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Our Story.
The Intermountain Area ITE was created as an organization by resolution of the Western Section ITE at the annual meeting in July 1959. The area to be composed of ITE members residing in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. It was promoted by the State Highway Departments of the respective States to have an annual meeting of the mountain States to discuss common issues and provide a venue for the industry contacts. A one day meeting was held in Salt Lake City in 1960 to create the group and plan activities. Charter members at the meeting included Al Pepper, Ray Halverson, Jim Challis, Marvin Lotspeich, and Maurice Richey. Jackson, Wyoming was selected for the first meeting site in 1961, being central to the five States, with Marvin Lotspeich as the first Chairman.
In 1969, the Colorado group decided that they preferred more local meetings so they organized their own ITE Area to include Wyoming reducing the Intermountain Area to three States. Through the Constitutional Convention, the Institute of Traffic Engineers became the Institute of Transportation Engineers in 1973 changing the Intermountain Area to the Intermountain Section. In 1989, the State of Nevada joined the Intermountain Section. All of the meetings have been held at Jackson, Wyoming except in Idaho Falls (1965) and West Yellowstone (1967). The location of the meeting is no longer a subject to debate and the meeting is regularly scheduled in May between Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.
The Section has increased in status providing the Institute three International Presidents and a number of national honorees. From a group of about 12 members, as we approach the 50th annual meeting section membership is over 400 with nearly 200 people attending the annual meeting.
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