Special People Provide Special Reasons To Celebrate Colorado State!
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
NOTE TO EDITORS: Following is a representative sample of
the people who provide good reasons to Celebrate Colorado
State! during the month of April and throughout the year.
These individuals and others will be honored at the
Celebrate Colorado State! Honors Luncheon April 23. For more
information or to contact any highlighted individuals, call
Paul Miller, Office of Media and Community Relations,
Colorado State University, (970) 491-6432.
FORT COLLINS--SOUND THE ALARM: THERE'S GOLD, DIAMONDS AND
PLATINUM OUT THERE
Since retiring as an alarm technician at Colorado State,
John Masslich has time to pursue a hobby that caught his interest
when he was a teenager. Electronics? Space-age technology?
Robotics?
Not even. Masslich, who retired in January after 25 years at
the university, can probably be found this moment up some
drainage in Colorado, panning for gold. Masslich caught gold
fever when he was a restless 14-year-old, running around with
friends in Loveland and all over the hills for the pure fun of
it. He admits he's exploring for diamonds, too, and checking out
some platinum deposits he knows about.
He won't be rising at the crack of dawn to pursue his hobby
any time soon, though, after being on-call 24 hours a day for 25
years as an alarm technician.
"When an alarm went off, I had to be there to find out
why," he said. "I met all the fire and police personnel so many
times we were on a first-name basis. But now I can sleep a little
better without a beeper or cellular going off in the middle of
the night."
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT - PLANT PATHOLOGY PROFESSOR PLIES HIS
SPECIALTIES ALL OVER THE WORLD
Point anywhere on a map of the world, and Jack Altman's
probably been there. Or nearby.
Altman, professor of plant pathology, isn't your typical
tourist, though - throughout his career and during his sabbatical
leaves, he's visited Europe, Russia, Australia, Jordan, Iran,
China and the United States to lecture, present symposiums and
develop joint research projects.
Altman, who retired from Colorado State in December 1997,
managed or directed several plant pathology and nematology
research projects at Colorado State starting in 1957 and was
promoted to full professor in 1970.
Altman currently is completing chapters for a journal and
preparing a chapter for a book that will add to the 40 papers,
six book chapters and four books that Altman has published during
his tenure at Colorado State.
He was appointed emeritus professor in January 1998.
FORMER DIRECTOR OF ACNS GOES ON-LINE INTO RETIREMENT
Julian Kateley has witnessed a lot of changes in computer
technology, but a bigger change in his life happened recently
when he retired as director of Academic Computing and Networking
Services.
"It was time to step down and make room for new people and
new ideas," Kateley said. "I enjoyed the computing and networking
tremendously. I think Colorado State has a solid computing
system, as good as any other university."
Kateley, who became director of ACNS in 1981 and helped
place the university in the forefront of computer technology,
admitted he fell into computing almost by accident. When he
decided to pursue a master's degree at Michigan State University
in 1956, he needed an assistantship. The computer lab was just
starting at the time, so he interviewed for a position.
"I kind of fell into computing - it was a job that was
readily available."
Kateley was assistant, associate and professor of computer
sciences and associate director of Computer Laboratory at
Michigan State University from 1956-81.
PHYLLIS HAYWORTH HAS BEEN AROUND THE CAMPUS BLOCK A FEW TIMES
Over the course of her 35-year career, Phyllis Hayworth has
worked for quite a few departments and offices on campus - some
that don't exist any more in buildings long gone.
Hayworth, who retired recently as administrative assistant
for music, theatre and dance, graduated from Colorado State in
1960 and started working in the "crow's nest," an office that
looked out over the trees on the Oval. After three years of
working close to the treetops, Hayworth started working for the
Dean of Students in the Student Services Building, then moved to
Human Relations, where she enjoyed watching students progress
through their college careers.
Hayworth then moved to the department of anatomy, housed in
a small stone and wood building that no longer exists. She made
one last move to the department of music, theatre and dance and
watched the department grow for the next 15 years.
"I worked with an absolutely marvelous group of faculty and
students," she said. "Not just with music, theatre and dance, but
for all the rest of the places I worked."
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