Article: Credit Unions Honor Chief of Colorado's System.

By Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 24-- Carroll Beach inherited a mere handful of employees when he assumed control of the state's credit unions in 1973.

Since then, the Colorado Credit Union System has grown to 180 employees and 1.4 million members, and Beach has become a national figure.

Credit unions from around the country will award the 61-year-old Beach with their highest honor Sunday in Washington.

Beach will receive the 2001 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Credit Union Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Credit Union National Association. The ...

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