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PHOTOS | Remembering Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm

By 07/30/2021 | updated 5 years ago
Former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm passes back daily quizzes to his Public Policy students on Oct. 9, 2007, at the University of Denver. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Matt McClain)

Gov. Dick Lamm, who died Thursday at 85, was one of Colorado’s longest serving governors and had a lasting effect on politics and public policy.

Former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm passes back daily quizzes to his Public Policy students on Oct. 9, 2007, at the University of Denver. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Matt McClain)
Former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm passes back daily quizzes to his Public Policy students on Oct. 9, 2007, at the University of Denver. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Matt McClain)
Gov. Dick Lamm and Lt. Gov. George Brown in an undated photo. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News)
Gov. Dick Lamm and Lt. Gov. George Brown in an undated photo. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News)
Lt. Gov.-elect George Brown, left, was squarely in the middle Friday as Gov.-elect Richard D. Lamm, right, announced a list of state appointments which didn't include a Black person. Brown stood by Lamm despite heavy criticism from other Black officials. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Joe Gordon)
Lt. Gov.-elect George Brown, left, was squarely in the middle Friday as Gov.-elect Richard D. Lamm, right, announced a list of state appointments which didn’t include a Black person. Brown stood by Lamm despite heavy criticism from other Black officials. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Joe Gordon)
Former governor Richard Lamm takes comments from a member of the media following the Defend Colorado Now press conference at the capitol on Jan 4, 2006. Defend Colorado Now announced a ballot initiative that would prevent illegal immigrants from getting non-emergency public services. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / David M. Barreda)
Former governor Richard Lamm takes comments from a member of the media following the Defend Colorado Now press conference at the capitol on Jan 4, 2006. Defend Colorado Now announced a ballot initiative that would prevent illegal immigrants from getting non-emergency public services. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / David M. Barreda)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm offers advice on his second term to Gov. John Hickenlooper as former Govs. Roy Romer and Bill Ritter await their turn at the microphone during inauguration festivities in January 2015 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. (Colorado Politics file)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm offers advice on his second term to Gov. John Hickenlooper as former Govs. Roy Romer and Bill Ritter await their turn at the microphone during inauguration festivities in January 2015 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. (Colorado Politics file)
Victoria Ashby, Dick Lamm and Lucius Ashby in November 2013, at an event recalling Lamm
Victoria Ashby, Dick Lamm and Lucius Ashby in November 2013, at an event recalling Lamm “walking the state” in 1973. (Colorado Politics file)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm, former state Sen. Norma Anderson and former U.S. Senator Hank Brown get ready to address new legislators on what makes a good policymaker at a luncheon at the History Colorado Center as part of freshman orientation in December 2014. (Colorado Politics file)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm, former state Sen. Norma Anderson and former U.S. Senator Hank Brown get ready to address new legislators on what makes a good policymaker at a luncheon at the History Colorado Center as part of freshman orientation in December 2014. (Colorado Politics file)
Former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm leads a discussion with the students of his Public Policy class on Oct. 9, 2007, at the University of Denver. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Matt McClain)
Former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm leads a discussion with the students of his Public Policy class on Oct. 9, 2007, at the University of Denver. (Donated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / Matt McClain)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm, left, and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, discuss the overwhelming national debt at a Fix the Debt forum sponsored by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in August 2013. (Colorado Politics file)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm, left, and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, discuss the overwhelming national debt at a Fix the Debt forum sponsored by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in August 2013. (Colorado Politics file)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm discusses the Colorado ballot proposal to provide universal health care for state residents in exchange for a 10-percent payroll tax in 2015. (Photo by Pat Duncan, The Colorado Statesman)
Former Gov. Dick Lamm discusses the Colorado ballot proposal to provide universal health care for state residents in exchange for a 10-percent payroll tax in 2015. (Photo by Pat Duncan, The Colorado Statesman)
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