Pat Stryker
Pat Stryker (born 1956) controls Stryker Corp., a medical supply company founded by her late grandfather, Homer (death 1980), with siblings Ronda and Jon.
The company began selling hospital beds; later specialty stretchers, and cast cutters.
Low-profile heiress becoming more active in civic life: donated $3 million to defeat 2002 ballot initiative that would have gutted bilingual education in Colorado. In 2004 gave $20 million to Colorado State University, mostly to benefit football team. Bought Sonoma's Sommer Vineyards in 1999, rebuilt, replanted, changed name to Stryker Sonoma [1]: 32 acres (129,000 m²) in Alexander Valley, producer of classic vinifera varieties Bordeaux and Zinfandel.