ZARLENGO, DOMINIC A. of Centennial, CO. Husband of Ginger Zarlengo; father Anna Marie, Phillip C.(Masha), Marco D.(Linda) Zarlengo, and Theresa.(Eric) Hauber; survived by brothers Vincent D. and Charles Zarlengo. Also survived by 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandson.

Funeral Mass, Saturday, October 8, 2005, 10 AM, All Souls Catholic Church, 4950 S. Logan St. Interment, Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorials suggested to DPS Retired Employee's Assoc. Scholarship Fund, c/o Julia Kamura, 1781 S. Valentine Way, Lakewood, 80228 or Hospice of Metro Denver, 501 S. Cherry St., Suite 700, Denver, 80246.

Published in the Denver Newspaper Agency from 10/6/2005 - 10/7/2005.

From the 1963 Angelus:
"Effectual and colorful stories related by Mr. Price Smith
engrave Egyptian history permanently in the minds of his students."

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Price B. Smith, who passed away on January 11, epitomized the caliber of instruction we enjoyed at East. He touched so many of us in the Class of '63 that it's easy to forget that he taught at East for more than 20 years and had the same effect on students in previous and later classes. He taught at Morey Jr. High before coming to East in 1960.

It's because of Price Brandt Smith's legacy that a group of us (from several classes, 1960 on) put together a memorial for him. It was a time for all his former students and friends to share fond memories of him. The memorial was secular in keeping with Mr. Smith's wishes. Short eulogies were given. Mr. Smith's widow, Florence, as well as many of her and Price's friends and neighbors were in attendance.

In addition to the memorial, and because the library was such an important place for him and his students, a fund has been established in Price Smith's name to help finish the "Library Renaissance" project at East.

There will also be a plaque permanently placed in the library honoring him. Donations are tax-deductible and may be sent to East High Angels Foundation (EHAF), P.O. Box 201404, Denver, CO 80220. Please put "Price Smith" on the "memo" line of your check, or send an accompanying note, to make sure the money goes into the right fund.

The Price Smith Memorial Committee

Obit from the Denver Post, January 14, 2005 

Price Brandt Smith
SMITH, PRICE BRANDT

Born on January 28, 1925, in Ft. Collins, CO. He was a graduate of the University of Denver. He took part in four invasions in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

He taught History and English at Morey Junior High School for nine years and then taught the Advanced Placement Classes in Ancient, Medieval and Modern European History at East High School for 23 years. He has lived in Douglas County for the last 28 years in a Japanese-Style house which he designed and helped build.

During their 57 years of marriage, he and his wife traveled extensively, mainly in Europe, Asia and Africa. Price had a great love of history, geography and art. He had the ability to make history come alive, and that, coupled with a great warmth for his students made his classes unforgettable.

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Florence and Price Smith, September, 2003
at their home in Castle Rock, CO
Photo by N. Baily

Price and Florence during a trip to Egypt in the late 1950's.
The "cartouche" beside the photo means "Price Smith"!
This was the cover of the Memorial Program

Article Published: Thursday, October 14, 2004

East High Principal Innovative

By Claire Martin
Denver Post Staff Writer

Robert Pulliam Colwell, who died Sunday at age 90, was best known as the longtime innovative principal of East High School, cementing its progressive reputation by establishing the Outward Bound-inspired Senior Seminar.

Raised on a farm near Loveland, Colwell swiftly learned the importance of firsthand experience. Hoeing sugar beets alongside Mexican-American and Japanese-American workers taught him to see individuals instead of racial stereotypes, instilling a lifelong belief in civil rights.

In the 1940s, Colwell belonged to the committee to defeat the Alien Land Law amendment proposal meant to deprive Asians of the right to own property. In the aftermath of World War II, Colwell was the first Denver Public Schools administrator to hire a Japanese-American.

As principal of East High School during the racial turmoil of the 1960s and early '70s, he worked with the Black Student Alliance and other groups to encourage forthrightness and negotiation in open forums and other venues.

After the 1970 U.S. Supreme Court-mandated busing program, Colwell led efforts for a rapport between disgruntled students and parents.

A firm believer in the principles taught by Outward Bound and other experiential education programs, Colwell helped set up the Senior Seminar and other programs that taught skills by plunging students headlong into new situations.

He instituted a foreign-student exchange and a domestic-pupil exchange that allowed students to learn about life in radically different cultures.

Relief from his stressful job came on the weekends he spent at the Colwells' working ranch near Bailey. Colwell's children raised prize-winning steers and horses. The Colwells also learned, by trial and error, how to build a three-story barn, tackling the project themselves, from pouring the concrete foundation to figuring out the plumbing and wiring.

Colwell left East High School in 1974 to direct the Denver Public Schools' department of alternative education. He found the location near Jamestown for Balarat, where DPS offers experiential education courses.

Colwell also loved to visit La Foret, the Black Forest estate he helped acquire as a summer camp for the United Church of Christ. He was a founder and 18-year member of the camp's board of trustees.

Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Knight Colwell of Denver; a daughter, Penelope Colwell Jensen of Chapel Hill, N.C.; a son, Robert Knight Colwell of Storrs, Conn.; and five grandchildren.