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Adolph Hermann Joseph Kuhrs was born in Barmen in Rhenish Prussia on February 4, 1847, the son of Joseph Kuhrs (circa 1820–1862) and Helena Heim (circa 1820–1862). He was apprenticed at age 13 to the book and stationery store of Andrea and Company in nearby Ruhrort from November 1860 until June 1862.
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.
Joseph Corbett Jr. (October 25, 1928 – August 24, 2009) [1] was an American fugitive, murderer, and prison escapee who, in 1960, was placed on the FBI's 10 most wanted list after kidnapping and murdering Adolph Coors III, heir to the Coors beer fortune.
[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.
Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Jr. (January 12, 1884 – June 28, 1970) was an American businessman. He was the son of Louisa (Webber) and brewer Adolph Coors , and the second President of Coors Brewing Company .
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 ...
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]
Adolph Coors (formerly "Kuhrs", 1847–1929), founded Coors Brewing Company in 1873; Adolph Coors II (1884–1970), son of Adolph Coors, second chairman of the Coors Brewing Company; Adolph Coors III (1916–1960), grandson of Adolph Coors, was kidnapped and murdered; Coors Light Twins, models and actresses; Herman Frederik Coors, son of Adolph ...