Memorial service held for Andrea Mead Lawrence
April 21st, 2009 by Geoff, Executive Director
This past Sunday, over 500 people gathered at Mammoth Mountain to pay tribute to Andrea Mead Lawrence on what would have been her 77th birthday.
The Andrea Lawrence Memorial, April 19.
The event featured a roster of speakers, a video about her achievements from Olympic historian Bud Greenspan, a display of photographs from her many accomplishments, and a chance for friends to share stories and memories.
Friends at the memorial.
I had the honor of joining a wonderful group of people who spoke personally and passionately of Andrea’s accomplishments and character.
Several folks kindly requested that I post the text of my speech online, and you can read the PDF file here.
The speakers from the evening:
Welcome: Rusty Gregory
Ameen Kahn for Senator Barbara Boxer
Byng Hunt for Senator Diane Feinstein
Bill Reid for Representative Buck McKeon & Mono County
Fran Spivy-Weber & Art Baggett for the State of California
Tom Kelly for United States Ski Team
Peggy White, childhood friend, through a video
Linda Meyers-Tikalsky
Tony Rossman
Martha Davis
Tim Alpers
Sally Miller & Deanna Dulen
Derrick Vocelka
Bud Greenspan tribute film to Andrea
Nina Winter Graham (also reading a letter from Genny Smith)
Geoff McQuilkin
Family & Friends
Susan Carpenter
We scanned the program from the memorial for those of you who might wish to see it. The program can be viewed here.
You can also read more about Andrea, including links to obituaries in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, in this Mono-logue post.
