CXO 2.0 Conference (Event Information Deck | Dec'24-Mar'25)
Zeke Cortez1
1. The Life and Times of Cdr. EC “Zeke” Cortez Jnr., USNR Not Just Scuttlebut Zeke’s mother Sophia was cousin of Imelda Chavez, wife of Senator Dennis Chavez, thus relating Zeke by blood to the Senator.
8. Sophia settled in Las Cruces after a brief time as a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Los Brazos, then Santa Fe, and eventually becoming a contributing columnist to the Las Cruces Sun where she raised the three boys, Zeke, Hubert and Hernan.