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The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. [2] It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. , but also has a campus in Aspen, Colorado , its original home. [ 3 ]
The Aspen Institute was founded by Walter Paepcke in 1950 in Aspen, Colorado. [10] Paepcke was a Chicago businessman and the founder of the Container Corporation of American (CCA). As a Germanophile, he and his wife, Elizabeth Paepcke, actualized a celebration and gathering in Aspen in June 1949 to mark the two-hundredth birthday of Johann ...
Aspen University is a Private for-profit online university with its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. It was established in 1987. Aspen University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. The university is owned by the Aspen Group, Inc. a publicly held, for-profit postsecondary education company headquartered in New York City. It owns two ...
Highlights of Porterfield’s tenure include: the 2024 creation of the Institute’s Center for Rising Generations, which develops the leadership of youth and young adults, powered by a $185.7 million endowment gift from the Bezos Family Foundation; the revitalization of the Institute’s Aspen Meadows campus in Colorado, including a full hotel ...
Aspen Airways was named after the aspen tree and not the town of Aspen, Colorado, where it was originally based before moving its headquarters to Stapleton International Airport (DEN) in Denver. Aspen Airways was founded in 1952 by Walter Paepcke , as the flight department of the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies .
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On June 24 and 25, 2013, the project hosted the 21st Century National Service Summit in Aspen, Colorado, as a lead-in event to the Aspen Ideas Festival.The summit sought to "present bold new ideas to make national service a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans" and inspire participants to "make specific commitments to fulfill the vision of the Franklin Project."
Aspen Meadows is a 40-acre conference center and resort located amongst the Rocky Mountains in Aspen, Colorado. It is owned by the Aspen Institute , [ 1 ] and is the venue for some of the institute's events, such as the annual Aspen Ideas Festival [ 2 ] and Socrates Program seminars.