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The Alf Engen Mission

The Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation was established in 1989 for the purpose of constructing a modest ski museum in honor of ski legend, Alf Engen. With the selection of Salt Lake City to host the 2002 Winter Olympics, the museum concept was dramatically expanded to include a Salt Lake 2002 Olympic gallery and other features which would transform the modest ski museum into a winter sports cultural center. In recognition of a lead gift from the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation and the lifelong friendship of the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame members, Alf Engen and Joe Quinney, the Engen Foundation Board of Trustees unanimously agreed that the facility should be named the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center with the Alf Engen Ski Museum as the primary cornerstone of the building.

The Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation’s mission is to preserve the rich history of skiing in the Intermountain Region by providing a world-class facility which highlights the many contributions made in ski area development, athletic competition, snow safety, ski innovation and ski teaching methods. The specific goals to accomplish this mission include:

  • providing an educational, as well as entertaining, interactive presentation of materials which tie to the core curriculum of schools in the surrounding communities.
  • providing a rich assortment of interactive displays which allow visitors to gain insight into many of the ski legends and ski pioneers who played a key role in the development of winter sports throughout the Intermountain Area.
  • providing a vast assortment of historical artifacts which increase the public’s overall awareness of our skiing heritage.

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Benefactors

($1,000,000+ Donation)

George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Janet Q. Lawson

S. J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

Gold Donors

($100,000 – 999,999 Donation)

Dr. Ezekiel R. & Edna Wattis Dumke Foundation

Katherine & Ezekiel R. Dunke Jr. Foundation

Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

Evelyn Engen

Frederick Q. Lawson

David & Shari Quinney

Swartz Foundation (Jim & Susan)

Silver Donors

($5,000 – 99,999 Donation)

Adobe Foundation

Alta Ski Lifts Company

Barbara Stewart Anderson

Cumming Foundation

John & Kristi Cumming

Dean Witter (Morgan Stanley)

James & Geralyn Dreyfous

Paul & Marilyn Duncan

Spencer P. & Kristine Eccles

Alan & Barbara Engen

Scott & Marcie Engen

Todd & Michelle Engen

Fidelity Foundation

G. S. Beckwith Gilbert

Libby Hyland

Lawrence & Marilyn Knowles

Tom C. Korologos

Peter Q. Lawson & Anne L. Wilson

Richard E. & Nancy P. Marriott Foundation

Miller Ski Company

Dr. Donn G. & Dr. Janet Mosser

Roger S. & Kathy Penske

David & Nancie Pickett

JaLynn & Greg Prince

Mark & Diane Prothro

Ray Quinney & Nebeker

Riester-Robb Interactive

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Sackler

Hy & Debra Saunders

Duane & Jody Shrontz

Barbara Alley Simon

Summit County

Jared Sweet

Scott & Susanne Ulbrich

U.S. Forest Service

Utah Office of Museum Services

Walker & Sue Wallace

Dick Webber

Larry WIlliams

Bronze Donors

($1,000 – 4,999 Donation)

Academy Studios

Ruth Rogers Altmann

Alyeska Resort

David Amidon

Ruth E. & John E. Bamberger Foundation

Richard D. Bass Foundation

W. Mason Beekley

Junior & Maxine Bounous

John & Elizabeth Bower

William Briggs

Chad Burt

The Byrne Family

Canyons Resort

The George Cartwright Family

John Cocoran

Whitney O. & Francis E. Cluff

Deer Valley Resort

Ronald & Nylene Douglas

Dr. David R. L. & Irma W. Duncan

John & Shirley Durham

Wilby & Betty Durham

Willard L. Eccles Foundation

Chuck & Nancy Ferries

Leo W. Fox

Hans & Sally Fuegi

Goldminer’s Daughter

Jim & Barbara Gaddis

Irvin & Dorothy Goodman

Lawrence Goodman Fund

Donald J. & Adele C. Hall

IBM Corporation

Adolph Imboden

International Skiing History Association

Ted & Shirley Johnson

Susan Ann Keller

Keller Family Foundation

Alfred E. Kessler

Rolf Kogstad

Scott Krug & Family

Lex & Celia Kunau

Keith & Alice Lange

Kirk Langford

Senator Grant & Maralyn Larson

Herbert & Wilma Livsey

McMullen Family Foundation

Daniel & Patricia Meldrum

Marvin A. & Renee Melville

Charles H. Merriman, III

H.C. & B.A. Michaels

Earl A. Miller

Dick & Ann Nebeker

Dan & Heidi Nelsen

Frank Newman

Park City Chamber & Visitors Bureau

Park City Mountain Resort Legacy Fund

Pineridge Winery

Professional Ski Instructors of America

Tom Prosek

J. Patrick Prothro

Linda Roberts

Chuck & Suzanne Rowan

Royal Street Corporation

Bill & Suzy Rytting

Richard & Kay (Nagel) Shaffer

Elfreide Shane

Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation

Daniel & Debra Snyder

Rush & Betty Spedden

Robert Steiner

The Summit Institute

Sundance Resort

Ed Sweeney

Larry Taylor

Richard S. & Susan G. Thomas

Dr. Gregory C. & Karen S. Thompson Family

Scott & Suzanne Ulbrich

Underdog Foundation

Utah Humanities Council

David & Susan Vandehei

Richard & Judy Webber

Thomas Weisel

Wild Old Bunch

Henry & Susan Wythe

Barbara Yamada

Bob Yerman

Zions Bank

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