Milestones Icon: Virginia Patterson
Virginia Patterson’s place in Boulder’s history embodies the story of many in today’s business and education community.
She came to Boulder in 1942 as a freshman journalism major at the University of Colorado, becoming the editor of the student newspaper and head of several other student organizations.
After graduating, she moved to New York as a guest editor at Mademoiselle magazine. She couldn’t stay away from Boulder long, and returned in 1947, getting a job selling display advertising for the Camera newspaper. Later she became a writer and editor for CU’s community service publication. It was there that she met her husband,…
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