However, in 1997, Spencer Eccles, a Utah alumnus and chairman of Utah's biggest bank, First Security Corporation (now part of Wells Fargo), announced that the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation would donate $10 million toward the project.
In addition to his role at First Security, Eccles has also been a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, Intermountain Health Care, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the National Chamber of Commerce, the ZCMI Corporation, the Anderson Lumber Company, Amalgamated Sugar, the Alta Ski Corporation, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, and the National Parks Foundation.
Spencer Tracy | Marks & Spencer | Spencer | Herbert Spencer | Eccles | Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer | Spencer Gulf | Jimmy Spencer | Spencer W. Kimball | Spencer Wells | Bud Spencer | Baldwin Spencer | David Eccles (businessman) | David Eccles | Spencer Williams | Spencer P. Jones | Spencer Abraham | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Jesse Spencer | Eccles, Greater Manchester | Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer | Anne Spencer | Spencer Truman Olin | Spencer Perceval | Spencer House | Spencer G. Lucas | Spencer Gibb | Owen Spencer-Thomas | Nick Spencer | Liam Spencer |
Other notable alumni include Hilary Lindh, Picabo Street, Kristi Terzian, Ovidio Garcia, Spencer Eccles, Jeremiah Thompson, Alexandra Shaffer, Amber Guaraglia, Rob Saunders, Levi Leipheimer, Adam Cole, Jonathan Bebbington, and Charles Christianson.