George, a Denver native, graduated from the University of Colorado and served as an officer in the US Navy. He founded the Writer Corporation in 1965, and as a residential community builder has built over 12,000 homes in 38 planned communities.
He built Colorado’s first Planned Unit Development (PUD) as well as America’s first PUD under written by both the FHA and VA. He also built Writer Square, a downtown Denver mixed use development. The Colorado Design Council named Writer Square the top architectural and functional urban development for the decade of the eighties. In 2006 Writer Square received the AIA 25 Year Award for Architectural Design of Enduring Significance.
George has received many national and regional awards, including National Builder of the Year in 1978. He has been a Director of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and the the Denver Real Estate Investment Association. He also served on the board of the InterWest Financial Corporation as well as the board of United Banks of Colorado. He was co- founder of Colorado Open Lands. Additionally, he served on the boards and executive committees of Swedish Medical Center, Health One, and the Colorado Forum, and the Business School Advisory Council of the University of Colorado. Upon his retirement and move to Santa Barbara George served The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and is a past president and Director Emeritus. George is a member and Co-Founder of The California Concern, a public policy group.
George and his wife, Judy, have 5 adult children, 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
