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Metadata

Name

Coors, William K.

Othernames

Bill (nickname)

Born

8/11/1916

Birthplace

Golden, CO

Deceased

10/13/2018

Deceased where

Golden, CO

Places of residence

Golden, CO

Titles & honors

Chiefly credited for creation and development of the aluminum can in 1959
CSM Board of Trustees, 1973-1985
Bill Coors Wellness Center (1981)

Father

Adolph Coors Jr.

Mother

Alice May Kistler

Education

Golden Schools
Phillips Exeter Academy
Princeton University
Colorado School of Mines, Honorary Doctorate of Engineering

Notes

Accomplished pianist
Summitted Mount Kilamanjaro in 1974 at age 58-considered the oldest man to accomplish at the time

Occupation

Coors Porcelain Company (started in 1939 right out of college)
Coors Brewery (1946)
Chairman, Adolph Coors Company
Never retired

Publications

Movie-Bill Coors: The Will to Live

Relationships

Joseph Coors Sr., brother
Adolph Coors III, brother

Role

Business

Spouse

Geraldine Jackson, Phyliss Mahaffey, Rita Bass (m. 1995)

Children

Scott

Related Records

2011.013.003 - Adolph Coors Company Board of Directors
2011.013

Record Type: Photographs
2011.020.077 - Coors: A Rocky Mountain Legend
2011.020

Record Type: Library
2011.020.090 - Caps & Taps 1873-1973
2011.020

Record Type: Archive
2011.044.015 - Coors Old Timer's Party, 1973
2011.044

Record Type: Photographs
2012.014.001 - 1959 Coors Banquet beer can 7oz
2012.014

Record Type: Object
2012.065.002 - The ABC of Coors with Bill Coors, 1958
2012.065

Record Type: Archive
2012.067.001 - Seventy Years with Adolph Coors: A Tale of Remarkable Survival
2012.067

Record Type: Library
2013.003.010 - William K. Coors
2013.003

Record Type: Object
2013.003.016 - Two CDs with Face to Face portraits
2013.003

Record Type: Photographs
2013.005.001 - 50th Anniversary Aluminum Can
2013.005

Record Type: Object
2013.005.002 - 50th Anniversary Aluminum Can
2013.005

Record Type: Object
2013.005.003 - 50th Anniversary Aluminum Can
2013.005

Record Type: Object
2013.007.001 - A Catalyst for Change: The Pioneering of the Aluminum Can
2013.007

Record Type: Archive
2015.008.005 - 1968 Coors Christmas card
2015.008

Record Type: Object
2015.008.006 - 1973 Coors Christmas card
2015.008

Record Type: Object
2016.058.001 - Caps & Taps, Adolph Coors Company, 1873-1973.
2016.058

Record Type: Library
2016.072.001 - Bill Coors Century Celebration bottle
2016.072

Record Type: Object
2017.010.004b - Documents and notes related to the 1957 Coors Brewery Strike collected by Georgina Brown
2017.010

Record Type: Archive
2017.071.002 - Caps & Taps 1873-1973
2017.071

Record Type: Archive
2018.049.003 - Bill Coors and Kansas distributors at Buckskin Hunt
2018.049

Record Type: Photographs