All64: Every corner of Colorado. CSU connects with every county.
“I had a great time. It did make me a different person. I’ve got both of my diplomas and my son’s diploma hanging right above the bar in the tasting room.”
During the 2022-23 academic year, we are highlighting one Colorado State University student or alum from each of Colorado’s 64 counties. The Centennial State’s land grant university has a connection to the diverse lands and people from the counties of Moffat to Baca, Montezuma to Sedgwick and everywhere in between.
Lee Bradley
Major: Vocational Agriculture (1976 graduate); Master’s of Agricultural Business (1989 graduate)
Why I chose CSU: My friends were going there … it’s an ag school and that was my direction.
Favorite thing about CSU: It was a real diverse population, that’s for sure. That was a fun thing.
Clubs/organizations in college: Alpha Tau Alpha, the ag teachers fraternity
Favorite achievement: The diploma was probably my most favorite thing.
Career goals: I wanted to be a vo-ag teacher. I did that for 10 years. I wanted to be in fruit production and I saw an opportunity and I jumped on it and it led to cool places. Editor’s Note: Bradley is now the owner of Black Bridge Winery/Orchard Valley Farm in Delta County.
Quirky fact(s): I’m one of the few people that make wine and I raise the grapes and I raise peaches (he grew up in the Palisade area).
Favorite instructor(s)/class: Jack Avens. It was avian science. He looked like a chicken and he talked like a chicken and he was the most motivating guy ever. My son had the same professor in 2007-08.
Favorite NOCO food and hangouts: Whatever (3.2 percent alcohol beer) bar was closest to campus.
Favorite CSU tradition: We liked to go the football games.
What do you tell people from Delta County about CSU: I had a great time. It did make me a different person. I’ve got both of my diplomas and my son’s diploma hanging right above the bar in the tasting room.
Something people should know about Delta County: We don’t have a lot of development here, but we’re close to counties where people have lots and lots of money. We have good schools. It’s a gorgeous place to live.
Biggest adversity you overcame at CSU: It might have been chemistry.
Role/influence of CSU Extension in Delta County: We have good vo-ag programs in Delta County.
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