Charles Minot "Minnie" Dole (April 18, 1899 – March 14, 1976) was the founder of the National Ski Patrol.
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Biography
Dole was born April 18, 1899, in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. He learned how to ski in the Boy Scouts of America and attended Phillips Academy. Though he enlisted in the US Army during World War I, the war finished before he completed his basic training. Following the War, he graduated from Yale University in 1923.[1]
Minnie Dole formed the National Ski Patrol in 1938 and was director of the organization until 1950.
During World War II, Dole convinced the War Department to form the 10th Mountain Division, a mountaineering unit.
Dole appeared as himself on the January 10, 1966 episode of the CBS game show To Tell the Truth. He received three of four possible votes.[2]
Dole died March 14, 1976, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Legacy
Dole is honored across the ski industry with plaques and other honors. A trail was dedicated in his honor at Berkshire East Ski Area. Dole was inducted into the United States National Ski Hall of Fame in 1958.
Notes
- ^ "Minnie Dole - New England Ski History Biography".
- ^ "To Tell The Truth". CBS. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
References
- Dole, Charles Minot Dole Adventures in Skiing F Watts (1965)
External links
- Charles M. Dole - U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame
- Charles Minnie Dole - Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
- Alpenglow Ski Mountaineering History Project - Gretchen R. Besser - "The National Ski Patrol"
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This page was last edited on 12 December 2022, at 03:53