Matt Claman ’81 has boated most of the road-accessible rivers in Alaska, completed ski marathons, and competed in bike and cross-country ski wilderness races. He was a rafting guide in the Grand Canyon. He worked in a gold mine in Alaska. But ask this adventurer, attorney, and long-time resident of Alaska to name the most [...]
November 2010 Issue
Peak Profile: Matt Claman ’81
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Peak Profile: Jo Garner Boatright ’57
Jo Garner Boatright ’57 is a petite woman who has been called a “lioness of the keyboard.” When she sits down at one of the three grand pianos in her Buena Vista, Colo., home, it’s easy to see why. Her hands are blurs as she unleashes her power and sends sound soaring. It all started [...]
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Obituaries
1935 Henry Christian Willumsen, Dec. 12, 2009, in St. Joseph, Iowa. Henry received a degree in chemistry from CC and graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School. During his career in obstetrics and gynecology, Henry delivered 4,800 babies. He served during World War II as an Air Force flight surgeon. Survivors include daughter Ann Willumsen [...]
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Births/Adoptions
1979 Edward Goldstein and Melanie Flamenbaum, a boy, Brooks Samuel, June 24, 2010, in Rockville, Md. 1983 Laura Hershey and her partner, Robin Stephens, an adopted daughter, Shannon Casey Hershey-Stephens, June 21, 2010, in Colorado. 1992 Andrew Wilkey and his wife, Jennifer, a girl, Claire Marcella Jane, Oct. 31, 2009, in Minnetonka, Minn. 1993 Sandy [...]
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Weddings and Celebrations
1986 Ginger Morgan and Chris Frakes renewed their covenant and were married at Lake Darling State Park in Brighton, Iowa. Julie Potocnik and Tom James, May 25, 2010, in Maui, Hawaii. 1992 Chris Pace and Rita Ballesteros, Aug. 20, 2010, in San Francisco. 1997 Rob Woolsey and Kathleen Racelis, July 3, 2010, in New York [...]
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Magical Places at Colorado College
The genius of an excellent liberal arts college lies in a faculty committed equally to scholarship and inspired teaching. Such a faculty and its students need attractive smart classrooms, libraries, labs, learning commons, performance and athletic areas and funds and equipment for field trips. Colorado College has the best facilities it has ever had. And [...]

