University of Denver Autumn 2024

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Another reason to love DU I just finished reading “50 Reasons to Love DU” in your spring issue. My wife and I enjoyed your overview, and we learned much about DU that we didn't know before. As residents of the Highlands Ranch Golf Club community (now the University of Denver Golf Club at Highlands Ranch), we have to point out that you missed one of the key aspects of the DU community: the DU golf course. In our opinion, it was a massive gift to DU and will serve the institution for decades to come. Our youngest son, Jordan (MBA ’13) graduated with the five-year dual engineering/MBA program. That unique option was very instrumental in his choice to attend DU. He is doing well and has a wonderful, challenging job—now married, and they are expecting their first child later this year. Jerry and Ann Rath Highlands Ranch, Colorado Buchtel and a forgone rivalry I always enjoy reading the DU alumni

grandfather’s daily calendar while he was chancellor of DU and governor of Colorado. He was a Methodist minister, and invoking a higher power’s help in a football match with CU shows how serious he was. “Moving in a Green Direction” (#27) was also a pleasure to see because Buchtel Tower, with its new recycled copper dome, is the only remaining part of Buchtel Chapel, which suffered a devastating fire in 1983. Readers might be interested to know that when my great-grandfather was both chancellor and governor, the copper dome of the state capitol building was covered with gold leaf (1908). The gold was probably not recycled, but it was plentiful in those days ($20 per ounce). Henry A. Buchtel IV Ann Arbor, Michigan

magazine, but two of the “50 Reasons to Love DU” in the spring issue were particularly interesting because of their significance for our family. Taking sports rivalries seriously (#6) has a very long tradition, as evidenced by a 1908 entry in my great

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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER MAGAZINE | AUTUMN 2024