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- Rudolfo Anaya
- Best-known for his book Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo was an American poet, born and raised in New Mexico. He was considered a founder of contemporary Chicano literature, and was an inspiration to other Mexican-American writers. According to Oral History interviewee Luis López, the two went to school together though they didn’t have many classes together. They did talk often and later connected over their writing. López describes Rudolfo as “the farthest person you would think of as being a writer.”
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- Rudolph "Botsie" Spritzer
- Contributor to "Singing the lines of place: A Gunnison Valley Journal," Was a Crested Butte native, fisherman, hunter, accordionist and great teller of tales. (source: Singing the lines of place: A Gunnison Valley Journal)
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- Rudolph "Rudy" Susman
- He was born in New Jersey. His family moved to Denver in 1900, when Rudy was six. His father, Abraham Susman, opened the only Jewish bakery in east Denver, and was successful enough that he bought the building at 2626 Market Street. His mother was Sara (Benton) Susman. Rudy was schooled in Denver and later operated the Diamond A Grocery at 15th and Lawrence Streets with his brother Morris. He served in WWI, from May 1918 to January 1919. His service took place in Utah and Kansas since the Armistice was signed before his unit was slated to ship overseas. Rudy left Denver after marrying Fannie Ruth (Gordon) Susman in 1925. He and his wife moved to Durango to run the Durango branch of Gordon Stores. They moved to Grand Junction to run the Gordon Store there in the 1930’s. There, they became an important part of the Jewish community, and together with other Jewish families, organized worship ceremonies. In the 1970’s, their organization was renamed the Jewish Community Center. He served as an active member of the Masonic Shrine, the Elks Club, the American Legion, the Osteopathic Hospital board, the Community Hospital Board (10 years), the Salvation Army (30 years), the Goodwill board (20 years), the Red Cross, the Eagles Baseball Committee, the Downtown Development Committee, and the Boy Scouts. He was declared the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Citizen in 1965; he was the Lion of the Year for the Lion’s Club in 1965; he won the Elk’s Lodge Outstanding Citizen Award in 1971; he was Shriner of the Year in 1974; he became a Thirty-third Degree Mason in 1957; he received the Service Before Self Award from the GJ Rotary Club; he also received the Paul Harris Fellowship from the Rotary Club in 1980.