Some of the other incredible 10th Mountain researchers, listed in alphabetical order.
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McKay Jenkins
McKay Jenkins has been writing about people and the natural world for 30 years. His book ‘The Last Ridge: The Epic Story of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division and the Assault on Hitler’s Europe’ (Random House, 2003) tells the story of America’s most famous mountain soldiers. It recounts the division’s exploits training at high altitudes in Colorado and its heroic missions in the mountains of Italy during World War Two. Jenkins holds degrees from Amherst, Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Princeton, where he received a PhD in English. A former staff writer for the Atlanta Constitution, he has also written for Outside, Orion, The New Republic, and many other publications. Jenkins is currently the Cornelius Tilghman Professor of English, Journalism and Environmental Humanities at the University of Delaware, where he has won the Excellence in Teaching Award. He lives in Baltimore with his family. His most recent publication is titled ‘ContamiNation’ (Avery, 2016, previously published by Random House as ‘What’s Gotten Into Us’), which chronicles his investigation into the myriad synthetic chemicals we encounter in our daily lives, and the growing body of evidence about the harm these chemicals do to our bodies and the environment.
Charles J. Sanders
Charlie Sanders, the author of “The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the United States Ski Troops During World War II” (University Press of Colorado, winner of the 2005 SHA Ullr Award for journalistic excellence and the Bill Berry Sports Journalism Award), is also one of the best-known entertainment attorneys in America. He is counsel to the Songwriters Guild of America, The Music Creators of North America Alliance, the International Council of Music Creators (Au Service des Auteurs Dans le Monde–CIAM), the Native American Music Association, and many other groups including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Sanders is similarly passionate as a ski industry advocate whose commitment to service within the sport is longstanding. In 1992, he co-authored the most widely read legal article in history on the topic of ski industry liability and its damage to skiing’s growth, “The Cold Truth: How Attorneys Helped Chill the Ski Industry Economy.” His most recent, significant publication was as a contributor to the compilation entitled “Passion for Skiing: A History of Snow Sports at Dartmouth College”(Whitman Communications). Sanders likewise supported the making of the compendium, award-winning film documentary“Passion for Snow,” and is presently helping to coordinate production of the documentary film “Winter Equinox,” a history of the free style ski movement in the United States
Sanders’ commitment to the sport extends to his athletic achievements as a skier. Among other accomplishments, he hopes shortly to complete the goal of downhill skiing on all seven continents (an Antarctica trip is planned for 2016), and he has already skied nearly 200 iconic ski routes and mountains throughout the world. He has also served for a decade on the board of directors of the International Ski History Association, and in 2015 was elected to the board of the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. He likewise remains an enthusiastic member of Protect Our Winters, and as a 10th Mountain Division Descendant (nephew of Norm Gavrin, L-86), is active in descendant events and initiatives, including a program he founded to bring music entertainment to hospitalized current 10th Mountain wounded warriors.
David Witte
Author of ‘World War Two at Camp Hale: Blazing a New Trail in the Rockies,’ The History Press, 2015.
Chaplain (CPT) David Witte was born in Downers Grove, Illinois but lived and attended school in Lombard, Illinois. He completed his undergraduate studies at Concordia University Chicago where he received dual bachelor degrees in Lutheran Secondary Education – History and Liberal Arts Political Science. He and his wife Megan moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in the summer of 2006 where both of them obtained Lutheran teaching positions. David enlisted in the Arkansas Army National Guard in February 2007 as a chaplain assistant and commissioned as an officer (chaplain candidate) in September 2008. In 2010, David transitioned to working as an instructor with the Army National Guard GED Plus program teaching social studies at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas and earned a Master of Arts degree in Public History from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In January 2011, he finished his Master of Divinity-Chaplaincy degree and accessioned as a chaplain. He currently serves as a Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod battalion chaplain for the 777th Aviation Support Battalion, 77th Theater Aviation Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard at Camp Joseph T. Robinson. On the full time side, David serves as the District Representative for Military and Veterans Affairs in the office of Congressman Bruce Westerman, AR-04. He is happily married to his wife Megan who teaches at Christ Lutheran School in Little Rock. On October 5, 2011, David and Megan welcomed their first son, Milo. Three years later on January 28, 2014, they welcomed their second son, Ike, into the family. In January 2016, they plan to welcome in their third child. The family currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas.