Her father Frank Christensen was the inventor of the Christen Eagle aerobatic airplane.

Her grandfather Frank Langton Christensen (born 1910) was the University of Utah’s first three-time All-American football player. Playing fullback he holds the school’s all-time career-scoring mark with 235 points. He is second in individual points in a season, scoring 100 points in 1930. Christensen is credited with once scoring 13 points in 13 seconds.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and was honored as a Silver Anniversary All-American in Sports Illustrated.

Christensen went on to the pros with the Detroit Lions (1934-1937), where he was a member of the 1935 World Championship team. Later he would be chosen the best Utah football player of the 20th century.

The elder Frank Christensen was also successful in business. He helped revolutionize the mining and petroleum industry with a drill bit that utilized industrial diamonds. His company, Christensen Diamond Products Company, became the world’s largest producer of industrial diamond products.

He died on September 6, 2001 at the age of 91.163,375
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