Obituaries
September 06, 2007
ELIZABETH A. 'LIZZIE' TEICHLER
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Anne "Lizzie" Schaeffer Teichler of nursing at CU-Colorado Springs died of ovarian cancer on Jan. 13, in Louisville. She was 60.
Dr. Teichler was born on June 6, 1946, in Philadelphia, the daughter of Louis Frederick Schaeffer and Eleanor Cupitt Schaeffer. She attended Germantown Friends School and later earned her bachelor's in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.
She worked in many areas of clinical nursing, and later earned a master's degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also received that school's Florence Nightingale Award. She received her family nurse practitioner certification from the University of Vermont.
She was an instructor in the HSC School of Nursing from 1994 to 2000. In 2000, she earned her doctorate degree in nursing from UCDHSC.
Dr. Teichler's most recent position was assistant professor of nursing at the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at CU-Colorado Springs, where she was chair of the health sciences department and director of both the Adult Nurse Practitioner Program and the Sports Health Program. From 1994 until 2004 she also served as the family nurse practitioner at Brighton Senior Center.
Dr. Teichler was an active member of several professional organizations, including the International Association of Human Caring, Sigma Theta Tau, the American Holistic Nurses Association, AAHPERD, the Society of Rogerian Scholars and the Center for Human Caring/Caring Science. She was a past board member and president of the Mental Health Center of Boulder County. She also was instrumental in founding the Boulder Aquatic Masters, and served as the club's first president.
The joy she found in teaching nursing was equaled by her passion for physical activity. Her nursing skills meshed with her love of outdoor activity when she joined the ski patrol at Smuggler's Notch in Vermont. After moving to Colorado, she also served on the ski patrols at Copper Mountain and Eldora ski areas. Her greatest athletic love, though, was the triathlon. She got her start by competing in the New England Triathlon Series, and then moved on to Ironman distance races, eventually completing 20 Ironman races, including seven Ironman Hawaii competitions. She also completed one Ultraman race in Hawaii. She continued to train consistently, encouraging others by her example. During her four-year fight with ovarian cancer, she would still exercise at every opportunity, visualizing cancer as the most difficult endurance race of all.
Dr. Teichler will be remembered for her warmth and generosity and for actively living and sharing her ideal of body/mind/spirit connection. A nurse, scholar, teacher and athlete, her presence is sorely missed by the hundreds of lives she touched through the years.
She is survived by her husband, Rick, of Lafayette, and her sisters Connie Archer of Macungie, Pa., and Edie Hamilton of Chatham, Mass.
At her request, a celebration of her life was held on June 9, in the month of her birthday and anniversary.
Memorial contributions may be made to any of the following charitable organizations: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Wolf Haven International, Sinapu, Heifer Project International or HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
LEONARD LEWIN
Professor Emeritus Leonard Lewin of electrical and computer engineering at CU-Boulder died on Aug. 13 at Hospice Care Center in Louisville. He was 88.
Mr. Lewin was born on July 22, 1919, in Essex, England.
He graduated from Southend-on-Sea High School in 1937 and he joined Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, working on radio and antennas. In 1941 he became an instructor in radio for the British armed forces, and thereafter, joined the Admiralty Signals Establishment as a temporary experimental officer, working on radar and antenna design, a position he held until the end of World War II.
In 1946 Mr. Lewin joined the Standard Telecommunication Laboratory in England as a senior engineer, and four years later became head of the microwave department. In 1968, he immigrated to the United States and was appointed a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Colorado. He later became director of the master's of science in telecommunication, which became the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He was named professor emeritus at his retirement in 1986.
Mr. Lewin held 40 patents and wrote, co-wrote, or edited nearly 200 technical publications, including 10 research books on waveguides, mathematics and telecommunications. In 1993 he received the prestigious Microwave Career Award.
In 1967, CU awarded him an honorary doctorate of science, and in 1981 he became a Fulbright Scholar, lecturing in Austria, Turkey and the former Yugoslavia. He researched and taught at the Ecole Nationale des Telecommunications in France in 1981 and in 1990, the University of Auckland in New Zealand in 1987 and at the Max Planck Institute fur Mathematics in Germany in 1991.
Mr. Lewin also served on the District Accountability Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Talented and Gifted for the Boulder Valley School District. Additionally, he established and, for many years, led study groups under the guidance of Idries Shah, Omar Ali-Shah and Arif Ali-Shah. He also had a strong interest in the environment and a love of the outdoors, especially for butterflies.
He is survived by his wife, Daphne, of Boulder; a daughter, Wendy, and her husband, John Collins, of Bishop's Stortford, U.K.; a son, David Lewin, and his wife, Phyllis, of Phoenix, Ore.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
A reception and celebration of life service was held on Aug. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Chuch of Boulder.
COLLEEN S. ANDERSON
Former UCDHSC staff employee Colleen S. Anderson of the College of Engineering and Applied Science died from ovarian cancer on July 29 at her home in Denver. She was 44.
Ms. Anderson was born on Jan. 22, 1963, the daughter of Warren and Margaret Anderson.
She earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from CU-Boulder and received her teacher certification in elementary education from Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Ms. Anderson was hired by the engineering college in November 1999 to work as the marketing coordinator for the Continuing Engineering Education Program (CEEP). In 2003, she was named CEEP program manager, with responsibility for managing and growing the college's continuing education outreach. Her areas of focus included course planning and programming, budgeting, program evaluation, market analysis and course marketing. She resigned her position in March due to her illness.
Ms. Anderson was the founder of Project Valentine, which was a primary focus of her activities, and she was the recipient of the Channel 9 "9 Who Care" award in 2006. Project Valentine is a service project that focuses on creating care packages for cancer patients who must undergo treatment at local hospitals and cancer infusion centers. She also was a member of Corona Presbyterian Church in Denver.
She will be remembered for her enthusiasm, her love of life and of Colorado, her wonderful sense of humor and for being a woman of faith who fought valiantly.
She is survived by her mother; a brother, Kent Anderson; and a sister, Kathy Anderson-Hall. She was preceded in death by her father.
A memorial service was held on Aug. 11 at Corona Presbyterian Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Diana Price-Fish Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 22919, Denver, CO 80222; or online at
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Persons wishing to express their condolences may write to Margaret Anderson, 8335 E. Fairmount Dr. 3-104, Denver, CO 80247; or sign the guest book at horanandmcconaty.com.