Bob Greenlee
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Bob Greenlee (born July 6, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska) is the executive director of the Greenlee Family Foundation.[1]
Greenlee was also the Republican mayor of Boulder, Colorado from 1998 to 1999 and city council member from 1983-1999[2]. In 1998, he ran a narrowly unsuccessfully race as a moderate pro-choice Republican against Mark Udall in 1998 for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District[3]. He was educated at Iowa State University where he received his B.A. in 1963 and M.A. in 1968.[4] After a career in advertising, he made purchased several radio stations and co-founded what would become CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, of which he is still a board member[4][5].
He is President of Centennial Investment & Management Company, Inc., a Boulder-based venture capital and real estate firm, In 1997, Iowa State University initiated the Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication in response to a large donation[4]. He and his wife, Diane, have two children.
Greenlee Family Foundation
The Greenlee Family Foundation is a "private grant-making organization." Its mission is: "to encourage, preserve and promote the well-being, education, welfare and enlightenment of our fellow citizens by investing in creative people and ideas."[1]
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References
- ^ a b Greenlee Family Foundation (2011). "Greenlee Family Foundation". Greenlee Family Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "Boulder History Museum".
- ^ "Mard Udall News". New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication".
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