Everything about Joseph Coors totally explained
Joseph Coors, Sr. (
November 12,
1917 –
March 15,
2003), was the grandson of
Adolph Coors and president of
Coors Brewing Company.
Birth and education
Coors was born in 1917 to
Adolph Coors II and Alice May Kistler (1885-1970). His siblings include
Adolph Coors III and
William Coors. He graduated from
Cornell University in 1939 with a degree in chemical engineering, staying to earn a master's degree in 1940. His brother
Adolph Coors III and cousin Dallas Morse Coors were his classmates, and all three were members of the
Quill and Dagger society.
Marriage
He married Edith Holland Hanson in 1941 and had five sons, Jeffrey, Joseph Jr., Grover, John and
Peter Coors.
Brewing career
After graduation, he began work in the ceramics division of Coors Co.; the porcelain business helped support the company during
Prohibition. With his brother,
William Coors, Joseph refined the cold-filtered beer manufacturing system and began the nation's first large-scale recycling program by offering 1-cent returns on Coors aluminum cans. He served one term as a regent of the
University of Colorado, attempting to quell what he considered to be campus radicalism during the
Vietnam war. He served as president of Coors from 1977 to 1985 and chief operating officer from 1980 to 1988. His leadership helped expand Coors beer distribution from western states to the entire nation.
Politics
Coors was perhaps best known for his conservative politics. A founding member of the
Heritage Foundation along with
Paul Weyrich and
Edwin Feulner, Coors provided $250,000 to the think tank to cover its first year budget. He was also involved with the founding of the
Free Congress Foundation and the
Council for National Policy. He was a member of
Ronald Reagan's
Kitchen Cabinet, helping finance Reagan's political career as governor of California and U.S. president.
Death
Coors died in
Rancho Mirage, California, after a three-month battle with
lymphatic cancer.
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