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Name
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Ely, Robert H.
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Rank, Company, Regiment
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S/SGT E 85TH INF
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Birth date/Death Date
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4/4/1915-5/12/1993
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Vermont Location
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Windsor
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Awards
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Importance of Vermont
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First skiing experience
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"I think Robert would say his earliest memory of skiing was when he was 10 years old."
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College
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Competitive Skiing
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What was your experience in the 10th like?
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"I believe he enjoyed being in the 10th and made a lot of lifetime friends. He instructed skiing and learned to rock climb which he found very challenging. Robert received a medical discharge in Dec. 1944 due to a knee injury just before the 10th shipped out to Italy."
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Why did you join the 10th?
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"He joined the 10th because he loved skiing."
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Ski Patrol
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Ski School
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Ski Industry
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Vermont Ski Area Connection
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"After the war he was a founder of Mt. Ascutney Ski Area in Brownsville, VT. He was Mountain Manager for 14 years. [He was responsible for the design of the majority of the skis trails on the mountain, was the first person to make artificial snow in the state…] He was Assistant Mountain Manager at Loon Mountain Ski Area in Lincoln, NH, under Sherman Adams for 1 year and Assistant Manager at Mt. Snow in Dover, VT for 1 year (1969-70). He made the first artificial snow in Vermont at Mt. Ascutney and also introduced snow making at Loon Mountain, NH."
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Role of Skiing in your Life
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Other information
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Bob had a passion for art. He attended the Boston School of Practical Arts and studied with W. L. Stevens, a member of the National Academy at Springfield, MA.
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Photograph information
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Information submitted by
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Loree C. Ely, wife
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