Klosters / Washington D.C. / Portland / Washington / Spokane / Seattle / Boston / Aberdeen / Tacoma / /
Company
Osberg Construction / Griffin Fuel Company / Coluccio Construction / The Puget Sound National Bank / Sun Valley / Puget Sound Bank / Alpental Partnership / VIP Sports / Gwinn Construction (day lodge and condominium contractor) Lakeside Industries / Seattle First National Bank / Edelweiss / Puget Sound Power / Union Pacific Company / Tom Healy of Sparkman / Alpental Land Company / Bob / Anderson Construction / Petit / Ward Smith Company / Washington Mutual Savings Bank / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Switzerland / United States / /
Currency
USD / GBP / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Business Partnership / Bankruptcy / M&A / Person Travel / Environmental Issue / Debt Financing / Natural Disaster / Employment Change / /
Facility
Morck Hotel / Johnny’s Dock / Bavarian Restaurant / University of Minnesota / /
Holiday
Thanksgiving / Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
insurance brokers / ski-apparel manufacturing / food / day-lodge site / gas drills / insurance broker / bank / bank loan / retail / food-service operator / steel rods / water systems / food service / gas cooking stove / fuel-oil / cement / sewer-and-water systems / interstate utility contractor / bridge contractor / Insurance / fewer equipment / home-heating fuel-oil delivery / insurance company loan / cement trucks / correspondent bank / supply retail stores / construction management / road contractor / iron-ore mining claims / mining / /
NaturalFeature
Denny valley / Denny Creek / Crystal Mountain / Denny Mountain / Snoqualmie National Forest / Tyrolean / National Forest / Snoqualmie River / Mount Everest / Gravelly Lake / Elliott Bay / /
OperatingSystem
Fork / /
Organization
Tacoma Sheraton Inn and Washington Athletic Club in Seattle / Vermont Academy / Volume Food Service / Union Council / Department of Agriculture / Sahalie Ski Club / Puget Sound Trade Council / Ski School / Harvard Business School / Harvard / U.S. Ski Team / University of Minnesota / Stanford / /
Person
Tom Healy / Booth Gardner / Lou Pepper / O. G. Hunt / Lou Whittaker / Bill Janss / Knight Vale / Foster / Jim (Sully) Sullivan / Ken Mueller / Arthur A. Denny / Heidi Hut / James Griffin Bob / Graham Anderson / John Graham / Pat Bauman / Wolf Daub / Like Olson / Stan Olsen / Hans Weissmuehler / Ellis Gross / Gregory / Rene Moser / Dean / Paul Frankenstein / Ben Shuey / Mary Lou / Stan Olson / Jim Whittaker / Warren Miller / Tommy Gurr / Ed Holmes / Sigi Engl / James Griffin / Kick Kolmen / John Beyer / Jack Sleavin / Ted / Lamar Gaines / Tony Sowder / Stevens Pass / Bob Mickelson / Mel Borgersen / /
Position
crew foreman / union specialist with Foster / security specialist / District Ranger / founding president / Chief / contractor / co-chairman for their capital campaign / legendary producer / interstate utility contractor / Sikorsky pilot / investigator / attorney / civil engineer / manager / salesman / insurance broker / president and manager / correspondent / Deputy Sheriff / Forest Service ranger / experienced construction engineer / director and assistant director / ski-area management consultant / road contractor / recreation manager / architect / insurance agent / future Chair / engineer / co-chairman / hill manager / King / insurance investigator / administrator / Morrison-Knutson international construction supervisor / construction-management consultant / Assistant / manager of Cascade Telephone / Skier / Regional Administrator / professional ski-patrol director and assistant director / Seattle Bon Marche security specialist / bridge contractor / manager of the Snoqualmie National Forest / State Governor / Director / Chair / sheriff / member / Sullivan’s attorney / /
Product
Bell B-200 / B-200 / /
ProvinceOrState
King County / Minnesota / Washington / Oregon / Kittitas County / /
ALPENTAL–THE BEGINNING James Griffin Alpental is not in the dictionary. Bob Mickelson, my partner and co-developer of the Alpental Ski Area, made up the name. Bob combined the Swiss/German words alpen (alpine), and tal