Class Notes 1950-59

1950

Charles and Ruth Adelman
Maiden Name: Ruth Vincent
Casper, WY
Nick Name: Chuck
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1955 Degree: AA
Hometown: Falcon, CO
Favorite College Memory:
Meeting new fellow students-new friends-new city-enjoying college life-new responsibilities.
Career:
BA and MA Colorado State College-(now Northern Colorado)- teaching, coaching - Casper, Wyoming; Elementary School principal Casper; retired in 1993.
U.S. Army 1955-1957
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Hunting/fishing- built cabin after retirement for recreation and family usage.

Patricia (DeMerschman) Gasparini
Hillsborough, CA
Nick Name: Patsy
Spouse: Enzo
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Newspaper - boys
Favorite College Memory:
So many, it was a wonderful time.
Career:
Manager - owner (hotel, restaurant, bar) Motel owner-manager-apartment owner manager
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Traveled most of the world - lived in South America -Chile and Argentina. Also lived in Central America in the Dominican Republic. Lived a total of 20 years abroad. Husband - "banker".

Margaret "Maggie" (Ingersoll) Hermann
Hallandale, FL
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950

Don MacDougall
Wheatridge, CO
Spouse: Dianne Bentley
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950 Degree:
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 8 Great Grandchildren
Favorite College Memory:
Fun times-crazy life
Career:
Cowboy; health department
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Grandkids and horses

Ed and Shirley (Rowley) Maurer
Grand Junction, CO
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1949 Degree: AA
Hometown: Palisade
# of Children: 5 Grandchildren 7
Favorite College Memory: The whole experience - it was wonderful!
College Activities: Football, student government, sophmore president, Shirley- president Future Teachers, Phi Theta Kappa Class, chair-Gold Diggers Ball
Career:
Ed- Uranium, vanadium and gold mining
Shirley - mother, wife and teacher
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Golf, all sports, reading and travel in general.

Edward L. Nigh, Jr.
Tucson, AZ
Nick Name: Ed
Spouse Lynda N. Duggar
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 50
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
College Activities: Student government
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 5
Favorite College Memory:
Friendly students; dedicated faculty; working on Yearbook
Career:
Obtained B.S. Colorado A&M, MS Colorado State University, PhD Oregon State University. U.S. Air Force, Strategic Air Command, 5 years: Technical Director, Mexican Cotton Company, Baja California, 10 years; Department of Plant Pathology, Professor and Head, Associate Dean and Director, Extension College of Agriculture, University of Arizona, 28 years. Owner and President Arizona AgCon, Inc., agricultural consulting firm to present.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Traveled extensively in Mexico, South America, Australia and New Zealand. Still hunting as extensively as time permits in many areas of the U.S. Taxidermy involving trophies taken. Breeding asparagus varieties for quality and disease resistance.

James M. Rice
Sacramento, CA
Nick Name: Jim
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950 Degree: AS
Hometown: Palisade
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 6
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: two brothers
Favorite College Memory:
Traveling to Utah with the Mesa baseball team and Coach Paul Phillips - being a lab assistant to Mr. Sutton in zoology- learning "English" at Mosslanders Billiard Parlor.
College Activities: Manager of baseball team
Questionable Activities and Accomplishments: Clifton Ballet Troupe; Cameo Symphony Orchestra; Molina Country Club; Whitewater Yacht Club; Briges Switch Cross Dressing Cowboys; Gateway Computer Nerds.
Career:
High school science teacher; retired; 4 years in Colorado and 32 years in California; Minister in the Universal Life Church
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Licensed private pilot; certified scuba diver

C.A. Jack Scott
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse: Lena Mae
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1950 Degree:
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1946 Degree:
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities:
basketball-Joe college
# of Children: 5 Grandchildren 11
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 4
Favorite College Memory:
Stories told by Jay Tolman both in the classroom and out. 1950 basketball team members.
Career:
Director of Admissions and Records and coach at Mesa State College.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Sports fan, fishing, traveling, children and grandchildren, gardening.

1951

Ruth E.(Carter) Annis
Grand Junction, CO
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1951 Degree: Associate
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 2 Great Grandchildren
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College:
1 son
College Activities:
Band, sports
Career:
Special Ed. Teacher; graduate UNC
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Elderhostel bike trips, golf, skiing, hiking.

Donald Harrison
Los Angeles, CA
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1951
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Art projects
Favorite College Memory:
At that time Mesa College had just been built - so long ago, but a beautiful and exciting experience for a young person.
Career:
U.S. Navy 4 years; Art school in L.A.; worked at Walt Disney's.
Three of my historical novels have been published, -one translated into German. Now retired.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Trips to England and Egypt in '81. Trip to view '91 Tour de France. Bicycle vacation to Italy in '95, Venice and Rome.
Hobbies: bicycling and writing.
Note from Don Sept. 20, 02
Dear Friends:
Thanks so much for your kind invitation. However, at 71, I seem to lack the energy I had 50 years ago.
Several years ago I drove back to my old stomping grounds to see what was what. I guess I expected Grand Junction to be as it was, but progress had taken over. Fondly remembered places had gone with the bulldozer, replaced by freeways, housing developments, hamburger stands, traffic congestions….just like a suburb of L.A. But I had a nice bicycle ride in Glenwood.
Maybe I'll just think of it as it was. Alas, you cannot go home again. But you guys and gals have a good time.
Don

Herbert T. Miller
Englewood, CO
Nick Name: was: Herb now: Ted
Spouse Betty J. (Wolf) Miller
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1951 Degree: AS
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 7 Great Grandchildren 1
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: two nephews
Favorite College Memory:
Coffee time in the lunchroom with the gang each day I had classes. Attending Phi Theta Kappa activities.
College Activities: Phi Theta Kappa
Career:
Completed electrical engineering degree at C.U. Boulder - 1956. Worked for Goodyear Aerophysics at Litchfield Park, AZ: 56-59; Martin-Marietta Corp: 59-90
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Travel- contiguous 48 states including capitals and Washinton, D.C.; the ABC islands in the Carribean; border towns of Mexico; Canada and Bolivia, S.A. Hobbies: Gardening and photography

CUPID AT MESA CAFETERIA
Ben & Pat Sellers
Recently I noticed the "back-to-school" ads in the newspaper. "It's that time of year again!" I thought to myself. The years have passed so quickly and I remembered my first college year in the fall of 1949 at Mesa.

I came early to the campus to practice football and I also got a job at the college cafeteria to help pay my expenses. At that time the cafeteria was a big, old, gray army mess hall or "day-room", with wooden steps and lots of windows that had to be kept clean! I worked with several other fellows behind the steam table, filling food trays. We also were eyeing all the girls from Mary Rait dorm as they filed in through the door at the very end of the building!

Mrs. Cohen, the cook and our boss, would have to scold us - telling us to serve the food and stopping watching (and chatting with) the girls. But when we spotted the girls we wanted to get to know, we tried very hard to get their attention!

After my wife and I met, the cafeteria played another important role in out courtship. We were elected as "Jane and Joe College". Our election crew posted pictures of us on napkins in the cafeteria as part of the election campaign. And, here we are after all these years, still stuck on each other like peanut butter and jelly!

Arthur Stephens
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Art
Spouse: Vivian
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1951 Degree: AS
Hometown: Paonia
# of Children: 1 Grandchildren 2 Other: 3 step children; 5 step grand children
Favorite College Memory:
Friends
College Activities: Socializing
Career:
College administrator
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Camping, backpacking, hiking, skiing, reading, military history, photography, target shooting, writing.

R.E. (Bob) Strong
Arlington, TX
Spouse Maurine
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1951
# of Children: Grandchildren Great Grandchildren
Bob's son, R.F. Strong II is group president of Major Dallas Banks, and a graduate of University Texas's School of Business with a Masters Degree in Banking.
His grandson is a third year student of Computer Science in the University of Texas.
Favorite College Memory:
Bus Bergman gave me the opportunity to attend Mesa and without giving me the opportunity to take part in football and enter Mesa, I would never have gone on to college and received a degree.
Classmates Bill Snyer and Don Papke and baking bread with Bob Jordan. The oil heater in our apartment -
Vet's Housing, came close several times to catching the complex on fire. Our next door neighbors Norma and Dale Drysdale.
Our food supply-venison, thanks to Bob Lingo, Dave Terrell and Dean Jensen.
Most of all to be a part of the undefeated Mesa's Championship Football Team of 1951.
Career:
Bob served in the US Army and US Air Force. He has had corporate studies and assignments with Boeing, Lockheed, Douglas, and LTV-Vought. (Note from Jane-Bob's four page resume is full of many noteworth facts, too numerous to reprint here. The following quote from Bob sums it up briefly.) "The best of the best is helping people achieve planned goals. Being a contributing member assisting and/or managing corporate activities-business planning and execution of planned events."

Melvin L. Thistle
Aberdeen, SD
Nick Name: Spouse Esther R.
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1951 Degree: AS
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 4
College Activities: Band, orchestra
Career:
Band Director (35 years), president of South Dakota Music Educators Association (3 yers), General Chairman Region IV Junior High Music Festival (22 years)
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
I am still playing in local musical organizations, Merry Tuba Christmas, Abdm. Municipal Band.
I enjoy woodworking and photography.

1952

Loanna M. (Ooley) Giovanetti
Lakewood, CO
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1952 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year or Last Year 1953
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 4
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 4
Favorite College Memory:
Forgetting the words to my song in an assembly and working on the "Maverick".
College Activities: Music, F.T.A.
Career:
Taught school for 10 years-then stayed at home to raise my children and be a fulltime homemaker.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Love to camp and travel. Our favorite trip was the summer we spent in Alaska from May to September.

Ted Hermanns AA '52
Structural engineer at Mesa Structural Design in Montrose, Colorado

William W. Hocker
Waldorf, MD
Nick Name: Bill
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1952 Degree:
Hometown: Delta, CO
College Activities: El Toro Club
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 6
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 1
Career:
Federal Special Agent (retired)
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Golf and car show enthusiast

Archie B. Kneff
Laguna Woods, CA
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 52 Degree: AS
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 3 Great Grandchildren 4
Favorite College Memory:
Helped start eh "Veteran's Club"
Career:
Worked at Northern Aircraft until I retired in 1984.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Traveled most of western USA in our RV. Now I play golf, square dance and ballroom dance.

Marilyn (Flagg) Kotich
Fort Collins, CO
Spouse Ralph
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1952
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 8
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 1
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 4 or 5
Favorite College Memory:
Entering and winning the Make it Yourself with Wool Contest under the direction of Helen Christensen, my sophmore year at Mesa.
Career:
Homemaker
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Traveling to visit our out of town children, writing poetry, creating greeting cards, corresponding on the computer, enjoying my children and grand children.

Jerrold T. Lynch A.A. '52,
Retired a Colonel in the United States Air Force and lives in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Robert Santarelli
Is retired from the tavern business after 38 years and lives in Denver, Colorado.

Robert D. Tucker
Meeker, CO
Nick Name: Bob
Spouse: Jo
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1952
Degree: MA from Adams State
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year Degree: MA from CU
Hometown: Meeker
College Activities: Football, basketball, baseball, track
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 1
Favorite College Memory:
My last football game played with Scotsbluff Nebraska stands out the most as I intercepted the ball and we won the game-an undefeated year, 1952 season. The Nebraska player who was supposed to catch the ball was NFL player- Night Train Lane.
Career:
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Traveled to Scotland for our daughter's wedding.

Jo Reva (Beane) Wellborn
Casper, WY
Nick Name: Jody
Spouse: Bob
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1952 Degree: AA
College Activities: Theater, contact troup
# of Children: 3 sons
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: sister, Sondra
Favorite College Memory:
Many, but one outstanding was sneaking thru the men's bathroom window at night with Bob O'Danile and Al Toth to place Homecoming Queen posters in halls-didn't help much-still lost.
Career:
Did some teaching, but mainly concentrated on rearing three sons, Kris, Eric and Lance. Moved 37 times, lived in LA several years, built three homes and never could have completed all this without my soulmate of 46 years-Bob!
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
"Still some skiing and camping and backpacking-but beginning to concentrate on a passion for travel and fortunate to visit Europe, Caribbean, New Zealand, Canaries, Morocco, Thailand, Turkey, Greece and just returned from Spain and Portugal. Bob not retired and still in the geology field. I'm still painting (oil and watercolor) and both looking forward to more "voyages". So many places to see and what you really know at this stage-so little time."

1953

Donna (Hale) Barnes '53
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse Marvin L.
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953 Degree: Associate of Science
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 7 Great Grandchildren 3
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 2 grand daughters-in-law, 2 nieces, 1 nephew
Favorite College Memory:
Green beanies, home ec., classes, dumbbell English, lots of new friends, how different from high school, sporting events, drama.
College Activities:
Sports
Career:
School secretary District #51
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
We have traveled many states but it seems we never see enough of Colorado - spent several years playing softball, but due to the aging process, I'm now only on bowling leagues.

Kenneth Johnson '53
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse Rhodie
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 53 Degree: BS
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Ski Club
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 10
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College Brother
Favorite College Memory:
The great teachers!! Dr. James Johnson, Geology Professor, Associate Dean, retired 2001.
Career:
Newspaper and magazine publishing. Cattle, land, resort management and development. (See note below). Managed Redstone Castle at Redstone from 1974 to 1999. Publisher of Grand Junction Daily Sentinel until 1981. Author.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Traveled to 23 nations, most U.S. states
Hobbies include skiing, snowshoeing, diving, auto racing, flying, ranching, and history.
Note:Article in the Redstone Press "Ken Johnson is a newspaperman who has owned and edited 17 newspapers from Grand Junction, Colorado to Cleveland, Ohio. He has developed magazines, been a graphic arts consultant and has researched the history of the Crystal River Valley and Redstone for over 20 years. He also guides Redstone Press Book Publishers".

Bob Jordon '53
Fruita, CO
Spouse: Marianelle
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953
Hometown: Denver
# of Children: 5 Grandchildren 13
Favorite College Memory:
First night in Grand Junction, alone in the football players living quarters and hearing the old lion roaring. Found out later there really was a lion in the old Lincoln Park Zoo. Frightening first night.
College Activities:
Football - school newspaper
Career:
Retired from Ball Aerospace in Boulder in December 1996. Two years in U.S. Army immediately after Mesa. Most of adult life in aerospace-Martin Company and Ball Aerospace.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
V olunteer mentor at Fruita Monument High School in the "Wise Wildcat" program. Coached football at various levels for 35+ years. Planning 3rd trip to Ireland next spring. Wife is a wonderful artist and I promote her work.

Patricia Ann (Gower) Kangsten '53
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Pat
Spouse Merle W. Kansgen (deceased 2000)
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953 Degree: diploma
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 3 Great Grandchildren 1 Other: 2 step grandsons
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: two
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College:
1 sister, 3 brothers
Favorite College Memory:
I enjoyed attending Mesa. We had a lot of very good teachers. We took a lot of trips supporting the athletic teams and seeing a lot of Colorado as a result. My favorite memory would have to be in 1954 when I met my husband who came to Mesa as a veteran of the Korean War. I was working in the office.
College Activities:
Pep Club
Career:
Worked as a secretary/bookkeeper for 40 years, including 9 years at Mesa College. We lived in Montrose for 26 years and moved back to GJ in 1994. My husband was a veteran and wanted to volunteer at the VA Hospital.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
I volunteer at the VA Hospital. My husband was a veteran of the Korean War. He had cousins who were there also. I had two brothers-in-law, as did Merle, who were veterans of WWII. My oldest brother died in Italy in World War II. My other brother came home safely. Our son was in the Navy for six years. My nephew was in Vietnam. My father was a veteran of World War I. I have traveled to Minnesota and California several times to visit my brother and sister and I go to Longmont, Denver and Colorado Springs frequently to visit.

Terald R. Lamb '53
Solon, IA
Nick Name: Terry
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 53 Degree: AS
Hometown: Clifton, CO
College Activities: Photographer; El Toro
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 2
Favorite College Memory:
One football game-Mesa was behind like 13-0. Mesa won the game in the last couple of minutes.
Career:
Was in the Air Force for 5 ½ years as a pilot. Flew Pacific for three years. Got BSEE from Iowa State Universities. Spent 40 years with Calleus Avionics in flight control design and equipment certification with world regulatory agencies.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Participate in Elderhostels, travel, genealogy and wood working.

Richard P. Oberto '53
Arvada, CO
Nick Name: Dick
Spouse: Margaret
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953 Degree: AS
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 7 Great Grandchildren
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College:
Favorite College Memory:
Saturday afternoon football games-followed by the "Smoke Shack"
Career:
Analytical chemist - following graduation from University of Colorado
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Travel presently consists of visiting children and grandchildren.
Present hobbies -watching grandchildren sporting events and enjoying retirement.

Bud and Harriet Smock '53
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Bud
Spouse: Harriet
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953 Degree: AA
Hometown: Delta, Colorado
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 3
College Activities:
Football and basketball
Career:
Coached 13 years and was Director of Financial Aid at Mesa State College for 21 years.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Fishing and travel

Wirt V. Squires, Jr. '53
Santa Fe State, NM
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953 Degree: AS
Hometown: Rifle
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 2
Favorite College Memory:
The size of the college was comfortable and not a great step from high school. Very nice.
Career:
Accounting/Graduate of CU.

Clara Boss Steele, AA '53
Clara died on July 15, 2002 after a 15 year long illness of Parkinson's disease. She graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1951. She attended Mesa College and the University of Northern Colorado. Clara married Allan Steele in 1957 and was the mother of two children, Jonathan and Theresa. She was employed by School District 51 for 12 years. During that time she earned her masters degree in education at the University of Colorado. She then retired from the school district and earned a degree in Library Science from Denver University. She was employed by NOAA in Boulder and Two Rivers Library System in Glenwood Springs.While in Glenwood, Clara was a member of The Symphony in the Valley Orchestra. There is a scholarship in the name of Clara Boss Steele for a student studying violin, with preference given to a female with financial need.

Nina M. (Phipps) Williams '53
Eckert, CO
Spouse Brice W. Williams
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1953 Degree: AA
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Choir and drama
# of Children: 6 Grandchildren 12 Great Grandchildren 8
brother, nephew and nieces
Favorite College Memory:
Playing Peter's wife "Ellen" in Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and traveling to Montrose, Delta and Glenwood Springs for performances. Sadie Hawkins dance.
Career:
Legal secretary and typesetter, now retired.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Doll collecting and sugar shell collecting.

1954

Betty (Kreps) Archuleta
Gunnison, CO
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954 Degree: AA
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 13 Great Grandchildren 1
Favorite College Memory:
8AM class with Miss Raitt!! Drinking coffee in old cafeteria building-even had German class there once.
College Activities: Band, yearbook
Career:
Secretary, bookkeeper (7Up Bottling); billing supervisor for Gunnison Company Electric Association (21 years); retired 1994
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Love to cruise (7)- visited Australia/New Zealand and 21 day bus tour of Europe.

Norma (Dale) Dibble
Maiden Name: Dalholtz
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Dale
Spouse Paul
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954 Degree: Associate; B.A. at C.U.
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year Degree: PhD
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities:
Choir, Contact Troupe, Drama, Phi Theta Kappa
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 10
Favorite College Memory:
Travel with Contact Troupe (select choir) to surrounding high schools to promo Mesa. Friendships with fellow students. Homecoming parade, game, etc.
Career:
Worked in assay lab; substitute taught at all levels for 35 years. Working in Christian bookstore now part time and for the past 15 years-my delight.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Paul and I travel extensively. We led a tour to Greece, Egypt and Israel several years ago - a real highlight. We went to Australia this year. Alaska and a trip to Austria were last year's itinerary. We did a Mediterranean cruise the year before. Probably our favorite was a trip to Mexico City where we both taught for Campus Crusade. Paul taught in India last year and has been teaching in Moscow and Minsk since 1994. Next year we are scheduled for tour of Greek Islands and two weeks in Tuscany region.

Charlene F. (Du Vall) Gardner
Pueblo, CO
Spouse Stanley A. Gardner
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1955 Degree: AA
Hometown: Fruita, CO
College Activities:
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 1
Favorite College Memory:
Campaigning for student officers
Career:
25 years, Media Specialist, elementary school Pueblo School District #60. Retired 1994. Presently supervise 23 volunteers that assist low income and elderly with IRS tax returns through AARP.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Took flying lessons at age 60, active with getting young people interested in aviation. Enjoy traveling, plan at least one trip each year.

Don & Betty Jeffries
Chula Vista,: CA
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954 Degree: PhD
Spouses' Grad Year or Last Year 1953
Hometown: Minturn, CO
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 2
Favorite College Memory:
General Mesa activities- It was a great two years. Playing in the National Junior College Tennis Tournament at Colorado Springs with Bob LaDuke as my coach.
Career:
45 years as a teacher, principal and national consultant on year-round education.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Betty and I travel a couple of times a year, many mini-vacations. I jog, golf, read, backpack, fish and snowshoe in Colorado every winter. Lately, I spend a lot of time on the computer.

Dale Klein
Laguna Beach, CA
Spouse Linda
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 2
Favorite College Memory:
The whole college experiment, to me, Mesa Junior College (at that time) was big as compared to living in rural Iowa with a high school class of 16.
Career:
Career officer in Civil Engineer Corp, United States Navy - 22 years.
Physical plant director for the Claremont Colleges - 22 years

Charles Neeld
Las Vegas, NV
Nick Name: Big Foot Charlie Neeld
Spouse Kay Neeld
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954
Hometown: Rangley, CO
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 2
Career:
On retirement Charles received an Award of Appreciation from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Nuclear test-experimental science program for his strong commitment to excellence; his high degree of success and his outstanding capabilities in electronic data retrieval systems. Also, for helping the laboratory into the future in cutting edge technologies in fiber optics and electronic streak cameras -(this was before the phone company started to use fiber optics and we had "high speed" cameras.

Leonard A. Sinclair
Gypsum, CO
Nick Name: Len
Spouse Betty
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 54 Degree: AA
Hometown: Minturn, CO
College Activities: President Student Council 1953/1954
# of Children: 4
Favorite College Memory:
Wrestling scholarships!!
Career:
U.S. Navy officer and pilot
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
All uncivilized areas of Pacific area

Karma Hoover Smith
Maiden Name: Aiken
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Spouse Mel Hoover
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954
Hometown: Fruita, Colorado
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 3
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 1
Favorite College Memory:
Graduating and getting married in the same week. Trying to take final exams and make wedding arrangements, too!

Kay S. (Simmons) West
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse: Edward G. West (deceased)
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1954 Degree: Assoc.
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1955 Degree: Assoc.
Hometown: Golden, CO
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 4
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
My oldest grandson is attending West Point so we are getting to know New York rather well.

1955

Jo Ann (Colosimo) Click
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse Bill Click
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 55 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year or Last Year 63 Degree: AA
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 7 Grandchildren 7
Favorite College Memory:
General Mesa Activities- It was a great two years. Playing in the National Junior College Tennis Tournament at Colorado Springs with Bob LaDuke as my coach.
Career:
Graduated from CSU with B.S. in Occupational Therapy. Worked at many centers and ended career at Grand Junction Regional Center a Director of OT after 25 years. Married Bill in 1962 (graduate of Denver University) and sadly, he died 10 years ago.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Have traveled lots! And love it-Enjoy family, friends, reading, card games, etc. Am especially proud of raising seven beautiful and talented children who are all good citizens and family people.

Delmar V. Coyner
Craig, CO
Nick Name: Del
Spouse Patricia L.
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1955 Degree: AS
Hometown: Phippsburg, CO
College Activities: Studies
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 6
Many foster kids *see note under "other"
Favorite College Memory:
Met my wife of 45+ years
Career:
Construction/general contractor for 35 years. School district building and maintenance for Steamboat Springs, Colorado District RE-2 for 12 years.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
"We have had 72 foster children in our home. Some a few weeks, some a few months and some for several years. I've had livestock all the time; now a hobby farm of 123 acres with 2 horses, 6 cows, 2 sheep, cats and dogs and lots of wildlife."

Stanley Alan Gardner
Pueblo, CO
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1955 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1954 Degree: AA
Hometown: Appleton, CO
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 1
Favorite College Memory:
Pinochle games in the cafeteria
Career:
.38 ½ years with Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Retired in 1992.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Active with Masonic organizations. 1999 served as International President of High Twelve. This group supports Fellowships to George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Colorado State officer for Commandery Knight Templars, a group that provides assistance for corrective eye surgery.

John Hickman
Pine Grove, CA
Spouse Shirley (Hocker)
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1955 Degree: AS
Spouses' Grad Year or Last Year 1954
Hometown: Palisade
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 2
Career:
Radiation safety officer U.C. Davis - 19 years
Health physicist State of California Department of Health - 17 years
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Camping, fishing, assisting county programs

Dolores R. (Colosimo) Nugent
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Dee
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1955 Degree: Business
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Pep club-sports fan
# of Children: 1 Grandchildren
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 1
Favorite College Memory:
Met a lot of nice people and the teachers were wonderful. Learned a lot.
Career:
Worked at Mesa Junior College in Adult Education Department and main office. Also worked for Ute Water for 35 years. Now at Key Business Machines last five years, working in the office at last two jobs.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Collect dolls, like to travel, especially Las Vegas.

Duane Ray
Las Vegas, NV
Nick Name: Dewey
Spouse Patricia
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1955 Degree: AS
Hometown: McCoy, CO
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 2
Career:
U.S. Air Force - retired
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Own 5th wheel RV- go places we haven't seen yet. Our goal is to see all 50 states and most of Canada. Still enjoy fishing, hunting and camping.

1956

Bob LaDuke AA ’56
Associate Degree, Social Science; ’57-’59, Western State, BA Education. Bob spent a 30-year career in the field of education, 24 of those at Taylor Elem. in Palisade and 6 at Mt. Garfield Middle School. During 20 of those years he coached track and field at Palisade High School. Bob retired from teaching in 1989 and since then has been employed at Tiara Rado Golf Course. An avid golfer, he is currently Pres. of the Tiara Rado Men’s Club, is a member of the Western Colorado Golf Foundation which raises money for scholarships, and is Exec. Sec. of the Colo. Golf Association’s Western Chapter. Bob is also a member of Crime Stoppers. Involvement in the Mesa State College system has been a tradition for Bob and his family. His wife of 45 years, Carol, is well known for the years she spent as Dean of Women at Mesa College from 1956-1966. All of their three sons, Daryn, Kelton, and Kevin, attended MSC, with two receiving baccalaureate degrees from that institution. Their sons, four grandsons, and one granddaughter live in the Grand Junction area. Bob and Carol were part of a group of MSC supporters who originated the MSC Alumni Assn. Bob was an active member of the Alumni Board for the past six years, retiring this summer. The Alumni Assn. will sincerely miss his participation on the Board.

Eva Jane (Leslie) McLellan
St. George, UT
Nick Name: Evie
Spouse: Jack McClellan
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1956 Degree: AA
BA (University of Colorado)
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year Degree: BA (University of Colorado)
Hometown: Fruita
College Activities:
Student government, foreign language club,
Phi Alpha Theta
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 3
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: cousins only
Favorite College Memory:
Games, dances, fun friends, small college atmosphere "a great time in my life".
Career:
Executive secretary; administrative assistant
Housewife, mother, grandmother
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
European travel; Alaska; Hawaii; Canada, too
Family activities; reading; writing; photography; "outdoor adventures" in younger years
Skiing, backpacking, hiking, camping.

Marilyn Y. (Bricker) Nielsen
Palisade, CO
Nick Name: Spouse William
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1956 Degree: Associate in Commerce
Hometown: Palisade
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 3
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: cousin
Favorite College Memory:
Friends made - trips with pep band. School was smaller and we knew at least half of the students by first name.
College Activities:
Pep band, Delta Psi Omega, Contact Troupe
Career:
Worked for Union Carbide in Accounting Department
Married - had two sons and moved to Utah where we retired.
Worked as a bookkeeper for a credit union.
Last 16 years in real estate as associate broker - now retired.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
At present we spend our summers in Scofield, Utah, in the coolness of the mountains. The winter months we spend in Palisade.

Gwen (Smith) Sublette
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1956 Degree: AA
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College:
Three children attended Mesa State.
Career:
Gwen is a retired secretary and administrative assistant for the Colorado 21st Judicial Probation Department. Gwen is on the board and a frequent volunteer at the Community Food Bank.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
She and her husband, Gus, love to travel.

Robert Towers
Sacramento, CA
Degree: AA
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 7
Favorite College Memory:
The Shack - After games and matches esp winning Pacific Coast (western) Golden Gloves Championship at Denver Coliseum 1957
Ski instructor 20 years
Career:
College coach and teacher - BA- Greeley-Colorado State
MS-Chemistry Syracuse University
Team Leader and coach International Cultural Exchange teams 1971-84 (Collegiate Wrestling)
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Organize tour groups for travel to all parts of Europe for 15 years
Have visited 18 countries
Racquetball, jogging, skiing, travel, golf

John and Patricia (Beckley) Weaver
Longmont, CO
Nick Name: Jack Spouse Pat
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1956 Degree: AS
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1951
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Football, wrestling, student government, chorus, Mesa Music Troup
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 4
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: Brothers and sisters
Career:
.Production Engineer and Production Management

Louise R. Wegener
Englewood, CO
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1956
Hometown: Denver
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 7
Favorite College Memory:
Having my own room - I enjoyed going to a small school.
College Activities: Steperettes
Career:
Office manager Byers Gymnastics, Sacramento, California
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
I travel a lot to see my family and friends in California and Washington. I still ski and play tennis and I am going to start golfing.

1957

Joe G. Barnes
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse: Thelma
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: AS
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1978 Degree: BA
Hometown: Santa Anna, Texas
Career:
Engineering geologist, graduated University of Colorado 1961.

Maxine (Thomas) and Ed Carlson
Arvada, CO
Nick Name: Max and/or Peaches
Spouse: Ed
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: diploma
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1958 Degree:
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 7
College Activities:
Steperettes two years
Career:
Homemaker
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Travel, camping, hiking, biking, sewing, handwork and crafts.

Louis Grasso, Jr.
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: AAS
Favorite College Memory:
Louis remembers his time at Mesa Junior College fondly and considers the late Mary Rait to have been the best teacher he ever had.
Career:
Louis received his bachelor and master of arts degrees from the University of Alabama. Lou retired in 1989 after a long career in School District #51. He served as a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, principal, director of personnel, assistant superintendent and was superintendent when he retired.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Since retirement Lou has served as a consultant on almost every new school built in Mesa County. Currently he is a consultant for the new Catholic school being built in Grand Junction.

HOW I MET MY MATE AT MESA COLLEGE
Caryl LaDuke
It was the summer of 1956 and I had just come back as the dorm director at Mesa College. I already knew many of the staff since I had graduated from Mesa just a few years prior to this time. Mrs. Cramer (drama instructor) and I were entering Houston Hall when she introduced me to a young man who was up on a ladder painting for Pop Houston. I should have paid more attention since he became the love of my life. I began getting calls asking me to come down to the Smoke Shack, the local meeting place. I finally found out that the calls were from the fellow on the ladder. I didn't go, but two years later I married him. I have kept him "up in the air" ever since and he has "painted a beautiful life" for me.

Al Robinson
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Vern
Spouse Cherry
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: Assoc. of Science
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 5 Grandchildren 2 Great Grandchildren
Favorite College Memory:
Trip to C.U. Days sponsored by El Toro Club
College Activities: El Toro Club, Ski Club
Career:
Professional Engineer, Civil construction consultant, Construction management
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Mexico, Midway Island, China.
World War I equipment collector; short story author; camping; fishing; skiing.

Ted and Ruth Rogers
Maiden Name: Fletcher
Arvada, CO
Spouse Ruth Fletcher
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1956
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Ted - Music and track and drama
Ruth steparettes
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 2 Great Grandchildren
Favorite College Memory:
Meeting mate and "The Shack"
Career:
Teacher and principal; assistant superintendent - California, Colorado
Adams #12 and #50 School Districts - Durango
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Cartooning, fishing, golf, tennis, travel as much as possible.

Ronald T. Williams
Broomfield, CO
Nick Name: Ron
Spouse Discarded - 1973
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: AA
Hometown: Rifle
College Activities:
Arts and parties
# of Children: 0 Grandchildren 8 step Great Grandchildren
Favorite College Memory:
First time away from home, but small college enrollment and felt very much at home.
Career:
Real estate sales and investor from 1970 to present.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Sports (active participant and couch potato)

Don E. Wilson
Longmont, CO
Spouse Jerilyn (Morris)
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1957 Degree: AS
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren Great Grandchildren
His daughter Tracy is a professor at Colorado State University, daughter Kelly is an MD specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, while his son Charles is a flight surgeon.
Career:
Dr. Wilson lives in Longmont with his wife, Jerilyn. He attended the University of Denver and the University of Colorado. He is retired from a private practice of obstetrics and gynecology and from the Air Force National Guard.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Grandchildren, golf, barbershop chorus

1958

Kay (Porter) Britton
Grand Junction, CO
Spouse Cliff Britton
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958 Degree: AC
Worked at Mesa 1982-96
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year
Cliff did not attend Mesa, but was a professor there 1964-96.
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Worked way through college so had little time to participate
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 2 Great Grandchildren
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: numerous
Favorite College Memory:
How very small Mesa seemed, being used to GJHS. Houston Hall was the only building, except for temporary barracks and it included the library, gym, etc.!!
Career:
Secretarial, and then assistant to the VP for Academic Affairs at Mesa when I retired.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Since retiring in 1996, Cliff and I have traveled whenever we can squeeze in the time, spend time at our cabin in the mountains; spend time working in various capacities at our church and enjoying our twin 2 ½ year old grandchildren.

Jim and Mary Dawn (Slack) Carstens
Palisade, CO
Nick Name:VC & Dawn
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 58 Degree: Diploma
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 58
Hometown: Meeker
College Activities: Study
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 4 Great Grandchildren
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College:2
Favorite College Memory:
Scholarship to NSC and PhD from CSU. Being Dean and actively involved during conversion to four-year program and bringing MBA program to campus. Retired July 1987
Career:
Professor of Business Administration at Mesa College. Last sixteen years on campus spent as department chair and Dean of the School of Business.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Cycling (motor); fishing, hunting, handball, racquetball and harassing college administrators. Travel, rockwork, antique "T"-birds, grandkids, daughters and wife-busy-busy-busy.

JIM EISENHAUER, Attended '57 & '58
He received his BSBA Univ. of Denver, '61. While attending Mesa Jr. College Jim was a staff member and business manager of the student newspaper (Criterion), and was also the sophomore class president in 1958. He remembers especially enjoying classes taught by Abbott Fay, Al Goffredi, Orval Boge, Buss Bergman, Don McKendrick, Wayne Nelson, and Jay Tolman. After graduation from the U. of Denver he worked in Grand Junction in family businesses from 1961-1989: Eisenhauer Dodge, Mesa Automotive Plaza, and Mesa Leasing Corp. From 1994 until present he has been employed as the Development Director for "Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado. Jim has contributed a great deal to Mesa County in numerous ways, including his associations as member and past presidents of various boards: Jr. Chamber of Commerce, Hilltop Rehabilitation Hospital, Industrial Development Inc., Grand Junction Lions, North Avenue Assn., and Colo. State Dealer Licensing Board (Governor Appointment). He currently serves on the Brownson Memorial Fund Board, and the JUCO Baseball Committee.

John Graham
Panana City, FL
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958
Hometown: Denver, CO
# of Children: 2
Favorite College Memory:
Sitting on the lawn in front of Mary Raitt Hall with other students reading and discussing passages from the classics.
Career:
Neurosurgeon
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Working in third world countries to fight poverty and disease

Helen Johnson Guynes
She and husband Jess have been married for 45 years and have three grown children, and 10 grand children. Retired as a postmaster in 2000 the travel in their 38' Newmar motorhome. She still plays the piano and gives music lessons. She enjoys keeping in touch with Mesa State.

Bob D. "Hooker" Griffin
Breckenridge, TX
Nick Name: Hooker
Spouse: Ouita
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958
# of Children: 3 sons Grandchildren 6
Career:
"Hooker" now lives in Breckenridge, Texas, and is the owner and CEO of Griffin Resources, LLC, an oil and gas properties company. He moved to Texas from Liberal Kansas where he was employed by Anadarko Petroleum for 20 years. In 1966 he was named Outstanding Young Kansas by Liberal's JC.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
He officiated many sports including semi-pro basketball. From 1973 to 1988 he served on the advisory committee for the University of Oklahoma's Erosion Control course. He has been married to his wife Ouita for 43 years and they have thee sons and six grandchildren.

Wayne O. Hoover
Englewood, CO
Spouse: Sherry
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958
Hometown: Olathe, CO
College Activities: Football and track
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 1 Great Grandchildren
Favorite College Memory:
Friends and acquaintances; playing Compton and Santa Monica on Thanksgiving Day (football)
Career:
General contractor- Tomichi Construction Company for 17 years; Superintendent Construction Georgetown Dam, Colorado; Eisenhower Tunnel, Morrow Point Dam, Blue Mesa - California Aquaduct.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Cruises - Alaska, Mexico, Europe
Hunting and fishing

Arnold J. Hunt
San Dimas, CA
Spouse: Annemarie J.
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958 Degree: AA
Hometown: Grand Junction
College Activities: Cross Country - football
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 3
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: Ten
Three brothers, Floyd, Seth, Don (all have AA's) and one sister Carlene, all attended Mesa in the 50's. Another brother David, attended in the 70's. (he too has a degree).
Favorite College Memory:
Living in dorm 1956-57. That year they converted one wing to house both guys and gals. The South end was for girls, the North end for boys. Only one problem-the two sides were separated by a "Green Door" which still had the knobs on both sides still in, but locked. Needless to say some ingenious student, guy or gal, figured out how to knock the knobs off and provide views for both sides as each side went down the hall to the bathroom adjacent to the famous door. Anyhow, it was common practice to look over to the other side for both sexes! Anyhow, one night I decided to take a look for myself and low and behold, what do I see, but an "Eyeball A Peeking Through the Green Door!". Just like the popular hit rock and roll song around that time! Of course I started singing right there and then! We all would spend time sitting by the "Green Door" at night, each side telling raunchy, dirty jokes. Each thinking the others wouldn't know who told them. But of course we all knew everybody, including each others voices!!
Career:
Educator. Taught two years in the service-GED 36 years in public school. Retired in 1999, (but since my retirement, work part time for University of LaVerne teaching part-time as a Supervisor of Student Teachers.)
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
My wife and I travel a lot, going to Europe a lot. (She is German, so we go there about every two years in the summer mostly.) My wife discovered "Cruising" so we go on one first, before we go to her home near Munich, Germany. We both play tennis. I enjoy reading when I can. Of course, we have grandchildren and we love to spend time with them! (Three, all girls, two are twins!..)

Jerry Mutchler AS '58
Jerry Mutchler played football under coach Bus Bergman in 1957 and 1958 at Mesa College. He was also a varsity wrestler. Jerry successfully coached high school varsity wrestling. Jerry entered the financial services industry in 1967 and has had a successful career. Jerry served as president and national committeeman of NAIFA-Western Colorado. NAIFA is the professional organization for insurance and financial advisors. They are dedicated to ethics, education and legislation in the industry. In 2003, Jerry received their Lifetime Achievement Award.Jerry has been married to Janie for 42 years. They have three children and five grandchildren. All of the grandchildren reside in Mesa County.

Harold W. Stafford
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Spouse Jacque Stafford
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1961 Degree: School of Hard Knocks
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 5
# of Descendants Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 1
Favorite College Memory:
Initiation 1958
Career:
Heavy Earth Work Contractor since 1965 to date-Utah and Colorado
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Married for 42 years and holding

Don Walker
Sumner, WA
Spouse Dorothy
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 58 Degree: Business
Hometown: Rifle
# of Children: 5 Grandchildren 7
Favorite College Memory:
Studies at the Smoke Shack
Career:
Sales - direct truck and rail cars of lumber
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Golf, grand children, travel

George E. Wheeler
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Mickey
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958 Degree: AA
Hometown: Austin, CO
Favorite College Memory:
Great teachers
Career:
C.P.A., Treasurer Dixson, Inc 1963-1972; co-owner 1975-85
Credit Bureau of Grand Junction, co-owner/manager
Nellie Bechtel Senior Apartments, 1993 - present

Bernard A. Woollard
Tridell, UT
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1958 Degree: AS
Hometown: Arvada
College Activities: work, work, work Safeway
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 16 Great Grandchildren
Favorite College Memory:
Met my wife, Renita. Been married 45 years. I can remember all my teachers from Mesa. Cannot recall one from CSU or Portland State.
Career:
Graduated CSU in 61; took my 5th year at Portland State University in 70; taught school (math) in Oregon for 15 years. Moved to Tridell, Utah in 76 on 160 acre farm. Taught math for 23 more years. My wife Renita taught reading in the elementary school.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Horse and buggy riding; gardening. Born and raised in England. Go back as much as possible. Traveled most of Northern Europe and United States and Canada.

1959

Peggy (Krantwashl) Ballard '58-'59,
Worked as an administrator at Colorado School of Mines for 30 years and is now retired and living in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Henry Braly
Longmont, CO
Nick Name: Hank
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 59 Degree: AS
Hometown: Longmont
College Activities: Football
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 4
Favorite College Memory:
Hall Street boys - just an all around good time
Career:
Highway contractor/producer of construction materials
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Travel, oil paint, boating

Milton S. Cox
Longmont, CO
Spouse: Dixie E. Manor Cox
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1959
Hometown: Fruita
# of Children: 2 Grandchildren 1
Career:
Agronomist Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado for 31 years. Worked in Olathe-Delta area; northern Colorado; Four Corners. Twelve years in Big Horn Basin in Wyoming; one year on Montana-Canadian Area (Sweetgrass MT; Wind River Basin in Wyoming two years; retired Nov. 1993.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Hunting, fishing, some traveling, family, volunteer work with RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Persons), Lion Club member,

Larry Federico
Palm Desert, CA
Spouse Rose
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 59 Degree: BSME
Spouses' Grad Year or Last Year 53
Hometown: Smithfield, Utah
College Activities: Baseball and football
# of Children: 4 Grandchildren 5
Favorite College Memory:
The 57-59 baseball and football seasons under Bus Bergman. The friendship of the Lester Landry family.
Career:
Engineering: General Electric to- Exxon Nuclear to- Siemens - to retirement.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Retired March 1998, playing golf and seeing new areas.

Roberta (Pratt) Grinsell
Reno, NV
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 59 Degree: AA
Hometown: Grand Junction
# of Children: 3 Grandchildren 5
Favorite College Memory:
The Contact Troup with leader Mr. Blackburn. We visited small communities in western Colorado encouraging students to attend Mesa (which was a junior college at that time),
Career:
I work for a CPA firm
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Golf/ cooking/ needlepoint

Clay and Kaye Hanlon
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 1959 Degree: AA
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 1959 Degree: AA
Career:
The Hanlon's believe in "togetherness". They graduated together from Delta High School, then attended Mesa Collge 1957-1959, graduating with AA degrees. Together they transferred to the University of Colorado where Kay earned her BS degree in 1961, and Clay earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1963.
Travel/Hobbies/Other:
Grand Junction has been fortunate to have the Hanlons as active community members since 1964. Clay still practices law and Kaye taught school for 23 years until retiring this past June. They have two sons, Justin and wife, Laini of Kansas City MO and Drew (who also attended Mesa State) and wife, Sherry of Grand Junction, plus four grandchildren.

Robert P. Stokes
Grand Junction, CO
Nick Name: Bob
Spouse Katherine (Petek)
Grad Year or Last Year Attended: 59 Degree: AS
Spouses' Grad Year of Last Year 54
Hometown: Grand Junction
Other relatives Attending/Attended Mesa State College: 10
Career:
Placement Director for Mea State College and Kate is a bookkeeper at L. Cook Jewelry