President's Letter - Colorado State University-Pueblo

In Memory
MONEY MATTERS
Marvin Carroll Knudson
(1908- 2009)
Former Pueblo Junior College and Southern Colorado State
College President (served from 1945-1964) Marvin Knudson died
from the effects of a stroke at Peoria, Arizona, on Aug. 1.
Armed with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. Olaf
College in 1931 and a master’s degree in education from the
University of Minnesota in 1933, Knudson taught and administered in secondary
schools and junior colleges throughout Minnesota from 1933-1945.
In 1945, he moved his wife, Margaret Elizabeth (Roberts) Knudson, and three sons
to Pueblo, Colorado, where he remained for nearly 20 years. He served as president
of Pueblo Junior College and led the transition as the school evolved to the four-year
Southern Colorado State College (now Colorado State University-Pueblo).
He later moved to Phoenix, Arizona, to lead the state’s junior college consortium,
where he established several new Arizona colleges and stimulated growth of the
state’s junior college system. In 1967, he took a post to lead YMCA-based Sinclair Junior
College in Dayton, Ohio, where in six years, he built a new campus and boosted student
enrollment from 400 to 12,000.
His wife preceded him in death in 1982. He later married Jane Cole Bronfenbrenner,
with whom he shared a zest for travel and community affairs for more than two
decades before her death in 2007. Knudson flew small planes until he was 80 and hiked
the Grand Canyon at least a half-dozen times, the last time at age 83!
Southern Colorado State College bestowed on him an honorary Doctor of Letters. He
served as President of the Pueblo Kiwanis Club in 1959, and also was a Mason, Shriner,
and elder in the Presbyterian Church USA. His will supported the Past President’s
scholarship established earlier by his sons through the Pueblo Community College
Foundation.
A memorial service was led by Rev. Luther Abrahamson at The Forum Chapel in
Peoria, Arizona on Aug. 3. Greetings to the family may be sent to: Doug and Judy
Knudson, 89 Fir Dr, South Fork, CO 81154-9504.
Roman Nava passed away July 9. He was employed in Financial Services from
August 2000 through July of 2006. Roman graduated from Centennial High School in
1994 and then USC in 1998 with an accounting degree. He loved spending time with his
family, cousins, nephews and nieces. He also loved to cook, watch the Denver Broncos,
drawing and playing sports.
Ed Peterlin, CPA, a former School of Business professor, passed away on April 16.
A 1946 Central graduate, he held a bachelor’s degree from CU-Boulder Business School
and a master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado, Certified Public
Accountant. He served the University as an accounting professor for more than three
decades from 1963 through 1995. He was a United States Army veteran.
Nancy Carol Weaver passed away May 24 after a 10-year battle with ovarian
cancer. She began work as a temporary classified employee for the Capital Campaign
office in 1985 and became a permanent classified employee in 1986. She transferred
to Continuing Education, where she remained until retirement in 1998. She was named
employee of the year in 1997 for her outstanding leadership and achievements. She
was a well-known animal photographer, and her photographs are exhibited even today
in top equine journals worldwide.
CSU-PUEBLO Foundation
Board of Trustees
Marvin Stein
President
Russell A. DeSalvo, III ‘91
Vice President
Ralph A. Williams, ‘61
Secretary
Victor Moss
Treasurer
Harvey M. Hilvitz, ‘53
Past President
Walter L. Bassett, Jr.
At-Large
Jeffrey E. Chostner
Rita Gersick
Greg Hahn, ‘73
Carole J. Lange
Joyce Lawrence
Jill Linck
Bob Leach
Susan McCarthy, FS
Gerry J. Montgomery
John J. Oechsle
Jane L. Rawlings
Gilbert A. Sanchez
Timothy Simmons, ‘69
James J. Wallace, ‘70
Ken W. West
David L. Williams, ‘71
Lisa Vigil, ‘06
FS - Former Student
Ex-Officio
Joseph Garcia
Trustees Emeriti
Walter L. Bassett, Sr.
Charles E. Brady - In Memoriam
Thomas V. Healy - In Memoriam
Richard A. Lawrence
John Occhiato
Ethelyn Potestio - In Memoriam
Robert H. Rawlings
Ben Weindling
Henry D. Williams
H. Eugene Wilcoxson, ‘47 - In Memoriam
Honorary
Seeme Hasan
Staff
DenaSue Potestio
Jenni Denton
Valerie Gallegos
Linda Hobgood
Todd Kelly
Shelly Moreschini
Julie Rodriguez
Tracy Samora
Executive Director
Manager of Gifts
and Records
Finance Manager
Administrative
Assistant
Athletics Development
Director, President’s
Leadership Program
Director of
Development
Director of Alumni
Relations and Annual Fund
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