Morley Ballantine
Firm believers in lifetime learning, Morley Ballantine and her husband, Arthur, with their four small children, came to Colorado in 1952 to publish the Durango Herald.
In 1964, the Ballantines contributed $10,000 to start the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Today, the Center is headquartered in a $7,500,000 building built by both state funds and those from the private sector. Over the past 35 years, the Ballantine family has contributed more than $500,000 to fund the center, which is used as a repository for artifacts, resource materials, books, records, and documents about the southwest, as well as a teaching site.
After Arthur Ballantine died in 1975, the eldest Ballantine child, Richard, became the publisher. Today, the Cortez Journal, Delores Star, Mancos Times, webdurango.com, Inside/Outside magazine, and several other publications are a part of the output.
Ballantine served on various local boards and legislative committees and was an early member of the Colorado Forum and the Women’s Foundation. She was a trustee of two family foundations, director of Durango’s First National Bank, and a trustee emerita of Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs. Ballantine also served as the editor of the Durango Herald.
In 1964, the Ballantines contributed $10,000 to start the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Today, the Center is headquartered in a $7,500,000 building built by both state funds and those from the private sector. Over the past 35 years, the Ballantine family has contributed more than $500,000 to fund the center, which is used as a repository for artifacts, resource materials, books, records, and documents about the southwest, as well as a teaching site.
After Arthur Ballantine died in 1975, the eldest Ballantine child, Richard, became the publisher. Today, the Cortez Journal, Delores Star, Mancos Times, webdurango.com, Inside/Outside magazine, and several other publications are a part of the output.
Ballantine served on various local boards and legislative committees and was an early member of the Colorado Forum and the Women’s Foundation. She was a trustee of two family foundations, director of Durango’s First National Bank, and a trustee emerita of Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs. Ballantine also served as the editor of the Durango Herald.