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- Jack Davies
- Jack Davies was born in Sheldon, England and immigrated to Iowa with his parents, brother, and sister. In 1926 he moved to Lafayette, Colorado. Jack married Ruth (Knill) Davis on November 3, 1932. He worked as a coal miner at the Columbine Mine for 13 years. He left employment at the Columbine Mine due to a shortage of work after the railroad changed from coal to diesel. He then went to work in Denver at the McMurtry Manufacturing Co. Paint and Varnish where he was employed for 29 years until retirement. Jack also joined the Lafayette fire department in 1938 and became fire chief.
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- Jack Eck, M.D.
- Jack Eck, M.D. was raised in the Pocono Mountain community of Shavertown, Pennsylvania and was the first generation of his family who did not work in the regional coal mines. After undergraduate study at Muhlenberg College (Allentown PA), Eck graduated from medical school at Temple University (Philadelphia PA) in 1968. In 1968-1969, Dr. Eck performed his residency at Denver's Presbyterian Hospital; he also found time to ski in Vail. Subsequently, Jack Eck was a “Doctor Draft” earmark during the Vietnam War. He logged over 1000 hours as a Captain and chinook helicopter Flight Surgeon in the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. Immediately after discharge from the army, Eck was hired by Vail’s first physician, the late Dr. Tom Steinberg. Armed with fond memories of his 1960s ski experiences in Vail, Eck headed west on 4 October 1971. No stranger to medical emergencies, the young Dr. Eck was sent to render assistance at a Gilman mine cave-in during his first week serving the isolated mountain communities surrounding Vail. By the late 1970s, Jack Eck became the first medical advisor for the Vail Ski Patrol, as well as the first physician to serve on the patrol. Ultimately, Dr. Eck pioneered orthopedic and medical first responder techniques that were modeled by ski patrols throughout the U.S. and adopted by the U.S. Ski Team. During the 1989 and 1999 FIS World Alpine Ski Championships, Dr. Jack Eck served as the course Medical Director. In 2015, Eck was the Medical Committee Chairman during the FIS Alpine World Alpine Championships. In honor of his contributions to the history of skiing, Eck was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2008, Eck was named Vail Valley Foundation (VVF) Citizen of the Year. VVF Life Trustee and Chairman Emeritus, Harry Frampton, has characterized Jack Eck as “visionary” and Eck’s role as a caring community leader is an important facet of his legacy. In 1980, Eck was instrumental in establishing the Vail Valley Medical Center (VVMC) cardiac program and VVMC’s first intensive-care unit (ICU). Eck was also helped found the Shaw Cancer Center, a state-of-the-art regional cancer facility, as well as Jack’s Place: A Cancer Caring House. Jack’s Place provides patients and their families with short-term, nominal-cost residence during oncological treatment. Dr. Jack Eck is married to Kathleen Sheehan Eck.
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- Jack Emmett Williams
- He was born to Casper H. Williams and Anna (Bird) Williams in Sterling, Colorado. He attended elementary, junior high, and high school there. He enlisted in the US Navy in August 1941, when he was 17 years old, three months prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served aboard the USS Thornton and the USS Wolffe, and was involved in the Battle of Midway and other campaigns. He began with the rank of junior apprentice seaman and achieved the rank of Chief Watertender (the equivalent of petty officer first class) before leaving the Navy in October 1945. He attended the University of Colorado from 1945-48. He then ran an automotive parts store in Sterling from 1948 to 1952, a Goodyear Tire establishment in Greeley from 1952 to 1953, and worked for the Chrysler Corporation in Denver from 1953 to 1956. He was an auto dealer sales manager from 1956 to 1960, the general manager of Gates Rubber in Minneapolis from 1961 to 1963, and the owner of an automobile dealership in Casper, Wyoming from 1963 to 1965. He moved to Grand Junction in August 1965 and owned a dealership there from 1965 to 1978. He then worked for Bray and Company realtors from 1979 to at least 1982. He was the president of the Colorado Auto Dealers Association in 1972. He was a member of the Grand Junction Kiwanis. He married Eva Newkirk on January 3, 1947. She was a registered nurse.