Class notes editor:

Beth Hanrahan '04
Colorado College Alumni Office
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3294
Fax: (719) 389-6271
E-mail: alumni@ColoradoCollege.edu
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'35

In October, the U.S. Postal Service announced the issuance of a new panel of stamps featuring various kinds of clouds. One of John Day’s images was selected for inclusion, “Cumulus Humilis.”

’43

Sam Newton reports that he has been in touch recently with other CC alumni of the 40s and all are doing well “living above the grass”: Ned Bennett ’42 lives in Green Valley, Ariz., year around. • Phil and Mary Gibbs Bissell ’42 live in Broomfield, Colo. • George Peck ’41, a retired postmaster in Estes Park, Colo., still lives there year around. • Robert “Hinkey” ’42 and Peggy Greve ’44 Schwartz live in Morgan Hill, Calif. • Bob ’42 and Helen Zick ’39 Walker live in Boca Raton, Fla., in the winter and Grand Lake, Colo., in the summer. As for Sam, he recently was awarded the Lily Award by Easter Seals Colorado in appreciation of his dedication to Easter Seals for the past 20 years, including serving as president of the board of directors and on numerous advisory committees. Sam and his wife, Hilda, live in Cherry Hills, Colo., and will celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary this year.

’51

Vera Lewis Marine lives in Arcadia, Calif., and was appointed to a two-year term as the Kappa travel coordinator for the Kappa Kappa Gamma women’s fraternity.

’54

Floyd Frame lives in Colorado Springs, where he directs the community concert band, jazz ensemble, and Midland Brass Band. Floyd began playing the trumpet professionally at the age of 16 and performed with the Broadmoor Tavern house band for many years. He also taught music in District 2 in Colorado Springs for 41 years.

Moses Harrison ’54 retired from his post as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in September 2002. He enjoys spending time with his four grandchildren and catching up on his reading. He also is pursuing a new hobby: fly-fishing.

’55

50th Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

’56

“Who am I to turn down an adventure?” writes Barbara Putnam Coyne. She spent the fall term auditing a senior seminar philosophy course at Northern Arizona University, where she looked forward to sharing perspectives with students 50 years younger than she. Some of her observations: “I cannot think as fast as the professor speaks; my mind is mushy; it’s hard but absolutely necessary to pay complete attention for the 11¼2 hour class. It’s a wonderful experience and I’ll never do it again!” In July, Barbara visited with Jo Vollers Tolhurst ’57 in Honolulu.

’58

John Larkin retired as dean of the graduate school at Louisiana State University and moved back to the Phoenix area, where he grew up. After being single for 12 years, he married Paula Vines last year.
Class Secretary:
Nancy Cunningham Pike
217 Cerro Street
Encinitas, CA 92024-4823
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’59

45th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

’60

45th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

Fritz Friant retired in 1986 from the U.S. Army with the rank of colonel. He and his wife, Gailon, operate a commercial printing company, Graphic Impressions, in Williamsburg, Va. They have two sons and three grandsons.

’61

John Cashman and Joanne Wiegel Meier had a mini-reunion over lunch at an elegant French restaurant in Bursinel, Switzerland, in March. Joanne was looking forward to the arrival of her first grandchild in July. John reports that he is not yet ready to be a grandfather.

Dave King ’95 purchased this license plate on eBay and is hoping that a CC alumnus/a might know the story behind it. The dimensions are 12” x 3” and there are no other markings on it except for “Colorado College.” Alumni who recognize it can contact Dave at

’62

Sue Hoyt Aiken has lived in a co-housing environment called Oak Creek Commons in the central coast area of California for many years. Four of the 14 acres have condominiums; the remaining 10 acres are open space for the residents to enjoy. She is a career counselor for the Bay Area Career Center and works from home three days a week; she goes to her San Francisco office the other two days.

’63

Art Berglund was inducted as a 2004 Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame member in September in Thunder Bay, Ont. Art has been involved with international ice hockey competition for portions of five decades, managing more than 20 U.S. teams. Before being named U.S.A. Hockey’s senior director of international administration in 1996,

Bob Rompre ’56 (left) and Andy Gambucci ’53 visited over lunch at the Broadmoor Golf Club in June. Bob was in Colorado Springs for the annual U.S.A. Hockey Congress. Bob and Andy played hockey together at CC and were teammates on the silver-medal 1952 U.S.A. Olympic hockey team.

he directed national teams and international activities for 11 years. Following graduation from CC, Art played professionally in Switzerland and Austria, then was hired by William Thayer Tutt to manage the World Arena at the Broadmoor for 13 years. He managed U.S. national teams in ’73, ’74, and ’75, then became general manager of the U.S. Olympic Team in ’76 and again in ’88. He chaired the ’84 U.S. Olympic Player Selection Committee and was director of player personnel for the ’92 and ’94 Olympic teams. He also served with the Goodwill Games, the I.I.H.F. World Championship, the U.S. Select Team, and the U.S. Olympic Team in ’02. In 2000, Art won the Jim Fullerton Award for his “love for the purity of the sport.” Art lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Char. • Tom Darden and Ellen Wallach were married in May after five months of extensive, semi-secretive planning by Ellen’s daughter, Cathy, and Tom. Ellen was told by the “wedding committee” that they would be going to New York City and to bring clothes for an evening party and a brunch. Everything else was a surprise: City Hall for a wedding license, wedding in the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park, Broadway show, elegant dining, museum visits, Greenwich Village, a trip to Boston to visit old friends, Beacon Hill, more museums. That Tom... he sure knows how to plan an event! Tom and Ellen live in Seattle. • Nathan Richards retired from Texaco two years ago and has since moved from Connecticut to Sarasota, Fla., “because it is home to numerous bands, choruses, and other musical groups.” • Carole Coffman Stoller retired in May after 31 years of teaching. She lives in Colorado Springs. • Don Stouffer has entered his second career as a vice president for Cardel Custom Homes, which builds single and multi-family homes in Calgary, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, and now Denver. It will be good to have Don back in Colorado.

Class Secretary:
Ben Eastman
2020 Julian Way
Denver, CO 80211
ben_eastman@comcast.net

’64

40th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

Bob Heiny is the interim athletic director at the University of Northern Colorado-Greeley. Bob has been a professor of mathematical statistics there since 1968, and has served as the NCAA faculty athletic representative since 1983.

’65

40th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

Nancy Pollock is a research associate in anthropology and development studies at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She is semi-retired but recently worked on a contract that took her to Utrick, Marshall Islands, to gather information from its people for a compensation claim they have brought before the Nuclear Claims Tribunal, which the U.S. has agreed to hear. (In 1954, the U.S. exploded a nuclear bomb over nearby Bikini; fallout landed on Utrick and another atoll, Rongelap.) • Jeff Sauer was inducted into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in recognition of the contributions he made to hockey as a player, coach, and advocate of the sport. He coached at Wisconsin from 1982 to 2002, where he had 489 wins and two national championships, as well as three Frozen Four appearances, 12 NCAA tournaments, and two W.C.H.A. championships.

’66

40th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

William Yost is the new president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America, the world’s largest scientific society devoted to increasing and diffusing knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. Bill is professor of hearing science, professor of psychology, adjunct professor of the Parmly Hearing Institute, and adjunct professor of otolaryngology at Loyola University in Chicago.

’67

Candace Reed Benyei has been the hospital administrator for her husband’s 29-employee animal hospital in Redding, Conn., since 1999. She published her fourth book, “How to Get There From Here: Creating God Among Us,” while running her psychotherapy practice and their horse farm.

’68

Diane Brown Benninghoff has been promoted to assistant vice president for advancement at Colorado College. • Peter Van Zante is a visiting associate professor of law at Chapman University’s School of Law in Orange, Calif.

Class Secretary:
Jan Metcalfe Mahony
1730 Wood Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80907-7355
jamah@adelphia.net

’69

Jane Lubchenco has been elected a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, the national academy of science for the United Kingdom. The society has roughly 1,240 members and 125 foreign members who are considered the most distinguished scientists in the world. • Lawrence Newman and Knowles Publishing announce the publication of the 2003-04 update to Texas Corporation Law, a treatise for practicing Texas lawyers that covers all aspects of Texas corporate law. • Greg Smith began his term as treasurer of the Denver Bar Association and president of the Colorado Association of Corporate Counsel in July. In the fall, while continuing his full-time health and business law practice, he started working on a master’s degree in humanities at the University of Colorado-Denver, and is co-teaching a bioethics class at the law school of the University of Denver.