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- Conner Wayne Shepherd
- An assistant professor of recreation at Colorado Mesa University, then Mesa College, during the 1970’s and 80's. He taught at Mesa while receiving his doctorate in history at the University of Utah. He also worked as a park ranger at the Colorado National Monument during the summers.
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- Connie Elze
- 2014 Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshal. Raised in Montrose, CO and studied accounting at Western State College. Together with husband Richard "Buddy" Elze, raised a son and daughter, and now they have 5 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. (source: 2014 Cattlemen's Days Brochure)
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- Connie Harvey
- Connie Harvey moved to Aspen in 1959 and was one of the founders of Aspen Wilderness Workshop, created in 1967. Her environmental accomplishments include protecting more than 400,000 acres as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and starting the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Board, with conservation easements on more than 18,000 acres of private land, as well as miles of hiking and biking trails. Her family placed a permanent conservation easement on their 1,850-acre ranch, ensuring it can remain a working cattle ranch and unspoiled backdrop to the Maroon Bells wilderness. Harvey, who wrote a column for the Aspen Daily News for more than a decade, serves on various foundation boards, and her numerous awards include recognition as a wilderness hero in the film “Forever Wild: Celebrating America’s Wilderness,” and induction into the Aspen Hall of Fame in 2006.--Anna Scott, Aspen Historical Society Connie Harvey survived rescue from the Andrea Doria—an ocean liner that sank off the coast of Massachusetts in 1956—to become a Colorado wilderness champion. Connie was nine months pregnant with her first child when she and her husband plunged into the Atlantic. Everyone who cares about the American West is grateful that she was plucked out of the water by a rescue boat. Grit and determination have always been Connie’s trademark. She continues to oversee a cattle ranch and write a monthly environmental column for the Aspen Daily News. As one of her sons said, "I feel sorry for whoever she takes on."--Aspen Hall of Fame bio