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2014 Sara McGuire Settle (MS ’14) and husband William Settle welcomed daughter Selena Jasmine Settle on September 29, 2022.

Rachel Clifton (MA ‘09) has been named executive director of

of military service in the U.S. Army National Guard. Rafael is the Battalion Executive Officer for 3/278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (3/278 ACR) in Texas. Sarah Stout (JD ’12) was appointed by Gov. Jared Polis to fill a vacancy on the 17th Judicial District Court. David Carle (BSBA ’12), head coach of the

Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. 2017 Norman W. Holden (EMBA ’17) recently

the Wyoming Arts Council.

published his second book, “The Lucky Seven,” a story about his father in-law’s brave

Taylor Szilagyi (MPP ‘14)

2010 Antoinette Gomez (MSW ‘10) was promoted to clinical program manager at

has been named executive vice president of the Colorado Farm

journey as a B-24 pilot in 1944 who was shot down over Europe. 2019 Michelle Friends (MPS ’07, MSLA ‘19) has joined Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, a trial firm based in San Francisco, as the firm’s first chief operating officer. 2022 Jasmine Sauceda-Izbrand (MA ‘22) is the new director of cultural diversity for Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Kentucky.

the Colorado Coalition for

Pioneers men’s ice hockey team, will serve as head coach

the Homeless.

Bureau. Taylor is the first woman and first native Coloradan in 57 years to lead the Bureau, which represents 25,000 farmers across the state. 2015 Halena Kapuni-Reynolds (MA ’15) has been appointed associate curator for Native Hawaiian history and culture for the Smithsonian’s National

Hani Yaafouri (MS ’08, MRLS ‘10), along with his twin brother Zahi, has opened Firehouse Café on Tejon Street. The duo also has operated Steam Espresso Bar on South Pearl Street for 10 years. 2012 Rafael Hernández (MBA ‘12) recently completed 20 years

of the 2024 U.S. National Junior Hockey Team. Team USA will play in the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.

In Memoriam

1940s Marion Louise Howley (BA ’45) 5-24-23 Anthony Charles Romeo (BS ’47, MM ‘48) 2-22-23 1950s Wanda Eastwood Brewer (BFA ‘50) 4-4-23 Douglas Lyle Minnis (BA ’50) 5-28-23 Loree Thomsen (BS ‘51) 5-14-20 James Pfeiffer (BA ‘52) 12-13-22 William Coleman (BSCHE ‘53) 7-1-23 Verna “Vicky” Carpenter Hill (BFA ’53) 5-22-23 Walter Gerash (JD ‘56) 5-7-23 Esther Norris (BS ‘56) 5-27-23 Mary Aydelott Dixon (CWC ’58) 1-9-23 1960s Dolores Ann Bryant (BS ‘60) 4-15-23 Mary Aydelott Dixon (BA ’61) 1-9-23 Jerry Cooper (BSBA ‘62, JD ‘72) 4-22-23

1990s Mollie Sue Morton (JD ‘95) 5-16-23 Whitney Hanlon Lowrey (BA ‘96) 4-14-23 Joe David Dean (JD ’97, LLM ‘04) 4-18-23 2000s Sean Fenton (attd. ’01-’02) 3-21-23 2010s Robert Jeffrey Lamboy (MPS ‘12) 5-21-23 Faculty/Staff Joseph Quinn (former Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice and Sturm College of Law professor) 5-18-23 Eleanor Botha (worked in DU Student Health Services for 35 years) 5-14-23

Paula Edwards (BA ’63) 4-2-23 John Pennoyer (MA ‘65, PhD ‘78) 5-28-23 Stephen Eugster (BA ‘66) 4-18-23 Tom Lubas (BSBA ’66) 11-15-22 Marilyn Kelly (MA ‘68) 11-28-21 Lois Penelope Fritze-Tietz (MA ‘68) 4-6-23 Sally Roush (BA ’69) 10-7-22 Bonnie Moon (MA ‘69) 5-20-23 1970s Derk Gysbers (MA ‘70) 2-16-22 Jerry Dieringer (BSBA ’70, MBA ’75) 5-23-23 Julian Padilla (JD ‘71) 5-6-23 James Martin Beale (BSBA ’73) 5-31-23 Les Pillitteri (BME ’78, MA ‘80) 3-17-23 1980s Paul J. Bright (MPA ‘80) 1-22-23 Margaret Ann “Mara” Pawlowski (JD ‘86) 12-18-22

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