Dialing for dignitaries
Howard Higman
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of 鈥淗H鈥� [Howard Higman聽(Art鈥�31, MSoc鈥�42)] is there is hardly a day when I do not think about him 鈥� something he said or something he did. The reason he had such a profound effect on my young life is he put into words what I thought and lacked words to say.
Here I was, a young Jewish boy from Denver with a businessman father and a Southern Belle mother, suddenly exposed to a powerful, iconic radical who spoke fearlessly in golden tones and let the arrows fall where they may.
Maxwell D. Epstein听(厂辞肠鈥�54)
Santa Monica, Calif.
Your magazine is so beautiful, especially the centerfold photo of the Flatirons! It makes me homesick for Boulder. It was years ago when I took my savings and went to Boulder as a transfer student. I was self supporting for those last two years.聽Howard Higman聽(Art鈥�31, MSoc鈥�42) was one of my professors. I live in Los Angeles, but Boulder still seems to call me as if calling me home!
Rita T. McGreevy聽(A&S ex鈥�51)
Los Angeles
I want to congratulate you on a great publication. I love the new format. It鈥檚 so much more user-friendly and easy to read. You are doing a great job with new ideas and the way you are presenting them.
I went to school when the Conference on World Affairs was going on [鈥淒ialing for dignitaries,鈥� March 2010聽Coloradan], but I never went as a student. Now, as an alum, I would love to go, but I coach tennis in the spring, which makes it hard to get away.
Ralph Herbst聽(Bus, MechEngr鈥�61)
East Falmouth, Mass.
Big oil in
I read through the recent issue of the March聽Coloradan聽today and was disappointed to note an inaccuracy and omission of information in the article titled 鈥淏ig Oil In, Big Science Out,鈥� by聽Paul Danish听(贬颈蝉迟鈥�65).
Danish鈥檚 text states inaccurately that a $5 million dollar contract from ConocoPhillips is a research agreement among CU, CSU, Colorado School of Mines and NREL.
It would have been accurate for Danish to specify that this is a sponsored research agreement between ConocoPhillips and the聽聽(C2B2). C2B2 is a research and education center that enables collaboration among researchers at CU, CSU, CSM and NREL. The administrative headquarters of C2B2 is housed at CU-Boulder. 聽In particular, the ConocoPhillips-C2B2 agreement only pertains to researchers at CU, CSU and CSM. By not mentioning C2B2, this article inaccurately portrays this research agreement and moreover omits mention of ConocoPhillip鈥檚 relationship with C2B2 and the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory.
Frannie Ray-Earle,Colorado Center for Biorefining & Biofuels coordinator
Boulder
[Paul Danish聽(Hist鈥�65) responds:
My apologies for not accurately stating the relationship. I stand corrected.]
Remembering campus
Thank you for a fine publication bringing interesting news about CU. I am very proud to be an alumna of such a fine university. The [March 2010] issue brings back fond memories of Norlin Library, Old Main in the snow and聽Howard Higman聽(Art鈥�31, MSoc鈥�42), among others. In the winter leaving Sewall for 8 a.m. classes looked just like the photo of snow-covered trees on page 3, but there were far fewer students on the walk at that time. When we left Hellems at noon to return to the dorm for lunch, the sky was bright blue and the sun had melted much of the snow.
As a freshman in the l954-55 school year, I didn鈥檛 realize Norlin was only 14 years old [鈥淣orlin gets a face lift for 70th birthday,鈥� page 20]. It was so big and challenging that I felt like it had been there forever. It was an important place in our lives and people inside helped us a lot.
Thanks for the article on professor Higman and his conference 鈥� a highlight of my CU years [鈥淒ialing for dignitaries,鈥� pages 28-33]. And thanks also for聽the float picture marking CU Days聽in the spring [page 45]. I remember the chicken wire and crepe paper very well and the excitement and happiness of the occasion. Lastly, many thanks for the article about聽Laurie Mathews聽(EBio鈥�75) and her work in Nepal [鈥淏rushing with destiny鈥漖. She motivates me to visit.
Suzanne Root聽(Hist鈥�58, MEngl鈥�59)
Merion Station, Pa.
Al Bartlett鈥檚 legacy
Regarding the 鈥淥pen space鈥� article in the December 2009聽Coloradan, I was an undergraduate physics student of professor Al Bartlett in 1982-3. I see he still wears his trademark bolo tie. I don鈥檛 recall being aware of his involvement with open space, but on a related issue, exponential (population) growth, I carry his remarks on the topic to this day.
Read Chuck鈥檚 entire letter at CUAlum.org.
Michael Charles 鈥淐huck鈥� Hursch
(颁辞尘辫厂肠颈鈥�88)
Larkspur,Calif.
Breathtaking Old Main photo
Our daughter is a sophomore and we receive every聽Coloradan聽issue and really enjoy each one of them. In the March issue there was a photo of the CU campus that is truly fantastic [鈥淏reathtaking campus,鈥� page 34]. It really makes us realize how fortunate our daughter is to go to college in such a beautiful part of our country and we are so happy that she is embracing both the university and the region鈥檚 offerings 鈥� not to mention we truly love our visits.
John Huff
Ocean City, N.J.