Alexander Cushing is the founder and chairman of Ski Corporation, the parent company of the internationally recognized ski resort of Squaw Valley, in the Lake_Tahoe area of Northern_California. The ski area in its infancy was host to the 1960 Winter Oylmpic Games .

Alex Cushing at one time a Wall Street Lawyer, educated at Harvard University Lawschool, founded the resort area of Squaw Valley in 1949.