ISHA News: Lindsey Vonn Joins Presidential Circle

Lindsey Vonn is the latest addition to ISHA's Presidential Circle. Bode Miller, also a member of the Presidential Circle, will be a featured speaker at the annual John Fry Lecture during Skiing History Week at Big Sky Resort, Montana, in March.

Sharp-eyed readers noted from the masthead of the November-December 2022 issue of Skiing History that Lindsey Vonn had joined ISHA’s Presidential Circle. The Presidential Circle also includes Christin Cooper, Billy Kidd, Jean-Claude Killy, Bode Miller, Doug Pfeiffer, Penny Pitou and Nancy Greene Raine, a roster of North American champions who have wholeheartedly endorsed ISHA’s mission.

A year ago, Vonn published her own contribution to the sport’s historical record, the autobiography Rise (reviewed in the March-April 2022 issue). The book has earned the ISHA Ullr Award, to be presented at the 31st annual ISHA Awards Banquet at Big Sky Resort, Montana, on March 22, 2023.

Another Presidential Circle member, Bode Miller, has agreed to be the keynote speaker at ISHA’s annual John Fry Lecture, to be held as an après-ski function at Big Sky on March 24. This should draw a crowd. Miller stepped up to write a fundraising letter on behalf of ISHA, which mailed in November.

In other news, Professional Ski Instructors of America pioneer and Hall of Famer Horst Abraham will write about ski instruction for Skiing History, stepping into the late Ron LeMaster’s role. Look for his first article, on the origins of student-centered teaching, in the March-April 2023 issue.

The ISHA Lecture Circuit

ISHA Chairman Rick Moulton, with Executive Director Janet White, attended the Ski Club Hochgebirge’s annual dinner on December 6, 2022, in Boston, and he delivered a talk about the club’s history. ISHA Vice President Jeff Blumenfeld gave a talk to an audience of 60 on December 8, 2022, at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder, Colorado. If your group would like to schedule a Skiing History evening, let us know.

New Videos on Website

ISHA’s Oral History Project has uploaded eight new videos to the website, each about an hour long. See skiinghistory.org/video-library for interviews, produced by Rick Moulton, with Ingrid Christophersen. Art Clay, Dick Dorworth, John Egan, Ben Finley, Paul Ryan, Charlie Sanders and Win Smith. 

Skiing History Week Schedule

Big Sky Resort, Montana

Tuesday, March 21

• ISHA Welcome Reception with Vintage Ski Fashion Show and Historic Ski Display.  6–8 p.m., Talus Room. Cash bar, public invited.

Wednesday, March 22

• ISHA Cocktail Party/Book Signings. 5–7 p.m., Lower Atrium. Cash bar, public invited.
• 31st Annual ISHA Awards Banquet, 7–10 p.m., Jefferson Room. Ticket holders only.

Thursday, March 23

• Historians’ Colloquium, 7–9 a.m., Cheyenne Room. By invitation only.

Friday, March 24 

• ISHA Board Meeting, 7–11 a.m., Shoshone Room.
• ISHA John Fry Lecture, featuring Bode Miller, 3–4 p.m., Talus Room. Public invited.
• USSS Hall of Fame Banquet, inducting the Class of 2022. 

Saturday, March 25

• USSS Hall of Fame Banquet, inducting the Class of 2023

For details, tickets and lodging, visit skiinghistory.org/events.

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