Philip F. Anschutz is owner of The Anschutz Corporation,
Denver, Colorado, whose major business interests are in
communications, transportation, natural and renewable resources,
real estate, lodging, and entertainment. A native of Kansas, he
graduated from the University of Kansas in 1961 with a degree in
business. He started The Anschutz Corporation in 1965. He has
served on boards and committees of various charitable, civic,
industry, and financial organizations. Among Mr. Anschutz's
personal interests is the collecting of paintings of the early
American West.
William J. Convery, retired as Colorado State Historian and
Director of Exhibits and Interpretation for History Colorado,
teaches history at the University of Colorado, Denver.
Thomas J. Noel is Professor of History and Director of
Public History, Preservation, and Colorado Studies at University of
Colorado Denver. He appears regularly on Denver's Channel 9 (NBC)
as ""Dr. Colorado,"" writes a Sunday Denver Post column, and is the
author or coauthor of more than 40 books, including Colorado: A
History of the Centennial State (coauthored with Carl Abbott and
Steve Leonard) and Colorado: A Liquid History and Tavern Guide to
the Highest State.
Anschutz's heroes were the business leaders who built the American West and his book, ""Out Where the West Begins,"" pays them homage in a series of easily digestible profiles & to this extraordinary collection of individuals we owe the West as it is today. This is a book to stoke the imagination of any young person wondering where economic opportunity is to be found and how it is to be pursued. Hint: It's not in the halls of government."" - Wall Street Journal
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