gets to the heart of why young men and women should pursue higher education at all. Those of us who work and teach at CC have many good answers, but the bottom line is this: At Colorado College, students are prepared for leadership and for life. They can adapt to the inevitable changes in our world because they’ve had the opportunity to learn everything from physiology to political economy -- on the Block Plan, which is both flexible and rigorous.

But ultimately the best endorsement of a CC liberal arts and sciences education is those who experienced it and had a chance to put it to work in the real world: our graduates.  

That’s why we want to introduce you to some truly inspiring people -- men and women from different backgrounds, with different talents and different dreams. Each one had to make a choice, and each one chose Colorado College. Why? We’ll let them explain their decisions and tell their stories of how a CC education has helped them reach -- and surpass -- their definitions of success.  

Look at CC by the numbers.  

For more information about Colorado College alumni, go to the alumni homepage.

See more CC Stories in Success II