Graham Anderson - USSA executive, FIS delegate

Graham Anderson, former chairman of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and influential delegate for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), died June 2, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. He was 92.

Anderson grew up in Seattle, where he developed a lifelong passion for sailing and skiing. In high school, he competed in Pacific Northwest Ski Association (PSNA) and then raced for the University of Washington in Alpine and Nordic disciplines. He went on to serve as an officer on a U.S. Navy destroyer escort.

After his service, Anderson went on to coach his high school team and for the PNSA, which started his career in the skiing industry. He served as PNSA’s director of competition and then as president. He served as chairman of USSA (now U.S. Ski & Snowboard) and led key committees including the National Alpine Championships Committee, Olympic Ski Games Committee and Coaches Association. He was also a trustee of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation from 1960-93 and remained an honorary trustee until his passing.

Internationally, Anderson was a respected authority within the FIS, where he served as a delegate for nearly 40 years. His influence helped shape alpine ski racing—most notably, helping codify super-G as a discipline and leading the movement to adopt breakaway race gates to enhance racer safety. He also held roles on the FIS Alpine Executive Committee and World Cup Committee and was a jury member at multiple World Championships and Olympic Games.

His service to the sport earned him the Julius Blegen Award—U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s highest honor—in 1979. He was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1984 into the Sun Valley's Ski Hall of Fame in 2020.