EMeritus Faculty

Leo Riethmayer

University of Colorado Denver
School of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 173364 - Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217 - 3364
Phone: (303) 315 - 2228
Fax: (303) 315 - 2229

Bio: A California native, Riethmayer has a B.A. and M.A. in political science from Texas Tech University.  During World War II, he served in the Office of the Secretary of War in Washington, D.C.  Riethmayer earned his Ph.D. in political science, with an emphasis in public administration, at the University of Iowa in 1942. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1946, and became director of the Graduate Program in Public Administration in 1947. Riethmayer remained at CU for more than 30 years - ultimately involved in founding what is today the School of Public Affairs. When he retired in 1978, he was professor of public administration and director of the Division of Public Administration at SPA. He has been a visiting professor at the City University of New York; the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Southern California; and the University of the Philippines, Manila. Among his many accomplishments, he was on the Colorado State Commission on Judicial Qualifications, mayor of the city of Boulder, a member of the Boulder City Council and Boulder County Planning Commission, district president of the Colorado Municipal League, and on many civil service examining boards. He is also a member of the National Defense Executive Reserve, emeritus.