Bill & Vieve Gore

It started as a courtship on this campus. Bill Gore, a University of Utah chemistry student, kept coming around Westminster to see Vieve Walton; they married, and Bill went to work at DuPont. There he became convinced Teflon-coated wire had a future. When DuPont wasn't interested, the Gores struck out on their own and built W.L. Gore & Associates—the company behind GORE-TEX. They never forgot where they met. Their gifts gave Westminster its business school, named for them both in 1988, and their family has helped steer the college ever since.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 1.1 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 1.4 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 2.6 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 2.8 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• William Nightingale Memorial Library — steps away
• Ferry Plaza — steps away
• Converse Hall — steps away
• The Kennedy Ditch — 0.3 mi