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