Alumni and alumnae

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Andrea (Ann) G. Richardson is an alumnus of the University of Denver (DU), class of 1956. Ann spent many years after graduating working in the Alumni Association making and planning events for new students and old. Ann is still very involved in DU events and performances.

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Elbert Emil Bidwell (Class of 1945) (1923-1991) and Beverly Adams Bidwell (BBA, 1947) (1927-2008) attended the University of Denver and were very active in various student organizations. The Bidwell Family Papers consist of certificates, paddles, plaques, medals and pins, and other memorabilia relating to their activities as students at DU.

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Collection contains three K-books (1927, 1929, 1931), correspondence, publications, one felt beanie, several felt letters and insignia, and other memorabilia belonging to University of Denver alumna, Blanche Wilhelmina (Calkins) Pigott (1910-1999) (Class of 1931).

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The Colorado Women's College became a part of the University of Denver in 1982. The College was focused on providing a specifically women-centered context to its students. Degree-granting programs ceased as of 2015. The collection is comprised of administrative records, program files, Alumni Association records, and documentation related to the construction of the Merle Chambers Center.

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Francis W. "Frank" Jamison was born in 1929 in and passed away on February 13, 2013. He was a University of Denver Law School alumnus (1956) and Professor in the Sturm College of Law [dates needed]. The collection contains scrapbook pages with photographs from University of Denver Sturm College of Law reunion(s) of the class of 1956 and a report of the Dean from the Sturm College of Law.

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Joyce (Axton) Jamison was a student at the Colorado Women's College from 1949-1951. She remained active in the alumni community. She married Francis (Frank) Jamison, a Denver judge and graduate from the University of Denver Law School in 1956. Her older sister Virginia Axton Hughes was also an alum of the Colorado Women's College.

Abstract Leopold "Leo" Louis Block (November 25, 1914 - August 31, 2009) was a native of Denver, Colorado, born to parents Lily (Silver) and Morris Herz Block. He attended East High School, and earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Denver June 5, 1935. He worked in the insurance industry before serving in the Army during World War II, and then joined his cousin Edward Block in a wine bottling business in San Antonio, Texas where the two formed Block Distributing Company. Leo...

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The papers contain Mary (Ward) Walker’s (1925-2017) personal papers from her time as a student at the University of Denver.