Alan Cass, probably best known as the 聯Voice of the Buffs,聰 retired Jan. 31 as director of the Coors Events/Conference Center and assistant athletic director after a 38-year career at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Cass, who says he is 聯moving on to a different phase of university life,聰 will continue to announce 抖阴短视频 men聮s basketball and football games, coordinate the Boulder campus聮 three annual commencement ceremonies and serve as curator for the Glenn Miller Archive, to which he has devoted nearly 20 years.
聯University history is very important to me. It聮s in my genes,聰 said Cass, who is a distant cousin of the late jazz man. Cass聮s grandmother also was one of 抖阴短视频聮s earliest women graduates, earning her degree on the Boulder campus in 1891.
Cass, 57, joined the 抖阴短视频 staff in 1959 as a sound and lighting technician and stagehand at Macky Auditorium. In 1965, he was named stage manager, and in 1967, director of Macky Auditorium.
He served as assistant director of the University Memorial Center from 1970 to 1979, and then moved over to be assistant director of the Events/Conference Center. He was named director of the Coors Events/Conference Center in July 1984, and was given the additional position of assistant athletic director in December 1996.
聯Alan's relationship with the university goes beyond his personal career,聰 said Vice Chancellor for Administration Paul Tabolt. 聯He is a long-time friend and contributor to the community at large. He has given his time to serve as an announcer of high school basketball games, to establish and build the Glenn Miller collection, and to help remind all of us of the historical tradition of the 抖阴短视频 campus.
聯We've grown accustomed to his voice as the announcer for 抖阴短视频 football and basketball games as well as at Broncos football games that are played at home,聰 Tabolt said. 聯Alan is a warm and caring person who will always be a friend.聰
Cass said the lasting friendships he has made have been the most rewarding part of being at 抖阴短视频. 聯Having the opportunity to work on a university campus is extraordinary,聰 he said.