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Upham was a past president of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owner’s Association. In 1990, he received the Chief Roughneck Award. He was a member and director of the North Texas Oil and Gas Association. Formerly a member of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and the Natural Resources Petroleum Council, he was a founding director of Palo Pinto Municipal Water District No. 1 and the Palo Pinto Area Foundation. He was also a director of the Mineral Wells Area [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was a former member and director of the [[conservative]] Mountain States Legal Foundation.<ref name=upham/> He was co-owner of Upham Development Company, a commercial [[real estate]] business, in California. He was  a director of City National Bank in Mineral Wells and a former regent of the University of Texas.<ref name=vitae/>

Upham was a past president of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owner’s Association. In 1990, he received the Chief Roughneck Award. He was a member and director of the North Texas Oil and Gas Association. Formerly a member of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and the Natural Resources Petroleum Council, he was a founding director of Palo Pinto Municipal Water District No. 1 and the Palo Pinto Area Foundation. He was also a director of the Mineral Wells Area [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was a former member and director of the [[conservative]] Mountain States Legal Foundation.<ref name=upham/> He was co-owner of Upham Development Company, a commercial [[real estate]] business, in California. He was  a director of City National Bank in Mineral Wells and a former regent of the University of Texas.<ref name=vitae/>

Upham flew his own plane until his health made that impossible. He then hired a pilot to transport him around the country. On December 16, 1946, Upham wed the former Virginia Frances Lee, who was born on February 24, 1924, in [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]].<ref name=vitae/> She was a flight attendant for American Airlines prior to their marriage.<ref name=upham/> Upham used his background in engineering and oilfield compressor technology to introduce the first artificial "snow-making" to [[Colorado]]<ref name="skimuseum"/> in 1984, a system now used by almost all major ski areas. His resort, the Loveland Ski Area,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/65684/loveland-ski-area-owner-chet-upham-dead|title=Loveland Area Ski Owner Chet Upham Dead|publisher=epicski.com|accessdate=January 30, 2010}}</ref> is still independently-owned by his family and operated by his widow. Loveland "consistently has the best 'snow' conditions in Colorado," the family maintains. Upham and Loveland general manager Otto Werlin, conceived the idea of artificial snow from observing the pumps and compressors being used to dig the nearby Eisenhower Tunnel, built between 1968 and 1973 on Interstate 70 under the [[Continental Divide]].<ref name="skimuseum">{{cite web|url=http://www.skimuseum.net/halloffame/Nomination%20Packets-2009/Otto%20Werlin.pdf|title=Otto Werlin (1926-2008) Hall of Fame Nomination|publisher=skimuseum.net|accessdate=January 30, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>

Upham flew his own plane until his health made that impossible. He then hired a pilot to transport him around the country. On December 16, 1946, Upham wed the former Virginia Frances Lee, who was born on February 24, 1924, in [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]].<ref name=vitae/> She was a flight attendant for American Airlines prior to their marriage.<ref name=upham/> Upham used his background in engineering and oilfield compressor technology to introduce the first artificial "snow-making" to [[Colorado]]<ref name="skimuseum"/> in 1984, a system now used by almost all major ski areas. His resort, the Loveland Ski Area,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/65684/loveland-ski-area-owner-chet-upham-dead|title=Loveland Area Ski Owner Chet Upham Dead|publisher=epicski.com|accessdate=January 30, 2010}}</ref> is still independently-owned by his family and operated by his widow. Loveland "consistently has the best 'snow' conditions in Colorado," the family maintains. Upham and Loveland general manager Otto Werlin, conceived the idea of artificial snow from observing the pumps and compressors being used to dig the nearby Eisenhower Tunnel, built between 1968 and 1973 on Interstate 70 under the Continental Divide.<ref name="skimuseum">{{cite web|url=http://www.skimuseum.net/halloffame/Nomination%20Packets-2009/Otto%20Werlin.pdf|title=Otto Werlin (1926-2008) Hall of Fame Nomination|publisher=skimuseum.net|accessdate=January 30, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>

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