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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 life [ edit ]
Coors was born on January 12, 1915, the son of Alice May (née Kistler; 1885–1970) and Adolph Coors Jr.He attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.Like his father and his youngest brother Joseph Coors, Adolph graduated from Cornell University, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society and a member of the Kappa Alpha Society.
Portal:Colorado/Selected biography/17 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.
[4]: 46 Adolph I's death in 1929 put Adolph II solely in charge of the idled A. Coors Co. brewery and Porcelain both, until his sons Adolph III, Bill and Joe joined in the 1940s. Herman Coors offered to buy Porcelain in the early 1920s after frequent management disagreements with his father and older brother, but was refused.
The Adolph Coors Company was formerly a holding company in Golden, Colorado controlled by the heirs of founder Adolph Coors. Its principal subsidiary was the Coors Brewing Company. The brewery was founded in 1873. [1] In 2005, Adolph Coors Co. merged with Molson, Inc. to become the Molson Coors Brewing Company. [2]
June 5 – Adolph Coors, brewer (born 1847 in Prussia; suicide) June 9 – murder–suicide [38] Louis Bennison, silent Western film actor (born 1884) Margaret Lawrence, actress (born 1889) June 11 – William D. Boyce, entrepreneur and founder of the Boy Scouts of America (born 1858) July 2 – Gladys Brockwell, film actress (born 1894; auto ...
Born in Golden, Colorado, on August 11, 1916, he was the son of Adolph Coors II and Alice Kistler May (1885–1970), and the brother of Adolph Coors III (1915–1960) and Joseph Coors Sr. (1917–2003). Coors earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1938, and a master's degree in chemical engineering in 1939. [2]
Adolph Coors (1847–1929), founder of the Adolph Coors Company brewery, now part of MillerCoors; Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor and engineer; founder of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, now Daimler-Benz AG [3] Adolf Dassler (1900–1978), founder of sportswear company Adidas [4] Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974), founder of sportwear company ...