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: Mauri Nottingham; Maurice Myles "Mauri" Nottingham was born 5 January 1930 on the family ranch along Buck Creek in Avon, Colorado. He passed away on 28 February 2018 at 88 years of age. His parents, Marie Cole and Harry A. Nottingham, were some of the earliest ranchers in the Eagle River Valley. Nottingham had an innate love of skiing and taught himself to ski on equipment purchased from a Montgomery Ward catalog. In 1952, Nottingham graduated from Eagle County High School in Gypsum and subsequently attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. While pursuing a degree in electrical engineering, Nottingham met his wife, Nancy Waring, who was a fellow student. Nottingham taught math at the university while earning an M.S. in Applied Mathematics. Eventually, the Nottinghams moved back to Eagle County and built the Talisman Lodge of Vail in 1968. Mauri founded "We Recycle," the first recycling program in Eagle County. In 1994, Nottingham was named the Eagle Valley Citizen of the Year and the Town of Vail developed the Mauri Nottingham Excellence in Environmental Sustainability Scholarship in his honor. In honor of his pioneering family, Nottingham authored "A Nottingham Family History." He also donated the family's player-piano to the Eagle County Historical Society museum in Eagle. Nancy and Mauri Nottingham have 3 daughters: Kim, Tamra and Shelley.