BRADFORD G. “BRAD” GARTON, CLASS OF 1975

  • Graduate of Purdue University with a B.S. in Pharmacology and PHD in Music Composition from Princeton University.
  • Professor of Music Composition and Director of the Computer Musical Center at Columbia University where he has helped propel many students to positions at Ivy League schools, Apple, and Google.
  • Additional faculty appointments; Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, NewYork University, Bard College, University of Thessaloniki, Tamagawa University.
  • Pioneer of computer music, being a co-developer of RTCmix, a real-time synthesis/signal processing language.
  • Assisted in establishing more than 50 computer music centers around the world.
  • Composer and music software developer
  • Author of three multimedia books; MemoryBook, My Book of Dreams, and My Music Book.
  • Collaborator with a Professor of Neurobiology at Columbia Medical Center for the Brainwave Music Project.
  • Recipient of the Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award by Columbia in 2015.
  • Former member of the Board of Directors of the International Computer Music Association.

 

PAMELA ROBILLARD MACKEY, CLASS OF 1974

  • Graduate of University of Colorado with a Degree in Journalism and Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School, both with honors.
  • Attorney practicing primarily in the areas of criminal defense, civil and environmental litigation and government investigations.
  • Teacher of trial advocacy skills to lawyers and law students around the country, including Harvard Law School’s trial advocacy workshop and American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition.
  • Honored as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, and Colorado Bar Association.
  • Appointed voting member of the Practitioners advisory group for the U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2012-2018.
  • Chairperson of the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force that published the nationally recognized White Paper on Best Practices for Title IX Investigations by universities and colleges in 2017.
  • President of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association 1994-95 and recipient of the CWBA’s Mary Lathrop Award.
  • Honored annually by Best Lawyers in America in various areas of litigation since 2001

 

STEPHEN SPROUSE, CLASS OF 1971

  • Pioneer fashion designer and artist
  • Initially worked with fashion designer Halston for the Seventh Avenue Collection
  • Helped Merge pop culture’s uptown and downtown sensibilities to fashion’s connection to contemporary art.
  • Creator of the day-goo colors, mirrored sequins and velcro attachments in the early 1980’s
  • Recognized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America for Fashion Design in 1984.
  • Designer of clothing for rock stars such as Debbie Harry, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, David Bowie and Axl Rose.
  • Costume creator for the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and designer of Staff’s Uniforms when it opened in Cleveland in 1995.
  • Created prints using NASA photos taken on Mars by Pathfinder in 1999.
  • Designer of Graffiti Patriotic Motif clothing for Target, handbags and luggage for Louis Vuitton and Diesel Brand clothing.
  • His apparel is still being sold in vintage stores and online for his iconic pieces.