Late professor emeritus to be remembered with plaque

A campus plaque dedication for Gerald L. Broce, associate professor emeritus, Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sept. 9 on the first floor of Centennial Hall.

Broce died March 15, 2011, at age 68. He was the founding faculty member of the Department of Anthropology at UCCS.  He joined the university in 1974 after completing his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1973. He retired from the campus in 2006.

Members of the Broce family – including his wife, Jodie; daughter, Jenna; and son, Jed – will attend the dedication. Refreshments will be provided by the Office of the Chancellor and the Office of the Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.