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Issue: Summer 2017

A Lifelong Visionary

 Peak Profile: Ed Robson ’54 Ed Robson’s scholarship was in jeopardy when he was cut from the Colorado College hockey team by Coach Cheddy Thompson during his sophomore year (freshmen weren’t eligible). Recognizing an opportunity to reclaim his spot, he joined CC alumni in a game against the varsity team, scoring a tying goal that…

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Issue: Summer 2017

Milestones

 Weddings & Celebrations 2010 Jessica Van Doren and Lukas Ulrich Van Doren, in Boise, Idaho. 2014 Amanda “Gracie” Rennecker and Tyson Sessions, July 8, 2016, in Larkspur, Colorado. Births & Adoptions 2000 Tressa Pearson-Franks Braam and Asa Braam, a girl, Gemma Elsbeth, on April 22 in Issaquah, Washington. 2005 David “Chief” Ramirez and Angelina Ramirez, a boy, Roman Levi, on Jan. 22 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Obituaries 1939 Dorothy McKeown Macrum, March 24, in Englewood, Colorado, at age 98. At CC, Dorothy was a member of Delta Gamma and met Richard “Dick” Eliot Macrum ’40, whom she married in 1941. They lived in Colorado until 1968, relocated to San Diego…

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Issue: Summer 2017

Class Notes

 1964 Five coeds celebrated their 75th birthdays together in March in Cartagena, Colombia. Pictured left to right: Traer Sunley, Joan Schmitz, Sue Heidel Lotz, Becky Dunbar McAlpine, and Sally Sikes Wilde. 1966 Merle Ricklefs has been named a member of the Order of Australia. Membership was granted “for significant service to tertiary education, particularly to Asia and Pacific research and scholarship, and to the development of programs for indigenous students.” Merle enjoyed a long career in academics, including serving as a history professor at the National University of Singapore and as founding director of the Melbourne Institute of Languages and Societies at the University of Melbourne. He also authored various…

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Issue: Summer 2017

Student Perspective

 CC Bluegrass Ensemble members (left to right) Jessica Wright ’17, Michael Hasson ’19, Jeremy Becker ’18, and Isaac Radner ’17 stopped to play a show at Kinfolks in Manitou Springs in May on their way back from performing at the Durango Bluegrass Festival.  

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