Past Award Winners
Past Award Honorees
S. J. QUINNEY AWARD
The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Ski & Snow Sports Archives S. J. Quinney Award is named in honor of the late Utah lawyer, businessman, state legislator, ski visionary and founder of Alta Ski Area, who is referred to as “the father of Utah’s ski industry.” The library presents the award to an individual or organization that has exhibited the same public-spirited attributes and contributions to winter sports as its namesake.
2023 Gregory C. Thompson
2022 Pat Miller
2019 Alan K. Engen
2018 Howard Peterson
2017 Ron Steele
2016 Gary DeSeelhorst
2015 Dick Bass
2014 Bob Wheaton
2013 Ted Johnson
2012 John W. Gallivan
2010 Jim Gaddis
2009 Russ Harmer
2008 Karen Korfanta
2006 Edgar Stern
2005 Janet Quinney Lawson
2004 Suzy Rytting
2003 Zane Doyle
2002 Corey Engen
2001 Stein Eriksen
2000 Spence Eccles
1999 Junior Bounous
1998 M. Earl Miller
1997 Wilby Durham
1996 Earl Miller
1995 Charles ‘Chick’ Morton
1994 Alf Engen
1994 Nick Badami
1993 Joe Quinney
HISTORY-MAKER AWARD
The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Ski & Snow Sports Archives History-Maker Award is presented to individuals or organizations from the Intermountain Region in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments in winter sports.
2022 75 Years of University of Utah Ski Teams
2019 Wasatch Mountain Club
2018 Utah Avalanche Center/US Forest Service
2017 University of Utah Ski Team/NCAA Champions
2016 Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation
2015 Ski Utah
2014 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Medalists: Sochi Winter Games
2013 Ted Ligety and Sarah Hendrickson
2012 Dimitrije Milovich
2011 Women’s Ski Jumping
2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Medalists
2009 Meeche White and Peter Mandler
2008 University of Utah Ski Teams
2007 Ski Areas established after 1940
2006 World Cup, Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Medalists 2005-06
2005 Ski Competitors 1950s-1960s
2004 Pioneering Women Skiers
2003 Second Generation Ski Instructors
2002 World Cup, Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Medalists
2001 Pioneers of Freestyle pre-1980
2000 USDA Forest Service
1999 Janet Quinney Lawson
1998 World Cup, Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Medalists 1997-98
1997 Deseret News Ski School
1996 Intermountain Area Ski Patrollers pre-1950
1995 U. S. Army 10th Mountain Division pre-1950
1994 Promoters: 2002 Olympic Winter Games
1993 Early Ski Areas
1992 Ski Competitors-pre-1952
1991 Pioneers of Ski Teaching