Alumni News

ALBERTA

Alberta Alumni had a busy summer. The alumni hosted their DU Spring Classic Golf Classic on June 1 and their Rick and Dave's Happy Hour Alumni BBQ Social on July 13. This was in addition to regular nine and dine golf outings and monthly First Friday Alumni mystery lunches. The men look forward to their annual Rush Stag on Sept. 28 at the University Club with guest speaker Tim Duholke, Alberta ’76. The price is $65, and the event will include a tour of Rutherford House, a mixer, dinner and speeches. For questions, email DUAlbertaAlumni@gmail.com. Register at rb.gy/jjsds8.

Indiana

Daniel A. Ladendorf, Indiana ’83, completed 10 years of leadership on the governing Executive Committee for the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), including a term as President from May 2021 – May 2022 when Brother Ladendorf passed the gavel during the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Conference held in Indianapolis May 12-13. Dan will continue to serve a final year on the Executive Committee as Immediate Past President, having previously held the offices of Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice-President. Dan reports one of his most rewarding experiences in leadership of the organization was exercising a lesson he learned as an undergraduate from the 1974 Keynote Address from DU Brother Terry Bullock, Kansas State ’61, “The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions,” when Brother Bullock told the Delta Upsilon Leadership Conference: “You never put anything to a vote until you know how it will come out.” As an at-large member on the Executive Committee, Dan served as the ITLA Legislative Chair for six years, and was named recipient of the ITLA Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2013 for his multi-year legislative advocacy in securing consumer-favorable changes to Indiana’s Hospital Lien Statute. Dan practices at Ladendorf Law in Indianapolis, representing victims of wrongdoing including personal injury and medical malpractice.

North Carolina

The North Carolina Chapter alumni pulled out of the pandemic by holding a reunion for the classes of 1969 through 1973, plus any other alumni who wished to attend. The reunion featured a tented dinner on the front lawn of the chapter house on Friday evening, May 6; a lunch and social on Saturday, May 7; and a guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum for spouses and interested alumni. Chapter President Tate Johnson, North Carolina ’23, and alumnus Tom Sartain, North Carolina ’71, welcomed all visiting alumni and significant others; acknowledged those who were no longer with us; and shared in the laughter, remembering, and catching up.