Silvia Pettem (A&S ’69) is a Boulder historian and member of the Heritage Center Advisory Board who writes a weekly column for the Daily Camera. She is also the author of Separate Lives: The Story of Mary Rippon. Find Silvia’s official website here.
Silvia Pettem not only graduated from CU, but has written many articles about CU, early school life, milestones, and notable people. These articles can be viewed by clicking on the links below.
Antoinette Bigelow Earned the Respect of CU Women
CU Promoted Itself at the Columbian Exposition
CU President Farrand Also Served Mankind
President Sewall’s Daughter an Early CU Graduate
CU Medical School Cadavers Buried in Columbia Cemetery
Muriel Sibell Wolle Remembered as her Namesake is Demolished
Guggenheim Law Building was Senator’s Gift to Boulder
Playwright and Professor Linked in Spirit in Mary Rippon Theater
When CU Taught the Language of the Enemy
Women’s Athletics at CU Started with Basketball
Nixon Years Marked Student Demonstrations in Boulder
Mary Rippon to Receive Posthumous Honorary Degree
Founding of CU was a Community Effort
Elusive Professor Brought Physics to CU
Elaura Jaquette to be Remembered on her 61st Birthday
Journalist Amos Bixby was on the Scene During University’s First Year