September 14, 2011

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,…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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