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In 2015 Doug Pardue (IntlAf) was part of a four-member reporting team at the Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., that won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for an investigative series about why South Carolina is among the deadliest states for women. The series, 鈥淭ill Death Do Us Part,鈥� can be viewed at postandcourier.com/tilldeath. Doug writes that he is a proud SM调教所 alumnus.

Olympic silver听medalist 叠颈濒濒测听碍颈诲诲 (Econ) attended the听NCAA Ski Championships听in Steamboat Springs,听Colo., this March. The听championships were听hosted by SM调教所-Boulder.听Billy and the late 闯颈尘尘颈别听贬耻别驳补 (PolSci鈥�73) were听the first American men听to win Olympic medals in听alpine skiing.

While at SM调教所, Kurt Krueger (DistSt) set three school records and coached the water polo club, which went undefeated in 1968. He has also won 16 medals in four senior Olympic swim championships. In 1974, Kurt began teaching peak performance practices, which use holistic techniques to strengthen mind, body and spirit. He also founded Success Systems International, an online company. Kurt is an internationally published author, photographer, lecturer and corporate consultant, and plans to retire this June. His son, Keith, attends SM调教所 and is a member of the swim club.

John (Mus; MA鈥�72) and Lorna Mount (Mus) have found an unusual niche in Hawaii 鈥� performing traditional Japanese weddings. A professor of voice at the University of Hawaii, John officiates and Lorna sings. Their services are in demand throughout the year and they do as many as 10 weddings a day. Lorna has sung at more than 10,000 weddings over a 40-year period and John has officiated more than 4,000 weddings.

Former Aspen mayor (1973-79) Stacy Standley (Bus; MMktg鈥�71) and wife Chand export petrol chemicals to India, Sri Lanka and Nepal with their son Sanjay, who lives in New Delhi. After retiring from the World听Wildlife Fund, Stacy and his wife moved to Las Vegas, where he is a director of the World Affairs Council of Nevada and sits on UNLV鈥檚 International Business Executive Advisory Board. They split their time between Las Vegas and New Delhi.

Regis University physical therapy professor Marcia B. Smith (PhysTher; PhDEPOBio鈥�96) was awarded the American Physical Therapy Association鈥檚 Catherine Worthingham Fellow Award. She was honored for her contributions to the advancement of the physical therapy profession. As an educator, she has been a strong advocate for neurological content in entry-level education. She has also emphasized for a broad audience the acute and long-term effects of concussions and brain injuries, and the role physical therapists should play in intervention.

George Karvel (Fin; MAcct鈥�72; PhDBus鈥�79) last year was inducted into the Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame. He writes: 鈥淢uch of what I have achieved is the result of earning three degrees at the University of Colorado. My success is really the success of SM调教所.鈥� George lives in St. Cloud, Minn.

奥丑别苍听Kent Gunnufson听(Mgmt鈥�69) was a SM调教所 student, he was part of the golden age of ski bumming, even the streets on The Hill. More than 40 years later, Kent has gathered video material from four decades of skiing culture in Colorado and put it all into one feature documentary film.听Bumming Colorado Ski Country听won 鈥淏est Documentary鈥� at the 2013 Mountainfilm Awards in Telluride, Colo., and was shown at the 2013 Breckenridge Festival of Film. Kent lives in Colorado.

After 39 years,听Tom F. Armstrong* (Hist鈥�69, MA鈥�70), a history professor and college administrator, retired. He worked in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and overseas. His last position was as commissioner and associate director of the Commission for Academic Accreditation at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates. Tom and his wife divide their time between Davidson and Maggie Valley, N.C.

Gary E. Smith听(Edu鈥�69, MPubAd鈥�71) and听Diane Yokel Smith听(MEdu鈥�86) have entered second careers. Diane, after a career of teaching ESL at the university level, is a part-time administrative assistant at their church and a volunteer tutor in Littleton Public Schools. Gary has written a historical murder mystery,听Murder in the Rockies, under the pen name G. Eldon Smith. The novel is set in Denver of the 1890s and will be published in October 2013. The couple lives in Centennial, Colo.

While teaching SM调教所 medical students and working as a hospitalist at the Medical Center of Aurora, Colo.,听Gordon Herrald听(DistSt鈥�69) received the Professor of the Year Award in 2011. In October 2012 he joined the full-time faculty at SM调教所鈥檚 University Hospital as assistant professor and OBGYN hospitalist. Gordon and his wife听Anne Rutherford Herrald听(Psych鈥�69) have two children and welcomed their first grandchild.

Richardson, Texas, resident听John Mecom听(PhDZool鈥�69) published his second novel,听Luca鈥檚 Run.听Much of the story takes place in Boulder. The book is available at Amazon.

New York City artist听Cheryl Wright Green听(Art鈥�69) published a full-color cacti guidebook featuring the prickly pear species. She has been creating mural-sized field paintings featuring the prickly pears鈥� rose-like flowers, flat pads and dramatic spines since 2005. Cheryl鈥檚 book project involved six years of travel photography and research on prickly pears to untangle the names, data and photos of 93 variations. Her book can be found at .

Photographer and climber听Jay Mather听(Geog鈥�69) enjoyed the Everest story in the December 2011 issue of theColoradan听鈥淲hen Everest speaks.鈥� Jay has climbed the Tetons, Rockies, the Sierra and Yosemite. He guided for Outward Bound for a couple of summers in the 1970s and was recruited by Willi Unsoeld, one of the first Americans to climb Everest, in 1963 to help with an experiential education program for juvenile delinquents in the St. Louis, Mo., court system. He lives in Sisters, Ore., and continues to take photographs. His work was featured in the June 2010Coloradan.

Lawyer听Gregory Fletcher听(A&S鈥�69) was elected to the board of directors of the firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. He works in his litigation practice, focusing on civil trials and appeals. For seven years he has been recognized as a leading attorney by听The Best Lawyers in America听in the areas of tax litigation, commercial and construction litigation. Gregory lives in Memphis, Tenn.

Retired director of finance for Hillsborough County, Fla., Kristen Dick Landkammer听(Acct鈥�69) also is retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve. She writes she spends most of her time on the golf course, while waiting for her turn to be a grandmother. She lives in Lutz, Fla.

Based on peer recognition and professional achievement,听Bruce Robertson听(PolSci鈥�69), a securities and corporate finance attorney, was selected as one of 11 鈥淲ashington Super Lawyers.鈥� Only five percent of attorneys in Washington are selected for this honor. The 2011 Washington Super Lawyers appeared in a special section of the summer issue of听Super Lawyers听and the July issue of听Seattle Met听magazine.

Harry Grass (Mktg鈥�70) wrote that he enjoyed many good times at The Sink personally and with his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, during his time at SM调教所. After graduating, Harry earned an MBA from the University of Washington and went on to work for various companies, including as a partner in a small business in Denver and as vice president for Sullivan Hayes Real Estate and for Gordon Sign. He also invested in residential properties and built a successful real estate portfolio. Harry eventually started his own property management company, River & Sea Property Management, in Astoria, Oregon, where he resides.

Judy Hickey听Fahrenkrog听(Edu鈥�70) of Denver and听a group of her Kappa听Kappa Gamma sorority听sisters from all across听the U.S. and abroad have听been staying in touch听over the years. During听the pandemic, Judy and听her KKG sisters started听hosting a regular Zoom听happy hour. They had听an in-person reunion in听October 2021 in Boulder听and plan to meet up again听this year.

Kerry Feldman (MAnth鈥�70; PhD鈥�73) of Anchorage, Alaska, has been a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage since 2010. His book Alice鈥檚 Trading Post: A Novel of the West was published in January 2022. The novel took him 30 years to research and write. His Buff daughter, Brie Anderson-Feldman (Anth鈥�01), is a successful therapist, mother and wife.