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Photos by Bryan Oller

Feb. 3-12 Cuba with Professor Juan Lindau Mar. 6-12 Hiking Death Valley National Park with Peter McCarville ’84 May 5-7 Young Alumni Block Break Away: Southeast Utah with David Taft ’08 May 7-13 Hiking Bryce and Zion National Parks with Peter McCarville ’84 May 26-June 3 Discovery and Adventure in the Andes of Peru with…

Colorado College’s Balinese Gamelan ensemble made its debut more than 20 years ago, in the spring of 1993, after Professor of Ethnomusicology Victoria Levine imported instruments from Bali and recruited Balinese master drummer I Made Lasmawan to direct the group. Today Gamelan performs twice a year on campus, alongside the CC Balinese dancers (and sometimes…

William “Bro” Adams ’72, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, took the leadership position there two years ago, on the eve of the NEH’s 50th anniversary. One of his goals is to promote the humanities as resources for daily life, and he has taken a two-pronged approach to the task. First, he has…

In an effort to keep parents and alumni connected to the CC experience, the Advancement Division has reorganized several positions. As of October, the Office of Alumni Relations became the Office of Alumni and Family Relations. This transition integrates parent programs into the broad spectrum of work conducted by the Advancement Division, where the strategic…

1942 Bettijo Evans Bucklin, June 10, in Salem, Oregon. She was 95. A native Coloradan, Bettijo met and married Floyd “Buck” Bucklin ’39 M.A.T. ’40 while attending CC. She was active in many organizations throughout her life. Buck predeceased her. Bettijo is survived by children Floyd Bucklin Jr., Molly Fitzsimmons, and John Bucklin, as well…

Dirk Baay, Aug. 12, at age 92. Dirk was professor emeritus of German at CC, where he taught for nearly a quarter-century. Growing up in the Netherlands, Dirk learned to speak several languages. Soon after high school, he was sent by Nazi occupiers to work in Germany, where his fluency made him suited for an…

In the early 1950s, national championships and national renown drew famous faces to CC Tiger hockey. Here entertainment superstars Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell share a joke with the late Ron Hartwell ’52 (see obituary page 11) at the Broadmoor World Arena in 1951. Photo courtesy of Charles “Chuck” MacNab ’54 with identifying information provided…

2006 Scott Ladley and Heidi Ludwick, a girl, Matilda Marie, on April 25 in Toronto. Christopher Lyons (formerly Hamp-Lyons) and Betsy Burkett Lyons ’07, a girl, Lanigan Noelle, on April 20, 2015, in Philadelphia. 2008 Melissa Pollack Jones M.A.T. ’10 and Phillip Jones, a girl, Riley Rose, on Aug. 9 in Arlington, Virginia.

WEDDINGS & CELEBRATIONS 2000 Sydney Stoner and Erik Kish-Trier, on April 22, in Moab, Utah. 2012 Alex Ammons and Nathan Lee ’13, on Aug. 6, in Fountain, Colorado.