Alumni
CU Boulder has Buffs across the world. All 270,000+ 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.
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Some of our outstanding alumni include
Supreme Court justices:
Wiley B. Rutledge (Law’22) and Byron White (Econ’38)
Inventor of the laser:
Theodore Maiman (EngrPhys’49)
Creator of the first 3-D printed object:
Chuck Hull (EngrPhys’61)
Second American to orbit Earth:
M. Scott Carpenter (AeroEngr’62)
Inventor of the Post-It Note adhesive: Silver Spencer (ChemPhD’66)
Designer of the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas:
Jim Doyle (Thtr’78)
Co-founder of SoulCycle: Elizabeth Cutler (DistSt’89)
Creators of South Park: Trey Parker (A&S ex’93) and Matt Stone (Art, Math’93)
2005 Top Chef Winner: Hosea Rosenberg (EngrPhys’97)