Class Note 1974
It was good to receive news from Laura Cuetara in Colorado. Laura and husband Mike Miller live in Denver. Laura and Mike met in college when Laura transferred to Dartmouth from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Laura’s roommate, Gina Barnes ’75, was the sister of Mike’s roommate, Swift Barnes ’73. Laura and Mike were married in 1977. Laura earned an M.F.A. in directing at Boston University and has been an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Denver since 1977. In addition to teaching, she has served as chair of the theater department, director of the master of humanities program, director of the university’s school of arts and in 1993 founded the International College of Beijing for the University of Colorado. Laura has directed more than 100 theater productions and has developed a wide array of performance works, including the internationally recognized Ibsen’s Visions. After Dartmouth Mike earned a J.D. at the University of Denver. He is a principal in Miller & Steiert P.C. and practices commercial, family and criminal law. He also has a specialty in mediation and arbitration. Mike has been active in the county and state bar associations and has taught at Metropolitan State College and the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy. Laura and Mike have four sons. Matthew graduated from Carleton College and earned a Ph.D. from MIT. He is a Damon Runyon Fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where he lives with his wife and daughter. Andy ’06 earned an M.B.A. from Harvard and is a founding partner of Copley Equity. He opened its Denver office and lives in Denver with his wife and son. Joe graduated from Colorado College and also earned an M.B.A. from Harvard. He is a vice president for development at Soul Cycle in New York City and recently moved to Stamford, Connecticut, with his wife. Jonny graduated from Harvard and is a senior associate at Revelstoke Capital Partners in Denver, where he lives with his wife. Laura and Mike stay busy with family travel and as much cycling, skiing and sailing as they can fit in. Both are involved with many community activities in Denver. Laura has just concluded a three-year integrated community arts project, Operation Parachute, which toured the Rocky Mountain west region featuring performance works, films, writings and visual art by and about veterans on the cost of war. Mike has been an active board member and is past president of the Dartmouth Association of the Rocky Mountains as well as having served for five years on the Dartmouth Alumni Council.
Be safe and send news.
—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com
