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Notes for William Thayer III TUTT
WILLIAM THAYER TUTT, 76, of Colorado Springs died Friday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. He had presided over the Broadmoor Hotel and pioneered many of its sporting endeavors.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church, 631 N. Tejon St., followed by private interment services for family members only. Swan-Law Funeral Home, 501 N. Cascade Ave., is in charge of arrangements. The public is invited to sign a book in memory of Mr. Tutt in the lobby of the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. Tutt was born March 2, 1912, in Coronado, Calif., to Charles Leaming Tutt Jr. and Eleanor Dexter Armit Tutt. He grew up in Colorado Springs. As a child, he attended Miss Speirs School, Steele School and North Junior High School in Colorado Springs, before he was sent to The Thatcher School in Ojai, Calif.
Mr. Tutt returned to Colorado Springs in 1930. He worked for Colorado Title and Trust, was manager of the Manitou Mineral Water and Sales Co., and from 1935-38 was president of General Liquors.
Mr. Tutt served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and left the service as a lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Tutt had been bestowed with membership in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame and the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame.
He is a past winner of the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding contributions to hockey in the United States. In addition, the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States sponsors a national William Thayer Tutt Award, given annually to a recipient for helping to develop hockey at the grass-roots level.
Former President Ronald Reagan presented Mr. Tutt with a special medal for "exceptional civilian service to the Department of the Air Force," and healso was given the American Lung Association of Colorado's Humanitarian Award in 1988.
Mr. Tutt is credited with guiding the successful campaigns that brought the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Olympic Committee to Colorado Springs.
Mr. Tutt also supervised the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (1948-74) and the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb.
Mr. Tutt was honorary chairman of the board of Broadmoor Hotel Inc., chairman of the executive committee of El Pomar Foundation and president of the Broadmoor Golf Club.
Mr. Tutt served the Broadmoor Hotel as vice president from 1946 to 1961, president from 1961 to 1977, chairman of the board from 1977 to 1982, and then as honorary chairman.
He also was chairman of the executive committee and trustee of the El Pomar Foundation, and he was a director on the boards of the Broadmoor Management Co., the Garden City Co., Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Kennecott Copper, Golden Cycle, Mountain Bell Telephone Co. and First National Bank of Colorado Springs.
Mr. Tutt was president of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, the Mount Manitou Park and Incline Railway Cos., the End of the Trail Association and The Cooking Club. He was chairman of the boards of Sunnyrest Sanatorium and The Thirty Group.
Mr. Tutt's other memberships included the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Country Club of Colorado, Cherry Hills Country Club, Garden of the Gods Club, Wigwam Club and Chevaliers Wine Society.
He served nearly three decades on the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Council, was president of the world federation from 1966-69, and served two different terms as vice president. He was president of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States from 1972-86 and served on the organization's board of directors for 29 years.
Mr. Tutt was a longtime public-sector member of the U.S. Olympic Committee's executive board.
Mr. Tutt is survived by his wife, Yvonne Sherman Tutt of Colorado Springs; three daughters, Eleanor Tutt McColl of Colorado Springs, Christiana Tutt Adams of Stowe, Vt., and Michelle Tutt of New York; one son, Michael Tutt of Colorado Springs; three brothers, Charles L. Tutt III and Russell Thayer Tutt, both of Colorado Springs, and John Wood Tutt of Telluride; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
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