Bill Lash photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0404

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 1 color Polaroid and 49 transparencies (34 35mm, 15 2X2). The subjects include Bill Lash, Willy Schaeffler, and the Solitude Ski School in 1958.

Dates

1958

Creator

Lash, Bill (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Bill Lash (1928-) was instrumental in the development and history of ski instruction in the United States. Quite literally, he wrote the book on ski instruction. In 1952, he wrote the plan for national certification for the National Ski Association. In 1958, he wrote the first ski-teaching manual: An Outline of Ski Teaching Methods.

In 1961, Bill was a founder of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and served as its first president, a post he held for nine years. Introduced to skiing in 1940 as a Boy Scout in Sun Valley, ID, he was a co-founder of Magic Mountain Ski Area in Idaho and served as its ski school director from 1947-1949. He certified with the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association in 1950 and served as its second president from 1951-1953, and again from 1955-1962. He also taught skiing at the University of Utah, Alta, Little Mountain, and Solitude Ski Areas.

He was inducted into the United States Ski Hall of Fame in 1983 and in the PSIA-Intermountain Hall of Fame in 1989. He is the co-founder of the Veterans Ski Instructor Alliance.

Lash was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2004. The above biograpical note is from that event.