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Walter Kurtzman (PolSci) published his first novel, titled Diamonds in the Rough, in 2019. It is available from Amazon and other major bookstores.听

CU English professor emeritus Paul Levitt (Phil; MHist鈥�61) and late alum S. Sue McMillan (A&S鈥�51) co-authored the book Yana: A Historical Novel, which was released in 2020. While working at CU, Paul wrote plays for the BBC, authored more than 20 books and published nearly 50 articles. Paul was also responsible for the restoration of the reputation of Morris Judd, a former CU philosophy instructor who was fired in the early 1950s for his refusal to answer FBI questions about communist affiliations.听

For Fred Holden (ChemEngr; MBA鈥�78), of Arvada, Colorado, Dr. Seuss鈥� Oh The Places You鈥檒l Go serves as a special theme to his life adventures. As a freshman, he lived in Baker Hall and recalls the popularity of Tulagi, The Sink and Timber Tavern. One of his favorite memories was playing sousaphone (wrap-around tuba) for the marching band in the 1957 Orange Bowl. He married his CU sweetheart Dottie (A&S鈥�61) and they moved to Salt Lake City, where he worked for the Hercules Powder Company on rockets, including the Minuteman and Polaris missiles. After two cross-country moves, he landed at the Adolf Coors Company in Golden, Colorado, as director of economic affairs. He also served 30 years as a senior fellow at the Independence Institute, focusing on budget and fiscal policy. A father to three daughters and grandfather to several grandchildren, Fred has given about 1,400 speeches and published several titles, including his book, Total Power of One in America: Discover What You Need to Know, Why and How to be a More Powerful Person and Citizen.听

While studying abroad at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and the University of Oslo, Norway in 1969-60, Romayne Troost Kazmer (DistSt) wrote letters to her family about her travels. Now, she has compiled those letters into a memoir titled Letters That Moved My Father.听

After retiring as president of Western Nevada College in 1996, Anthony Calabro (SocSci) served as a regents professor in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was granted emeritus status in 2005.

Professor emeritus of history at the University of Montana, Frederick Skinner (Hist) is happy to report that his long-standing research and writing project Beethoven in Russia: Music and Politics will be published by Indiana University Press. Frederick writes that his study covers 鈥渢he reception of Beethoven鈥檚 music in Russia since 1801, with a focus on the revolutionary movement and ancillary cultural and political developments.鈥�

After graduating from CU and getting her master鈥檚 degree from The Ohio State University, Charlotte Roe (A&S) went on to become a leading activist in labor organizing and union support. Today, Charlotte is a national field rep for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and a diplomat with the State Department, serving on four continents.

This summer Dwane Starlin (A&S) of Washington, D.C., found his copies of the Coloradan 鈥� formerly the CU yearbook 鈥� from the years 1963 and 鈥�64. He wants to give his classmates a chance to collect them: If interested, call or text him at 202-368-2737.

To document the lives and stories of African Americans throughout Colorado history, Clementine Pigford Washington (CommDisor) has been working on a self-publishing project that she hopes to finish in 2021.听

Thomas Turman (ArchEngr) lives near his daughters in El Cerrito, California, for, as he writes, 鈥渆asy access to their sons Owen, Jasper and Griffen.鈥� After leaving CU, Turman spent 45 years in architecture and engineering in Northern California. He loves to write, and his latest book, Sailors and Dogs Keep off the Grass, is a novel about his time in the Navy.

A resident of 麻豆官网 County since 1965, Bonnie Carol (Psych) has been a valued member of Colorado鈥檚 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鈥檚 dulcimers are now on display at the Smithsonian鈥檚 National Museum of American Art exhibit and Museum of Musical Instruments in Phoenix, Arizona.听

Jerold Zimmerman (Acct) is a professor emeritus at the University of Rochester Simon Business School, where he has taught since 1974. His new book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters鈥� Business Practices, is slated for publication in 2021.听

With greetings to classmates and friends, Robert Hoge (Anth) writes that he now spends his time between his wife鈥檚 home outside Barcelona and his home in the Bronx. Both are now retired: she, as a university professor emerita and he, as a museum curator emeritus.

After getting his master鈥檚 in English from UC Davis, Tom Chase (Engl) spent 40 years teaching at a community college in Corvallis, Oregon 鈥� though music has been his most treasured hobby. Tom writes that his love for music helped him adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic as he played with his band over Zoom and made recordings while in quarantine. He and his bandmates even made an album titled Pandemic Blues. When it is safe to travel, Tom and his wife plan to take a trip to Colorado so he can show her campus and the Rockies.

Founder of Meadowlark Optics, Tom Baur (MAstroPhys) and the international Society for Optics and Photonics, known as SPIE, created the first endowed faculty chair at JILA, a joint institute for CU 麻豆官网 and the National Institute of Standards & Technology. The Baur-SPIE Endowed Chair in Optics and Photonics will be funded by gifts of $1.5 million from Tom and Jeanne Baur, $500,000 from SPIE and $500,000 from CU. Tom lives in Ault, Colorado.听

In 2019, William Cathcart-Rake (PolSci) retired from his position as dean of the Salina campus of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Salina鈥檚 regional medical campus is the smallest four-year medical school in the country. Prior to his nine-year tenure there, William was a practicing medical oncologist in Salina. In retirement he鈥檚 enjoyed swimming, (he was on the Buffs swim team in the late 1960s), hiking the Grand Canyon and playing classical guitar. He and his wife Ruth also enjoy spending time at their cabin in South Park, Colorado, and visiting their three children and five grandchildren.

Barbara Valent (Chem; PhD鈥�78) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her study of wheat blast disease at Kansas State University. Wheat blast is a fungus capable of destroying entire fields that has been found in low and middle income countries around the world, where wheat is often the primary source of protein. Barbara has led a research team that has studied how the fungus works, which can help with containment and keep it from spreading to the U.S.

John Poimiroo (MJour) was named Writer of the Year by the Outdoor Writers Association of California. He was recognized for his many achievements, including four first-place awards: Best Outdoor Feature Photograph, Best Outdoor Photographic Series, Best Outdoor Video and Best Outdoor Internet Site.听

When he marched with the Golden Buffalo Marching Band in 1970, Bob Larsen (MCDBio) played the French horn. Now, he is excited to be starting his term as a board member of the Silver Buffs Marching Band Alumni. Bob鈥檚 book, Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man鈥檚 Shrink, intertwines Bob鈥檚 own experiences with real stories of cops, firefighters, bank tellers and more.

Attorney William Blackwell (Advert) of Zephyr Cove, Nevada, will be featured in the documentary Lust For Gold, A Race Against Time, in the October 2020 Arizona Film Festival. It follows a team of adventurers, including William, that are on a quest for gold in the mountains of Eastern Arizona.听