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Ski Meister Summer 2009 The Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation Summer 2009 INSIDE •New Website Features •National Hall of Fame Induction •And lots more! The Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation www.engenmuseum.org www.engenmuseum.org Be sure to check out the new and exciting features on our website! • A fabulous Alf Engen collection over 50 photos, some of • Teachers can now review which have never been made public, and download individual lesson awaits visitors to our website. plans or the complete Field Trip Highlighting major events in the Curriculum book prior to visiting late Alf Engen's legendary 70-year the museum. career, this collection commemorates the 100th anniversary (May 2009) of • Our new “Ask a Question” feature allows website visitors Alf’s birth and can be accessed from to submit questions about ski history in the Intermountain our website’s home page. Region and have them answered by ski historian Alan Engen. Questions and answers are posted on our “Utah Ski History FAQs” page, creating a valuable, informative resource. These are just a few examples of the many resources you’ll find as you peruse our new website. Thank you to the staff at CentralPoint Systems for their fabulous efforts in redeveloping this site. Deer Valley Hosts National Ski Hall of Fame Induction by Tom West he U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame has his fifteen-year career on the U.S. Ski Team, his Tbeen honoring the greats of American ski outstanding career in pro ski racing and his con- sports since 1956. For the first time in over 50 tinued work to bring older skiers back onto the years, the annual induction ceremonies of our slopes. Bill Briggs was recognized as the father of national hall of fame were held at a ski resort. big mountain skiing, the first person ever to ski The area selected for this honor was Deer Valley down the Grand Teton, in spite of a challenging in Park City. The Alf Engen Ski Museum worked handicap. Nelson Carmichael had a great career in close partnership with the U.S. Ski and Snow- as a ski team and professional skier in freestyle board Hall of Fame to ensure that the event was moguls winning the U.S.A’s first Olympic medal in a complete success. the event. Liz McIntyre, too, won a silver medal in the 1994 Olympics in moguls and then made The highlight of the weekend, April 3 and 4, significant contributions as a technical coach with was the induction banquet held before a sell-out the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team. From l-r: Cary Adgate, crowd at Deer Valley’s Silver Lake Lodge. There Bill Briggs, Liz McIntyre, inductees Cary Adgate, Bill Briggs, Nelson Car- There were many great moments over the week- and Nelson Carmichael. michael and Liz McIntyre received the national end. For a select few, there was the opportunity to Medal of Honor, symbolic of the highest perma- ski with the inductees at Deer Valley and at Alta. nent national award given to the best in skiing Banquet guests were treated to Bill Briggs, wrap- and snowboarding. Cary Adgate was inducted for ping up the evening with a special ski song. 2 www.engenmuseum.org In Memoriam Janet Quinney grams such as the Olympic Winter in 2005 received an award, named Lawson—1922-2009 Games of 2002 and the Joe Quinney in honor of her parents, from the Winter Sports Center/Alf Engen Ski Ski Archives for her contributions to By Mike Korologos Museum at Utah Olympic Park. the preservation of skiing history in the region. At the time of her death, Her competitive skiing accomplish- she was serving on the board of di- ments were equally as impressive. rectors of the Alta Ski Lifts Co. During her prime racing years, Ja- net was a top U.S. skier, winning Janet also was a patron of many the prestigious Mary Comelia Tro- community-based programs in the phy at Sun Valley twice. In addi- region, including the University tion, she was mentioned as a po- of Utah law school that bears her tential member of the U.S. Olympic father’s name, the Girl Scouts of Ski Team in 1940 but those Games America and Utah’s Hogle Zoo. She were cancelled due to World War II also was a pioneer in running the that loomed on the horizon. She rivers of the Western U.S. also was named a “Utah Ski Leg- In the eyes of her numerous friends end” in 1988 by the organizers of Utah ski historian and National Ski she wore the tiara as “The Grande the Utah Winter Games. Hall of Fame member Alan K. En- Dame of Intermountain Skiing.” And gen, founder of the Joe Quinney rightly so. A major recipient of her support is Winter Sports Center/Alf Engen Ski the Ski Archives, which was found- Museum, says of Janet: “Without Janet Quinney Lawson, who died ed at the University of Utah J. Wil- her significant funding support, the at the age of 86 on Dec. 25, 2008, lard Marriott Library in 1989 with museum would not have been pos- was the quintessential ski enthusi- a grant from her family. It houses sible. She provided the seed money ast. Her skiing exploits ranged from one of the nation’s largest collec- to pursue the museum idea and, performing as a “ski-in” (as opposed tions of ski history materials, in- as the project progressed, she and to a “stand-in”) for Hollywood star- cluding the records of the Olympic other members of the Quinney and let Claudette Colbert during a movie Winter Games of 2002. The daugh- Eccles families, among other do- filming session at her beloved Alta in ter of the late S.J. (Joe) and J.E. nors, provided a significant amount the 1940s to being a generous bene- Quinney, (he was one of the found- of the $11 million that made the factor for numerous ski-related pro- ers of Alta Ski Area in 1938), Janet museum a reality.” Andrea Mead Lawrence pic Games held in Oslo, Norway. In David Engen by Alan K. Engen 1956, she competed in her third Win- ter Olympics for the U.S. in Cortina The Passing Of A Great Champion d’Ampezzo, Italy only three months after having her third child. Andrea skied several times in Utah during the 1940s and 50s, once win- ning the famed Alta Snow Cup in 1955. Respected by all who knew her as a role model of athletic achieve- ment, she spent her later years de- voted to environmental causes. David Engen, son of ski legend Olympic historian Bud Greenspan Corey Engen, passed away at age 64 named Andrea Mead Lawrence on February 26, 2009, as a result of On March 30, 2009, skiing lost one among the top winter Olympians of a melanoma found in his lung. He of the finest ski athletes in American all time. He said, “Andrea personi- had been undergoing treatment in history: Andrea Mead Lawrence who fied the Greek concept of the ideal Boise prior to his death. passed away at the age of 76. athlete…excellence both in body and mind…It is indeed rare to find David was a fine skiing athlete. Andrea Mead Lawrence first made someone who throughout her life He was a former Junior National the U.S. Olympic team at age 14, pursued two passions in the purest alpine ski champion (1962); a for- competing in the 1948 Winter and highest form of the human spir- mer member of the University of Olympic Games held at St. Moritz, it.” Those of us associated with the Utah Ski Team (1963-66); named Switzerland. At the age of 19, she Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation N.C.A.A. All-American in 1964; and won both the slalom and giant sla- join countless others in saluting the was a member of the U.S. Ski Team lom events at the 1952 Winter Olym- life of this outstanding champion. in 1965-66. The Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation 3 What's all the Chairman's Letter By Scott Ulbrich July marks about? our official seven year anniversary of opening the Museum to the public. We have seen “I have always had an amazing many changes through the years, but experience working with the Board of Trustees one thing that has remained steady is our commitment to our Mission State- Museum staff. Our students talk Scott C. Ulbrich Chairman/President ment—“To preserve the rich history of about the field trip for the rest skiing in the Intermountain Region by Alan K. Engen Chairman Emeritus providing a world-class facility.” of the year! Everything runs Mike Korologos Over the course of these seven years, smoothly and the content is Vice President the continued support from our relative to the students.” Barbara Yamada members, foundation contributors Secretary and grant funders has enabled us Michael R. Maughan to entertain and enlighten over one Treasurer million visitors, host 11,217 students, Connie Nelson teachers and parents in our Educational Executive Director Field Trip Program, induct thirty-eight honorees into the Intermountain Ski Dr. A. Joseph Arave Hall of Fame and maintain and expand Kristie Terzian Cumming David Davenport our world-class facility to attract local, Spencer P. Eccles national and international cultural James Gaddis Donald Hague and historical tourists, athletes and Herbert C. Livsey corporate events. Barbara McConvill David C. Pickett Our Board of Trustees is committed his is what teachers are saying David Quinney Tabout the museum’s popular Edu- Nathan Rafferty to ensuring that the Alf Engen Ski Dr.
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