People

: Donald "Don" Mackendrick; A long-time professor of history at Colorado Mesa University, where he taught from 1956 to 1990. He also served as Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences from 1977 to 1990. He specialized in local history, and wrote many articles and gave many speeches about local history topics. He was the editor of Journal of the Western Slope, an academic history journal published at CMU. He also served on the Grand Junction Public Library board for many years, and was the chair of the board. In 2014, CMU's Houston Hall Room 205a was renamed in his honor. *Some information for this biography came from the Colorado Mesa University website. **Photograph from the 1965 Mesa College Maverick yearbook.

: Donald "Don" Wegner; He was a mechanic who serviced small airplanes in Grand Junction, Colorado, and the brother-in-law of pilot and airport manager Eddie Drapela. He was born in Stanton, Nebraska to Conrad Henry Wegner and Mabel Wagner. He served in the US Navy during World War II. By the 1950's he was living in Grand Junction. There, he worked for the Drapela Flying Service, for Monarch Aircraft, and then went into business for himself. Oral history interviewee and pilot Walter Dalby remembered him as a kind person. Upon his death in 1974, Monarch Aircraft purchased his business.