Writing about books, hiking, the Battle of Tarawa and more
By Clay Evans For the Coloradan It was 1964.The sun was rising from the dawn of the Space Age, and The Astronauts were launching. The band, a casual crew of CU-Boulder students, had been inching toward success, playing its party-friendly … [Continue reading]
By Clay Evans For the Coloradan After spending five and a half years on embassy duty for the United States Marine Corps in such far-flung places as Russia and Rwanda, Joe Cafferty was ready for a major change. As soon as he got out, he … [Continue reading]
By Clay Evans For the Coloradan After Steve Kaczeus (MechEngr ’82) took a buyout from a corporate engineering job, he and his wife Leslie faced a fork in the road. “We had decided either to start a brewery or move to the Caribbean,” says … [Continue reading]
By Clay Evans For the University of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine The remote Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean can thank the late Kurt Vonnegut for the newest member of its supreme court. But give the lion’s share of credit along … [Continue reading]
My grandfather, 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., USMCR, was killed Nov. 22, 1943 in the Battle of Tarawa in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military recognition in the United States. … [Continue reading]