Nominations Now Open for 2018 Pueblo Hall of Fame

Nominations are now open for the 2018 Pueblo Hall of Fame.  Local citizens are being asked to nominate someone within the Pueblo community who has made an impact within the community.

The 2018 PHOF will take place on Friday. February 2, 2018 at Pueblo Community College.

Nominations are open now and need to be submitted to the Pueblo Community College Foundation (900 W. Orman Avenue, Pueblo, CO 81004) by October 30, 2017.

The Pueblo Hall of Fame was established in 1991 to honor those individuals who – by their extraordinary efforts – have contributed to the betterment or enhancement of Pueblo. Proceeds from the annual event support the Pueblo Community College Foundation and its student scholar and academic excellence programs at Pueblo Community College.

Each year a new class of inductees are presented to the community at a special cocktail and dinner party. In addition to the formal induction ceremony, a permanent record of all Pueblo Hall of Fame inductees is on display at Pueblo Community College within the Fortino Ballroom.

One or more contemporary individuals will be honored each year.  The areas of endeavor for nominations may include education, business and labor, arts and humanities, philanthropy, government, law, science and technology, and health and human services. Deceased persons may be selected by virtue of his or her historical contribution to the Pueblo community.

Persons elected to the Pueblo Hall of Fame need not have been born in Pueblo, or in the case of contemporary nominees, be current residents of the county of Pueblo.

No disqualification or limitation for the nomination or election shall be imposed on the basis of gender, race, religion or national origin. Inductees are selected each November by a panel of Pueblo Community College Foundation Board Members and community representatives.

For more information on the 2018 Pueblo Hall of Fame and/or to obtain an official nomination form and supplement documents, please contact the Pueblo Community College Foundation (719.544.0677 or email to Martha.simmons@pueblocc.edu).

Pueblo Hall of Fame Inductees

Class of 1991

O.H.P. Baxter

Frank S. Hoag, Jr.

David Packard

Fred E. Weisbrod

Mahlon T. White

Class of 1992

Bishop Charles A. Buswell

Dr. Richard Corwin

Simon F. Elliot

Dr. Melvin H. Takaki

Class of 1993

Damian P. Ducy

Bob A. Jackson

Joanna S. Sperry

John A. Thatcher

Mahlon D. Thatcher

Richard W. Trefz

Class of 1994

Mary M. Farley

William H. Hutchinson

Samuel T. Jones

Ray H. Talbot

Class of 1995

Patricia Ducy Kelly

Bret Kelly

Timothy G. McCarthy

Michael Occhiato

Class of 1996

Walter L. Bassett

Melvin L. Harmon

Class of 1997

Alva C. Jones

Dr. Robert C. Shirley

Class of 1998

Dr. Malik M. Hasan

Bob Leon Kirscht

Class of 1999

Charles Autobee

Robert H. Rawlings

Class of 2000

Helen Lindberg

Jerome L. Lindberg

Vincent D. Massari

Class of 2001

Dr. John B. Farley

Thomas V. Healy

Marvin & Sandy Stein

Class of 2002

Joseph A. (Tony) Fortino

Class of 2003

Margaret G. (Maggie) Divelbiss

William J. (Bill) Hybl

John Francis Keating

Class of 2004

Robert L. Hawkins

Henry G. Reyes

Class of 2005

Tom & Kathy Farley

James Arthur Grady

Bishop Arthur Tafoya

Class of 2006

Dr. Jarvis and Mary Jo Ryals

Class of 2007

Dr. M. Edmund Vallejo

Senator Abel Tapia

Class of 2008

Dave Cardinal

Jim Driscoll

Class of 2009

Raymond P. Kogovsek

Harry H. Simmons

Class of 2010

Patty Erjavec

Keith & Sharon Swerdfeger

Class of 2011

Jim Poole

Doris Kester

Class of 2012

Art Stawski

Ed Sajbel

Class of 2013

Louie Carleo

Dick Cline

Class of 2014

Art & Lorraine Gonzales

James & Paulette Stuart

Class of 2015

Eddie & Neta DeRose

Sollie Raso

Class of 2016

Gerry & Dian Montgomery

Joe & Tom Welte

Class of 2017

Jack Quinn

Jane Rawlings

Michael Salardino

Hank & Ernamarie Williams