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Edward J. Knight鈥檚 (Phys鈥�90) newest novel, Gunslinger: The Dragon of Yellowstone, was published by WordFire Press in April 2021. Set in mythicized Golden City, Colorado, the book tells the story of a 16-year-old hotel chambermaids quest to save the western world from giants, trolls and a dragon. Outside of writing, Edward worked on Landsat 9, a satellite launched by NASA on September 27, 2021. Edward served as the chief engineer on the Operational Land Imager 2, which is taking images of the Earth鈥檚 surface and continues Landsat鈥檚 50-year legacy of supporting environmental science.

Filmmaker and professional skier Chris Anthony (Kines) produced a documentary film, Mission Mt. Mangart, about the legendary WWII 10th Mountain Division, which consisted of the most talented international skiers and mountaineers of the day. The world premiere will be in Denver on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. He hopes to bring the film to the CU Boulder campus in early 2022.聽聽

After living in Telluride post-graduation, Jennifer Burman (Psych) earned her master鈥檚 degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked as a therapist in a private practice for many years, specializing in children, adolescents and couples. Now, she is raising two teenage girls on her own and has published her first book, A Widow鈥檚 Walk, which speaks to the challenges of marriage and betrayal. She will soon launch her next memoir about single motherhood, dating, relationships, sex and addiction. In her free time, besides writing, Jennifer practices yoga, travels, gardens and bakes.

Linda Pelaez Hattenbach (Psych) of Lakewood, Colorado, is beginning a new venture designing collegiate jewelry 鈥� starting with her alma mater. She invites you to visit revelrydesigns.com for her CU- and Rocky Mountain-inspired jewelry.聽

Markos Scheer (Pol Sci) opened the United States鈥� largest kelp farm off Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. Kelp can be used in products like ice cream, salad dressing and pet food. For 20 years, Markos was an attorney at Williams Kastner & Gibbs, a Pacific Northwest law firm based in Seattle, 开心鬼传媒. His story was featured in the Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine last year.

Montbello, California, resident Keith Knox (PolSci) was appointed Los Angeles County treasurer and tax collector by the County Board of Supervisors in December 2019. Keith has spent the last 29 years working for Los Angeles County, including working for the Employee Retirement Association.

After graduation, Franck Van der Hooft (PolSci, Thtr) returned to Amsterdam and became an executive producer at Cirque du Soleil. Four years ago, Franck and his husband, Rupert, emigrated to France, where they opened Les Mas & Le Mazet, five-star holiday homes in the idyllic French countryside. Franck is offering a 10 percent discount to any CU alumni who stay in 2020. Visit to learn more.

鈥淏eing a Chi Omega sister created bonds for life,鈥� wrote Kirsten Helm Hanna (Real) of Chapel Hill, N.C., after taking a trip to Costa Rica this winter with several of her sorority sisters. 鈥淚t was like we were right back where we left off ... listening to 鈥�80s music from bands we heard at Tulagi鈥檚, Potters and Pearls!鈥� Laurel Andrew Dale (ChemEngr; MBA鈥�99) of Littleton, Colo., Kari Larson Johnson (MechEngr) of Superior, Colo., Terri Miles Schmier (AeroEngr) of San Mateo, Calif., Cathy Corbin Gay (Mktg) of Overland Park, Kan., Julie Johnson Sexson (Fin) of St. Paul, Minn., and Paula Beehler Adkison (Acct) of Lewisville, Texas, were all in attendance.

This year, Rick Case (Real) celebrated 30 years with his Boulder-based company Nite Ize. In 1989, Rick dropped his flashlight during some night fishing, so he created a head-mounted flashlight after his family loaned him $1,500. Since then the company has grown to sell over 500 products worldwide.

The Weight of Water, the latest production from documentary filmmaker Michael Brown (Geog), tells the story of blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer鈥檚 kayaking trip through the Grand Canyon. The film received several awards, including the People鈥檚 Choice Award at the 2018 Denver Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the 2019 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Michael lives in Boulder.聽

Editor Gregory Foley (Engl) of the Idaho Mountain Express traveled to Norfolk, Va., Sept. 29 to accept the General Excellence Award from the National Newspaper Association. There were 1,405 entries for the award from across the nation, according to the NNA. In 2003, Gregory published a novel, The Clarity of Light, about a French-American artist who travels to reunite with her ailing grandmother. He lives in Sun Valley.

Elizabeth Slater Jasper (Econ, Phil) was named chief legal officer for the Denver-based community health program Nurse-Family Partnership Service, where she has been a part of the executive team for more than five years. Elizabeth lives in Denver with her husband, David, and son, Francis.

In 2016, David Steinmann (Phys) discovered a new species of daddy long-leg spider while exploring Mallory Cave in Boulder. These spiders, named Sclerobunus steinmanni, after David, moved into caves over 10 million years ago. David, a research associate with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, has discovered many new invertebrate species in Colorado caves, including an unusual new worm from a cave in Steamboat Springs. His daddy long-leg discovery was documented by National Geographic.

Michele Heller (Jour鈥�90) was hired as the media relations and communications manager for the Peterson Institute for International Economics. She came to the 开心鬼传媒, D.C.-based think tank after serving eight years as an Obama administration appointee at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where she was the senior communications adviser involved in strategic messaging, media relations, and speech and op-ed development for members of the FDIC. Before starting her new job, Michele traveled with her middle-schoolaged children throughout Europe and Asia, primarily in the mountains and remote villages of southwestern China. Michelle has held various editing and reporting jobs in 开心鬼传媒, D.C., Beijing and Hong Kong, including at the 开心鬼传媒 Post, McClatchy Newspapers, and the Hong Kong Standard. She lives in 开心鬼传媒 with her聽husband, their two sons and their dog.

Bill Young聽(Econ), an聽international pilot, stays聽in a lot of hotel rooms. To聽document the interesting聽carpet patterns he sees all聽over the world, he started聽an Instagram account聽called @MyHotelCarpet.聽In November his daughter,聽Jill, posted the account聽to her own Instagram聽page and called for it to聽have more followers. Her聽request went viral, and聽within a few days, 536,000聽people followed his page.聽The story was covered by聽several major news outlets, including ABC News聽and Buzzfeed. Bill lives in聽Dallas with his family.

In January the American Classical League, an organization that aims to promote classical studies to the general public, announced Sherwin Little (MClass) as its first executive director. Previously, Sherwin taught Latin and Greek for 30 years in the Indian Hill School district in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Boulder resident Cam Low (Advert) was named CU Advocate Cheerleader of the Year. A member of the Boulder Alumni chapter鈥檚 board, Cam frequently volunteers at CU events and uses social media, graphic design and photography to promote them.

David Novotny (ElEngr; MS鈥�96) received a Department of Commerce Silver Medal for his work as part of a National Institute of Standards and Technology team. The team designed and implemented a new type of high-frequency antenna measurement system based on accurately controlling an industrial robot with a laser tracker.