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1970s
Carolynn Scully (B.S., ’74) published her new book, First Moments: Pregnancy Prayers and Ponderings (CHB Media, 2022). Scully’s eighth grandchild was recently born on October 16, 2022.
1980s
James Davis (B.S., ’81) has worked for La Plata County since October 2001 and has been the director of public works and county engineer since 2006. During that time, Davis had the privilege of helping the county prepare for the future by reconstructing numerous roads and bridges. Davis has been married 44 years to Karla. They have two sons, Miles and Hunter, and are expecting their first grandson in late December, 2022. Davis currently lives south of Durango where they have a small cow-calf operation, garden, orchard, and bees.
2000s
Cora (Sloan) Bonser, (B.S., ’06) and Tristan Bonser (B.S., ’07) welcomed a baby boy in November 2022.
Nick Ota-Wang (B.A., ’09) completed his master of arts degree in U.S. history with a focus in LGBTQ, gender, and sexuality history at the University of Colorado Denver in December. He also earned a graduate certificate in U.S. history from UC-Denver’s department of history. This is Nick’s second masters; he previously earned a master of arts in higher education with a concentration in college student development from the University of Denver in 2014.
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In Memoriam
1950s
Duane Carlson (B.S., ’50)
Gerda Hess (B.S., ’56)
Erich Krumm Jr. (B.S., ’58)
1960s
Allen Hurd (B.S., ’60)
Donald Sorensen (M.S., ’65)
Ellen Niemi (B.A., ’66)
Dr. Michael Mueller (M.S., ’69)
1970s
Thomas Domingo (B.S., ’74)
James Davis Jr. (M.S., ’75)
Kirk Lewis (B.S., ’75)
Arthur Thomas Jr. (B.E., ’78)
2000s
Christina H. Paguyo (B.A., ’01; M.Ed., ’07)
Christina was featured in the March 2022 issue of AlumLine.
2010s
Monica Ramirez (M.Ed., ’10)
Friends
Mary Foulks
Joseph Herman
Abigail Kawananakoa
Judy Kittelson
Bill Rattenborg
Mary Stephen
Beecher Strube
Rita Yaroush, Ph.D.