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Walter Paepcke
BornJune 29, 1896
DiedApril 13, 1960
EducationLatin School of Chicago
Occupation(s)Businessman, philanthropist
SpouseElizabeth Paepcke
RelativesPaul Nitze (brother-in-law)

Walter Paepcke (June 29, 1896 – April 13, 1960) was an American businessman and philanthropist who was prominent in the mid-20th century. A longtime executive of the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America, Paepcke is best noted for his founding of the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company in the early 1950s, both of which helped transform the town of Aspen, Colorado into an international resort destination and popularize the sport of skiing in the United States.

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resort. Aspen hosted the FIS World Championships in 1950. Paepcke with her husband Walter also played an important role in bringing the Goethe Bicentennial...

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relocated. Hired by industrialist and visionary Walter Paepcke, Bayer moved to Aspen, Colorado as Paepcke promoted skiing as a popular sport. Bayer's architectural...

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Aspen Meadows Resort

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The Goethe Bicentennial Convocation and Music Festival, organized by Walter Paepcke, was held in Aspen in 1949 in an amphitheater tent designed by Eero...

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Aspen Music Festival and School

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Festival and School was founded in 1949 by Chicago businessman Walter Paepcke and Elizabeth Paepcke as a two-week bicentennial celebration of the 18th-century...

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Due to financial problems the school briefly closed in 1938. However, Walter Paepcke, Chairman of the Container Corporation of America and an early champion...

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Mendelsohn – television producer and writer Claes Oldenburg – sculptor Walter Paepcke - industrialist, philanthropist and founder of Aspen Skiing Company...

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International Airport (DEN) in Denver. Aspen Airways was founded in 1952 by Walter Paepcke, as the flight department of the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies...

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Design Council, Deutscher Werkbund, Olivetti, IBM, Peter Behrens, and Walter Paepcke. The work of designers in the 1960s was influenced by industry, as the...

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List of AIGA medalists

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1964 Saul Steinberg, 1963 William Sandberg, 1962 Paul A. Bennett, 1961 Walter Paepcke, 1960 May Massee, 1959 Ben Shahn, 1958 Dr. M. F. Agha, 1957 Ray Nash...

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