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Holland "Holly" Coors (August 25, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was an American conservative political activist and
"Political activist Holly Coors 'loved life': Philanthropist devoted to her many grandkids "
'' Rocky Mountain News'', January 21, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2009. In 1941 she married Joseph Coors, whom she had met on
"Holly Coors dies at 88; ex-wife of beer magnate"
'' The Boston Globe'', January 21, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2009. While considering running for election as Governor of Colorado in 1985, Coors told '' The Denver Post'' that the best way to help women was "not the
"Ex-wife of brewing tycoon Coors dies"
'' The Denver Post'', January 21, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2009. Coors served on the boards of the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. She founded and was president of
Holland "Holly" Coors (August 25, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was an American conservative political activist and philanthropist
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
who had been married to Joseph Coors
Joseph Coors, Sr. (November 12, 1917 – March 15, 2003), was the grandson of brewer Adolph Coors and president of Coors Brewing Company.
Birth and education
Coors was born in 1917 to Alice May Kistler (1885–1970) and Adolph Coors II. His sibl ...
, the president of Coors Brewing Company.
Coors was born Edith Holland Hanson on August 25, 1920 in Bangor, Maine
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Modern Bangor ...
. She moved to New York City where she worked as a model and considered becoming a fashion designer
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.Kelley, Joanne"Political activist Holly Coors 'loved life': Philanthropist devoted to her many grandkids "
'' Rocky Mountain News'', January 21, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2009. In 1941 she married Joseph Coors, whom she had met on
Nantucket, Massachusetts
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. Joseph Coors was the chief operating officer of the Golden, Colorado-based brewery founded by his grandfather Adolph Coors
Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Sr. (February 4, 1847 – June 5, 1929) was a German American brewer who founded the Adolph Coors Company in Golden, Colorado, in 1873.
Early years
Adolph Hermann Joseph Kuhrs was born in Barmen in Rhenish Pruss ...
, which is part of Molson Coors Brewing Company as of 2009. The couple had five sons, Joe Jr., Jeff, Pete
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, Grover and John, before divorcing in 1987; Joseph died in 2003.via '' Associated Press''"Holly Coors dies at 88; ex-wife of beer magnate"
'' The Boston Globe'', January 21, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2009. While considering running for election as Governor of Colorado in 1985, Coors told '' The Denver Post'' that the best way to help women was "not the
Equal Rights Amendment
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but through free enterprise".Culver, Virginia"Ex-wife of brewing tycoon Coors dies"
'' The Denver Post'', January 21, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2009. Coors served on the boards of the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. She founded and was president of
Women of our Hemisphere Achieving Together
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, an organization that assists women from Central America and the Dominican Republic, and served in senior positions for many other institutions and organizations. She was named to serve on the Board of Visitors of the United States Air Force Academy by President Ronald Reagan
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, who also appointed her goodwill ambassador for the Western Hemisphere during the National Year of the Americas (NYOTA). She was named to the White House Fellows Commission by President George H. W. Bush
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.
Coors died at age 88 on January 18, 2009 at her home in Golden and was survived by her five sons, 28 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
References
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