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 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

  1. 1 2 Greenlee Family Foundation (2011). "Greenlee Family Foundation". Greenlee Family Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Boulder History Museum".
  3. ↑ "Mard Udall News". New York Times.
  4. 1 2 3 "Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication".
  5. ↑

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