In Memoriam: Jack Gilbert ’64

Jack Gilbert ’64 died Sept. 20, 2019, at age 78. Gilbert was born in Portland, Ore., on March 30, 1941, to Alice and Richard Gilbert. Much of his life was spent skiing, a skill passed to him from his older brother, Richard. While skiing at Timberline Lodge in 1965, he met Sandra Teed. They married and moved to Sun Valley, Idaho, where Gilbert became a member of the Sun Valley Ski Club and the National Guard as well as an employee at Scott USA.

By 1975, the couple moved back to Portland with their two children, and Gilbert worked as a manager at the Mountain Shop. He passed his love of skiing on to his family with many years of trips to Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor as well as trips to Sun Valley for skiing and summer vacations. He fulfilled a lifelong ambition of opening his own shop, ULLR Ski and Sport in the Gateway area in Portland. Gilbert separated from his wife in the mid-1990s, and continued to work as a traveling sales representative for outdoor brands.

He remarried Bonnie Baker in 2002 and moved to Napa, Calif. There, Gilbert worked as the tour guide for Schramsberg Vineyards before the couple retired in Lincoln, Calif., to be closer to grandchildren. 

Gilbert is survived by children, Andy (and JaNessa), Dinah; brother Richard; stepdaughter Cheryl McBeth (and Matt); and grandchildren Cameron, Kelsey, Angus and Olive.