Governor Colorado John Hickenlooper Biography Age Wikipedia Family Marriage Education Career
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John Hickenlooper Biography Age Wikipedia Family Marriage Education Career
John Wright Hickenlooper, Jr. /ˈhɪkənˌluːpər/ (born February 7, 1952), is an American politician, and the 42nd and current Governor of Colorado, in office since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Narberth, Pennsylvania, Hickenlooper is a graduate of Wesleyan University. After his career as a geologist, Hickenlooper entered a career in business and cofounded the Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver. Hickenlooper was elected the 43rd mayor of Denver in 2003, serving two terms, until 2011.
John Hickenlooper Biography About Marriage Age Wikipedia
Born |
John Wright Hickenlooper, Jr. |
Political party |
Democratic |
Spouse(s) |
Helen Thorpe (2002–2014) |
Children |
1 son |
Residence |
Governor's Mansion |
Education |
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John Hickenlooper Biography About Career
Hickenlooper was born in Narberth, Pennsylvania, a middle class area of the suburban Main Line of Philadelphia. He is the son of Anne (née Morris) and John Wright Hickenlooper. His paternal great-grandfather was Union general Andrew Hickenlooper He was raised by his mother after his father died when he was young. He graduated from the Haverford School for boys in 1970, going on to attend Wesleyan University, where he received a B.A. in English, in 1974 and a master's degree in geology, in 1980.
Hickenlooper worked as a geologist in Colorado for Buckhorn Petroleum, in the early 1980s. With the decline of the local oil industry, Hickenlooper was laid off. Instead of moving away, he decided to start the Wynkoop Brewing Company brewpub in 1988. Wynkoop and a few other businesses contributed to the redevelopment of the LoDo area following the arrival of major league baseball to the neighborhood. Previously, the area was known to be dangerous; Hickenlooper is quoted as saying, "I must've had rocks in my head [when I chose that location]." When it first opened, the rent for Wynkoop's real estate was $1 per square foot per year