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17 unusual facts about University of Denver


Aliiolani Hale

In December 2005, a capsule buried by Kamehameha V when he laid the cornerstone was located, at the direction of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, by Professor Larry Connors of the University of Denver using ground penetrating radar.

Bonnie Leman

She moved to Denver in 1953 and met her husband, George Leman, while they were both pursuing master's degrees at the University of Denver.

Fred W. Parks

He earned his law degree in 1895 after studying at the University of Denver and the Colorado State University.

Gale B. Aydelott

Director: First Security Corporation; Denver Tramway Corporation; trustee, University of Denver.

Henry Bellamann

After graduation from Fulton High School in 1899 he attended Westminster College in Fulton for a year before moving to Colorado in 1901 to study piano at the University of Denver.

John Chowning Gresham

After he retired he was recalled to active duty to command the ROTC and SATC programs at the University of Denver as a member of the California National Guard until the programs were disbanded in 1918.

However, he was immediately assigned to active duty with the California National Guard in Los Angeles, and beginning in January 1918, he commanded the ROTC and SATC programs at the University of Denver, until they were disbanded in December 1918.

John P. Koehler

He served as the head football coach at Lawrence Institute in Wisconsin, now Lawrence University, from 1904 to 1905, at the University of Denver from 1906 to 1910, and at Marquette University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a career college football record of 39–29–4.

Leo Burmester

After receiving an MFA from the University of Denver, he taught college for a year before becoming a working actor.

Margaret Hayes Grazier

She continued on with her education the following year earning a Diploma in Library Science from the University of Denver (1938) followed by completing her M.A. degree in Education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1941.

She then took a position at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan as a temporary library consultant, until she eventually ended back up at the University of Denver in 1946.

Martha E. Bernal

She worked from 1964 to 1971 in the UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute developing behavioral interventions and then continued her work at the University of Denver from 1971-1986.

Ostis Otto Moore

After working as a youth, Moore graduated from South High School (Denver), and was accepted on a football scholarship to the University of Denver.

Ron Penfound

He had originally planned to become an Episcopal priest, but then transferred to study broadcasting at the University of Denver.

University of Denver

On March 3, 1864 the university was founded as the Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Governor of Colorado Territory, who had been appointed by President Abraham Lincoln.

John Evans is the namesake of Evans Avenue (which bisects the DU campus and runs through the Denver metro area), Mount Evans (a 14,264 foot mountain visible from DU), and the city of Evanston, Illinois (the site of Northwestern University, founded by Evans prior to his founding of DU).

Skiing is another strong sport at Denver, with 21 NCAA titles (more than any other school in Division 1 history).


Cindy Courville

She was an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Zimbabwe; a Shell Oil Fellow at the University of Denver; and a Ford Minority Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Daniel L. Ritchie Center

The Daniel L. Ritchie Center is the home of athletics for the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Denver Pioneers men's basketball

The Denver Pioneers men's basketball team represents the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Global Text

The Global Text Project was set up jointly by the Terry College of Business of the University of Georgia and the Daniels College of Business of the University of Denver.

In addition to these two institutions, the core team includes Richard Watson also of the University of Georgia, Don McCubbrey of the University of Denver, Wayne Huang from the Ohio University, Franz Lehner from the University of Passau in Germany, Andres Sepulveda from the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, and Negwa Badra from the Ain Shams University in Egypt.

Joshua Marie Wilkinson

He earned degrees in Poetry (M.F.A., University of Arizona), Film (M.A., University College Dublin), and English (PhD, University of Denver).

Karl C. Schuyler

He graduated from the law school of the University of Denver in 1898, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Colorado Springs.

Lynn Culbreath Noel

After matriculating from Rittenhouse High School, she graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee and the University of Denver.

Mineral King

Disney had also met renowned University of Denver and Olympic ski coach Willy Schaeffler, and together they developed the village and mountain resort plans.

Robert Pellegrini

He holds a BA degree from Clark University, and MA and PhD degrees from the University of Denver, He had pre-doctoral internships at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Ashthmatic Research Institute and National Jewish Hospitals in Denver, and did post-doctoral work at Stanford University.

University, Denver

It is home to the University of Denver, many university students, and other residents and businesses, including the first Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Wade Dubielewicz

Dubielewicz played at the University of Denver and as a junior in 2001–2002 lead his team to the NCAA tournament.

After tending goal for four years at the University of Denver, Dubielewicz was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Islanders on May 26, 2003.