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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Earl J. Glade |
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, Utah , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 02, 1885
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| Died | September 12, 1966
(80 years)
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| Contributor | Some say... |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Dec 01, 2015 05:46am |
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| Info | Earl J. Glade was a four term Mayor of Salt Lake City.
Glade was born in Ogden, Utah. A Latter-day Saint, he served a mission in Germany from 1904-1907, some of this time serving as president of the Breslau Conference. Glade married Sarah Elizabeth Rasband and they had seven children.
Glade studied at Brigham Young University (BYU) where Christen Jensen was one of his professors. He was later the head of the business program at BYU for five years. He later was a professor of business at the University of Utah. From 1925-1939 Glade was the head of KSL. Glade was one of the principal people behind the starting of the program Music and the Spoken Word. Glade produced the first broadcast.
Glade was first elected mayor of Salt Lake City in 1944. Among other things while mayor Glade was closely connected with the Little Dell Dam project to lessen flooding in the city.
Glade also served for a time on the General Board of the Deseret Sunday School Union. Glade unsuccessfully ran for governor of Utah in 1952, losing to J. Bracken Lee.
One of the rooms in the Jesse Knight Building on BYU campus was named for Glade. BYU also has a broadcast journalism award named for Glade. Among those who have earned the Glade award are Jane Clayson and Sharlene Hawkes.
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