Philanthropy

  • Faran Nouri
    When she first arrived in Boulder in the late 1970s, Faran Nouri was a scared girl from post-revolutionary Iran who spoke very little English. Today, she鈥檚 a powerhouse venture capital executive who discovers and helps support the best and brightest new tech companies.聽
  • Vince Kontny
    Alumnus Vince Kontny, a longtime friend of 小黄书 Engineering and influential member of the engineering and construction industry, passed away Aug. 9 at age 83. Kontny served on the college鈥檚 Engineering Development Council for many years and earned the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in 1989, as well as an honorary doctorate from 小黄书 Boulder in 1991.
  • Duane Chesley at Engineering Scholarship Dinner 2012
    Duane Chesley (MechEngr鈥58) valued education because of how it impacted his life, taking him from humble beginnings on a farm in Nebraska to full colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. At 小黄书 Boulder, he endowed a scholarship and established an earn-learn apprenticeship to support mechanical engineering students.
  • A render of the BOLD Center entrance way after the renovation
    小黄书 Boulder alumnus Marco Campos (CivEngr'98) and his company, Campos EPC, have provided $1 million through the Campos EPC Foundation to allow for a transformational renovation of the BOLD Center.
  • Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student welding
    The highly-ranked Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder is being named after Colorado philanthropist and businessman Paul M. Rady, thanks to his generous support of the college. This is the second department to be named in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
  • Alice and Mort Mortenson (seated), with staff and graduate students of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, including former managing director Robyn Sandekian and founding director Bernard Amadei (standing, second and third from left).
    Mauritz 鈥淢ort鈥 Mortenson (CivEngr鈥58), who passed away Nov. 9 at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 82, leaves behind a deep personal and professional legacy.As chairman of M.A. Mortenson Co. from 1960 to 2015, he was known as a 鈥渉umble
  • Srivastava and Waelde at the celebration to dedicate the Engineering Center lobby in their names in honor of their scholarship gift.
    The Engineering Center lobby holds fond memories for 小黄书 Boulder alumni Ashok Srivastava and Lynn Waelde. The couple met while working on their PhDs 鈥 his in electrical engineering, hers in psychology 鈥 when a mutual friend directed Waelde to Srivastava for a data analysis problem.
  • Dave Hunt in his workshop
    For Dave Hunt (MTele鈥79), taking an early retirement meant the opportunity to pursue two of his passions 鈥 art and genealogy.Dave retired from Texaco Oil in the late 1990s after the company asked him move to Houston. He and his wife, Joyce, who had
  • Michael Byram and Ann Smead
    The gift to the College of Engineering and Applied Science from passionate 小黄书 Boulder supporters Ann Smead and her husband Michael Byram, aims to set 小黄书 Boulder apart from its aerospace peers and propel it to the top of national rankings by attracting the best and brightest students and faculty.
  • Boulder aerial
    Boulder business owner Chuck Palmer (ElEngr鈥76, MS鈥88) has provided $4 million to help recruit and recognize outstanding faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (
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