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1961

Read about the 60th Reunion on page 80.

1962

60th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

1964

Peter Wien joined the Homecoming festivities on September 18, 2021 and attended the dedication of the Upper School in honor of F. Charles Froelicher.

1965

Read about Greg Lewis on page 26.

Homecoming Day 2021, 1967 classmates, From Left: Dr. Tom Fitzgerald, Ted Richards, Rod Lawrence ’71, Joel Knight, John Inglis, Jeff Lowdermilk ’70

1966

Bruce Conklin retired from reserve law enforcement after 10 years with the Colorado Rangers Post Shared Reserve Police. He said, “I realized that I don’t need to be strapping on a 35-lb. duty belt and 20-lb. vest at age 73!” Bruce and his wife Mallary have been happily married for 40 years, after meeting in Aspen in 1980. They are considering a move to Texas. Bruce says, “Denver and Parker are growing too big!” Bruce and Mallary’s son Skyler is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, with 19 years of service, including tours in Iraq, South Korea, and Afghanistan in 2019. “We are very proud!”

1967

Campbell Dalglish spent the summer crossing the country to visit his children and grandchildren. Daughter Ariel, a midwife and a dancer, lives in Tacoma, Wash. Son Sage and Campbell’s grandson Axel Gray live in Arvada, Colo. Daughter Sierra, her partner Tracy, and his two grandsons Bixby and Rizzo live in Kittredge, Colo. Campbell is still teaching filmmaking at City College of New York and preparing the national launch of his latest documentary, Savage Land, on EPSTV Public Television, in recognition of Native American Heritage Month beginning November 1. Check

From Left: Bruce Bistline ’69, Peter Wien ’64 Homecoming Day BBQ before the dedication of the F. Charles Froelicher Upper School, From Left: Dick Mandelson ‘66, Owen Locke ’67

At the Free Icarus event, From Left: Don Dodge ’69, Bruce Bistline ’68, Charles Cavness ’69.

out the scheduling and programming at savagelandfilm.com.

1968

Bruce Bistline traveled from Idaho to CA to celebrate Homecoming Weekend festivities, including the Free Icarus Party on Friday, September 17. Joining him were Don Dodge ’69 and Charles Cavness ’69. Read more on page 86. Steve Gordon reports, “At the height of the pandemic’s first wave, I started telemedicine and enjoyed practicing in 13 states without leaving my basement. That only lasted 10 months. As soon as I got vaccinated, I went back to face-to-face patient care, this time in Southeast Iowa’s Amish country. This facility has the best organization of any I’ve experienced. I’ve not done a locums assignment of this length (six months) before. I accepted it because they were willing to give me enough weeks off to help my wife through her knee surgeries. I won’t miss the six-hour drive each way every couple of weeks. There is a lot of politically-driven vaccine hesitancy and religiously-driven vaccine refusal. It was good to physically face patients, but unnerving when the respiratory system crashes abruptly. COVID-19 evaporated for about three weeks, then returned full force a week after the county fair.” Steve’s stepmother’s funeral brought him back to Denver, and he touched base with family and friends and had breakfast with Jim Campbell. “It was good to see him. We caught up as much as we could, condensing 50 years into a couple of hours. About CA we agreed that we got a great education.” Steve doesn’t have plans before his return to Canada in the first week of December. He writes, “The human condition involves a lot of uncertainty: no matter what you plan, it won’t turn out the way you thought, and if it did, there would be no adventure. This phase of my career has led my wife and me to some absolutely wonderful adventures.” Fred Morfit shuttled between Marin County and Maine, having a bi-coastal relationship, and having a dog, which meant he had to make a cross-continental drive. He reports seeing a lot of America, taking 25 days to come west from Maine in April, and crossing the U.S. three times in the year. Fred says, “What? Am I nuts?”

Campbell Dalglish ’67

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Classmates and the family of David Price ’69 contributed to Colorado Academy in his memory to help renovate the home dugout at CA’s Baseball Field.

1969

Anthony “Tony” Claiborne lives with wife Cynthia in Bellevue, Wash. After a career in private and corporate law practice, most recently 11 years at Microsoft, Tony is now a solo patent lawyer, focusing on individual inventors and technology start-ups. He has four sons: two are engineers, one is a recently licensed attorney, and one will receive his MD/PhD from Johns Hopkins Medical Institute next year. The oldest son, living in Fort Collins, has given Tony three grandsons.

1970

Tim Karstom sends his regrets for missing the reunion. He reports, “I still have my Colorado Academy Glee Club album from the 1969 Kansas City Tour. It has not been played for 20 or 30 years. I remember the plurality of the guys from the Classes of 1969 to 1972, at least those from the soccer teams, mountaineering/outdoor rescue team, The Tempest, ski team, etc.” He also remembers most of the great teachers, coaches, and administrators whom Chuck Froelicher brought on board. “It is possible my brother Kevin ’72 and I might attend the reunion next year. Kevin and I grew up in Lake Forest, Ill. but left when each of us was 16 to attend CA. Best regards.” Jeff Lowdermilk was thrilled to visit with U.S. Olympian Billy Kidd in Steamboat, Colo. near the base of the gondola in front of the Buddy, Skeeter, and Loris Memorial. Rod Oram is currently in the United Kingdom for two months of climate reporting, culminating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) negotiations in November in Glasgow. Rod was able to spend four weeks in Birmingham, where he was born and grew up. His old school there invited him back to spend a day with the two eldest classes. While there, he ran a mock COP with the students to give them a sense of the intensity of such global negotiations. Read more about Rod in the October edition of the CA’s online Alumni Newsletter. John Wogan sends greetings to fellow Mustangs from the Class of 1970. “I am alive and well in Baltimore, Md. I recently retired from my career in the practice of

From Left: Jeff Lowdermilk ’70, holding Billy’s Olympic medals, Billy Kidd CA alumni who played football will recognize this trophy, Birkenmayer-Reed. The competition between CA and Fountain Valley School is alive and well. CA’s Boys Soccer Team beat FVS to retain the trophy for another year.

Rod Oram ’70 with his wife Lynn, daughter Celeste and her husband Keir, at their wedding in January 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand. Given the pandemic, Keir’s parents and many other overseas family and friends couldn’t go to Auckland, so many joined by Zoom. Keir holds an iPad showing his parents, Chris and Sui Li, live from New York City. From Left: Rod, Keir, Celeste, Lynn

John Wogan ’70 with his partner and two guides at the summit of Tserko Ri in the Langtang Valley of Nepal, From Left, guide, Robin, John, guide Reunion Weekend 1971 classmates, From Left: Larry Deffenbaugh, Bill Nieman, David Malo

Emergency Medicine (at the end of 2020) after 37 years of dealing with urgencies and emergencies, great and small, especially that eventful last year of the pandemic, and playing a variety of physician leadership roles at several hospitals, including an academic center here in Baltimore and several local community hospitals. I’m very much enjoying my new life filled with avocations, including outdoor exercise (biking, running, hiking, and swimming), studying and playing music, travel (hopefully more soon), reading, and my role as grandparent to our two new grandchildren, Asher and Leo. My partner Robin and I visited Nepal just before COVID-19.” Read about the 50th Reunion on page 81.

1971

Read about the 50th Reunion on page 83.

1972

50th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

Franz Froelicher enjoyed Homecoming Day with alumni, former faculty, and Dr. Mike Davis when the Upper School was dedicated in honor of his father, Chuck Froelicher.

1975

Hugh Alexander continues to paint and draw for upcoming shows. A recent painting of his favorite teddy bear, “Radcliffe T. Bear” in acrylic is a nod to all the races Hugh attends and paints.

1976

Rica Froelicher came back to campus

A painting by Hugh Alexander ’75

Harry Waters Jr. ’71 shows off the 2021 Giant Relay Day shirt. Unfortunately, that Reunion Weekend was cancelled and held on Homecoming Weekend 2021. Dedication of the F. Charles Froelicher Upper School, From Left: Dr. Mike Davis, Franz Froelicher ’72 Linc Jackson ’75 spent the summer in Colorado.

Rica Froelicher ’76 sees former colleagues on Homecoming Day, From Left: Rica Froelicher, Barry Simmons, Diane Simmons Abe Simantob ’78 with his family.

to celebrate the dedication of the Upper School in her father’s name.

1978

Abe Simantob had the pleasure of bringing his family to Colorado after 37 years. He showed them around the CA campus and then took them to CU Boulder, where he went to the university and graduate school in engineering. The Häagen-Dazs ice cream store on the Pearl Street Mall where he got his first job in Upper School is still there. Abe writes, “It was a trip full of emotion and memories.”

1981

Ellen Hertzman is the mentor of a Challenge Foundation Scholar who started in the Ninth Grade at CA this fall. She is looking forward to spending some time on campus with her mentee, as she competes, performs, and otherwise takes advantage of the many opportunities available to her. In addition, Ellen is keeping very busy with her job on the administration team for the Middle School at St. Mary’s Academy, volunteer work for Oberlin College, gardening, and kitten fostering.

1982

40th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

1989

Tom Kimball and his family Nancy and David vacationed at Lake Tahoe while the PGA tournament was in progress. They were able to follow CA alumnus Mark Hubbard ’07. Mark had an amazing day, and they had so much fun watching him. Andrew Kirshbaum returned to CA as a Security Officer in fall 2021. He is a recently retired Police Officer, having spent most of his career in the Boulder Police Department, for the last six years as a Detective. He has been a patrol officer, hostage negotiator, Explorer Post advisor, member of the SWAT Team, and received the Department Medal for Lifesaving. Between graduating from CA in 1989 and the Police Department, he earned a BA in Philosophy from Texas Christian University, an MA in Liberal Studies from Regis University, was a mortgage broker, and taught humanities, ethics, and literature at the University of Denver High School.

1991

30th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

From Left: Aziza Diallo (Grade 9), Ellen Hertzman ’81 At Lake Tahoe, From Left: Tom Kimball ’89, Nancy Kimball, David Kimball (CA Grade 8) Andrew Kirshbaum ’89

The Beich family, From Left: Hudson, Elfi, John ’95, Maple Twin daughters of James Jackson ’96 The Chanzit family, From Left: Ian, Dana, Adam ’99, Maia

Class of 1999 alumni, From Left: Nat Robinson, Kit Sawyer, Chris Robinson, Phil Jones, Jill Bible Jones, Jeff Hollis

1992

30th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

1995

John Beich and his wife Elif had their second baby on October 10, 2020. Maple joins her brother Hudson, who is in Kindergarten this year. John says, “They are wonderful kids. I’m a lucky father and husband.” John is currently the Deputy Head of School at York Prep, right on Central Park in New York City. John is starting his fourth year there. Prior to that, John was at Stephen Gaynor School as a teacher for eight years and the Middle School Director for seven years. John’s experience has been in learning disabilities, which is what took him to New York City originally, to get his master’s degree from Columbia Teachers College in learning disabilities. Initially, John thought he would be in in the city for two years to get his degree. It’s now been 20 years. “Hard to believe!”

1996

25th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

The Denver Post featured a story about Troy Bowen’s establishment, Noble Riot, being named to Esquire’s Best Bars in America list. His is one of only 27 listed nationwide and the only one in Colorado. Read about Tamara Walker on page 20. Read about James Jackson in the October edition of CA’s online Alumni Newsletter.

1997

25th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

Megan Young’s work at Boom continues to go well. In June, United Airlines announced that they are purchasing 15 Overture aircraft from Boom with an option for 35 more. The jets will be net-zero carbon emissions, flying on 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Megan’s team led the announcement and were featured on the “Today” show.

1999

Adam Chanzit and his wife Dana are delighted to announce that Maia Dylan Chanzit was born on February 28, 2021. Big brother Ian (almost 3 years old) is taking good care of her with a little help from mom and dad. The family lives in the LA area and are always excited for alumni visits, as that becomes more possible. Nat and Sarah Robinson enjoyed a wedding celebration in July 2021 because they could not have one last year. Nat was able to catch up with Kit Sawyer, Chris Robinson, Phil and Jill Bible Jones, and Jeff Hollis.

Class of 2000 alumnae, From Left: Julianne Wu Ashlock, Abbi Hills Leazott, Pete Leazott, Betsy Wagner Sarah Holland-Batt ’00

2000

Abbi Hills married Pete Leazott on June 12, 2021 at the Vail Golf Club. Betsy Wagner officiated the wedding ceremony. Also in attendance was Julianne Wu Ashlock. Sarah Holland-Batt is thrilled to announce her recently published book, Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry. The book is a compilation of 50 essays on 50 poets, first published in Sarah’s column in The Australian newspaper. Sarah writes, “This is a book for anyone who wants to learn more about poetry, and why poets do what they do. David Malouf says it’s ‘boldly insightful.’ The cat thinks it’s a giant snore. Read it and decide for yourself!”

2001

20th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

2002

20th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

Sarah Brill and Michael King-Stockton ’04 welcomed Zaiyan King-Stockton into their family on August 8, 2021. Mom, dad, and son are all healthy and happy.

2003

Read about Ashley Shuyler Carter on page 24. In September, Phoebe Coleman began her new role at the Library of Congress as the Master Plan Program Manager for Visitor Experience. As the Center for Exhibits & Interpretation (CEI) Program Manager, Phoebe works in partnership with the Director of CEI to oversee all CEI programs and the visitor experience initiatives approved by Congress in September 2019. This includes a Treasures Gallery, Orientation Gallery & Welcome Area, and a Youth Center. In conjunction with the Director of CEI, Phoebe actively participates in the planning and management process, assists in the budgeting process, and assesses performance improvement initiatives.

2005

Classmates from 2005 enjoyed sweet sum-

From Left: Michael King-Stockton ’04, Sarah Brill ’02, their son Zaiyan 2005 classmates at Hudson Gardens, From Left: Caitlin Jackson, Courtney Davis, Kelly O’Donnell, and Noah Aptekar

Calder Stephen Feldhoff, son of Carter Grey Feldhoff ’08 Harlow Leigh Hubbard with her dad Mark ’07 and Meghan Hubbard Steele Sternberg ’09 (R) with his fiancé Emily Tragert

mer reunion. They attended the Central City Opera’s production of Carousel at Hudson Gardens, which was the site of their Junior Prom. Caitlin Jackson, Courtney Davis, Kelly O’Donnell, and Noah Aptekar enjoyed a delightful evening. They talked a lot about CA and reminisced about their Senior year musical, A Little Night Music, a favorite memory for all of them! Read about Aaron Green on page 88. Read about Elena Harman on page 24.

2006

Carter Grey Feldhoff and her husband Ryan are thrilled to announce the birth of their son Calder Stephen Feldhoff on May 28, 2021. A healthy baby boy, Stephen weighed in at 9.7 lbs!

2007

Mark Hubbard and his wife Meghan are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Harlow Leigh Hubbard, born on March 27, 2021. Mark’s brother, T.J. Giordano, is a current Junior at CA. Poone Shoureshi moved to Beverly Hills, Calif. following the completion of her residency program in June 2021. She is currently in a two-year fellowship at Cedars-Sinai for female pelvic medicine and reconstructive urology.

2009

Andrei Semenov defended his PhD thesis in Developmental Psychology from the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development in June 2021. He has started a National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) postdoctoral program at Minnesota in August 2021. Andrei’s thesis was about developing a parenting intervention that supports children’s executive function skills and autonomy-supportive parenting practices. He implemented the intervention nationwide in Head Start facilities. The NIMH postdoc is a two-year program. This training grant will allow Andrei to stay at Minnesota and focus on learning new methods like fMRI imaging (generating maps of human brain activity) and working with clinical populations. Steele Sternberg entered his ninth year as a high school history teacher in September 2021. This is his second year at his current school, Buckingham, Browne, and Nichols, in Cambridge, Mass. (This is the school that Dr. Tom Fitzgerald, former Lower School Principal, graduated from.) Steele moved to Boston during the pandemic last year to live with his girlfriend, Emily Tragert, who is a librarian at another Boston independent school. Steele has deeply enjoyed being able to spend more time with fellow 2009 CA classmates Julia Newman, Katie Ozawa, and Hunter Davis Ozawa, who are all also in the Boston area.

2010

Logan Bowen made the transition from working as a fly fishing guide to working in the medical field as an intraoperative neuromonitoring technician. He currently lives

Logan Bowen ’10

Miller Macartney, daughter of Peter Macartney ’10

in Laramie with his girlfriend Rachel and his two dogs Finn and Bleu. Logan is training to complete the 2022 Leadville 100 mountain bike race. Peter Macartney and his wife Jenna are living in Denver and are the proud parents of baby Miller, born on April 17, 2021. On June 12, 2021, Claire Peterson married Kevin McCormick at a ranch in Calistoga, Calif. Their family and friends filled the cabins and yurts on the ranch for a full, special weekend celebration. A handful of CA alumni attended the wedding, but a few of them were special guests. Ashley Peterson ’06 was Claire’s maid of honor. Ian Peterson ’13 was the officiant, and Jordan Davis ’10 was one of Claire’s bridesmaids. Claire and Kevin met in 2014 in San Francisco and lived there for five years, before moving back to Denver in fall 2020. Between San Francisco and Denver, they had a brief stop in Vancouver, Canada for nine months, and they got engaged at Banff National Park in January 2020. They are excited to be back in Denver and live in the Highlands/Berkeley area with their French bulldog, Stanley.

On their wedding day, Elsa Woolley Harberg ’11 and Joe Harberg The wedding of Claire Peterson McCormick ’10 and Kevin McCormick

2011

10th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

Elsa Woolley married Joe Harberg at the top of Aspen Mountain on September 25, 2021. CA alumni attending were Elsa’s father Charlie Woolley ’72, uncles Tom ’75 and Chris ’76 Woolley, brother Hank Woolley ’09, Sarah Emery ’10, Kurt Oleson ’11, Joel Berdie ’11, Emily Sturm ’10, Paige Maney ’11, Ken Perry ’72, and Peter Boucher ’72. Other members of the CA community celebrating with Elsa and Joe were Cindy Jordan, Elsa’s aunt Susannah Bristol, Brett and Lauren Abernathy, Tom and Nina Sisk, and Mark and Ruchi Brunvand.

2012

10th Class Reunion!

May 20-22, 2022

2013

Max Lies began as a senior advisor to the U.S. Treasury’s Acting Assistant Secretary for International Markets, Larry McDonald, in June 2021. Maeve L. Moynihan, happy to be back home in Denver, started her first year of law school at DU as a Chancellor’s Scholar in September 2021. Read about Jesús Reyes ’13 on page 22.

2014

Megan Adams is an MA candidate in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Denver, an Exhibition Project Manager & Collections Coordinator at the Madden Museum of Art, and a Collections Assistant at the Denver Botanic Gardens. She had the privilege of participating on the jury for a grant opportunity for womxn and non-binary artists and creators in Colorado. The inaugural Sharon Prize for Colorado was $10,000. The prize was open to artists working across multiple disciplines, including visual arts, music, dance, literature, film, and theater, as well as across the entire state and was established by Towwn’s (Take Only What We Need) founder & CEO Denise Horton, and Kathleen Economos in honor of Denise’s mother and

From Left: Pedro Olivas-Holguin ’21 and Hidai Olivas-Holguin ’17 2020 classmates From Left: Avery Lin and Brian Labra Vergara From Left: Walt Jones ’20, Aiden Klingbeil ’20, Anne Freeman ’20 at the 2020 Class Dinner

Many of CA’s Summer Programs counselors are alumni or current students who spend the summer on campus guiding campers and teaching a variety of activities and sports. It’s a great way to spend summer break! First Row (L to R): Abby Alem (Grade 11), Dori Beck (Grade 11), Gerry McManus (Grade 10). Second Row: Nathan Truong (Grade 12), Luke Donaldson-Reid (Grade 12), Oliver Dean (Grade 12), Sam Reisch (Grade 10). Third Row: Garrison Ebel ’21, Mackenzie Abbott ’20, Teri McManus ’21. Fourth Row: Davis Ebel ’19, Olivia Lutz ’18, Carter Coatsworth ’19, Colby Lish ’21. Not pictured: Ry Barthels ’21, Jamie Bratis ’20, Jason Bratis (Grade 10), Keegan Coatsworth (Grade 12), Aidan Collins (Grade 11), Zoe Cope (Grade 11), Josh Corn (Grade 11), Thomas de Leeuw ’21, Jake Donaldson-Reid ’20, Avery Farmer (Grade 12), Anne Freeman ’20, Andrew Koclanes (Grade 11), Thanh Luong, Casey Myers (Grade 12), Lauren Preston ’19, Sarah Preston (Grade 12), Nicholas Rodriguez ’21, Danielle Seaton (Grade 11), Abigail Shapiro (Grade 12) , Brian Labra Vergara ’20, Mackenzie Wagner ’21, Connor Wolfe (Grade 12).

Kathleen’s sister, Sharon Riordan McAvoy. CA graduates were offered the opportunity to apply for the grant.

2015

Nick Bigger is a software engineer at Apple.

2017

Grace Ingebretsen is participating in a yearlong graduate program that started in the fall of 2021. The program is a master’s in human rights law with a specialization in transitional justice in the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Up to 25 academic courses are offered with top legal experts from Israel, Europe, and North America. Courses cover international humanitarian law, counter-terrorism law, international courts and tribunals, transitional justice, the law of the United Nations, legal aspects of the Middle-East conflict, international criminal law, and international human rights law. Grace writes, “The program has a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, so it definitely promises to be incredibly interesting.” Hidai Olivas-Holguin came to campus in June 2021 to celebrate her brother Pedro Olivas-Holguin’s ’21 graduation from Colorado Academy. Hidai was on her way to New York City to take a job with American Express as a software engineer. She is a graduate of MIT.

2018

There was an inaccuracy in the following class note printed in the Summer 2021 CA Journal. We regret the error. Avery Niles took a gap year from film school at Emerson College to work in Los Angeles as a colorist for music videos, commercials, and short films. He is simultaneously training with artists at Company 3, where projects include Superbowl ads and big Hollywood blockbusters like Marvel, DC, and HBO’s Euphoria. Avery has found many clients of his own. He is currently attending USC’s school of cinematic arts for film and television production, which provides a wide scope of connections and clients.