Max & Elaine Appel, a GLOing relationship
Larry HankinNov 06, 2014Special Sections, Very Important People0
and Elaine Appel have been partners since the moment they met. Max was an upper classman at CU in 1956 and Elaine was a freshman. Max, a campus activist, was putting up posters for a school event. “I ran into him in the hall and he kind of dared me to put up a poster in the men’s room. I realized it was the end of the day and there wouldn’t be anyone in there, so I did it.” To this day, Max and Elaine Appel are true life partners — in marriage, business and tikkun olam, repairing the world. Since that serendipitous first meeting, the Appels have raised four children, built and sold a business empire and enriched the lives of countless people along […]
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