Linda Pace was an American artist, food magnate, heiress, and philanthropist who founded Artpace.
13 Facts About Linda Pace
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Linda Pace was born in San Antonio, Texas on April 17,1945 to father David Earl Pace and mother Margaret Emma Pace.
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Linda Pace's mother was an artist and parents were the owners of Pace Foods.
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Linda Pace attended Travis Elementary School in Monte Vista before starting the private Saint Mary's Hall college preparatory high school for girls in 1962.
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Linda Pace attended Trinity University while working as a home maker, graduating in 1980 with a degree in art while Kit worked at Pace Foods.
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From 1982, Linda used her art to direct marketing campaigns at Pace Foods, resulting in corporate growth.
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Linda Pace launched landscaping company Green Expectations in the 1980s while volunteering at the San Antonio AIDS Foundation.
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Linda Pace divorced Kit in 1991, and sold him her share of Pace Foods.
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Linda Pace later became a billionaire after selling the company to the Campbell Soup Company in 1994.
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Linda Pace learned to weld at the San Antonio Art Institute; her metal sculpture Red Project was displaced in the San Antonio Museum of Art in 2001.
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Linda Pace served the board of directors of the San Antonio Art Institute and the National Council of the Aspen Art Museum.
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Linda Pace launched the Pace-Roberts Foundation for Contemporary Art in 1993, the organization was renamed as the Linda Pace Foundation after her death.
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In 1997, following the death of her son Chris Linda Pace, she created the one-acre Chris Park in his memory.