We lost a true friend and mentor this past Spring. Ron was one of the original founders of the firm and spend over thirty years serving his large list of clients and finding time to help anyone here with a technical coverage question. Ron attended the Coast Guard Academy and Lehigh University and was a well recognized baseball pitcher in his high school and college days. His passion was golf, specifically youth golf. He carefully followed high school golf and could tell you the score any high school golfer shot in a weekend tournament. He served on the Colorado Independent Insurance Agents youth golf committee and accompanied state qualifiers to regional and national tournaments. He was always quick to tell anyone that Tiger Woods won this tournament a few years ago. Ron truly loved children. This is a sad chapter in our thirty-five year history and all of us miss Ron terribly.