Educator-to borrow from the title of his biography produced by the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Raut was a teacher, leader, engineer. Graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder (BS, 1947; MS, 1949: thesis: The Effect of Varying Span-Depth Ratios on Through Warren Trusses Continuous Over Three and Four Reactions). Played and lettered on the University of Colorado football team, 1943-1944-his jersey number was 38. President of the University of Colorado System, serving from 1974 to 1980. Under his tenure, the University of Colorado System was established, with campuses in Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs, and the Boulder campus' role as a major research institution was enhanced. He served in other administrative posts, including associate dean of faculties and vice president. The teaching aspect of his career at Colorado was as a Professor of Civil Engineering, serving for a time as chairman of the department. U.S. Navy World War II veteran-LT-Assistant Civil Engineer, Seabees, Okinawa.
Educator-to borrow from the title of his biography produced by the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Raut was a teacher, leader, engineer. Graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder (BS, 1947; MS, 1949: thesis: The Effect of Varying Span-Depth Ratios on Through Warren Trusses Continuous Over Three and Four Reactions). Played and lettered on the University of Colorado football team, 1943-1944-his jersey number was 38. President of the University of Colorado System, serving from 1974 to 1980. Under his tenure, the University of Colorado System was established, with campuses in Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs, and the Boulder campus' role as a major research institution was enhanced. He served in other administrative posts, including associate dean of faculties and vice president. The teaching aspect of his career at Colorado was as a Professor of Civil Engineering, serving for a time as chairman of the department. U.S. Navy World War II veteran-LT-Assistant Civil Engineer, Seabees, Okinawa.
Gravesite Details
Cenotaph-Roland Rautenstraus' ashes were spread in a natural wooded area at the western edge of Boulder at the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains
