The History of American Skiing, Thru the Dartmouth Lens

The History of American Skiing, Thru the Dartmouth Lens

Fall (14 hours or more) | This course is completed

10 Hilton Field Road Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Founders Room

New

9/18/2019-11/6/2019

9:30 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Wed

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$80.00

No Class: October 9

Peter Graves, a former ski racer and Olympic commentator, will take you back thru the roots of American ski racing, from its early days thru the present, highlighting all the Olympic Winter Games since its start in 1924. The course will also highlight the many U.S. Olympic athletes and coaches who helped make it possible. Further, the course will weave the amazing story of the role of Dartmouth skiing thru the years and demonstrate that the history of American ski racing is intertwined with Dartmouth College.

Graves, Peter

Peter Graves has played a prominent role in the sport of skiing since his racing days in the ‘60s and ‘70s. He also was a U.S. Team coach and an administrator for USSA. His broadcasting career began with ABC Sports at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, and he was most recently an alpine skiing announcer at the 2018 Games. In total, he was a broadcaster at 11 Olympic Games. He was head Nordic skiing coach at Harvard from 2002-2008 and was elected as the FIS Ski Journalist of the Year in 2016.