WASHINGTON, January 20, 2009
Dr. Edwin Feulner, president of The
Heritage Foundation, today issued the following statement upon the
death of Holly Coors.
All of us at Heritage are deeply saddened to learn of the death
last night of Ambassador Holland H. Coors, long-time Heritage
trustee and doyenne of the modern conservative movement. "Holly"
Coors was appointed United States Ambassador to the National Year
of the Americas by President Ronald Reagan. She went on to found,
and serve as president of Women of Our Hemisphere Achieving
Together. But it is her service as a philanthropist that the nation
will remember her for most. An active member of the Board of
Trustees of both the Adolph Coors Foundation and the Castle Rock
Foundation, she helped found and sustain numerous conservative
organizations-especially those with a firm commitment to uplifting
the nation's youth and preserving a place for religious life in the
public square. From the earliest days of Heritage, as
co-chairman of our "Heritage Ten" campaign, more than 25 years ago,
Holly has been an inspiration to all of us who cherish the values
of freedom and liberty throughout our land.
We mourn her passing, even as we acknowledge that she is in a much
better place today.
Holly Coors was an elegant and inspiring advocate of traditional
values and virtues, and we will miss her greatly.