Carl Edwin Wieman is an American physicist and educationist at Stanford University,and currently the A.D White Professor at Large at Cornell University. In 1995,while at the University of Colorado Boulder,he and Eric Allin Cornell produced the first true Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) and,in 2001,they and Wolfgang Ketterle were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Wieman currently holds a joint appointment as Professor of Physics and Professor in the Stanford Graduate School of Education,as well as the DRC Professor in the Stanford University School of Engineering. In 2020,Wieman was awarded the Yidan Prize in Education Research for "his contribution in developing new techniques and tools in STEM education." citation.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and was a United States Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. He serves as one of 44 members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. During his time in office,he was the only Native American serving in Congress. He was the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate until the 2022 election of Cherokee Markwayne Mullin.
William Forrester Owens is an American former politician who served as the 40th Governor of Colorado,from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party,he was re-elected in 2002,amassing 62.6% of the vote,the largest Republican share of the vote in state history. As of 2023,he is the last Republican to serve as Governor of Colorado.
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. is an American politician,author,and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.
Colonel Stevens Thomson Mason was an American lawyer,military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Mason was also a delegate in the Virginia General Assembly and a Republican U.S. Senator from 1794 to 1803.
Ron Vanderlinden is a retired American college football coach. Vanderlinden was most recently the linebackers coach at Air Force. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maryland,College Park from 1997 to 2000,compiling a record of 15–29.
The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) is an association of post-secondary music schools in the United States and the principal U.S. accreditor for higher education in music. It was founded on October 20,1924,and is based in Reston,Virginia. The association's accreditation of schools of music began in 1939.
Ross I. Romero is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Democrat,he was a member of the Utah State Senate,representing the state's 7th senate district in Salt Lake County including the East Bench of Salt Lake City. He was also the Senate Democratic Leader.
John Michael Kefalas is a politician in the U.S. state of Colorado. An educator and lobbyist before first running for the legislature in 2004,Kefalas defeated a Republican incumbent to win election to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006. Kefalas won election to the State Senate in 2012 and represented Senate District 14 until early 2019. In 2018,Kefalas ran for and won a seat on the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners. He resigned his Senate seat,and a vacancy committee nominated Joann Ginal to replace him.
Robert Fay Rockwell was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. He served in the Colorado Senate and House of Representatives. He was also Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a cattle rancher in western Colorado.
Jeanne Labuda was a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006,Labuda represented House District 1.
Edward Casso is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006,Casso represented House District 32,which encompasses suburbs of Denver,Colorado in northwestern Adams County,from 2006 to 2012.
Fred Hess was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Helen Ring Robinson (1878–1923),was an American suffragist,writer,and political office holder. She was either the first or the second woman to serve as a state senator in the United States and the first in the Colorado State Senate. She was elected in 1912 and began her service in the 19th Colorado General Assembly,when she was sworn in on January 1,1913. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
Brandon Shaffer is the former President of the Colorado State Senate. He represented Senate District 17,which encompasses the cities of Longmont,Lafayette,Erie,and Louisville. Shaffer,a lifelong Democrat,was first elected as a State Senator in November 2004,and was reelected in 2008. Following the resignation of Senate President Peter Groff in 2009,Shaffer was elected to the post,while Senator John Morse became Majority Leader.
Eric R. Pratt is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 55 in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Charles Adelbert McCall III is an American politician who currently serves as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party,he represents the 22nd House District,which is located in southeastern Oklahoma.
Francis K. Brooks is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Alec Garnett is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives and the former Speaker of the House. He represented District 2,which covered a portion of the city of Denver. He was first elected in 2014 to replace retiring House Speaker Mark Ferrandino. On November 2020,Garnett's colleagues elected him to serve as speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives for the two-year term beginning in January 2021. Due to Colorado House term limits,which state a Representative can serve no more than four consecutive terms limiting each member to 8 years of service. Garnett has since been appointed as Governor Polis's Chief of Staff,replacing Lisa Kaufmann.
Meghan Lukens is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the 26th district. Elected in November 2022,she assumed office on January 9,2023.
