Andrea Mead Lawrence

Born in Rutland County, Vermont, Andrea Mead Lawrence’s family owned and operated the Pico Peak ski area. She made the U.S. national team at age 14 and competed at the Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948. At the Oslo 1952 Games, Mead was selected as captain of the U.S. women’s team at age 19. She would win both the slalom and giant slalom events, becoming the first American alpine skier to win two gold medals in the same Olympic Winter Games. She was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1958 and served as torch bearer at the Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley 1960. Mead also founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains and Rivers, a non-profit organization dedicated to conservation and nature reservations. In April 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011, naming a peak on the John Muir Trail “Mt. Andrea Lawrence.” She is a member of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. Mead passed away in March 2009.