For Richard 鈥淒ick鈥 Knowlton听(Econ, Geog)听and听Nancy Knowlton听(A&S鈥57), Alzheimer鈥檚 hits close to home. Dick is in the late stage听of the disease, writes Nancy. To help bolster the search for a cure, the couple donated $500,000 to the Colorado Chapter of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association. Before retiring, Dick听was the CEO of Hormel Foods Corporation, where he had worked for nearly 40 years.

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Graydon "Dee" Hubbard's (Acct) novel At the Altars of Money听was the No. 1 best seller on Amazon related to wealth management.听The book captures the American ethos about money, and scripts the financial meltdown of 2008. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 gotta听be a first for an expat 30-year Colorado CPA gone rogue and turned novelist,鈥 he writes. Dee and wife Bonnie live in St. George, Utah.

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Thomas Richard听(Econ) and听Ann O鈥橫alley Spoor听(CommDisor) celebrated听their 60th anniversary on July 5. The couple writes that they still attend many CU football and basketball games, and look forward to returning to Boulder every few years to revel in the maj- esty of the Flatirons. 鈥淕o Buffs! Thank you forever for our cherished time there,鈥 they write.

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After 40听years of research,听Jean-Paul听Valette听(PhDEcon)听and听Rebecca Loose Valette听(PhDFren鈥63) published the book Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes:听A Historical Overview听of a Secular Art Form. Rebecca鈥檚 parents were introduced to Navajo rugs by their neighbor, famed archeologist听Earl Morris听(Psych1914; MA1916). 鈥淭heir love of these beautiful weavings was passed on to me, and then also to my hus- band,鈥 writes Rebecca. In the 1970s, the couple acquired a Navajo blanket and began investigating its history and origin. Over the next four decades, they assembled a collection of more than 100 ceremonial-themed textiles, published several articles in听American Indian Art Magazine听and curated two museum exhibits of Yeibichai weavings.听

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On June 16,听Herb Davis听(PhDPhys) and wife Donne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in a not-so-ideal place: The emergency room. 鈥淓R or no ER, it鈥檚 still a joy to be together and in love after all these听years,鈥 writes Herb, who was admitted for a flare up of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.听

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For more than听45 years, Douglas Kimmel听(Psych)听has been a champion for the LGBTQ community. He received a lifetime achievement award from political advocacy non-profit EqualityMaine for his distinguished service as a psychologist working with the LGBTQ community. Doug lives with his husband in Hancock, Maine, where they were legally married in 2013, on their 44th anniversary. In 1969, the couple had听a wedding ceremony in Boulder at the United Protestant Center.听

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Fran Yardley (Thtr)听published听the听book, Finding True North: A History听of One Small Corner听of the Adirondacks. It outlines Fran鈥檚 journey with her late husband, Jay Yardley, as they revived the historic听and long-abandoned Bartlett Carry Club in the Adirondacks. In 1999, Fran co-founded Creative Healing Connections, a nonprofit organization offering听retreats for women veterans and women with cancer and chronic illness. Originally from Buffalo, she now lives听in upstate New York
on Middle Saranac听Lake with her husband, Burdette Parks, and their dog, Merlin.听

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Some might say that听Steve Frenzl听(Mktg) worked听an 鈥渙dd鈥 job while attending CU. In the late 1960s, he worked as an apprentice at Boulder鈥檚 Howe Mortuary. A retired marketing manager, Steve recently published a two-volume fictionalized memoir of his days (and nights) working at the mortuary,听Coffee & Donuts with the Dearly Departed. In addition to his book, he published the听Life-Alone Planner,听a free, digital workbook to help survivors prepare for life without their loved ones. Visit his blog at .

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N. Stephen Kane听(PhDHist) published听his new book,听Selling Reagan鈥檚 Foreign Policy: Going Public vs. Executive Bargaining听in May 2018. Stephen is a former U.S. State Department officer and American University professor. He holds a B.A.听and a M.A. from Temple University in Philadelphia and currently lives in Silver Spring, Md.

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Since leaving Boulder,听Cathy Crosby听(MPhil)听writes that her professional career has included working at the Los Angeles Crime Lab as a senior criminalist and as a chemistry teacher at Santa Monica College. In 2015, she published the book听A Good Catholic Girl: Pro-choice IS Pro-life. She teaches science to her granddaughters and other little ones at Hidden Gems, her daughter鈥檚 pre-K school in L.A.

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When eight CU alums met up in Siena, Italy, this听summer, they had a lot听of catching up to do. It had been 45 years since they'd studied abroad together in 1973.听Frank Cefali听(Ger'75) described the trip as 鈥渁 rejuvenation of mind and soul.鈥 The group revisited the Villa diGeggiano, a small estate outside of Siena where their Italian professor, Bianchi Bandinelli, had hosted a farewell听pranzo (lunch) in 1973. 鈥淲e were grateful and awed that we could repeat that experience in his honor 45 years later,鈥 said听Mary Bellotti听(Jour鈥74). 鈥淭his reunion was a gift of a lifetime. My only regret听is that we did not do听it sooner,鈥 said听Susan Levitt Given听(Bio鈥75). Other attendees included Elaine Catalano听(Ital鈥74), Jim Hagerty听(Geol鈥75), Joanne Hindlemann Berger听(Ital鈥74; MDes鈥82), Elise Magistro (Ital ex'75), Teri Walker Lebow (Ital ex'75)听and听Annette Bowman Amendola听(PE鈥73) in memory of husband听Gary Amendola听(Hist鈥73), who died Dec. 11, 2017.

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Susan Cooke听Barfield听(MEdu), professor emerita at Montana State University Billings, has dedicated her life to advocating for and educating the public about international minorities. A previous Fulbright听Scholar in Chile and Slovakia, Susan is working with three Mapuche elders in rural Patagonia, Chile, to create a trilingual (English, Spanish, Mapundungun) book based on a Mapuche folktale. The book, which will be illustrated by Mapuche students, is supported by a National Geographic Society Explorer Grant. In fall 2018, Susan will travel to the University of Vilnius in Lithuania to work as a Fulbright Specialist.

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Carolyn Stefanco (Hist), president of the College of Saint Rose听in New York, won a Helen Gurley Brown Genius Grant, and Saint Rose was invited to join the BOLD Women鈥檚 Leadership Network by the Pussycat Foundation. The foundation provides a $100,000 grant to Saint Rose鈥檚 President鈥檚 Fund and $1 million to fund a program to benefit women student leaders at听the college.

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Boulder-based author Phyllis J. Perry (PhDEdu) has听written more than 90 books and she鈥檚 still听going strong. In 2017,听she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Authors鈥 League. She has four books that she plans to publish this year:听Missing Bones听in June;听Buddies, Bullies and Baseball听and All About Julia Morgan听in August; and听It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park听in November.听

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鈥淚鈥檝e traded the Rockies for the Cascades, of which I have a beautiful view during the few weeks per year when the weather clears!鈥 writes听Noel Ludwig听(Geol), forest watershed program manager for the Mount Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington.

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Chett Rubenstein听(Acct) left Hewlett Packard Enterprise to join Cisco as director of Cloud Services Incubation. In this role, Chett is utilizing his decades of experience in web-based software and enterprise听cloud services to help Cisco expand its enterprise. 鈥淚鈥檝e come a long way since I wrote software on punch cards at CU in the early 鈥80s!鈥 said Chet, who wrote the first portfolio management system ever used to manage the CU Endowment Fund back in 1983.

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For 50 years, Geary Larrick听(DMus) has been writing citations in听The Music Index. He wrote a听book review of James Strain鈥檚 new听Percussion Dictionary听in the Spring 2018 issue of the听National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI) Journal. Geary, who is听a retired music professor, has written for the NACWPI Journal听since 1984. He currently resides in Stevens Point, Wis.

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Tracy Lehr听(Jour) received the California State Capitol 鈥淲oman of the Year鈥 award for her coverage of California鈥檚 devastating Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslides on Santa Barbara鈥檚 ABC-affiliated TV station KEYT and social media.听Tracy, who started her journalism career in Vail, has won two Murrow Awards and received three regional Emmy nominations.

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Cyndi Boman Thompson听(Mktg) writes that she听is now vice president at Cinder, a business journal in Portland, Ore. Cyndi, who is a licensed financial planner, joined听Cinder听in 2015. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Financial Planning Association of Oregon and Washington.

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Rob Stites (MBaSci) presented a workshop titled 鈥淭he Power of Peer Review鈥 at the Capability Counts 2018 International Conference in Reston, Va., May 1. He published a book, which he started as a CU graduate student, titled听Organized Proverbs: Contrasts in Wisdom from the Holy Bible. Rob works for CACI, a multinational professional services and information technology company, where he is a project manager for quality assurance.

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