Kaye Coleman

Dear Clare, Rich & Lianna, Jolie & Brad, John & Karen, James & Katie, & Steven & Coleman Family,
I have been influenced greatly by Coleman's as a family with great class, giving kindness, outstanding values, strong leadership.
Kaye truly set the tone with her gentle, firm insightful intuition.
From my days at Dilworth School 3rd & 4th grades with Rich to working at Mountain Fuel with Clare's strong respected leadership and working with co-employees Jolie and John to Kaye's teaching...

Jolie, Rich and John, the memorial service you had for your mother was beautiful and really captured the spirit and passion she had for equality for women and the value of education. She was an extraordinary person and I'm sure she was very proud of all of you.

Much love to you all.

Jolie, I was very sad when I heard about the passing of your mother. I feel very lucky to have known her and to be able to spend time with her at her home, and to travel with her to Mexico. She was a wonderful individual,wife,mother and a friend to all. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. Take care of you dad, such a great man.
My best,
Carl Galbraith

Kaye left an enormous legacy of contributions to diversity, tolerance, fairness and hope within the University. It was a great privilege to work with her on women and minority issues-- and benefit from her wisdom and skills in building strong coalitions, establishing effective programs, and encouraging personal development of our administrators, faculty, staff, and students. What a wonderful human being ! Bob Flores--University of Utah.

Kaye Coleman's Three-To-Get Ready course was a godsend to so many women (and men) wanting to enroll at the U of U as non-traditional students. Her advocacy on behalf of non-traditional students resulted in many groups, seminars, classes and university policies that helped in their transition back to the academic world.

Her work at the Women's Resource Center, guiding the counseling program and supervising many student interns, demonstrated her gift for creating an environment...

Jolie I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your mother. For years and years she has always been so kind and thoughtful to myself and my family. I will miss her. I loved her a whole lot. Rick Yagi

I first became aware of Kaye in the early 1980s when I returned to Utah State University after having worked at the University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa for almost 15 years. When I learned that Utah did not have a state-wide ACE/NIP (American Council on Education's National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration), I began to contact prominent women at Utah institutions to see if they would be willing to help organize such a group....

Kaye was a treasured administrative colleague and friend whose legacy at the University of Utah endures even today. Her deep commitment to women's issues and her support of the advancement of women were an inspiration. It was an honor and a pleasure to know her and work with her. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Kaye was a wonderful colleague and friend during my years at the University of Utah (and before) and leaves a deep legacy of commitment to gender and minority issues at the U. As a founding member of the Women's Resource Center and with a long history of supporting reentry women she made a difference in many women's lives. She continued her commitment to equity in her role as Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and fought long and hard to make the campus more accessible for women...