Ned Suesse ’99 cannot point to any specific class at Colorado College that led to becoming a specialty motorcycle parts developer, Dakar Rally competitor, and business owner, but he knows the most important skill he developed on his way to an economics degree. “I learned how to learn,” Suesse said. “What CC taught me was [...]
December 2012 Issue
Bill Beaver ’67
Bill Beaver ’67 is an ordained Anglican priest on the staff of one of the oldest and loveliest churches in England — the early Norman church of St. Mary the Virgin, Iffley, Oxford. Previously, Bill served in deprived areas, as well as the Church of England’s governing Archbishops’ Council as its first director of communications. [...]
Issue: December 2012 (story list)
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Section: Alumni Profiles
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Milestones
Weddings and Celebrations 1989 – Fred Abell and Tracey Lynn Miller, Nov. 5, 2011. 1993 – Jeff “Monster” Lovelace and Marisol Miranda, Feb. 4, 2012. 1998 – Jill Kitchen and Michael Hanna, Oct. 9, 2011, in an outdoor ceremony at Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colo. 2001 – Quinn Sawyer and Vanessa Braunstein, June 3, 2012, [...]
Issue: December 2012 (story list)
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Section: Milestones
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Gail Ireland: Colorado Citizen Lawyer
by Terri Bradt ’75 Bradt is the granddaughter of Gail L. Ireland, who served as attorney general of Colorado from 1941-45. Bradt wrote this book in conjunction with her successful effort to carry on the work of her grandfather, who was convinced of the innocence of Joe Arridy, a mentally disabled young man who was [...]
Issue: December 2012 (story list)
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Rescue in Poverty Gulch
by Nancy Oswald ’72 Ruby Mae Oliver and her donkey, Maude, are best friends. When Ruby and her Pa are stranded in Cripple Creek, Maude and Ruby’s carefree life changes. Pa has decided Ruby must go to school and, worse yet, she needs a “proper upbringing.” The book, set against the historic backdrop of the [...]
Issue: December 2012 (story list)
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Rattlesnake Dreams
by Dean Metcalf ’69 Metcalf, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, grappled with the demons he encountered in Vietnam and in his post-combat nightmares. The book is a memoir of war, journalism, and growing up in the Pacific Northwest. Stories of his four years in the U.S. Marine Corps — in Vietnam; Okinawa, Japan; the Philippines; [...]
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Always Plenty to Do: Growing Up on a Farm in the Long Ago
by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg ’85 This story of childhood on America’s farms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is a journey back to America’s breadbasket. Fleshing out the contours of everyday life, the book focuses on what farm children saw, heard, smelled, tasted, and felt — and how they worked, played, and learned. Drawing [...]
Issue: December 2012 (story list)
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Class Notes: 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s
1944 Carl Christ was presented the Heritage Award by the Alumni Association of Johns Hopkins University, where he taught economics from 1950 to 2005. 1948 The Owls’ Nest, the Estes Park home of Dorothy Scott Gibbs, was featured on the Estes Park Museum’s Ninth Annual Historic Homes tour in June. It had been the home [...]
Issue: December 2012 (story list)
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Section: TigerWire
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Class Notes: 70s, 80s
1974 Tony Barnosky returned to CC in October to present a lecture, “Approaching a Tipping Point for Planet Earth.” Tony is the author of “Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming.” He is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California-Berkeley, and curator at the Museum of Paleontology and Research Paleontologist [...]
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Class Notes: 90s
1991 Caroline Hannah was interviewed by Clare Bowes Sheridan ’87 about the life and work of Henry Varnum Poor, an American painter, sculptor, potter, and architect. The interview aired on “Crossroads of Rockland History,” a program sponsored by the Historical Society of Rockland County, N.Y. 1993 Jeff “Monster” Lovelace is wrapping up 15 years of [...]
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