- Tributes
Northern Colorado Athletics mourns the passing of long-time football coach and UNC Athletics Hall of Famer O. Kay Dalton, who spent 17 years at UNC, first as the team’s offensive coordinator from 1989-99, then as head coach from 2000-05. He was part of the 1996 and 1997 Division II Championship teams and in 2002 led the Bears to the North Central Conference title, going 12-2 on the year with a perfect 8-0 in the NCC.
His long football career began as a player at Colorado State University and continued through an illustrious 45-year coaching career that ranged from college to professional ranks, including stints in the Canadian Football League and National Football League. He guided teams that included the Montreal Alouettes and British Columbia Lions, the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. He returned to Colorado State from 1987-88 before arriving at UNC in 1989. Dalton is a hall of famer with Northern Colorado Athletics, Colorado State Athletics and Western Colorado Athletics.
UNC Athletics Hall of Fame baseball coach Tom Petroff passed away on August 23. He coached at UNC from 1970-85, guiding the Bears to six conference championships, three NCAA Division II regional appearances and three NCAA Division I regional appearances including the 1974 College World Series. He was named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Coach of the Year in 1971, and while at UNC developed an educational physical sensory program entitled “See and Feel” for the hearing impaired, continuing the program throughout his career including becoming the co-director of the Deaf Baseball Development Program.
After going 367-198-1 at UNC, he coached at the University of Iowa; was Director of Field Operations for the Detroit Tigers; head coach for the Netherlands in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea; coached the U.S. Olympic team in 1984 and aided the national team as Director of Instruction for the 2000 Olympics. In addition to UNC’s Athletics Hall of Fame, he is in Colorado Sports Hall of Fame and ABCA Hall of Fame.
- Emeritus Faculty
Tom Warner
- 1940s
Dorothy Klusman Gore ’45 B.A.
Shirley Brown Nye ’46 B.A.
Dick Kaufman ’49 A.B.
Ruby Maddox Shupe ’49 B.A.
Lorraine Bishop Dungan ’44 B.A.
Wilda Widener Christensen ’47 B.A.
Zoe Estes Slinkman ’47 B.A.
Stephen Woodworth ’48 B.A. ’49 M.A.
Louis Hanson ’48 M.A. - 1950s
Mary Reschke Cashman ’50 B.A.
Enid Vondy Harris ’50 B.A.
Clare Schroeder Pankratz ’51 A.B. ’80 M.A.
Dorcas Burns Lahnert ’51 B.A.
Don Murfin ’51 B.A.
Victoria Thompson Garrett ’51 B.A.
Don Hungenberg ’51 B.A.
Dwayne Pilkington ’51 B.A.
Ruth Ishiguro ’52 B.A.
Sam Ticknor ’52 B.A.
Alice Snyder Carter ’52 B.A.
James Pitzer ’52 B.A.
Shirley DePorter Batman ’52 B.A.’69 M.A.
Arthurene Edens Bomberg ’52 B.A.
Eldon Reutter ’52 M.A.
Frank Larkworthy ’53 B.A.
Don Williams ’53 B.A.
Marilyn Scofield Eichner ’53 B.A.’71 M.A.
Barbara Ennis Pigford ’53 B.A.
Norm Noe ’54
Guy Mirich ’54 B.A.
Martha Busch Gallupe ’54 B.A.
Wanda Chapman Griese ’55 B.A.
Jon McAlear ’55 B.A.
Elaine Taylor ’55 B.A.
Tom Prout ’55 M.A.
James Heddens ’55 M.A. ’60 Ed.D.
Darrold Isaacson ’55 M.A.
Vivian O’Connor Strimbu ’56 B.A.
Carmine De Santis ’56 B.A.’58 M.A.
Julia Hoffmeister Lord ’56 B.A.
Carolyn Allison Milloy ’56 B.A.
Eleanore Williams Natoni ’56 B.A.
Bud Davis ’56 B.A.
Larry Finch ’56 B.A.
Charles Stearns ’56 B.A.’57 M.A.
Bogdan Vunovich ’57 A.B. ’59 M.A.
Janice Tuomi ’57 B.A.
Bill Starrett ’57 B.A.
John Wirsing ’57 B.A.
Robert Mullally ’57 M.A.
Richard Fawver ’57 M.A.
Henry Riechers ’57 M.A.
Bill McBride ’57 M.A.
Gerald Adams ’58 B.A.
Ben Zamarripa ’58 B.A.
Bob Seno ’58 B.A.’60 M.A.
James Amick ’58 B.A.
Larry Batman ’58 B.A.’62 M.A.
Almeda Coons ’58 M.A.
Don Robson ’58 M.A.
Jules Vautrot ’58 M.A. ’67 Ed.D.
Carolyn Herzberger ’59 B.A.
James Hunter ’59 B.A.
Anne Mouat Fujiwara ’59 B.A.
Mel Faber ’59 B.A.’67 M.A.
Tom Ryan ’59 B.A.
Kenny Forbes ’59 B.A.’59 B.A.
Gene Morey ’59 B.A.
Mary McKinney Covelli ’59 B.A.
Byron Lewis ’59 B.A.’60 M.A.
Joan Trautman ’59 B.A.’61 M.A.
Marilyn Mohr Wagner ’59 B.S.
Daryl Gordon ’59 M.A.
Kenneth Schaefer ’59 M.A.
Dick Doering ’59 M.A.
Ruth Quam Sible ’59 M.A. - 1960s
Mary Appuglise Agnes ’60 B.A.
Dee Harman Bishopp ’60 B.A.
Della Martinez Spradlin ’60 B.A.
John Buck ’60 B.A.
James Richardson ’60 B.A.
Darlene Gay Miller ’60 B.A.
Judy Kelley Hinze ’60 B.A.
Barbara Schatz Cooksley ’60 B.A.
Rose Infante Casas ’60 B.A.
Stan Walker ’60 B.A.
Truman Sproles ’60 B.A.
Melvin Huser ’60 B.A.
Gwendolyn Thurmond Raab ’60 M.A.
Tom Shoaf ’60 M.A.
James Kratovil ’60 M.A.
Roy Pressler ’60 M.A.
Bob Preisendorf ’61 B.A.
Joyce Ridgel Briley ’61 B.A.’61 B.A.
Bob Mack ’61 B.A.
Richard Lewer ’61 B.A.
Larry Aspegren ’61 B.A.
Elaine Apking Linn ’61 B.A.
Gary Castle ’61 B.A.’69 M.A.
Wes Cook ’61 B.S.
Geraldine Kretek ’61 M.A.
Barbara Test ’62 B.A.
Dorothy Walter Tuttle ’62 B.A.
Judy McCormick ’62 B.A.’67 M.A.
Bill Ronco ’62 B.A.
Sherrill Winkleman ’62 B.A.
Betty Hettinger Boehnke ’62 B.A.
Georgianna Lum ’62 B.A.
George Vosmera ’62 B.A.
Jack Blendinger ’62 M.A. ’69 Ed.D.
Vivian Serr Rempel ’62 M.A.
Gary Embretson ’62 M.A.
Kenneth Kunisaki ’63 B.A.’64 M.A.
Pat Love Norris ’63 B.A.
Marianne Zalesky ’63 B.A.
Judy Noel ’63 B.A.
Sally Vasquez Abbott ’63 B.A.
Frederick Matthiesen ’63 B.A.
Bob Deter ’63 B.A.’66 M.A.
Sheila Hasenkamp ’63 B.A.’72 M.A.
Donna Benge ’63 B.A.’68 M.A.
James Davis ’63 B.A.’69 M.A.
Harold Love ’63 Ed.D.
Nan Almond Oliver ’63 M.A.
Richard Finnestad ’63 M.A.
Chuck Messerschmidt ’63 M.A.
Paul Balcer ’63 M.A.
Duane Belseth ’63 M.A.
Kay Criner ’63 M.A.
Carole Davis ’64 B.A.
Allan Book ’64 B.A.
Nancy Greene ’64 B.A.
Gary Sauer ’64 B.A.’84 Ed.D.
Alvin Tamaribuchi ’64 B.A.
Howard Hamilton ’64 B.A.’69 M.A.
Donna Kellenbenz Runyan ’64 B.A.
Phyllis Ross Kraich ’64 B.A.
Sheryl White Dahm ’64 B.A.
Betty Bethell ’64 M.A.
Gloria Sterling Little ’64 M.A.
Ivan Adams ’64 M.A. ’73 Ed.S.
Shirley Pfeiffer ’64 M.A.
Stanley Vasa ’64 M.A.
Bette Le Feber Ervin ’65 B.A.
Jim Wilson ’65 B.A.
Nikki Jinacio Jones ’65 B.A.
Richard Moritz ’65 B.A.
Jerry Wassemiller ’65 B.A.
Pat Nierman Snyder ’65 B.A.
Barry Bedinger ’65 B.A.
George Preis ’65 B.A. D
ona Evans ’65 B.A.’77 M.A.
Carolyn Hyslop Caprioglio ’65 B.A.
Hank Wichmann ’65 M.A. ’72 Ph.D.
Keith Bayne ’65 M.A.
Tom Willett ’66 B.A.
Cecil Darden ’66 B.A.
Tom Quinlan ’66 B.A.’75 M.A.
Kurt Utzinger ’66 B.A.
Norma Meisner Ray ’66 B.A.
Paul Rewinkel ’66 B.A.
Darlene Conran ’66 B.A.
Linda Montgomery Fuller ’66 B.A.
Bob Segerstrom ’66 B.A.’66 Ed.S.
Leon Sanders ’66 M.A.
Albert Drumright ’66 M.A.
James Smith ’66 M.A.
Keith Rossland ’67 B.A.
Evan Martin ’67 B.A.
Pat McNally Skinner ’67 B.A.
Edward Watanabe ’67 B.A.’67 B.A.
Robert Heuermann ’67 B.A.
Carolee Suga Kawai ’67 B.A.
Cheryl Dickinson Monheiser ’67 B.A.
Jerry Karst ’67 B.A.
Carol Wallis McGrady ’67 B.A.
Norma Bartel ’67 B.A.’67 B.A.
Shirley Watkins Hustrulid ’67 M.A.
Sharon Reeves Classen ’67 M.A.
Myron Cave ’67 M.A.
Rodney Unruh ’67 M.A.
Merle Schulz ’67 M.A.
Conrad Zorn ’67 M.A.
oseph Wilson ’67 M.A.
Harold Ptacek ’67 M.A.
James Sherman ’67 Ph.D.
David Troy ’68 B.A.’69 M.A.
Mary Sobolewski Bostick ’68 B.S.
Jim Holder ’68 Ed.D.
Margaret Kort ’68 Ed.D.
Ronald Smallenberger ’68 M.A.
Jerome Olson ’68 M.A.
Karen Kistler Fischer ’68 M.A.
Stella Trenholm Satern ’68 M.A.
Bill Peters ’68 Ph.D.
Sally Ellis Van Welden ’69 B.A.
Ron Barnes ’69 B.A.
Gilbert Pitt ’69 B.A.
Amanda Clark ’69 B.A.’81 M.A.
Claudia MacGuire Quisenberry ’69 B.A.’71 M.A.
John Sanders ’69 B.A.’70 M.A.
Phyllis Rowley Wilkins ’69 B.A.
Chris Beyer ’69 B.A.
Carol Simmons Birdsell ’69 B.A.
Ronald Sack ’69 B.A.’71 M.A.
Tom Kenny ’69 Ed.D.
J.D. Kendrick ’69 Ed.S.
Bessie Watkins Bishop ’69 M.A.
Leon Ukens ’69 M.A.
Michael Minelli ’69 M.A.
Darwin Blue ’69 M.A.
Gary Graves ’69 M.A. ’70 M.A. - 1970s
Peggy Watt Bomba ’70 B.A.
Bill Emry ’70 B.A.’71 M.A.
Nancy Polston Rohloff ’70 B.A.
Mary Roane Berry ’70 B.A.
Avis Hilderbrand DeBrey ’70 B.A.
Karen Heiberg Reuter ’70 B.A.’71 M.A.
Robert Davis ’70 B.A.’77 M.S.
Janet Siegfried ’70 B.A.
Andra Riggs Schmidt ’70 B.A.
Sharon Wilkins ’70 B.A.’73 M.A.
David Sweet ’70 B.A.
Ken Sherman ’70 B.A.’71 M.A.
Carol Cardenas Valenzuela ’70 B.A.’70 B.A.
Gary Lederman ’70 B.S.
Jack Koselak ’70 Ed.D.
Dick Dieterle ’70 M.A.
Gary Dobbins ’70 M.A.
Bo Song Chung ’70 M.A.
Irvin Myron ’70 M.A.
Connie Montoya ’70 M.A.
Roy Bell ’70 M.A.
Bob Herchenroeder ’70 M.A.
Sherry Ward Johnson ’70 M.A.
Art Crow ’71 B.A.
Patricia Mills Crow ’71 B.A.
Ron Roark ’71 B.A.
Kathy Kreoger Lundien ’71 B.A.
LoAnn Skaar ’71 B.A.’72 M.A.
Eddie Griggs ’71 Ed.D.
Gene Healy ’71 M.A.
Jane Moorhead Hunter ’71 M.A. ’75 Ed.D.
Robert Sullivan ’71 M.A.
Kris Overland ’72 B.A.
Kathy Turano ’72 B.A.’72 B.A.
Nelda Foster Brangwin ’72 B.A.’73 M.A.
Gary Okimoto ’72 B.A. G
ary Stokes ’72 B.A.
Mark Colussy ’72 B.A.
Charles Mills ’72 B.A.
Michael Miller ’72 B.A.’81 M.A.
Bill Hoffman ’72 B.S.
Kenneth Ramsay ’72 B.S.
Mark Smith ’72 B.S. ’74 DA
Charles Solomon ’72 Ed.D.
Russell Blomdahl ’72 Ed.S. ’75 Ed.D.
Judith Temme ’72 M.A.
Judith Bryn Owens ’72 M.A.
Michael Koehn ’72 M.A.
Donald Ellison ’72 M.A.
Maureen Hannan Robinson ’72 M.A.
Neil Harman ’72 M.A.
Cindy Houghan ’72 M.A.
Mary Morandin ’72 M.A.
Jean Sanderson ’72 M.A.
Henry Buseck ’73 B.A.
Michella DeArvil-Rana ’73 B.A.
Nick DiPaolo ’73 B.A.
Eugene Webb ’73 B.A.
Timothy Waddingham ’73 B.A.’79 M.A.
Karen Haberman ’73 B.A.
Ernestine Crouse ’73 B.A.
Richard Resch ’73 B.A.
Howard Ball ’73 B.A.
Karen Marconi ’73 B.A.
John MacPherson ’73 B.A.
Robin Bishop ’73 B.A.’88 M.A.
Pete Mercer ’73 B.S.
William Hagemann ’73 B.S.
Tom Fose ’73 B.S.
Ann Yakel ’73 B.A.
Patricia Lockwood ’73 B.S. ’81 M.A.
Richard Moreno ’73 M.A. ’93 Ed.S.
John Lynch ’73 M.A.
Gordon Pickett ’73 M.A.
Dan Pfeifer ’73 Ph.D.
Richard Magdaleno ’74 B.A.
Janet Mouser ’74 B.A.
Gary Donnelly ’74 B.A.
Jeanette Anderson Wood ’74 B.A.
Larry Adams ’74 B.A.’92 M.A.
John Klug ’74 B.A.
Al Bruemmer ’74 B.A.’74 B.A.
Dana Petersen ’74 B.A.
Gary Cox ’74 B.A.
Patsy Connors Houlihan ’74 B.A.
Ed Lee ’74 B.A.
Douglas Van Lieu ’74 B.A.’76 M.A.
George Kerbs ’74 B.S.
Bonnie Luhm Roth ’74 B.S.
Robert Balog ’74 M.A.
Malachai Maxwell ’74 M.A.
Johnnie Shaw ’74 M.A.
Al Schlazer ’74 M.A.
Frank Whitton ’74 M.A.
Jeff Stone ’75 B.A.
Frances Johnson ’75 B.A.
Lee Amato ’75 B.A.
James Payne ’75 B.S.
Tom Harrold ’75 Ed.D.
Mel Mangum ’75 Ed.D.
Gene Redman ’75 M.A.
Gerry Innes McCormick ’75 M.A.
Carol Grant ’75 M.A.
Kaye Harden ’75 M.A.
John Hammond ’75 M.A.
Janet Wehmhoff ’75 M.A.
Gordon Isachsen ’75 M.A.
Brady Nichols ’75 M.A.
Norma Crain ’75 M.A.
Gene Wilder ’76 B.A.
Deborah Harmelink Stow ’76 B.A.’77 M.A.
Douglas Holden ’76 B.S.
Lawrence Lewallen ’76 B.S.
Harold Vice ’76 M.A.
David Voigt ’76 M.A.
Beasley Overbey ’76 M.A.
David McNeely ’76 M.A.
Betty Kaplan Ney ’76 M.A.
Rosemary Whitten Williamson ’76 M.A.
Jack Lauer ’76 M.A.
John Tarabino ’76 M.A.
Joseph Lachapelle ’76 M.S.
Tim Thornton ’77 B.A.
Sheila Basinger Jacoby ’77 B.A.
David Grelle ’77 B.A.
Paul Untalan ’77 B.S.
Ona Collier McCune ’77 B.S. ’80 M.A.
Rhonda Scoville Smith ’77 B.S.
Bruce Oviatt ’77 B.S.
Denyse DuBrucq ’77 Ed.D.
Jim Young ’77 Ed.D.
John Sellars ’77 M.A.
Rachel Lasater Chapman ’77 M.A.
Paul Brown ’77 M.A.
Bernadette Romero Seick ’77 M.A.
Joseph Teixeira ’77 M.A.
Sara Fryer Bullard ’77 M.A.
Carol Easton Friedman ’77 M.A.
Eleanor Rossen Hitt ’77 M.A.
Sherrye Presha Simpson ’77 M.A.
Tom Dorgan ’77 M.S.
Randall Beauchamp ’78 B.A.
Betty Hanie ’78 B.A.
Jimmy Underwood ’78 B.A.
Cindy Mastin Corrales ’78 B.S.
Ruth Andrews ’78 Ed.S.
Martha George Kowalski ’78 M.A.
Carolyn Cook ’78 M.A.
Frank Pacheco ’78 M.A.
John Ehrmantraut ’78 M.A. ’83 Ed.D.
Thomas Tucker ’78 M.A.
Michael Ayala ’78 M.A.
Jerry Baker ’78 M.A.
Wilbur Booker ’78 M.A.
William Chelikowsky ’78 M.A.
Gene Burke ’78 M.A.
Larry Myers ’78 M.A.
Fredonia Parks Jones ’78 M.A.
Philip McPherson ’78 M.A.
John Bartos ’78 M.S.
Joe Gaglio ’78 M.S.
Christy Curtis Abbott ’79 B.A.
Mary Jane Kegresse Johnson ’79 B.A.’82 M.A.
Denise Hallman ’79 B.A.
Steve Ruybal ’79 B.S.
Oscar Ochoa ’79 B.S.
Donald Marcotte ’79 B.S. ’79 B.S.
Francis Houchen ’79 Ed.D.
Bob Rasmussen ’79 M.S. - 1980s
Su Stiles MacDonald ’80 B.A.
Rose McCallin ’80 B.A.’88 Ph.D.
Patty Anne Corsentino ’80 B.A.
Robert McHenry ’80 B.S.
Joan Henderson Mitchell ’80 B.S.
Lyla Lucchesi ’80 M.A.
Mary Spier Stratton ’80 M.A.
John Jacobsen ’80 M.A.
Cathy LaFave Shannon ’80 M.A.
Rogene Nordstedt Penny ’80 M.A.
Sylvia Ferguson Warner ’80 M.A.
David Youngstrum ’80 M.S.
Bill Gotchey ’81 B.A.
Ralph Villani ’81 Ed.D.
Annie Krivokapich ’81 M.A.
Bill Derr ’81 M.A.
Joan Gagnon Bechtold ’81 M.A.
Leonard McAllister ’81 M.A.
Ronald Nichols ’81 M.A.
Mary Derr ’81 M.A.
Robin Brown Nypaver ’82 B.S.
Patricia Brennan Bowles ’82 B.S.
Susan Matson ’82 M.A.
Frank Walker ’82 M.A.
Jeronimo Madrid ’82 M.A.
Al Lopez ’82 M.S.
Susan Smith Godfrey ’83 B.A.
Vincent Serniak ’83
Carl Silber ’83 B.A.
Alan Crouse ’83 B.A.’83 B.A.
Neil Williams ’83 B.S.
Mary Lois Balsam Ferraro ’83 M.A.
Bridget Black ’83 M.A.
Dennis Triplett ’84 B.A.
Nettie Bramble Biddle ’84 B.S.
Linda Mueck Tharp Arnn ’84 Ed.D.
Robert Sherman ’84 M.A.
Rebecca Kellermeyer ’85 B.A.
Debbie Burr ’85 B.A.
Judith Wold Cook ’85 B.A.
Ada Blanc Frazier ’85 M.A.
Ed Turner ’85 M.A.
Brenda Brown Llanas ’86 B.A.
Doug Livermore ’86 Ed.D.
Patricia Kittridge ’87 B.A.E.
Glynda Elmore Peck ’87 B.A.E.
Julia Wagner Crockett ’87 B.S.
John Wilkinson ’88 B.A.
Ann Lane ’88 B.S.
Dennis Connor ’88 B.S.
Ramona Blackard-Stone ’88 M.A.
Mark Purslow ’89 M.A. - 1990s
Susan Lynch ’90 B.M.
Kristi McFerren Smith ’90 B.S.
Daniel Murphy ’90 D.M.E.
David Martin ’90 M.A.
Paula Dudek Newlan ’90 M.A.
Mary McCarthy LeBlanc ’90 M.A.
David Woelfel ’90 M.S.
Michael Turnbull ’91 B.A.
Victoria Crow Kennedy-Doll ’91 B.S.
Tom Halloran ’91 M.A.
TJ Andrade ’92 B.A.
Nathan Reisdorff ’92 B.A.
Alan Seastrom ’92 B.S.
Aaron Koontz ’92 B.S.
Jonathon Scott ’93 B.A.
Michael Iacoboni ’93 M.P.H.
Brian Hogan ’94 B.S.
Joseph Marquez ’94 M.A.
Claudia Pennington ’94 M.A.
Sloan Fanning ’95 BM
Rosemary Wirfs ’95 B.S.
Yvonne Piquette ’95 M.P.H.
Chris Bunick ’96 B.A.
Kenneth Olson ’96 M.A.
Rita Delisi ’98 M.A.
Beth Wheeler ’98 M.A.
Tony Di Pasquale ’99 B.S.
Douglas Sarbaugh ’99 B.S. - 2000s
Jean Gaunt Hawkins ’00 M.A.
John Bulson ’00 M.A.
Roshaun McDaniel Hogan ’01 B.A.
Ryan White ’02 B.A.
Shelly Ulrich ’02 M.A.
Joshua Stengel ’04 B.S.
Peter Culhane ’06 B.A.’16 M.A.
Denise Bernsen Ashna ’06 M.A.
Duane Niles ’08 D.A. R
yan Lutz ’09 B.A.’10 M.S.
Andrea Dawsey ’09 B.S. - 2010s
Mike Chacon ’10 B.S.
Denise Dennington-Calkins ’11 B.A.’13 M.S.
Wendy Bennett Blakeslee ’12 B.A.
Colin Morey ’12 B.S. ’15 M.A.
Sarah Smith ’17 M.A. - 2020s
Rachel Cline ’20 B.S.