A LIFETIME OF Leadership, A LEGACY OF success.

A silver prospector, a software visionary, and a female flier whose idea of success was all wet ... two pairs of brothers with success stories as American as milk and football. The incredible group of individuals -- whose legacies continue to impact the community -- will be honored at the 10th Annual Colorado Business Hall of Fame.

This distinguished event honors the accomplishments and contributions of extraordinary leaders from the state of Colorado. But it also lends a helping hand to some of tomorrow's leaders, with event proceeds benefiting the youth programs of Junior Achievement and a Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce scholarship fund to The Metropolitan State College of Denver.

This year's Hall of Fame inductees are truly giants in Denver's past and present. Their insight and direction have cleared a path for our future leaders, ensuring a legacy of not only business success, but also an impressive commitment to philanthropy and community involvement. Please join us in honoring and congratulating the 2000 Hall of Fame laureates.

KATHRYN "KITTY" HACH-DARROW

Kathryn 'Kitty' Hach-Darrow and her husband, Clifford, founded The Hach Chemical Co. in 1948, fresh out of college. Ultimately the Hach Co., became one of the leading producers of laboratory and water monitoring equipment in the country.

Hach-Darrow is also a visionary, instituting a cutting-edge educational program within the company to address the challenge of hiring a skilled workforce. The 42 different courses, ranging from basic writing skills to algebra and geometry, helped to bring about fewer production errors and increased employee retention.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Hach-Darrow has been flying for more than 40 years, accumulating more than 7,000 hours of flying time, and becoming multiengine instrument and jet-rated. When interviewed by Forbes magazine, this grandmother of eight stated, "We have a corporate jet, but I fly my own."

Hach-Darrow was the first female director of the American Water Works Association and the First National Bank of Loveland. She received the 1993 Woman of the Year Award from the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce and is a founding member of the Committee of 200 Executive Women.

ED McVANEY

"Software's global guru." That's how his industry refers to C. Edward McVaney, the 59-year-old co-founder and chairman of J.D. Edwards. The Denver-based software company provides the core software to run entire businesses -- financials, inventories, factories, people and equipment.

Today, the company employs more than 5,700 and has installed its software in 100 countries 18 languages, while servicing more than 5,200 customers around the world. The company has exceeded revenues of almost $1 billion, and when it went public in 1997, 200 employees became instant millionaires.

McVaney and his wife, Carole, recently gave a generous donation to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to establish the J.D. Edwards Honors Program for Computer Science and Management. In 1 999, he was the recipient of the University of Denver International Bridge Builders Award for his...