Terry Considine

Considine was born in San Diego as the 4th of 11 children and was raised on a cattle ranch in Southern California.[2] He went on to graduate high school from the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts in 1965.[3]

In 1968, he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and, in 1971, he received a Juris Doctor, also from Harvard.[1]

In 1971, while in law school, Considine helped lead the IPO of CC&F Land Trust (NYSE).[4] In 1975, he founded The Considine Companies. In 1981, he acquired the El Cortez Hotel for $6 million in partnership with Bass Brothers Realty Corporation. The hotel was sold in 1987.[5] In 1987, he acquired 75% of McDermott, Stein and Ira Marketing Management (MSI), the largest fee-operated apartment management company in Denver.[4] Considine is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Aimco, whose shares are included in the S&P 500.[4] In 1994, he executed an initial public offering of Aimco.[2] The company is listed on the NYSE.[6]

In 2017, Considine was elected to the Colorado Business Hall of Fame,[7] and in 2020, he was elected to the Colorado Apartment Hall of Fame.[8] In 2019, Considine was awarded an honorary degree from Colorado Christian University.[9] He was given the Adam Smith Award in October 2019 by Economic Literacy Colorado.[10]

He is a co-founder and member of the board of directors of Club for Growth, a conservative organization.[11] He is also a member of the board of directors of the Bradley Foundation,[12] and Intrepid Potash.[13]

In 1986, Considine ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate.[14] His campaign adviser was Roger Ailes.[15] The campaign was thrown into controversy after he called immigrants from Latin America "wetbacks".[15]

From 1987 to 1992, he was a member of the Colorado State Senate.[16] He was the primary organizer of an initiative that led to Colorado being the first state to impose term limits on the governor and state legislature.[17] He left the state Senate early in 1992 to pursue the open seat in the United States Senate created by the decision of Democrat Tim Wirth to forgo a bid for a second term.[17] Considine was defeated in the 1992 general election by Democrat Ben Nighthorse Campbell.[18]

Considine and his wife Betsy Callaway Considine provide charitable support, primarily to education and faith-based causes, including Compositive Primary, a workplace primary school located on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.[19] Considine and his wife have established the Considine Family Foundation. In 2017, it endowed a Harvard Law School professorship in honor of the late Antonin Scalia.[20]