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Alumni
CU Boulder has Buffs across the world. All 300,000+ alumni worldwide are part of
the Forever Buffs community with access to all of the programs, events, benefits
and services offered by the Alumni Association.
Forever Buff Global Chapters
Some of our outstanding alumni include
Second American to orbit Earth:
M. Scott Carpenter (AeroEngr’62)
Co-founder of SoulCycle:
Elizabeth Cutler (DistSt’89)
Inventor of the laser:
Theodore Maiman (EngrPhys’49)
Inventor of the
Post-It Note adhesive:
Silver Spencer (ChemPhD’66)
Creators of South Park:
Trey Parker (A&S ex’93) and
Matt Stone (Art, Math’93)
Creator of the first
3D printed object:
Chuck Hull (EngrPhys’61)
Designer of the Bellagio
fountains in Las Vegas:
Jim Doyle (Thtr’78)
Season 5 Top Chef winner:
Hosea Rosenberg (EngrPhys’97)
Supreme Court justices:
Wiley B. Rutledge (Law’22) and
Byron White (Econ’38)
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