Class of ’74 classmates Frances Reynolds, Marcia Brenner Winter, and Prudy Hawthorne Abeln gathered for coffee at the Dreamcatcher B&B in Taos, N.M., where they all live. Marcia recently retired from running her travel business. Frances recently retired from the U.S. Forest Service. And Prudy and her husband escaped corporate life to run a bed & breakfast. They found out there are more than 80 CC alumni living in Northern New Mexico!

Class of ’74 classmates Frances Reynolds, Marcia Brenner Winter, and Prudy Hawthorne Abeln gathered for coffee at the Dreamcatcher B&B in Taos, N.M., where they all live. Marcia recently retired from running her travel business. Frances recently retired from the U.S. Forest Service. And Prudy and her husband escaped corporate life to run a bed & breakfast. They found out there are more than 80 CC alumni living in Northern New Mexico!

1971

Former Indianapolis mayor William Hudnut co-officiated at the wedding of John Krauss and Marnie Maxwell on Jan. 26. John is a professor and director at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. He previously worked in Hudnut’s office, and has worked on hundreds of projects with him.

1973

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Sam Taylor, former director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, will remain in Pittsburgh as director of the National Academy of Sciences’ and the National Academy of Engineering’s Science & Engineering Ambassadors Program. Sam is director of the pilot program and already is busy establishing a network of ambassadors in Pittsburgh to help educate and interact with the public about science issues, with the initial focus on energy.

Taylor received an honorary Ph.D. from CC in 2012.

1975

Andrew Loewinger ’75

Andrew Loewinger ’75

Jeffrey Rose, M.D., has been hired as chief medical information officer of the physician markets business unit of TriZetto Group. In his new role, Jeffrey will help TriZetto better serve its growing provider client base and support the company’s innovative payer-provider connectivity solutions. For the past two years, Modern Healthcare magazine has named Jeffrey one of the top 25 clinical informaticists in the U.S. for his excellence in using patient care date to improve the clinical and financial performance of healthcare organizations. • Andrew P. Loewinger ’75 has been elected incoming chair of the International Bar Association’s International Franchising Committee. He was previously vice chair of the International Franchising Committee of the group. As part of his current role, he will chair two programs on international franchising, including one at the IBA’s annual meeting in October.

1979

Deborah Talbot Frandsen is a new regional director for U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana). She lives and works in Missoula, Mont. • Robert Kline is the president and CEO of ViroCyt LLC, a privately held life science company. ViroCyt spun off from InDevR, a Boulder-based company focused on developing innovative analytical instrumentation for the life science industry. ViroCyt will be responsible for expanding the commercial market for the Virus Counter 2100, a technology originally developed by InDevR, which provides rapid quantification of viruses. Robert previously founded and led Medivance, Inc., which became the worldwide leader in temperature management therapy for critically ill patients.

Four CC alumni from Columbia, Mo., got together to share CC stories; from left, Frank Bowman ’76, John Howe ’76, Alex Sable-Smith ’08, and Kate Anderson ’92. Joining them were parents and a prospective parent, Frank and Robin Bowman, Robb and Anne Jacobson, and Marcella Chavez.

Four CC alumni from Columbia, Mo., got together to share CC stories; from left, Frank Bowman ’76, John Howe ’76, Alex Sable-Smith ’08, and Kate Anderson ’92. Joining them were parents and a prospective parent, Frank and Robin Bowman, Robb and Anne Jacobson, and Marcella Chavez.

• Loren Thompson works as an attorney with the Bureau of Ocean Energy at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. His wife works as a public health nurse for World Vision. They live in Annandale, Va., and have had a total of 27 foster children in their home. Loren hasn’t been able to persuade any of their children to attend CC, but he did successfully recruit Charis Whitnah ’13, a resident of Washington, D.C. Loren met up with Tom Minahan ’80 and families during a vacation in Albuquerque, N.M., last summer.

1981

Friends from the Class of ’81 are cheering for the CC Hockey Tigers through iTunes and Facebook. Every game night, friends listen through iTunes and post their reactions and cheers on a Facebook thread. Participants this year include Beth Arrowsmith, Kari Gerlach Collins, Jody Haas, Heather Palmer, Debbie Patton Swanson, Carolyn Turner, Jolina Ward Borah, the daughter of Mary Stephens Naphtal, and Ann Burnett ’80. To thank Heather (on the East Coast) for hosting the Facebook thread, Debbie overnighted her a panino packed in ice.

1984

Chris Detmer has been named to the Premier Advisors list of the National Association of Board Certified Advisory Practices. Chris is a member of the Washington Wealth Group, a “client-centric” wealth management team that works with individuals, multi-generational families, and institutions.

Celebrating the new purchase of Club Neptune in Encinitas, Calif., in April 2012, were, from left, Monroe Hemerdinger (close friend), Vic Koby ’82, and Mark Reedy ’82.

Celebrating the new purchase of Club Neptune in Encinitas, Calif., in April 2012, were, from left, Monroe Hemerdinger (close friend), Vic Koby ’82, and Mark Reedy ’82.

 

CC neighbors and friends gathered for a progressive dinner party in Boulder, Colo. From left, John Carron ’89, Traci Telander ’87, Bob Herz ’86, Karen Herz, Lennard Zinn ’80, Sonny West Zinn ’80, Jeff Faunce ’85, Steve Sundstrom ’87, Amy McClellan ’86, and Lauren Brown Sundstrom ’86.

CC neighbors and friends gathered for a progressive dinner party in Boulder, Colo. From left, John Carron ’89, Traci Telander ’87, Bob Herz ’86, Karen Herz, Lennard Zinn ’80, Sonny West Zinn ’80, Jeff Faunce ’85, Steve Sundstrom ’87, Amy McClellan ’86, and Lauren Brown Sundstrom ’86.