The American Ireland Fund,
the largest private fundraising organization for Ireland,
held it’s Denver Gala Dinner on 18 Nov, 2004.
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Honoring
Mayor John Hickenlooper & Helen Thorpe. The event was
held at The Westin Tabor Center. The entertainment
for the evening was provided by Gobbs O' Phun and The Elders.
Mayor John Hickenlooper, was honored
for his extraordinary commitment to
education and children’s issues. He was joined by
his wife Helen Thorpe who was recognized for her instrumental
research for Jerry Bruckheimer’s film “Veronica
Guerin” based on the murder of Irish Journalist Veronica
Guerin.
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Photo Index
1. 2004 Honorees and Dignitaries - Susan Morrice Cranberg, Denver Chair;
Mayor John Hickenlooper, Honoree; Ed Timmins, Denver Chair; Helen Thorpe,
Honoree; Kingsley Aikins, AIF President & CEO
2. Helen Thorpe receives Waterford Cryslal award from Kingsley Aikins
3. Elegant setting for the dinner.
4. Guests enjoying the evening
5. Irish Exchange Students from Regis University - Registration and Coat
Check Staff - Rory Feehan (Limerick); Ed O'Dwyer (Limerick) Frances "Fra" McCrory
(Belfast); Mary Cook, Coordinator of Study Abroad
6. Alec McIntosh (Bag Piper)
7. AIF Dignitaries (Front Row L-R: Helen Thorpe, Honoree (wife to Mayor
John Hickenlooper); Marie Thorpe (Helen's Irish American mother); Robin
Finengan; Donette Davidson (Colorado Secretary of State); Marcela de
la Mar.
(Back Row L-R): Ed Timmins, Dinner Chair; Mayor John Hickenlooper, Honoree;
Cole Finegan; Dinner Chair (Denver City Attorney);
Kingsley Aikins, President & CEO, The American Ireland Fund; Consulate
General Juan Marcos Gutierrez Gonzalez
8. Crystal Sponsor - The Broe Companies - Pat and Paula Broe, Marc Holzman,
Kristen Hubbell, Dr. Scott and Ellen Burke, Michael and Maria Brenan,
Tara Brenan, Kiki Broe
9. Chrystal Sponsor - Great-West Life - (no order) Bill and Yvonne McCallum,
Nicolle and Lance Allen, Bil Schallmoser, Kristen Johnson, Richard and
Jackie Schulz, Ken and Robyn Klee
10. 2004 Denver Dinner Honorees - Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and
Helen Thorpe (research journalist for Veronica Guerin, the movie and
wife to Mayor Hickenlooper)
11. 2004 Denver Dinner Honorees - Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and
Helen Thorpe with Maria Thorpe (Helen's Irish American mother)
12. 2004 Denver Dinner Committee members - Dennis Gallagher, Denver Auditor;
Kevin McNicholas, past Honoree.
13. Billee Madsen and husband Reas - donor of WineGeese wine for dinner
and gifts
14. Guest Speaker - Kingsley Aikins, American Ireland Fund, President & CEO
15. Honoree Helen Thorpe talking about "what it is to be Irish"
16. Honoree Mayor Hickenlooper taking about "the family values in
his life as the husband of Helen Thorpe and son-in-law of Marie Thorpe
17. Guests danced the night away with The Elders - nationally aclaimmed
Irish Rock band from Kansas City
18. venue
19-21 guests enjoying the evening |
Mayor John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper was elected Mayor of Denver on June
3, 2003, and inaugurated on July 21, 2003. Since taking
office, Mayor Hickenlooper passed a citywide charter reform
initiative to modernize Denver's personnel system, overcame
a $70 million deficit to balance the City budget while
averting major cuts in services and massive layoffs, reached
a deal with United and Frontier Airlines that will enable
both carriers to grow at Denver International Airport,
implemented the most sweeping set of police modernizations
in Denver's history, launched a regional Mile High Marketing
Initiative, hosted a citywide Early Childhood Education
Summit, and, of course, lowered downtown parking meter
rates.
Mayor Hickenlooper graduated from Wesleyan University,
where he received a Bachelors degree in English in 1974
and a Masters degree in geology in 1980. His wife, Helen
Thorpe, is a writer whose work has been published in The
New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, George, and Texas
Monthly. They live in Lower Downtown with their son Teddy.
Helen Thorpe
Helen Thorpe is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared
in The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Texas
Monthly, The Texas Observer, and George Magazine. Helen
was born in London, England, and grew up in Medford, New
Jersey. Helen joined the staff of The New York Observer
in 1989. In 1992, she moved to the New Yorker to write
Talk of the Town stories. In 1994, she became a staff writer
for Texas Monthly. She left to go freelance five years
later, and has focused on politics and culture.
In 2002, Helen took a year off to work on her husband's
successful campaign for mayor. She has now returned to
writing. Helen also serves on the boards of the Colorado
Children's Campaign and the Cableland Foundation.
Dinner Chairs
Edward P. Timmins
Susan Morrice Cranberg
Richard O. Campbell
Cole Finegan
Dinner Committee
Patrick Broe
Dennis J. Gallagher
Walter Houghtaling
Mike Imhoff
Bob Malone
Pat McCullough
Kevin McNicholas
C. Edward McVaney
Niamh Mesch
Flossie O'Leary
Dan Richie
Dick Robinson
Josh Stewart
Jim Sullivan
Robert F. Sweeney
Past Honorees
Pat Bowlen
Richard O. Campbell
Kevin McNicholas
Ed McVaney
Senator George Mitchell
Bill Owens
Dan Ritchie
Gene Schneider
Mike Shanahan
Special Thanks
2004 Denver Dinner
Sponsors & Donors
Crystal- $10,000
Leptas Foundation/ Ed & Carole McVaney
The Broe Companies
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
Emerald Circle- $7,500
K-M Concessions, Inc.
Founder- $5,000
Aspect Energy
Richard & Dorothy Campbell
Morrice Cranberg
Robert P. Coyne
First Data Corporation
Kenneth King Foundation/ Bob Sweeney
KBNO Radio
Ralph J. Nagel
Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C.
Stifel, Nicolaus/ Hanifen, Imhoff
SunBorne XVI
Timmins & Associates, LLC
X Jet
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