The Pueblo Chieftain: Pueblo Hall of Fame class
Three prominent citizens will be honored as inductees into the Pueblo Hall of Fame at the hall’s annual dinner Saturday night. The doors will open at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m., at the Pueblo Community College Fortino Ballroom.
Pueblo businesswoman Dee Rogers Brown, leading university and sports supporter Dan DeRose and retired Pueblo Chief District Judge Dennis Maes make up the Pueblo Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
Brown, involved in substantial gifts to the community as project manager for WL Enterprises, has served on such community boards as the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, the YMCA and the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce.
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