Alexander Cushing

Alexander Cochrane Cushing was born on November 28, 1913, in New York City. He was the son of Howard Gardiner Cushing (1869–1916),{{cite news|title=HOWARD G. CUSHING DEAD; Portrait Painter Is Found Lifeless in Bed – His Career.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/04/27/archives/howard-g-cushing-dead-i-portrait-painter-is-found-lifeless-in-bed.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 April 1916|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825234810/https://www.nytimes.com/1916/04/27/archives/howard-g-cushing-dead-i-portrait-painter-is-found-lifeless-in-bed.html|archivedate=25 August 2017}} a well-known artist{{cite news|title=Paintings of Howard Gardiner Cushing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/01/24/archives/paintings-of-howard-gardiner-cushing.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=24 January 1909|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825233655/https://www.nytimes.com/1909/01/24/archives/paintings-of-howard-gardiner-cushing.html|archivedate=25 August 2017}} who died when Cushing was three years old, and Ethel (née Cochrane) Cushing (1882–1948), who had poor health most of her life. His older sisters were Olivia Dulaney Cushing (1904–1908), and Lily Emmet Cushing (1909–1969),{{cite news|title=Obituary 1 – BOYD|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/22/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=22 September 1969|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825230551/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/22/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|archivedate=25 August 2017}}{{cite web|title=Lily Cushing|url=https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=1087|website=americanart.si.edu|publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum|accessdate=20 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825230627/https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=1087|archivedate=25 August 2017}} an artist.{{cite news|title=Mrs. Alexandra E. Allan Wed To Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/13/archives/mrs-alexandra-e-allan-wed-to-arthur-m-schlesinger-it.html?_r=0|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=13 July 1971|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826034155/http://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/13/archives/mrs-alexandra-e-allan-wed-to-arthur-m-schlesinger-it.html?_r=0|archivedate=26 August 2017}}{{cite web|title=Lily Emmet Cushing papers, 1929-1972|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/lily-emmet-cushing-papers-9463|website=aaa.si.edu|publisher=Smithsonian Archives of American Art|accessdate=20 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826041438/https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/lily-emmet-cushing-papers-9463|archivedate=26 August 2017}} His older brother, Howard Gardiner Cushing Jr. (1906–1979), married Mary Callender Ames (1908–1982), daughter of Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr.{{cite news|title=MISS AMES AND FIANCE BREAK ENGAGEMENT; Mutual Agreement With Howard G. Cushing Not to Marry.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/27/archives/miss-ames-and-fiance-break-engagement-mutual-agreement-with-howard.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 April 1929|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825234821/https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/27/archives/miss-ames-and-fiance-break-engagement-mutual-agreement-with-howard.html|archivedate=25 August 2017}}{{cite news|title=MARY C. AMES WED TO H.G. CUSHING; Only Relatives and Intimate Friends at Ceremony in the Chantry of St. Thomas's. CHIMES RING FOR COUPLE Vested Choir Takes Past in Wedding—Small Reception at Homeof the Bride's Mother. The Decorations. Bride in Gown of Peach Gold Satin. Some of the Guests.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/19/archives/mary-c-ames-wed-to-hg-cushing-only-relatives-and-intimate-friends.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=19 January 1930|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825232953/https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/19/archives/mary-c-ames-wed-to-hg-cushing-only-relatives-and-intimate-friends.html|archivedate=25 August 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=Gary Boyd|title=Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register|date=1983|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Co.|isbn=9780806310305|page=667|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6fDl9gE45IC&pg=RA2-PA667|accessdate=20 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221329/https://books.google.com/books?id=k6fDl9gE45IC&pg=RA2-PA667&lpg=RA2-PA667|archivedate=16 December 2017}}

In 1925,{{cite news|title=WEDS MRS. H. G. CUSHING; James D. Sawyer of This City Is Married In Wellesley, Mass.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/05/archives/weds-mrs-h-g-cushing-james-d-sawyer-of-this-city-s-married-in.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=5 June 1925|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221329/https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/05/archives/weds-mrs-h-g-cushing-james-d-sawyer-of-this-city-s-married-in.html|archivedate=16 December 2017}} his mother remarried to James Denison Sawyer (1875–1943), a Wall Street stock broker.{{cite news|title=JAMES D. SAWYER; Partner in Eastman, Dillon &. Co., Brokers, Long in Wall St.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/09/20/archives/james-d-sawyer-partner-in-eastman-dillon-co-brokers-long-in-wall-st.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=20 September 1943|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221329/https://www.nytimes.com/1943/09/20/archives/james-d-sawyer-partner-in-eastman-dillon-co-brokers-long-in-wall-st.html|archivedate=16 December 2017}}{{cite news|title=STOCK EXCHANGE NOTES|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/11/06/archives/stock-exchange-notes.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=6 November 1943|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221329/https://www.nytimes.com/1943/11/06/archives/stock-exchange-notes.html|archivedate=16 December 2017}} As a child, he lived at a home on East 70th Street, in a house designed by his godfather, William Delano.

His paternal grandparents were Robert Maynard Cushing (1836–1907), a wealthy Boston tea merchant who was a son of John Perkins Cushing (1787–1862), and Olivia (née Dulany) Cushing. His uncle was Grafton Dulaney Cushing. His maternal grandparents were Alexander S. Cochrane (1840–1919),{{cite news|title=SEARS – COCHRANE.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1891/11/25/archives/sears-cochrane.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=25 November 1891|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155302/https://www.nytimes.com/1891/11/25/archives/sears-cochrane.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}}{{cite news|title=REPELS BRIBERY CHARGES.; Cochrane Files a Demurrer in the $102,000,000 New Haven Suit.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/10/04/archives/repels-bribery-charges-cochrane-files-a-demurrer-in-the-102000000.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 October 1914|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104654/https://www.nytimes.com/1914/10/04/archives/repels-bribery-charges-cochrane-files-a-demurrer-in-the-102000000.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} and Mary Lynde (née Sullivan) Cochrane (1851–1918). His maternal aunt, Margaret Cochrane,{{cite news|title=Forbes--Cochrane.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1903/06/04/archives/forbescochrane.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 June 1903|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104536/https://www.nytimes.com/1903/06/04/archives/forbescochrane.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} married F. Murray Forbes, a Boston banker.{{cite news|title=F. MURRAY FORBES, EX-BOSTON BANKER|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/25/archives/f-murray-forbes-exboston-banker.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=25 November 1961|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104652/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/25/archives/f-murray-forbes-exboston-banker.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} His first cousin, Alexander Cochrane Forbes was married to Irene Helen Robbins, the daughter of Warren Delano Robbins.{{cite news|title=BRILLIANT BRIDAL FOR IRENE ROBBINS; Daughter of Our Minister to Canada Married in Ottawa to Alexander Forbes. MRS, J. ROOSEVELT THERE President's Mother and Officials Greet Couple After Taking of Vows in Archbishop's Palace.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/02/11/archives/brilliant-bridal-for-irene-robbins-daughter-of-our-minister-to.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=11 February 1934|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104655/https://www.nytimes.com/1934/02/11/archives/brilliant-bridal-for-irene-robbins-daughter-of-our-minister-to.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}}

Due to the early death of his father and his mother's health issues,{{cite news|title=ARTIST LEFT $257,945 {{!}} Howard Gardiner Cushing Gave All of His Estate to His Wife|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/10/05/archives/speculation-in-wool-dealers-expect-higher-prices-10000000-pounds.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=5 October 1916|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221329/https://www.nytimes.com/1916/10/05/archives/speculation-in-wool-dealers-expect-higher-prices-10000000-pounds.html|archivedate=16 December 2017}} Cushing spent much of his young life at boarding school, attended the Groton School, graduated from Harvard University in 1936, and then Harvard Law School three years later in 1939.{{cite news|title=The Old Man and the Mountain – Harvard Law Today|url=https://today.law.harvard.edu/feature/old-man-mountain/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=Harvard Law Today|date=April 1, 2003|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225111329/http://today.law.harvard.edu/feature/old-man-mountain/|archivedate=25 December 2015}}

Following his graduation from law school, he practiced for three years, working at the U.S. State Department, upon the recommendation of Groton classmate, Stewart Alsop, and briefly at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where he argued a case before the United States Supreme Court. He left public service and then worked at Davis Polk.

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the first officer training class at Quonset Point. During the War, he served with the Naval Air Transport Service in South America and the Pacific for five years, eventually retiring as a Lieutenant Commander upon the end of the War.

After his service, he returned to the practice of law, with Davis Polk in New York City, for nine months following the war.

{{further|Squaw Valley Ski Resort}}

During a ski vacation to Sierra Nevada, Cushing visited Squaw Valley, which is seven miles from the north shore of Lake Tahoe.{{cite book|last1=O'Coughlin|first1=Seamus|title=Squaw Valley Gold: American Hockey's Olympic Odyssey|date=2001|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595200870|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cwv9-3PMeWgC&pg=PA1|accessdate=20 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221329/https://books.google.com/books?id=cwv9-3PMeWgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1|archivedate=16 December 2017}} He decided that its possibilities as a ski resort were great, so he went into partnership to develop it with Wayne Poulsen, a pilot and former champion skier who had purchased much of the valley's land, {{convert|640|acres|km2}}, in the 1940s from Union Pacific Railroad and first showed it to him. Cushing invested $145,000 of his own money, as well as $275,000 from Laurance Rockefeller and other investors, and founded the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in 1949.

Beginning in 1954, Cushing began lobbying the International Olympic Committee to host the eighth Winter Olympics entirely at Squaw Valley.{{cite web | url=http://www.olympic.org/squaw-valley-1960-winter-olympics | title=Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics | publisher=Olympics | accessdate=June 20, 2017 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524235022/http://www.olympic.org/squaw-valley-1960-winter-olympics | archivedate=May 24, 2016 }} He eventually won his bid, and Squaw Valley hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics, beating out the well established St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Innsbruck, Austria. Due to his efforts, he was on the cover of Time magazine in 1959.{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Stephen|title=Alexander Cushing, 92, Resolute Founder of Squaw Valley|url=https://www.nysun.com/obituaries/alexander-cushing-92-resolute-founder-of-squaw/38338/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=New York Sun|date=August 22, 2006|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155535/https://www.nysun.com/obituaries/alexander-cushing-92-resolute-founder-of-squaw/38338/|archivedate=10 October 2017}}

Squaw Valley is one of the largest ski areas in the United States and is the second-largest ski area in Lake Tahoe with {{convert|3600|acres|km2}} and the only funitel in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/lifte/Ort/funitel/page1.php|title=Lift World: Lift-Database – Funitels |work=Seilbahntechnik |accessdate=June 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210134151/http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/lifte/Ort/funitel/page1.php |archivedate=February 10, 2012}} attracting approximately 600,000 skiers a year.{{cite web | url=http://squaw.wanderlustfestival.com/plan/about-squaw-valley-usa | title=About Squaw Valley | publisher=The Wanderlust Festival | accessdate=June 20, 2017 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217081055/http://squaw.wanderlustfestival.com/plan/about-squaw-valley-usa | archivedate=December 17, 2014 }}

Cushing was married three times. His first marriage was in 1938{{cite news|title=JUSTINE CUTTING ENGAGED TO WED; Her Betrothal to Alexander Cushing, Son of Artist, is Announced Here HAS STUDIED AT FOXCROFT Prospective Bridegroom, Who Is Graduate of Harvard, Now Law Student|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/11/19/archives/justine-cutting-engaged-to-wed-her-betrothal-to-alexander-cushing.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=19 November 1938|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155305/https://www.nytimes.com/1938/11/19/archives/justine-cutting-engaged-to-wed-her-betrothal-to-alexander-cushing.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}}{{cite news|title=Justine Cutting Wed to Student; Sister Is Honor Attendant at Marriage to A. C. Cushing of Harvard Law School GOWNED IN BROCADE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/12/18/archives/society-news-education-pages-science-gardens-womens-news-fashions.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=18 December 1938|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104458/https://www.nytimes.com/1938/12/18/archives/society-news-education-pages-science-gardens-womens-news-fashions.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} to Justine Bayard Cutting (1918–2003),{{cite news|title=Paid Notice: Deaths CUSHING, JUSTINE BAYARD (NEE CUTTING)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/20/classified/paid-notice-deaths-cushing-justine-bayard-nee-cutting.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=20 November 2003|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010160400/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/20/classified/paid-notice-deaths-cushing-justine-bayard-nee-cutting.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} the daughter of Dr. Robert Bayard "Fulton" Cutting (1886–1967) and Mary Josephine Armory (1887–1971).{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Michael|title=Justine Cushing – helped found Squaw Valley|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Justine-Cushing-helped-found-Squaw-Valley-2510224.php|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=SFGate|date=November 26, 2003|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010123043/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Justine-Cushing-helped-found-Squaw-Valley-2510224.php|archivedate=10 October 2017}} Her father was a first cousin of Justine Bayard Cutting Ward (1879–1975). Her grandfather, Robert Cutting (1852–1934), was the brother of William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912) and the son of Elise Justine Bayard (1823–1853), and served as the president of Cooper Union School of Architecture and Engineering and chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association.{{cite news|title=FULTON CUTTING, N. Y. REAL ESTATE HEAD, DIES AT 82|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1934/09/22/page/16/article/fulton-cutting-n-y-real-estate-head-dies-at-82|accessdate=30 April 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 22, 1934}} Before their divorce in 1965, they had three daughters together: Justine Bayard Cushing, a decorator;{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Wendy|title=A Barn in Gatsby Country|url=https://nymag.com/homedesign/spring2014/ernest-sabine-long-island/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=New York|date=April 24, 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106062642/http://nymag.com/homedesign/spring2014/ernest-sabine-long-island/|archivedate=6 November 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Pittel|first1=Christine|title=Designing with Classic Chintz|url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/home-makeovers/tips/a2097/justine-cushing-0414/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=House Beautiful|date=7 April 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718162159/http://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/home-makeovers/tips/a2097/justine-cushing-0414/|archivedate=18 July 2016}}{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Barbara|last2=Mortimer|first2=Senga|title=A Stylishly, Exuberant Apartment That Has Stood the Test of Time|url=http://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/house-tours/g2336/justine-cushing-apartment/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=House Beautiful|date=11 May 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321203109/http://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/house-tours/g2336/justine-cushing-apartment/|archivedate=21 March 2017}}

Lily Cushing, who married Janek Kunczynski, who founded Lift Engineering;{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/chairlift/yan1.html|title=The History of Yanek Kunczynski|work=Colorado Ski History|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=16 January 1997|accessdate=30 July 2010|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919093327/http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/chairlift/yan1.html|archivedate=19 September 2010}}

and Alexandra Olivia Cochrane Cushing, who married Philip King Howard, an attorney with Covington & Burling and the son of Rev. John R. Howard, in 1972. Howard is a descendant of Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.{{cite news|title=Miss Cushing Is Bride Of Philip King Howard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/24/archives/miss-cushing-is-bride-0u-philip-king-howard.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=24 November 1972|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010160438/http://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/24/archives/miss-cushing-is-bride-0u-philip-king-howard.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}}

His second marriage was to Elizabeth Ogden (née Woodward) Pratt (1907–1985), the daughter of William Woodward Sr. (1876–1953) and Elizabeth Ogden "Elsie" Cryder (1882–1981),{{cite news|last1=Farber|first1=M. A.|title=ELSIE C. WOODWARD, PHILANTHROPIST, DIES AT 98|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/14/obituaries/elsie-c-woodward-philanthropist-dies-at-98.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 July 1981|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820080419/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/14/obituaries/elsie-c-woodward-philanthropist-dies-at-98.html|archivedate=20 August 2017}}{{cite news|title=Elsie Woodward, the mother of the wealthy racehorse owner...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/13/Elsie-Woodward-the-mother-of-the-wealthy-racehorse-owner/3650363844800/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=UPI|date=July 13, 1981|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155355/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/13/Elsie-Woodward-the-mother-of-the-wealthy-racehorse-owner/3650363844800/|archivedate=10 October 2017}} and the sister of William Woodward Jr. (1920–1955). She was first married to Robert Livingston Stevens Jr. (1907–1972).{{cite news|title=MISS E. WOODWARD WEDS R.L. STEVENS; Large Gathering of Society at the Ceremony in St. Thomas's Church. REV. DR. BROOKS OFFICIATES Elaborate Floral Decorations and Full Choral Service—Reception at Bride's Home.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/02/03/archives/miss-e-woodward-weds-rl-stevens-large-gathering-of-society-at-the.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=3 February 1928|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104647/https://www.nytimes.com/1928/02/03/archives/miss-e-woodward-weds-rl-stevens-large-gathering-of-society-at-the.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} After their divorce in 1935,{{cite news|title=R.L. STEVENS DIVORCED.; Mrs. Elizabeth O.W. Stevens Gets Reno Decree, Charging Cruelty.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/08/14/archives/rl-stevens-divorced-mrs-elizabeth-ow-stevens-gets-reno-decree.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 August 1935|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104640/https://www.nytimes.com/1935/08/14/archives/rl-stevens-divorced-mrs-elizabeth-ow-stevens-gets-reno-decree.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} he married Grace Vanderbilt (d. 1964).{{cite news|title=Robert Stevens, 65, Dies; A Financier and Investor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/17/archives/robert-stevens-65-dies-a-financier-and-investor.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=17 July 1972|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123071742/http://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/17/archives/robert-stevens-65-dies-a-financier-and-investor.html|archivedate=23 January 2018}}{{cite news|title=MRS. R. L. STEVENS, A SOCIETY FIGURE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/29/mrs-r-l-stevens-a-society-figure.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 January 1964|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211832/http://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/29/mrs-r-l-stevens-a-society-figure.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} Her second marriage was to John Teele Pratt Jr. (1903–1969),{{cite news|title=J. T. PRATT JR. WEDS MRS. E. W. STEVENS; Cemony Performed at Home of Bride's Parent, the William Woodwards, in Wheatley Hills.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/05/archives/j-t-pratt-jr-weds-mrs-e-w-stevens-cemony-performed-at-home-of.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=5 September 1935|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010104648/https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/05/archives/j-t-pratt-jr-weds-mrs-e-w-stevens-cemony-performed-at-home-of.html|archivedate=10 October 2017}} which lasted until his death in 1969.{{cite news|title=John T. Pratt Jr., 65, Is Dead; Institute Trustee and Bank A icle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/21/archives/joan-t-pratt-jr-65-is-dead-institute-trustee-and-bank-a-icle.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=21 June 1969|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017150155/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C01EEDE1639EF3BBC4951DFB0668382679EDE&legacy=true|archivedate=17 October 2017}}

In 1985, while she was providing legal counsel regarding development land issues at the base of Squaw Valley, he met his third and final wife, Nancy R. Wendt. They married in 1987 and remained married to until his death in 2006. Wendt, who had also spent her third year of law school at Harvard, received her law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1975.{{cite news|last1=Rock|first1=Susan D.|title=Q&A With Nancy Wendt Cushing|url=http://legacy.tahoequarterly.com/2010/12/qa-with-nancy-wendt-cushing/|accessdate=20 June 2017|date=December 2, 2010}}{{cite news|last1=McHugh|first1=Paul|title=Widow retains Squaw Valley vision / Resort's owner hopes it can stay independent|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Widow-retains-Squaw-Valley-vision-Resort-s-2608519.php|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=SFGate|date=March 22, 2007|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010140053/https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Widow-retains-Squaw-Valley-vision-Resort-s-2608519.php|archivedate=10 October 2017}}

Cushing died on August 19, 2006, at his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island.{{cite news|title=Alexander C. Cushing|url=https://www.newportri.com/obituaries/alexander-c-cushing/article_02ab1c0b-4567-53e0-9f36-4e7989ccfc23.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=NewportRI.com|date=August 22, 2006|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216221331/http://www.newportri.com/obituaries/alexander-c-cushing/article_02ab1c0b-4567-53e0-9f36-4e7989ccfc23.html|archivedate=16 December 2017}}

His granddaughter, Charlotte Iris Cushing Howard, married Daniel Robert Osnoss, both graduates of Yale, in 2012.{{cite news|title=Charlotte Howard, Daniel Osnoss --Weddings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/fashion/weddings/charlotte-howard-daniel-osnoss-weddings.html|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 July 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530082457/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/fashion/weddings/charlotte-howard-daniel-osnoss-weddings.html|archivedate=30 May 2017}}

In 1999, Cushing was inducted into the Ski Industry Hall of Fame for his lifetime contribution to the sport.

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