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Editor: Susan Hyland Brickell '87
Colorado College, Alumni Office
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3294
Fax: (719)389-6271
E-mail: alumni@cc.colorado.edu

'27 Grace Berkley Brannon reported that her son, Berkley Brannon '60, who passed away Feb. 3, 1996, was honored by the city of Oceano, Calif., where he was city manager. The city dedicated a memorial in his honor on the anniversary of his passing.

 

'34 Fred and Lillian Walberg '35 Handke celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September.

 

'38 Frances Allen Buchanan has 26 grandchildren and "about 20" great-grandchildren. * Robert Lind retired from "Blast from the Past," an amateur group that plays big-band music for community affairs. He retired in 1978 from his professional career at Dow Chemical and still golfs about twice a week. * Ada Slate Parvin lives in Colorado Springs, where she still drives her 1950 Chevrolet. * Frank Phelps, a retired chemistry professor, was honored for fifty years in the American Chemical Society. He bowls twice a week and hit a 200 recently. * Russell Switzer, a retired water treatment consultant living in De Pere, Wisc., pampers his garden the old-fashioned way. To avoid the chemicals in city water, he runs rain water from his garage roof into 55 gallon drums and sends it through plastic pipes to his garden. * Jack Waymire swims nearly every day. He has swum eleven-hundred miles since he started keeping track. [Submissions courtesy of Ed Pelz.]

 

'41 Bob Bartlett's family history was chronicled in a story published by the Gazette Telegraph in December. In 1879, Bob's grandfather arrived in Colorado Springs as the city's first dentist. * Jack Oliver received his Purple Heart medal after a 53-year wait. He received the medal for injuries sustained during World War II and had it presented to him at a ceremony on Veteran's Day in Grand Junction, Colo.

 

'42 Frances Gray Richards is retired and living in Durango, Colo. Her husband, Paul Richards '33, passed away in 1993.

 

'50 Ted Green reports that fellow classmate, Albert Adler '51, lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ted and Albert met their freshman year at CC and have kept in touch ever since. Ted also keeps in touch with Don Manzelli '53, and Bill and June McHardy '52 Murray. * Marshall Sanders is retired and living in Laurel, Md.

 

'51 Bob and Barbara Lett Brugger spent 1996 traveling the globe to such destinations as Belize, Guatemala, China and Switzerland. Stateside adventures included visits to California, Oregon and Wyoming.

 

'55 Fred Froelicher is retired and living in Helena, Mont., with his wife, Mary.

 

'57 Save the Date! Your 40th reunion is Oct. 17-19. * Charles Owens retired after 26 years teaching chemistry and serving in several administrative roles at the University of New Hampshire then serving as vice president for academic affairs, as well as acting president during the 1994-95 school year, at Radford University in Virginia. He is now senior associate with Kaludis Consulting Group, which provides assistance to higher education institutions on a wide range of academic and administrative issues. Charles and his wife, Barbara Williams Owens, live in York, Maine.

 

'58 Paula Erickson Dille, Judy Reid Finley, Ginger Romnes Hansen, Nancy Cunningham Ramsayer and Nancy King Quandt '59 enjoyed a reunion at the College's Baca campus during the Alumni College in August. They "learned a little and talked a lot as our teacher and leader, Professor Joe Pickle, will attest." * Virginia Kroenlein and Josh Edelson were married in December. Virginia is the registrar at Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn. * John Larkin reports he is still a professor of microbiology and associate dean of the graduate school at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. * Joann McLaughlin is a part-time secretarial assistant for the Blinded Veteran's Association in Washington, D.C. * Marianne Smith Mishmash reports that she and husband, Bob, enjoyed 15 years in the bicycle business before retiring in 1995. Local volunteer projects are a priority. * John Morton retired after 34 years with Texaco. Retirement plans include a yearly "big" trip; this year it will be to Norway. He and his wife, Mary, recently celebrated their 30th anniversary. John gets together occasionally with Bill Kemp '57, John Curzon and Don Soukup. * Ray Myers writes that he is a retired computer executive and recovering curmudgeon, and has three grandchildren at last count. He and wife, Janet, live in Palo Alto, Calif., and spend weekends sailing in San Francisco Bay.

Class Secretary:

Nancy Cunningham Ramsayer

217 Cerro Street

Encinitas, CA 92024-4823

 

'60 Grace Berkley Brannon '27 reported that her son, Berkley Brannon, who passed away Feb. 3, 1996, was honored by the city of Oceano, Calif., where he was city manager. The city dedicated a memorial in his honor on the anniversary of his passing. *

Donald Robertson is still with Fluor Daniel, Inc. in Rochester, NY, and has been assigned to Eastman Kodak as a project manager for pilot project facilities upgrades and expansions. His e-mail address is dlm.rjr.robertson@worldnet.att.net. * Jack Tench is rector at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Seattle, Wash.

 

'61 Linda Wilson is a psychotherapist in San Francisco.

 

'62 Russell Bastedo works for the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources in Concord as the new state curator.

 

'63 Bruce Franklin is settling into a new job as director of purchasing/facilities for Movado Group, Inc. of Lyndhurst, N.J. * Ben Lewis is executive director of the Aurora, Colo. Chamber of Commerce. "I can't believe I'm still at the chamber. I arrived in '87 with the plan of being there a year or two, but Aurora has become a dynamic place of change with DIA (airport) and base closings. I rode the Iowa week-long bicycle ride with a son, two sons-in-law and Bob Fredregill in July 1996. It's wonderful to keep up a great friendship with my CC sophomore class roommate." * Jerry Macon is president of Macon Systems, Co. in Colorado Springs. He includes news from a disgruntled wife (Carol): "Not content to be working 80 hour weeks developing and supporting the windows version of his software, Jerry is starting yet another company called Granshoppers. Look for it soon on the Net, if he lives that long." * Mike and Carol Fisher Minelli are both retired from their "career" positions. They live in Longmont, Colo., where Mike operates Game Birds Unlimited and Carol works as a travel consultant in Boulder. All three "children" and six grandkids are healthy and happy. * Joe Moore reports two down and one to go (to college). They live in Phoenix, where Joe is still a workers compensation defense attorney; wife, Karen, takes care of everything else. They want to retire in the northwest early in the new millennium. * Kathie Bruce Murphy owns Kathie Murphy Interior Design Associates in Santa Rosa, Calif. She specializes in designing residential remodels and has been in business for 19 years. She is married to Richard Pratt, a CPA. Her son attends the University of Montana and her daughter is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego. * Malika Julie Thomas Oudes has a new job after years of teaching art: second grade. "It's like my first year all over." She now goes by the name "Malika" and has two sons attending college in Washington. Malika lives in Tonasket, Wash. * Rob Pittaway is still in Stonington, Conn., awaiting spring and the next reunion. * Stephen Porter works on stainless steel sculptures for public and private clients, and teaches computer graphics at Penn State. He lives in Bellefonte, Penn. * Susan Hardy Rieger is principal of Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale, Colo.

Class Secretary

Ben Eastman

2020 Julian Way

Denver, CO 80211

 

'64 Mary Bardone, husband, Bill Platte, and their daughter, Piper, went on a six-month, around-the-world sabbatical. They visited friends in Europe and traveled in Tanzania, India, Bali, New Zealand and the Cook Islands. They are at home in Juneau, Alaska, where they have resumed their psychotherapy private practice.

 

'65 Art Basham was elected president of the medical society in Santa Clara County, California. * Suzanne Benua Vorbrugg is a musician with a folk quartet in Fussen, Germany. * Pamela Meredith is coordinator of the post-master's nurse practitioner program and an assistant professor at George Washington University's School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.

 

'66 & '67 Mark your calendars! Your 30th cluster reunion is Oct. 17-19!

 

'66 Sarah Parke Chandler is at home in Lillooet, British Columbia, working on issues related to the procurement of indigenous peoples' rights and human rights curriculum development.

 

'67 Susan Freeland is vice president and manager at The Private Bank, Bank of America, in Monterey, Calif. * Judith Sundquist Hautala is the senior director of administration at the American Red Cross in Rockville, Md.

 

'69 Candi Kelly is a development officer with the College of Agriculture at Iowa State University Foundation in Ames. * Jane Lubchenco is president of the 143,000 member American Association for the Advancement of Science. * Ray Sitton was appointed vice president of organization development for ISG Technologies, Inc. in Toronto, Ontario. * Peter Weinberg is senior vice president and financial controller for DKB Financial Products, Inc. in New York. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have two children, Margit and Raymond.

 

'70 Ted Greiner and his family have moved to New Delhi, India, where Ted will head a team that has been asked to evaluate the substantial Swedish support to the Integrated Child Development Services in Tamil Nadu state.

 

'71 Kat Bradley-Bennett manages a community recycling program in Longmont, Colo., Colorado for Eco-Cycle, Inc. Kat and her husband, Andy, have two teenage sons, Cody and Patrick, and fill their free time with their four-piece folk-swing band, Ever' Little Thing. * Robert Redwine was invited to the Mountain Chalet in Colorado Springs in February to present a slide show on his climb of Mt. Aconcagua, South America's tallest mountain. * Joe Tempel, a planner for the Department of Transportation who lives in Morrison, Colo., was featured in Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Magazine's April 1997 issue, featuring the unique remodeling job he did to his home.

 

'72 Don't miss it! Your 25th reunion is Oct. 17-19! * Jose Barrera is director of ethnic minority studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. * Carole Bloedorn and Ray Sparrow were married May 23, 1996. Carole is manager at the IT Learning Center for Glaxo Wellcome in Research Triangle Park, N.C. * Wendy Costikyan was elected a partner of Egon Zehnder International, a global executive search firm. She lives in London with her husband, Malcolm Smith, and their son, Prescott. They are "enjoying overseas living, although we get tired of all the grey skies and rain in the winter!" * John and Paula Philips Frease now live in Estes Park, Colo. after 17 years in Cairo, Egypt. They would love to hear from friends and can be reached via e-mail at frease@frii.com. * Margaret Myers received the Secretary of Defense Medal for meritorious civilian service for her leadership in "institutionalizing significant changes in Defense acquisition policy." Margaret works in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense in Falls Church, Va. * Chris Tribur sadly reports the death of his wife, Candace, after a four-year fight with breast cancer. Chris lives with his twin daughters, age 16, in Conifer, Colo., where he is self-employed.

 

'73 Samuel Taylor is chairman and curator of education at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

 

'74 Bruce Didesch is an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane, Wash. He and his wife, Terri, have two children, Jacob and Kristen. * William Hauserman is vice president of Guy Carpenter & Co. in New York. * Connie Sharp is on leave from Knox College, where she is dean of students/assistant professor of philosophy, to pursue graduate studies in mental health counseling at Antioch University in Seattle, Wash. * Richard Staples dropped by Tutt Alumni House while in town on business to test the alumni director, Diane Brown Benninghoff '68, on face recognition. Richard is vice president in the community development department at Fleet Corporate Administration. * Lucy Towbin and Fred Hickling were married Dec. 31, in Little Rock, Ark. Lucy is a social worker and lactation consultant at the Arkansas Department of Health in Little Rock.

 

'75 Bob Krimmer played the Centauri Emperor Cartagia, on the TV series, Babylon 5. * Laura Troxel Pickering and her husband, Glen, celebrated their 25th anniversary in June. Laura is an elementary school teacher and works for Chasing Summer Outfitters, which offers guided horseback rides in the summer and makes custom-made western wear in the winter, in Clearwater, British Columbia. * John Zinner and Susan Henderson were married Oct. 26 in Pittsburgh, Pa. John is an independent environmental consultant in Santa Monica, Calif., and vice-chair of the Santa Monica Planning Commission.

 

'76 Ross Armour works at the Berthoud/McKee Medical Clinic in Berthoud, Colo.

 

'77 Save the Date! Your 20th reunion is Oct. 17-19!

 

'78 Kerri Halberg lives in Dublin, Ireland, and keeps in touch with classmate, Marjorie Thompson, who lives in London. * Thomas Lee is vice president of new ventures and acquisitions for Molex, Inc. in Lisle, Ill. * Stephen Smith is a mastering engineer for cassettes and compact discs at Sonopress, USA, and is also co-owner/engineer for Soundsmiths Performance Recording in Weaverville, N.C. He and wife, Karan, have a daughter, Haley, 4.

 

'79 Karen Kiley is a contract negotiator for Texas Instruments in Dallas. * After serving as Colorado's solicitor general since 1991, Timothy Tymkovich has returned to private practice in Denver.

 

'80 Ken Abbott and Jennifer Jones were married Dec. 29. Ken is on a leave of absence from his position as a photographer at the University of Colorado at Boulder to devote more time to his artwork. * Thomas Atkinson works as a legislative aide in Juneau and Anchorage. He finds time to swim in Kenai Peninsula lakes, and thrives on salmon, biking and skiing. He can be reached at Tom-Atkinson@legis.state.ak.us. * Helen Baldwin and Joel Schiller were married Nov. 16 in Salisbury, Conn. Alumni in attendance were Dan McBride and Betty Harwood McCarron. * Lew and Sue Altenbern '81 Eisaguirre live on a small ranch in Santa Barbara county. In September, they entertained Nancy Harvey Larson, her husband, Jon, and son, Andrew, as well as John Allenberg, Ellen Osmundson and their son, Ozzie. In January, Laurie Marvin and Arlis Yamashiroya visited to ride horses and tour the wineries. All of Lew's friends will be glad to know that he is finally getting back to his roots -- "When did you say you'd have that herd of sheep, Lew? Baaaa!" * Patricia Ward Kelly is sad to report that her husband, dancer/director, Gene Kelly, passed away Feb. 2, 1996. * Harlan Simon resides in Berkeley, Calif., and reportedly is "making [the] shift out of practicing law to something more human."

 

'81 Kim Miklofsky Bayne authored, "The Internet Marketing Plan: A Practical Handbook for Creating, Implementing and Assessing Your Online Presence." Kim has been touring the world, speaking at industry conferences and seminars on marketing communication and the Internet. She can be reached at kimmik@wolfBayne.com * Lou Derry is an assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. * Sue Ellis is vice president of Asset Investor Corporation and Commercial Assets, Inc. Her address is 3333 E. Bayaud Avenue, Apt. 406, Denver, CO 80209, (303) 804-7718. * Molly Brown Hamilton and husband, Ferris, have moved back to Colorado with their two daughters, Annie and Kate. * Kathy Kaminski lives in Tucson, Ariz., where she is a state-certified sign language interpreter. * Kelle Kolkmeier Klein teaches in a K-1 multi-aged classroom at Polk Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. * Sara Ecke May and husband, Andrew, live in Oakland, Calif., with their two daughters, Corinne and Vanessa. Sara is enjoying a sabbatical from corporate life to be a full-time parent. * David Schaeffer and his wife, Tracy, live in Philadelphia, where David is director of marketing for SEI Investments. * Debbie Patton Swanson is a staff assistant in the College Relations Department at Colorado College. * Hans Thomsen attends graduate school in Japanese art history at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He and his wife, Chikako, have three children.

 

'82 Madlyn Lemonik Catlow is a family therapist at the Looking Glass - Stepping Stone Lodge in Eugene, Ore. * La Puente Home, which is run by Lance Cheslock and wife Stephanie Frykholm, received El Pomar Foundation's Award for Excellence in Human Services at a ceremony in November. La Puente serves the homeless of six rural counties in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. * Bob Mancini is director of player personnel for the United States National Junior Hockey team, which played at the 1997 IIHF Junior Championships in Dec./Jan. in Switzerland. * Angela Leach Pizzichini is vice president of fixed income and institutional national sales for Merrill Lynch in Denver. * Eric Smith and Janice Lou were married July 28, 1996. Eric is a training administrator for Young Bros. in Honolulu.

 

'83 Henry Borra is an independent anesthesiologist for Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M., where he lives with his wife, Brenda, and their three children. * Carolyn Taylor Leetma and husband, Ivar, live in San Diego, where she is an attorney with Neil Dymott & Hull. * Julie Meltzer was chosen as an Appalachian College Association Fellow and will do her doctoral studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. She has been teaching education courses at Ferrum College, Va., for the past five years. * Mark Polite is in real estate investment and development in San Francisco. * Doug Pray directed "Hype," a documentary about the Seattle rock music scene.

 

'84 Susan Boettger is a mediator and attorney in Ruidoso, N.M. * Alison Bradley, a self-employed photographer, is in the master's program in art and photography at New York University and the International Center of Photography. * Paul Dayton is tennis director of the Windridge Tennis Camp in Craftsbury Common, Vt. He and wife, Erika, have three children. * Gavin Ehringer spends the winter looking for the best ski bargains as a snowboard columnist with the Rocky Mountain News. * Kate Fuller and Jonathan Niles were married June 29, 1996, near Albuquerque. Alumnae in attendance were Margot Smit and Sarah Wells. * Evon Hochstein and Jill Sharaf were married Oct. 26 in Los Angeles. Alumni in attendance were Kit Harwood Thompson, Tom Viele and Don Draper '87. Evon teaches at the Hamilton High School Academy of Music magnet school. * Jim and Kim Zeller '85 Jorgensen live in Colorado Springs with their three children. Jim teaches math at Fountain/Ft. Carson High School and Kim is a counselor at Sand Creek Elementary School. * Kathleen Lewis works for Agouron Pharmaceutical in San Diego. * Lucia Waterman and Gary Hand were married May 11, 1996 in Denver.

 

'85 James Bonfils and Andrea Levitt were married Aug. 31, 1996, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. James reports that there were 25 CC graduates in attendance--"a real rager in the Rockies!" James is manager of emerging markets fixed income for Standard Bank of South Africa in New York. * Rashe Lyford and Ellen Reilly were married Feb. 8 in Denver. Alumni in attendance were Diana Charlton Lyford '54, Gerald Grewe '83, Chan Gibson '84, Charlie Stanzione '84, Gary Desjardins, Mitch Green, Tom Hyland, Dona Bossart Kooy, Tom and Amie Davis '86 MacKenzie, Guy Obermeier, Jeff Weill, Dave and Katie Hite Wilkins, and Connie Devers Falcone '87. * Jeremy Makarechian is a partner in the business and technology practice group at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP. * Peter Oaxaca, wife, Brenda, and their two sons live in Phoenix, where Peter has been working as a cardiovascular technician. * Beth Evans Repplier completed the family residency program at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, N.J., and has moved to Mt. Vernon, Wash., where she works at Skagit Valley Medical Center. She would love to hear from friends at 811 Elliott Place, Mt. Vernon, WA 98273 or e-mail: repplier@ncia.com. * Ralph Rieker is CEO of Ricosta Shoe Factories in Donaueschingen, Germany.

 

'86 Mary Clarke is an international project manager with Starbuck's Coffee Co. She lives in Seattle, Wash. * Walt Enterline and Jane Petzold were married Sept. 1 in Harbor Springs, Mich. Alumni in attendance were Matt Olk '85, Terry Britton, George White, Russell Wirth and Garth Fitzgerald '87. Walt works as a test lead at Software Testing Labs in Bellevue, Wash. * Christopher Goodwin is practicing family medicine and obstetrics in Spokane, Wash. "I just heard from an off-Broadway producer...I may get my one-man show 'RX' to the 'big stage' yet." * Klemens Hertel is in his second year of post-doctoral work at Harvard. * Andrew Hornbrook reports he is happy to be back in Denver and encourages friends to contact him at PO Box 6507, Denver, CO 80206, (303) 377-1958. * James Norby is a laser scientist with Positive Light in Los Gatos, Calif. * Steve Vela and Linda Billings '87 were married Jan. 18 at Shove Chapel.

 

'87 Don't miss it! Your 10th reunion is Oct. 17-19! * Jane Bierman is a shipboard naturalist in Alaska, Costa Rica and Panama on special expeditions with Clipper Cruise Lines. * Karen Cross Locke and husband, Kelly, live at Spangdahlem AFB, Germany, with their son, Ethan. Karen is a family physician volunteer with the Red Cross. They would love to hear from friends at lockek@silyn.net. * Leslie Scott lives in Ft. Collins, Colo., where she attends graduate school in technical journalism and is a web designer at Hewlett-Packard. * Todd Walker attends the University of Denver's law school full-time and works part-time as a corporate environmental manager for GNB Technologies.

 

'88 Carrie Brown is a cross-cultural consultant and president of Kultural Kids in Denver. * Denise Calkins is back in Englewood, Colo., after volunteering for two years with the Peace Corps in Paraguay, South America. * David Cunningham lives in Seattle, where he is an account manager for a graphic design firm. * Greg Ewald is an associate with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. * Lisa Hall is a post-doctoral researcher with the School of Medicine at the University of California at Davis. * Karen Horner Mason is a news reporter/anchor with the Vacation Channel in Breckenridge, Colo. * Lissa Menge and Jim Cook were married May 20, 1995, in Napa Valley, Calif. Alumni in attendance were Anita Beshore, Diane Clark Dwire and Winston Hait. Lissa is a senior product manager with Focalink Communications in Portola Valley, Calif. * Lisa Merman and Jeffrey Joseph were married Dec. 31 in Washington, D.C. Alumni in attendance were Christopher Black, Michele Book, Paul Moore, Frank Orr and Jennifer Yarbro. * Russell Shipman stopped by the Alumni Office on his way to the Physics Department, where he was speaking at a luncheon on current research at the Phillips Laboratory in Boston, Mass., where he works. * Allison Voedisch is a supervisor for Covance in Madison, Wisc. * Randy Zuckerman lives in Cooperstown, N.Y., with his wife, Jennifer, and their son, Alex. Randy is doing his surgery residency at Bassett Hospital.

 

'89 Steve Barbee is a sales director for ICG Telecom, Inc. in Los Angeles. * Tim Budy and Colleen Hutchison were married May 18, 1996 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Alumnus Derek Pizzey was in attendance. Tim is a chartered accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick in Vancouver, B.C. Christina Chamberlain lives in Dublin, Ireland, where she is a partner support engineer with Tally Systems, Ltd. She says living in Ireland is great and would love to hear from people heading her way. * Thomas Coffey and Lizbeth Bullon were married Jan. 4 in Arequipa, Peru. * Jerry Duggan is an English teacher and forensics coach at Rampart High School in Colorado Springs. Jerry is one of ten teachers selected to be in the 1997 Summer Fellows Program at the Northwestern School of Speech. * Kim Crozier Evans attends graduate school at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. * Jean Maxfield Halley is a doctoral student in sociology at the City University of New York. * Garrett Ito is doing post-doctoral research at the University of Hawaii. * Jennifer Rankin Mingle and her husband operate their own private dentistry practice, Harbor Pointe Dentistry, in Aurora, Colo. * Bettina Mok is community outreach coordinator for the national park in the Bay Area and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. * Nelson Repenning and Elizabeth Saltonstall were married Jan. 11 in Cambridge, Mass. Nelson is an assistant professor of management at M.I.T. in Cambridge. * Chip Sagal is general manager for Enhanced Perfomance Systems in San Diego, Calif. He can be reached via e-mail at sagal@enhanced-performance.com. * After five years in Los Angeles, Christopher Schultz returned to Colorado, where he has started Altitude, a digital video/production company in Golden. * Jameel Webb and Mike Davis were married Nov. 11 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

 

'90 Shannon Aldrich and Douglas Payne were married Sept. 1, 1996, in Orcas Island, Wash. They reside in Seattle, where Shannon is marketing director for American Music. She frequently comes across other CC alumni, including Nick Sherman '91, co-owner of BSK, a local printing company, and Mike Slade '79, president of Starwave Interactive. * Seth Bossung is a carpenter in Mill Valley, Calif. * Chad Chesley and Susan Bridgewater were married Nov. 9. Chad is a flight surgeon with the U.S. Navy in Santa Ana, Calif. * Marcie Hechler is a registered nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. * Cory Klingler is a graduate student in the school of social work at the University of Texas in Austin. * Kellie Shew Plant is a physical therapist with Med Brook Rehabilitation in Trinidad, Colo. * Jeanne Seitz and Tim Peterson were married Oct. 5 in Minneapolis. Friends can reach them at 6851 161st St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068, (612) 431-2240. Jeanne is a cataloging librarian for Mackin Library Media in Burnsville. * In January, Shelley Separovich traveled to Straubing, Germany, to visit Doug and Keri Schloredt Kirton. She would love to hear from friends at 8800 20th Avenue NE #B203, Seattle, WA 98155 or (206) 729-8150. * Frank Stanley is communications manager and managing editor of USA Cycling at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. * Thomas Stephens is a field ecologist with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program in Ft. Collins, Colo. He reports that Walt "TheDog" is four years old. * Christina Stewart and Scott Kane were married Oct. 5. Alumni in attendance were Jim and Ann Armstrong Scarboro '63, Elton Clark '71, Jim Burness, Martha Deeds and Carol Williams. Christina teaches 3rd and 4th grade at Aspen Community School in Woody Creek, Colo. * Andrea Sunset and Brian Weslar were married Sept. 1, 1996 in Ft. Collins, Colo. Alumni in attendance were Sarah Burnside Billings '64, Bob Pringle '72, Rick and Anna Blackford Zier '73, Maryrose Kohan '88, Dave Makarechian '88, Kim Race '88, Kathy Benavides '89, Molly Reeves '89, Craig Baker, Chad Chesley, Cathy Costello, Julie Martin, Dave Roark, Emily Smith, Andrea McReynolds Traut, Chris Morrison Bliven '91, Mark Doherty '91, Terry Frost '91, Bob Hartman '91, Teri Johnson '91, Craig Laher '91, Kimberly Madden '91, Jay '91 and Shawn Butler '93 Mick, Kelly Niquette '91, Kristin Poulson '91, Mike '91 and Tina Ellis Roark, Meg Stiff '91, Jeff Thorsett '91, Daron Yates '91, John Carranza '92, Al Henes '92, Kyle Samuel '92, Mike Van Zandt '92, Mark Weslar '92, Chad Wright '92, Ben Fryer '93, Megan Billings Killebrew '93 and Andrew Powers '93. * Carol Williams is practicing copyright law at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in Washington, D.C.

 

'91 Necole Armour and Christopher Fellows were married Sept. 27 at Shove Chapel. * Christy Baker visited the Art Department on campus to discuss current art majors' career options and to show her recent work. Christy runs her own freelance illustration business in Atlanta. She would love to hear from alumni who spend time in Telluride and can be reached at bakerdes@mindspring.com. * Nicole Condit lives in New York, where she works for ANS, an internet company. * Kate Edwards and Steve Power '92 were married Aug. 24, 1996, at Shove Chapel. Alumni in attendance were Ed Parker '63, Max Power '63, MaryJo Wagner '64, Cathey Grant Weir '65, Marcia Irving Peteranetz '65, Tucker '86 and Deb Pogue Mixon, Tom Kirby '89, Brandon Waring '89, Antonette Aragon '90, Cari Carson '90, Mike and Kara Wallar DeBacker '90, Jon Dupont '90, Dana '90 and Jennifer Worthen Fletcher, Rosemary Jenks '90, Matt Anderson, Jon Baetz, Jennifer Hare-Diggs, Aubrey Hord, Kristie Kauerz, Mary Anne Masterson, Katie Schlenker, Ken Husney '92, Chamois Pierson '92, Nathan Warren '92, John White '92 and Anna Dent '96. They reside in Denver, where Kate works as an occupational therapist and Steve attends business school.* Steve Edwards and wife, Marianne, live in Portland, Ore., where Steve works for CFI ProServices, Inc. * Samara Ferber is an information specialist with The Bureau of National Affairs in Washington, D.C. * Jennifer Hare-Diggs is a United Methodist minister in Larisa County, Va. * Timothy Harrington is a programmer/analyst in Denver. * Doug Hinkle teaches 5th grade at Explorer Elementary in Colorado Springs, and is working on his master's in gifted and talented education at the University of Colorado. * James King and Charisse Broderick were married Aug. 3, 1996, in Aurora, Colo. Alumni in attendance were Carrie O'Shea '88, Joe Hrbek '90, Bill Porter '90, Terry Frost, Drake Powell and Daron Yates. James teaches Latin at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora. * Jonathan Knight is a producer with Activision in Los Angeles. * Dawn Leonetti is an account executive with Waggener Edstrom Public Relations in Portland, Ore. * Chris Marks and Beth Shaffer '93 were married Jan. 4 in Denver. Alumni in attendance were Robert Boardman, Josh Cramer, Tom Crum, Scott Glassmeyer, Mike Gross, David Jaquith, John Marr, Billy Phenix, Chris Shadid, Melinda Smith, Mark Stern, Matt Steward, Sara Grote '92, Chris Haymons '92, Nancy Peterson '92, Crissy Roe '92, Dan '92 and Trina Riggs '93 Webster, Sarah Wright '92, Andrea Carey '93, Krissy Dziedzic '93, Kathleen Keeton '93, Bitsy Krueger '93 and Beth Sheffner '93. * Trevor Pochipinski received the Gazette Telegraph's hockey coach of the year award. He coaches at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, where the team won their 2nd straight state hockey title. * David Thrower is an attorney/partner with Frankel & Thrower, P.C. in Boulder, Colo., and a volunteer attorney in the Longmont office of Boulder County Legal Services. Friends can reach him at 68 Garden Center #303, Broomfield, CO 80020. * Patrick Tooley attends the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

 

'92 Mark your calendars! Your 5th reunion is Oct. 17-19! * Happy Atkins and Joe Lear '88 were married June 29, 1996, in Redstone, Colo. Alumni in attendance were Virginia Rea Cerrillo '60, Ed Casias '87, Toler Goodwin '88, Bob Jurkiewicz '88, Bryan Long '88, Jim Loper '88, Bill Plunkett '88, Donna Howland Johnson '89, Jennifer Burns, Currie Jacobus, Nicole Montoya, Debbie O'Connor, Amy Chadwick '93 and Mike Montoya '94. * Steve Bartos and Sara Schnittger were married Aug. 10, 1996, at Shove Chapel. Alumni in attendance were Randy Benzel, Tim Kotowski and Stephen Hicks '94. * Rob Burke is an associate in the law firm of Metz & Associates, P.S. in Seattle, Wash. * Lawdon lives with Giles Custer, Todd Fahnestock '95 and Brett Spencer '95 in Flagstaff, Ariz. They rang in the New Year at their home with other CC alumni including Claire Carpenter '94, Liana Holmberg '94, David Mueller '94, Carl Greene '95, Kathryn Hayes '96 and Dawn Handy '97. * Sarah Kimmett and Michelle Coleman took a month off of work to travel to Australia to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef and to New Zealand to hike on the South Island. Sarah works for a marketing firm in Denver and Michelle is a real estate broker in the Frisco/Breckenridge area. * Corey Klaasmeyer and Anna Armendariz-Bouche were married Sept. 8. Corey is a software developer for WebSet Technologies, Inc. in Denver. * Amy Swiatek was in the Peace Corps serving in Nairobi, Kenya, until March and is now back in Colorado. * Susan Tibbitts and Jeff Salter were married Aug. 5, 1995, in Eugene, Ore. Alumni in attendance were Bob Crow '91, Cathy Gepson Burnham, Leslie Dolan, Jill Hammer, Patty Lindley, Deane Malott, Nancy Peterson, Crissy Roe and Sarah Wright. * Christopher Venkus is vice president at Asset Relocation Services in Charlotte, N.C. * Mara Walker and Kevin Murphy '91 were married Dec. 28 in Washington, D.C. Alumni in attendance were Mike Gross '91, Jason and Tamara Kribs Jarvis '91, Andy Kingman '91, Sarah Miller '91, Cal Rogers '91, Erik Schroeder '91, John Underhill '91, Nancy Peterson, Peter Petitt '93, Alice Walker '97 and Truxton Wildes '97. * Ann Yunker and Garry Marshall were married Aug. 31, 1996, in Colorado Springs. Alumni in attendance were Winnie Vessey Metzler '35, Buck '40 and Bernice Vessey '39 Brenner, Robert Yunker '71, Matthew '91 and Anne Frerichs Anderson, Cathy Gepson Burnham and Leslie Dolan. Ann is an administrator in marketing for GTE in Houston, Texas.

 

'93 Kylee Cook and Zachary Phillips were married July 16, 1995. * Heather Davis and Rick Chrestenson were married July 19, 1996. Heather is a communications officer with the Missoula County 911 Center in Missoula, Mont. * Katherine Eastman attends Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kan. She spent the past three years clerking for Chief Juvenile Judge D. Richard Toth '68 and Juvenile Magistrate Regina Walter '80 in Colorado Springs. * Jonathan Elsberg works for The Alliance to Save Energy in Washington, D.C. * Clay Fenlason is in the Peace Corps in South Africa. * Diana Horowitz is a yoga instructor/Reiki practitioner in Brooklyn, N.Y. * Stefanie Judd and Jeffrey Allen were married Jan. 4 in Anguilla, British West Indies. Stefanie is an M.B.A. candidate at the University of Colorado at Boulder. * Jesse Kruckeberg and Stacy Handley were married Dec. 28 at Shove Chapel. Alumni in attendance were Ed Casias '87, Glenn Dooley '91, Mike Lewis '91, Geoff Dougherty '92, Tim Lambert '92, Kurt Runge '92, Todd Frisbie, Derek Krehbiel, Mark Mullally, Mark Peterson, Naila Schubarth, Mike Drum '94, Kristina Berger '95, Luke Casias '95, Janelle Towns '95, Beverly Vasquez '95 and Molly Kruckeberg '97. Jesse is a firefighter in Colorado Springs. * Christopher Lawler works in the emergency department at Aurora Presbyterian Hospital in Denver. He spent four months traveling in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica, and completed his first marathon in Honolulu. * Melanie Cable Packwood and husband, John, live in Peyton, Colo., with their daughter, Tyana. Melanie is co-owner of Packwood & Associates, a consumer-based development company. * Laura Ramos is a sole practitioner specializing in employment discrimination in Albuquerque. She would love to hear from classmates at 8000 Montgomery NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109. * Liza Reeder and Andrew Carey were married Oct. 5 in Nantucket, Mass. Liza is a media planner with Goldberg Moser O'Neill in San Francisco. * Ashley Whittaker and Wilson Butz were married Dec. 28 in Monument, Colo. Ashley is a sales representative for G & K Services in Tucson, Ariz. * Matthew Wiley is a technician in the inventory production department at Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle.

 

'94 Timothy Deschaines is a graduate student in analytical chemistry at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He would enjoy hearing from "other chemistry major types" from CC at deschain@plains.uwyo.edu. * Taa Dixon headed a six-week Urban League project teaching teens about journalism and communications in Colorado Springs. * Karen Huber is a lab manager/study coordinator at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. * John Langhus is a law student at New York University. * Amy Noonan is a development officer for National Geographic. She spent three weeks in January living and working with 135 people on a ship in Antarctica. * Vanessa Phillips is a counselor at Excelsior Youth Center, Inc. in Aurora, Colo. * Amy Stretmater is a trip director with BI Performance Services in Minneapolis. * Alexander Volk spent a year as a marketing assistant in the trade section of the Taiwanese embassy in Stockholm, and is now enrolled at the University of Stockholm to complete his degree in German. * Lucy West is a licensed massage therapist with Lifecycle Therapeutics Massage Therapy in Colorado Springs.

 

'95 Maureen Alt is serving in the Peace Corps in Ghana, West Africa, in health and sanitation service until September 1998. * Rhonda Belcher and Jonerik Kvamme were married June 15, 1996, at Shove Chapel. They live in Norway, where "it's beautiful and very cold." * Jeb Binns and Vicki Southorn were married Sept. 21 at Shove Chapel. Alumnae in attendance were Meredith Jensen '94 and Lynn Barnes. They live in Minneapolis, where Jeb is in management at the Starbuck's Coffee Company and Vicki is a hemodialysis technician for Abbott Northwestern Hospital. * Evelyn Brothers is a professional research assistant with Colorado Health Sciences Center's Division of Cardiology in Denver. * Eva Filsinger teaches chemistry at Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs. * Carrie Johnson teaches elementary computer classes at Rabat American School in Rabat, Morocco. * Daniel Maddock is a registered representative with Merrill Lynch in Lakewood, Colo. * Stacia Richardson would love to hear from friends at 639 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. * Betsey Russell and Nigel Reed were married Nov. 9 in Dallas, Texas. Alumnae in attendance were Alison Carrico and Jory Hawkins. * Jennifer Sands is working with Greater D.C. Cares, a metro D.C. service organization, and "acting a little." * Stacy Traylor is an elementary computer lab teacher at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

 

'96 Kirsten Gabbert and Geoff Akens were married Dec. 29 in Arlington Heights, Ill. Alumni in attendance were Melissa Lange '94, Ben Bursell, Caitlin Fox, Wendy Fox, Sara Fry, Gretchen Lepisto and Melinda Stocky. Kirsten is the director of marketing and membership for the Western Museum of Mining and Industry in Colorado Springs. * Anna Graham and Adrian Montgomery were married May 21, 1996. Anna is the human resources coordinator at Coram Healthcare in Denver. * Steve and Sherry Bekhit Metzger live in Alexandria, Va., where Steve is a Scientist I with Naval Research Laboratories, and Sherry is a neuroscientist on a pre-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health--both in Washington, D.C. * Megan Bradley Nilsen and husband, Scott '95, are enjoying their work with Young Life in Parker, Colo. * Catherine Santamaria teaches English to adults in Tokyo, Japan. * Jeffrey Tieman is a reporter with The Business Word in Englewood, Colo.

'97 Ryan Egeland received a Rhodes Scholarship and will travel to Oxford University in the fall. * William Spencer lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Amy, and their two children, Anna and Billy.

 

 

Graduate Degrees

 

1966--Sarah Parke Chandler, M.A. in understanding and securing human rights, University of London, 12/96

1969-Bob Lovell, doctorate of public administration, Western Michigan University, 8/96

1972--Jose Barrera, Ph.D. in American Literature, University of Texas-Austin, 1996

1974--William Hauserman, master in history of environmental law, Vermont Law School, 1994; J.D., Pace University, School of Law, 1996

1981--Kelle Kolkmeier Klein, master in teaching, Coe College, 7/96

1984--Evon Hochstein, M.A. in history and teaching credential, University of Southern California, 1996

1985--Melissa Hyde, Ph.D. in art history, University of California-Berkeley, 12/96

1986--Klemens Hertel, Ph.D. in biochemistry, University of Colorado-Boulder, 6/94

1988--Michael Mehan, M.B.A. in business economics and finance, California State University, 11/96

1988--Russell Shipman, Ph.D. in infrared astronomy, University of Wyoming, 8/94

1988--Robert Stephani, M.A. in counseling psychology, University of Northern Colorado, 8/96

1992--Natalie Keeler, doctor of veterinary medicine, Michigan State University, 5/96

1992--Will Willis, J.D., University of Denver, College of Law, 5/96

1993--Erik Mason, M.A. in history museum studies, State University of New York-Oneonta.

1993--Laura Ramos, J.D., University of New Mexico, 5/96

 

 

 

Marriages

 

1958--Virginia Kroenlein to Josh Edelson, West Hartford, Conn., 12/96

1972--Carole Bloedorn to Ray Sparrow, Chapel Hill, NC, 5/23/96

1974--Lucy Towbin to Fred Hickling, Little Rock, Ark., 12/31/96

1975--John Zinner to Susan Henderson, Pittsburgh, Pa., 10/26/96

1980-- Ken Abbott to Jennifer Jones, Boulder, Colo., 12/29/96

1980--Helen Baldwin to Joel Schiller, Salisbury, Conn., 11/16/96

1982--Eric Smith to Janice Lou, Honolulu, 7/28/96

1984--Kate Fuller to Jonathan Niles, Albuquerque, 6/29/96

1984--Evon Hochstein to Jill Sharaf, Los Angeles, 10/26/96

1984--Lucia Waterman to Gary Hand, Denver, 5/11/96

1985--James Bonfils to Andrea Levitt, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 8/31/96

1985--Rashe Lyford to Ellen Reilly, Denver, 2/8/97

1986--Walt Enterline to Jane Petzold, Harbor Springs, Mich., 9/1/96

1986--Steve Vela and Linda Billings '87, Colorado Springs, 1/18/97

1988--Lissa Menge to Jim Cook, Napa Valley, Calif., 5/20/95

1988--Lisa Merman to Jeffrey Joseph, Washington, D.C., 12/31/96

1989--Tim Budy to Colleen Hutchison, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 5/18/96

1989--Thomas Coffey to Lizbeth Bullon, Arequipa, Peru, 1/4/97

1989--Nelson Repenning to Elizabeth Saltonstall, Cambridge, Mass., 1/11/97

1989--Jameel Webb to Mike Davis, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 11/11/96

1990--Shannon Aldrich to Douglas Payne, Orcas Island, Wash., 9/1/96

1990--Chad Chesley to Susan Bridgewater, Santa Ana, Calif., 11/9/96

1990--Jeanne Seitz to Tim Peterson, Minneapolis, 10/5/96

1990--Christina Stewart to Scott Kane, Woody Creek, Colo., 10/5/96

1990--Andrea Sunset and Brian Weslar, Ft. Collins, Colo., 9/1/96

1991--Necole Armour to Christopher Fellows, Colorado Springs, 9/27/96

1991--Kate Edwards and Steve Power '92, Colorado Springs, 8/24/96

1991--James King to Charisse Broderick, Aurora, Colo., 8/3/96

1992--Happy Atkins and Joe Lear '88, Redstone, Colo., 6/29/96

1992--Steve Bartos to Sara Schnittger, Colorado Springs, 8/10/96

1992--Corey Klaasmeyer to Anna Armendariz-Bouche, Denver, 9/8/96

1992--Susan Tibbitts to Jeff Salter, Eugene, Ore., 8/5/95

1992--Mara Walker and Kevin Murphy '91, Washington, D.C., 12/28/96

1992--Ann Yunker to Garry Marshall, Colorado Springs, 8/31/96

1993--Kylee Cook to Zachary Phillips, Denver, 7/16/95

1993--Heather Davis to Rick Chrestenson, St. Ignatius, Mont., 7/19/96

1993--Stefanie Judd to Jeffrey Allen, Anguilla, British West Indies, 1/4/97

1993--Jesse Kruckeberg to Stacy Handley, Colorado Springs, 12/28/96

1993--Liza Reeder to Andrew Carey, Nantucket, Mass., 10/5/96

1993--Beth Shaffer and Chris Marks '91, Denver, 1/4/97

1993--Ashley Whittaker to Wilson Butz, Monument, Colo., 12/28/96

1995--Rhonda Belcher to Jonerik Kvamme, Colorado Springs, 6/15/96

1995--Jeb Binns and Vicki Southorn, Colorado Springs, 9/21/96

1995--Betsey Russell to Nigel Reed, Dallas, Texas , 11/9/96

1996--Kirsten Gabbert to Geoff Akens, Arlington Heights, Ill., 12/29/96

1996--Anna Graham and Adrian Montgomery, Denver, 5/21/96

 

 

Births/Adoptions

 

1976--Linda Ribnik and husband Dave DeMaine, adopted a daughter, Marina Grace, Vladimir, Russia, 1/23/96

1978--Thomas Lee and wife Robin, a son, Ryan, Hinsdale, Ill., 1/18/96

1979--Steven Cole and wife Stephanie, a daughter, Susannah Rose, Ashland, Ore., 1/96

1979--Peggy Terrell Morse and husband Jeff, a daughter, Hannah Alene, La Junta, Colo., 7/18/96

1979--Sarah Colmery Preston and husband Robert, a son, Robert Sheltey, Bedford Corners, N.Y., 6/7/96

1980-Helen Baldwin Schiller and husband Joel, a son, Harry Dennis, New York, 1/16/96

1981--Jane Dailey Duell and husband Paul, a daughter, Lillian Jane, Ballwin, Mo., 9/21/96

1982--Madlyn Lemonik Catlow and husband Tim, a son, Dylan, Eugene, Ore., 1/13/96

1982--Roger and Allison Crawford Fletcher adopted a daughter, Monique Keala, Baldwin, Md., 10/22/96

1982--Martha Diehl Mauser and husband Tim, a son, Angus Mack, Ipswich, Mass., 10/12/96

1982--Angela Leach Pizzichini and husband Anthony, a daughter, Gabriela Capri, Denver, 5/24/96

1983--Jennifer Lidke Barber and husband Keith, a daughter, Laurie Elizabeth, Naples, Fla., 5/24/96

1983--Christopher Higman and wife Holly, a son, Chase Christopher, Chicago, Ill., 8/23/96

1984--Jane McMinn Newberry and husband David, a daughter, Melissa Rose, Colorado Springs, 9/30/96

1985--Greg and Linnet McLellan '87 O'Hanlon, a daughter, Jordan Alexis, Denver, 10/2/96

1986--Greg and Terri Johnson Judge, a daughter, Kyra Frances, Boston, Mass., 10/27/96

1986--James Norby and wife Andrea, a son, Hayden Conner, Los Gatos, Calif., 12/10/96

1987--Kassandra Lawson Kohler and husband Joe, a daughter, Hannah Margaret, Fairfax, Va., 11/25/96

1987--Karen Cross Locke and husband Kelly, a son, Ethan Forbes, Spangdahlem AFB, Germany, 11/28/96

1988--Anne Petersen Mauk and husband Scott, a son, Sage Scrafford, Freeland, Wash., 5/28/96

1988--Robert Stephani and wife Susan, a daughter, Elizabeth, Englewood, Colo., 8/12/96

1989--Elizabeth Jones Clemmitt and husband Richard, a son, Ethan, Wilmette, Ill., 8/8/96

1989--Anne Bulger Kossler and husband Tim, a daughter, Katy, Plano, Texas, 5/9/96

1989--Amy Mullen Luster and husband Tom, a daughter, Sara Brooks, Boston, Mass., 3/14/97

1989--Jeff and Sally Bush '90 Moore, a daughter, Mikaela Marie, Monument, Colo., 6/8/96

1991--Jennifer Hare-Diggs and husband Brian, a son, Timothy Lawrence, Kents Store, Va., 7/16/96

1991--Jonathan Knight and wife Maura, a son, Benjamin, Los Angeles, 5/30/96

1991--Kurt and Kanae '93 Okazaki-Tsumura, a son, Bruce Tetsuya, Wheatridge, Colo., 9/30/96

1992--Grant and Ann Ellwein '93 Block, a son, Brendan Tyler, Louisville, Ky., 10/26/96

1993--Kylee Cook and husband Zachary Phillips, a daughter, Sophia Grace, Denver, 7/15/96

 

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