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1960s
Maxine Schultz (B.S., ‘60) and Robert ‘Bob’ Schultz (B.S., ‘61) recently returned from a humanitarian mission to the highlands of Panama. Maxine and Bob have participated in 64 humanitarian mission trips, in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti, Kenya, South Sudan, and the U.S. Maxine and Bob have three children, Grant (a CSU grad), Jennifer, and Troy; five granddaughters, a grandson at CSU, and three greatgrandchildren. They now live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Dave (B.S., ’61) and Jan Carter live on their ranch in Concan, Texas, about 90 miles west of San Antonio. He retired from a 31-year career as Vice President of Operations for the Philippines with the Del Monte Corporation that took them to Utah, Idaho, Texas, the Philippines, and China. Upon retirement, Carter did some consulting for Dole and several Thailand firms. They now spend their time raising registered Beefmaster Cattle, serving in their church, and being avid travelers. Like most of the class of 1961, age has begun to slow them down, but they are determined to continue.
1970s
John Messineo (B.S., ‘71) and Barbara Field Messineo (B.A., ‘70) have had their life’s work of over 50,000 photographs accepted by the American Heritage Center archive. The work includes many photographs of CSU: campus, sports, veterinary medicine, and even color images of the Old Main fire. The couple has worked side by side for more than 50 years photographing and writing about numerous subjects in many locations. They continue to reside in Fort Collins.
Terry Bush (B.S., ’72) retired from King Soopers (Kroger) after more than 50 years. He’s enjoying retirement, attended his 50-year class reunion last fall, and visited campus. He’s impressed by how things have changed, especially the College of Business, and would like to thank his classmates and friends for helping him through the “college experience” and in memory of those who have passed.
Ron Miriello (B.F.A., ’75) lives in San Diego, California, where he runs a marketing and branding firm. He also spends time in promotional support of his second home in the small village of Radicondoli, near Siena, Italy. Together with his CSU former design professor Phil Risbeck, he organized a show of Soviet Glasnost and Perestroika era posters that traveled the U.S. and Canada before becoming part of the permanent collection of the Wende Museum in Culver City, California in 2022. Ron stays connected and sometimes collaborates with some of his CSU fellow design graduates, and periodically visits CSU to meet with design students.
Brian Muirhead (B.S., ‘78) retired just short of 35 years as a Captain for Delta Air Lines in 2020. Before that, he served as a United States Air Force pilot. Muirhead was a recipient of a USAF ROTC scholarship while at CSU.
1980s
Ken Reed (M.S., ’83) is the sports policy director for League of Fans, a sports reform project. He has held many positions throughout the sports industry, everything from marketing consultant to columnist and author. Recently he published his own book How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan, with a New Introduction, where he talks in-depth about sports culture as it is today.
David Peters (B.S., ’83) is celebrating 43 years of federal service in land management. He plans to retire in northern New Mexico with the Bureau of Land Management.
Delia Chiaramonte MD (B.A., ’88), is an integrative palliative medicine physician. Her book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s illness (without losing yourself) is due in November.
1990s
Christine Vannais (B.S., ’94) is Chief Operating Officer of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and a dedicated supporter of the American Heart Association of the Triangle area in North Carolina. She serves as the 2023 Triangle Heart Walk Chairperson, leading the effort to encourage other employers to promote health and well-being in the workplace. Vannais’s son, Jack, is a heart survivor, and the Association is proud to recognize Vannais for their leadership and devotion to its mission in advocating for heart-health.
Don Anderson (M.S., ’94) was selected by the Colorado Water Trust as one of two recipients of the 2023 David Getches Flowing Waters Award. Anderson and the co-recipient were awarded for modeling collaboration, creativity, and persistence to bring lasting change to the 15-Mile Reach of the Colorado River. Until recently, Don served as the Instream Flow Coordinator for the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program. The Trust presented this award at their annual RiverBank celebration at the Denver Botanic Gardens in September.
2010s
Jefferson Geiger (B.A., ’14) left the Summit Daily News in Frisco, Colorado, in December 2022 and moved to Burbank, California in May 2023. He was then hired to be a writer for education communications firm, RW Jones Agency, in August 2023.
Julia Williams graduated from CSU in 2012 (B.F.A., ’12). She spent seven years working for graphic design firms in Boulder before going into freelance for mural creation. Williams has painted more than 50 murals of various types in the four years since she started. She recently completed her largest project: a 7,425 square foot (45′ high by 165′ wide) mural on the west end of the Coors brewery, commemorating Coors’ 150 anniversary.
In Memoriam
Friends
Jacqueline Culbreath
Nancy Hoefer
Jane Richie
1950s
Walter Mitchell (B.S., ‘51)
Bea Romer (B.S., ‘51)
Jim Wilcox (B.S., ‘54)
COL Bill Woods (B.S., ‘58)
Richard Dunn (B.S., ’58; M.S., ‘63)
1960s
Robert Haferman (B.S., ’60; M.Ed., ‘65)
Lawrence Lickley (B.S., ‘60)
Dr. Alan Stoudinger (M.S., ‘64)
Barry Wallace (B.S., ‘64)
Bruno Fritschi (B.S., ‘66)
Loren Fritz (B.S., ‘66)
James Snare, Sr. (B.S., ‘66)
Stanley Nau (B.S., ‘69)
1970s
Frances Dependahl (B.A., ‘71)
John Simmons, III, Ph.D. (Ph.D., ‘71)
Bill Offenhauer (B.S., ‘73)
Linda James (B.S., ‘76)
1980s
Paul Gallenstein (B.S., ‘81)
1990s
Brian O’Sullivan (B.S., ‘97)
