| Show aJL Courtesy Salt Lake Tribune Chris Dessauer Ace German skier secures skiing for Noted Stunt Skier Forms Classes for Members Editor's This is first in a series of articles on athletes now in the at the University of Private First Class Chris German born student who has been instrumental in the organization of ski classes for army is fast becoming the mighty mite of campus athletics with some high-class promotion work for the skiing Just five five Chris is pounds of Born in he learned skiing there and tested his skill near He was one of the first to introduce skiing across the Marmora into the Asiatic Dessauer and learned a new skiing technique at a Swiss ski where he raced and After coming to the United he joined the ski team at the University of Formerly technical consultant for Warner movie Dessauer worked on the to When stunt men playing Russian ski troopers found a jump particularly Dessauer was asked by Michael Curtiz to test the After Dessauer had illustrated skiing technique to the he asked Curtiz if he could be one of the Ski Troopers in the Curtiz grinned and said as emphatically as his broad accent would that Dessauer was to be a But for all of Dessauer has never allowed his short stature to be a He rode in the horse-jumping contests in and has become proficient in pursuing the sport at He also learned five including Turkish and French in addition to German and He is studying Japanese as an language Before entering the he was a premedical he is instructing the weekly GI ski classes he helped |
