Colorado Super Lawyer listedJames R. Christoph(Law’82) as a 2012 Super Lawyer in the field of personal injury law. This is the sixth consecutive year that James has received this recognition as one of the top personal injury lawyers in Colorado. He lives in Boulder.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
For the fifth time since 2006,Ruth Kahn(Mktg’82), a partner in Steptoe & Johnson’s Los Angeles office, was named last year to theDaily Journal’slist of the Top 75 Women Litigators in California. Ruth was recognized for her toxic tort victories for Exxon Mobil and Texaco Downstream Properties, Union Oil Co. of California, Chevron Corp. and Shell Oil.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
A Hutchinson Black and Cook lawyer,Brad Peterson(Law’82) was named a Colorado Super Lawyer for 2012. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. Brad lives in Boulder.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced thatAlan F. Willenbrock(ChemEngr, Mktg’83), a portfolio manager, vice president and financial adviser in its wealth management office in Tucson, was named to the Firm’s Pacesetter’s Club. The club is a global recognition program for financial advisors who, within their first five years, demonstrate the highest professional standards and first-class client service. He lives in Tucson.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Priorities in PercussionbyGeary Larrick(PhDMus’84) was published in the winter 2011-12National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal. Geary is a retired music professor from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point and performed for 30 years in the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. He resides in Stevens Point and performs the snare drum in the Grenadiers Band.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Award-winning producer and talent managerDaniel Sladek(A&S ex’85) received an Emmy nomination in 2009 and a Producers Guild of America nomination as executive producer of the critically acclaimed filmPrayers for Bobby. Daniel participated in this year’s Conference on World Affairs. He lives in Los Angeles.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Longmont, Colo., residentThomas Stover(Law’85) was named to the Colorado Super Lawyers list of top attorneys in Colorado for 2012. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas. He practices in areas of trust and estate planning, taxation, probate, charitable planning, real estate and business law.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Hitting the Innovation Jackpot(iUniverse) isDarren McKnight’s (PhDAero’86) fourth book. It emphasizes the notion that the true value of innovation is when individuals, teams and the organization are involved together. “Many of the lessons that I discuss in this book I learned while working on my doctorate at CU,” he writes.Darren lives in Centreville, Va.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Fort Collins residentJeanette Meyer(MBA’87) of RE/MAX Alliance was granted the highest level of service achievement in the real estate industry, Quality Service Certified Platinum. The award is in recognition of earning 100 percent client service satisfaction in 2011 as measured by Leading Research Corporation. She also contributed $750 to local and national charities in 2011 through her client-directed donations program, “Make a Difference.”
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
No stranger to literary success,Bruce Rogers(MEngl’87) won for the second time the Micro Award, a literary prize for fiction not exceeding 1,000 words. His entryDivestiturefinished first out of 421 eligible stories. Bruce also has won Nebula, Bram Stoker, Pushcart and World Fantasy awards. He lives in Eugene, Ore. Read his award-winning entry at shortshortshort.com.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
CU environmental studies professorRoger Pielke Jr.(Math’90, MPolSci’92, PhD’94) received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Linköping University, one of Sweden’s top universities. Linköping officials wrote that Roger’s “outstanding achievement in interdisciplinary climate research is a bold and refreshing voice in the climate debate.” He lives in Boulder and is a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Director of institutional research for Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash.,Dorothy Aguilera-Black Bear(Comm’92, MEdu’95, EdD’03) has more than 20 years of research and evaluation experience with communities and schools, both domestic and international, and has explored the field of native wellness and leadership.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
CU-Boulder Alumni Association board memberKaty Burley(Psych’92) won the prestigious Colorado Tourism Office Governor’s Award for Best Tourism Marketing Campaign for her work with the City of Golden’s “2HourVacation.” She moved from Denver to Washington, D.C., last spring to expand her career horizons.
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The Bella Frida store, founded byLaura Lambrecht(Mus’92), opened its doors on Main Street in Louisville, Colo., in March. Bella Frida strictly features Mexican clothing and folk art. Her inventory comes from a few regions in the country, including Oaxaca and Chiapas. She lives in Louisville with her family.
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EngineerRobert Perry(MElEngr’93) has worked for Quantum, Maxtor and Seagate in the disk drive industry doing static discharge control, statistical process control and accelerated reliability testing. He also worked for Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions as a quality engineer. Robert writes he is enjoying life with his wife and six children in Waseca, Minn.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
Fast Company’s 2012 list of 100 Most Creative People in Business namedLaura Mather(ApMath’94, MCompSci’96, PhD’98) as No. 16. Laura has worked with many businesses in web security and is founder and chief strategy officer of Silver Tail Systems, which uniquely maps all users’ behavior at a site such as StubHub to spot crooks. She has a son, Alex, and lives in Palo Alto, Calif.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
On Feb. 1Joe Beauprez(Mktg’94) and his wifeErin MacGregor Beauprez(Soc’98, MPubAf’11) welcomed their daughter Claire Caperton. Claire joins a family of three generations of CU alumni including her great-grandmotherAudrey Thomas Paul(Art’73), grandfatherBob Beauprez(PE’70), grandmotherClaudia Beauprez(Edu’71) and auntMelanie Beauprez Fuller(Hist, PolSci’02). Joe and his family live in Denver.
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Former Washington, D.C., chapter leaderGeoff Davis*(Econ’94) moved with his family to Costa Rica. Geoff and his wife Susan, daughter Lyla and twins Alex and Macey took a trip up to La Paz Waterfall Park near the Poas Volcano National Park. They live in Santa Ana, Costa Rica.
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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians electedJulie Anderson(EPOBio’95) as president, representing more than 3,000 family physicians in the state. She attended the University of Minnesota Medical School and serves as vice president of her clinic, St. Cloud Medial Group. She lives in St. Cloud, Minn.
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Cantor Colburn elevatedMatthew “Brad” Lawrence(ElEngr’95) to counsel in its Hartford, Conn., office. Matthew concentrates his practice on patent preparation and prosecution, patent landscaping and risk analysis and opinions. Some of the technology areas in which he works include electrical engineering, computer science, communications and automotive technology.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
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