University of Denver Spring 2026

IN MEMORIAM

1940s Elizabeth Zele Budd (MA ’49) 8-9-25 1950s John Luckadoo (BS ’50) 9-1-25 Ruth Eitelgeorge Patton Mills (BA ’52) 8-24-25 Marjorie “Jane” Lindsay (BA ’54) 11-12-25 Dale Shellenbaum (BS ’55) 7-27-25 Charlesetta (Brown) Bell (MLS ’58) 7-25-25 Donald Coen (BFA ’58) 9-23-25 Edith Collins (BA ’58) 9-12-25 Arthur Gunlicks (BA ’58) 9-27-25 Dorothy Vogel (MLS ’58) 11-10-25 1960s Luella Kinnison (MA ’62) 8-25-25 Charles Cannon (BS ’63) 1-26-26 Richard “Dick” Saunders (BS ’63; Dick made a $1.5 million donation to help build the Community Commons, which opened in 2021 and was built by the construction company he founded) 11-21-25 David Beachy (BA ’64) 9-10-25 Michael Bustin (BS ’64) 8-24-25 Jeffrey George (BA ’64, MA ’70) 3-24-25 James Hansen (MA ’65, PhD ’69) 8-27-25 Charles “Chuck” Mitton (BSBA ’69) 8-31-25 1970s Roger Keith Gerloff (BSBA ’70) 8-20-25 Robin Munden (BA ’70) 1-14-26 Jim Brenneman (MA ’71) 10-22-25 David “Duke” Dukart (BSBA ’63) 10-20-25

Edward Ziegler (emeritus professor in the Sturm College of Law; Edward taught at DU for over 20 years and was the inaugural holder of the Robert B. Yegge Memorial Research Chair in Law; he cofounded and served as past president of DU’s Rocky Mountain Endowed Professor and director of the Daniels College of Business School of Accountancy; since her tenure began in 2010, Sharon worked to elevate the school’s prominence, strengthen support for its students, uplift its faculty, and engage its alumni; she was a great connector who brought people together with her passion and dedication) 1-22-26 Van Johnston (emeritus professor in the Daniels College of Business Department of Management; Van taught at DU for 39 years and started a management program to support the region’s booming energy sector; his extensive research publications, books, monographs, and teaching focused on public policy issues) 1-2026 Carol “Hallie” Ward (retired adjunct professor and lecturer in the Department of Psychology, the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, and the Colorado Women’s College; Carol enjoyed engaging with individual students and finding ways to support them in their educational and professional pursuits) 1-28-26 Land Use Institute) 10-30-25 Sharon Lassar (John J. Gilbert

Bobbie (Sanders) Beil (JD ’76) 12-24-25 Michael Spink (JD ’77) 7-26-25 Nancy Horigan (BA ’78) 2-10-26 Barbara Kowalski (MFA ’78) 7-27-25 George Avgeris (BA ’79) 8-29-25 1980s Susan Simpson (MLS ’82) 10-15-25 Don Jorgensen (MSW ’89) 11-28-25 Rene Koller (JD ’89) 12-11-24 1990s Richard Rudolph (MBA ’94) 9-7-25 Bonnie Shore (MA ’97) 9-27-25 Gunter Angermayr (MCIS ’98) 8-8-25 2000s Dennis Zuiker (MTEL ’01) 11-14-25 Judith (Zager) Slinger (PhD ’04) 10-5-25 Lauren Lawton Perfors (MPS ’06) 1-16-26 2020s Brendan Long (BSBA ’20) 9-15-25 Kyam Kiwanuka (MBA ’25) 9-3-25 FACULTY/STAFF Anne Rankin Mahoney (emeritus professor of sociology and director of women’s studies; Anne taught at DU for 33 years and was a champion for equality among DU’s female faculty, staff, and students) 9-19-25

Sara “Sally” Morrison Duncan (JD ’71) 11-18-25

Carla Ann McFadden (BA ’71) 1-16-26 Michael Mahlon Quealy (BA ’71) 9-11-25 Shaila Van Sickle (PhD ’75) 9-24-25 Nancy Elizabeth Bean (MA ’76) 8-31-25

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