Lloyd E. Worner Award

Susan White Burgamy '66 is the recipient of the 2024 Lloyd E. Worner Award.

Susan majored in Zoology and earned her B.A. cum laude. Her campus activities included Rastall Center Board, Panhellenic, dorm counselor, cheerleader, and president of her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. After graduation, she earned her M.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Northern Colorado.

Susan has been an actively engaged alumna, previously serving on class reunion committees and on the Alumni Association Council for 8 years. She chaired the Nominations and Awards Committee which, in addition to selecting the Alumni Association Award recipients, was responsible for the selection of Elected Alumni Trustee candidates and the Young Alumni Trustee.  

In 1971, Susan established the Steve Ebert Ice Hockey Award which is given annually to the CC player who best exemplifies dedication, desire, ability, and sportsmanship – characteristics of Steve Ebert ’66 who died in an Army air training plane crash in 1970. In 2019, Susan gave the first Colorado Pledge Scholarship in honor of her parents who made it possible for her and her sister, Patricia White Weed ’69, M.A.T. ’91, to attend the college. 

Susan has served on numerous nonprofit boards in Denver. She worked with Alameda East Veterinary Hospital to envision and create Dusty’s Garden, a private outdoor space for people and their companion animals to take solace during difficult times. The garden was dedicated in 2004 in memory of her golden retriever, Dusty. 

Susan’s son Aaron and wife Brooke are parents of her granddaughter Ella Jane; her daughter Sarah is mother to new grandson Estes Aaron.