Walter Paepcke
Walter was a longtime executive of the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America. In the early 1950s Walter founded the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company, both of which helped transform the town of Aspen, Colorado into an international resort destination and popularize the sport of skiing in the United States. He and his wife, Elizabeth, founded the Aspen Music Festival and School in 1949, and he served as the festival's director until 1954.