Lloyd Ellingson

Lloyd Ellingson attended St. Olaf College, becoming the first Olympian from that school, also representing the Wisconsin Hoofers. After graduation, he attended law school at U Cal Berkeley, but also spent some time at the University of Norway on a scholarship. He became a prominent district attorney in Dunn County, Wisconsin, and also served as secretary of the National Ski Association from 1938-46. Ellingson served in the Navy during World War II, and was a flight instructor. He was killed when the private plane he was piloting crashed near his hometown of Menomonie, Wisconsin. His son, Paul Lloyd Ellingson, became a noted water color artist and architectural theorist, and taught at the Salt Lake Art Center and the University of Utah.