- William Coors
William Coors is the grandson of
Adolph Coors , the founder of theCoors Brewing Company . William Coors has been affiliated with the company for 64 years, and has been a board member since 1973.Biographical Information
Mr. Coors was born in
Colorado onAugust 11 ,1916 , and holds a Bachelors Degree, concentrating in chemical engineering, and Masters Degree fromPrinceton University .Positions Held
*President -
Coors Brewing Company
*Chairman -Coors Brewing Company
*President -Castle Rock Foundation
*Founding Member -The Future 500
*Honorary Chairman - SEEDRacism
Talking to a group of
Mexican andAfrican business owners in 1984, he said: "...ancestors were dragged here in chains against their will… I would urge those of you who feel that way to go back to where your ancestors came from, and you will find out that probably the greatest favor that anybody ever did you was to drag your ancestors over here in chains, and I mean it." [http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=2064]References
*Baum, Dan. "Citizen Coors: A Grand Family Saga of Business, Politics, and Beer". New York: HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-688-15448-4
External links
* [http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/170/ 20th Century Leaders]
* [http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/brochure/p3.html Academy of Achievement]
* [http://www.alabev.com/coorsorg.htm Coors Organization/History]
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