Ken Morgan Oral History

Ken Morgan Oral History

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2017

Oral History

Ken Morgan grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and graduated from Wisconsin State University at Whitewater in 1971. After 7 years living in the Chicago area, Ken Morgan moved to Colorado in late 1978. In Chicago Ken managed a large electronics store in Waukegan, Il. So, using that experience, in 1979 Ken opened a retail store, Stereo Plus, at 320 Broadway, and for 7 years served central Denver, advertising to the gay community in particular, with a place to find good sound for a reasonable price. After a couple of years traveling the country in the late 1980s, Ken taught himself relational database programming and worked as a consultant to U S West until 2000. For the last 20 years Ken has traded the stock market for a living. Ken met his partner, Lenny, in 2003. Ken and Lenny live in southeast Denver and are active in several gay groups including the Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus square dance club and Front Runners, a gay walking/running group.

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Colorado LGBTQ History Project

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