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Colorado being the site of our upcoming mini-reunion June 10-14, this is a good time to visit with classmates who live there.

Colorado Springs native Paul Clarkin returned after Dartmouth and even spent his Army service there, at Fort Carson. His first career was in the savings and loan field, but after that industry imploded in the 1980s Paul moved to the financial advisory business, which he still enjoys verymuch, along with skiing, golf and "the most enjoyable, satisfying thing I have ever done: my church trustee activities."

Joe Marx, another native, loves skiing, hiking and the outdoors so much that he returned 39 years ago, settled in Littleton and went into the commercial real estate brokerage business along with Lee Ambrose and Jim Swanson. Lee now lives in Grand Junction; Jim in Denver. "Lee hired Jim," says Joe, "and Jim hired me and Colorado's economy keptus all going." Joe is happily semi-retired, still hiking and skiing.

Jim Swanson relates, "Denver was a growing community and nothing could be better for someone who wanted to get into the commercial real estate business. In addition, I really like the climate, which is four distinct seasons, none of them intense, and the addictive lifestyle of the metro area. My wife and I have a little ranch up in the mountains near Winter Park where we constantly ski and mountain bike."

Dr. Don Gilden, now in Greenwood Village, was a skier drawn to the state only 21 years ago, in his case to head the department of neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. An academic neurologist, Don is currently studying multiple sclerosis, chicken pox and shingles, trying to find their causes. He plays the violin, currently a beautifulsounding 18th-century Italian instrument, takes weekly lessons and performs regularly with groups. Don annually sees close friends Bob Liberman, a UCLA psychiatrist in Thousand Oaks, California, and pediatrician Joe Goldberg, who teaches at the University of Illinoisin Urbana.

Dr. Gene DuBoff, in Golden, says that after living four years in Germany and interning in California, he was attracted to Colorado by two things: skiing and a great residency program in psychiatry. Gene practiced psychiatry for about 15 years before co-founding a company to do clinical trials of drugs intended for treating Alzheimers, depression, migraines and such. A great success, the business was later sold. Gene now enjoys life consulting for it, hiking in the mountains in the summer and skiing. Like Chuck Lamb, Gene is also a motorcyclist. He says Colorado's beautiful backcountry roads are marvelous cycle trails.

Our great figure skater classmate Barlow Nelson, now retired from the law in Tulsa, has a special Colorado connection. Having served American figure skating as a judge of numerous events and a USFSA team leader at 10 international competitions, two world championships and the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, Barlow is now trustee of the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs.

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