Earl J. Glade
Earl J. Glade (December 2, 1885 – September 12, 1966) was the 25th mayor of
Salt Lake City, Utah
.
Glade was born in
Breslau Conference
. Glade married Sarah Elizabeth Rasband and they had seven children.
Glade studied at
Music and the Spoken Word, for which he produced the first broadcast.[3] He was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1942 to 1966.[4]
Glade was first elected mayor of
Little Dell Dam project to lessen flooding in the city.[5]
Glade also served on the General Board of the
Deseret Sunday School Union. Glade unsuccessfully ran for governor of Utah in 1952, losing to J. Bracken Lee.[6]
One of the rooms in the
Sharlene Hawkes
.
Glade's daughter Patricia married LeGrand R. Curtis, a general authority of the LDS Church; she was the mother of LeGrand R. Curtis Jr., who was also a general authority. They also had a son Earl J. Glade, Jr., who was involved in broadcasting as was his father; he served as head of BYU's radio and television broadcasting operations.
References
- ^ Ernest L. Wilkinson, ed., Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. (Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1975) Vol 1., p. 460
- ^ Wilkinson. BYU. Vol. 1, p. 473
- ^ "Tabernacle Choir Presents 3,000th Broadcast February 15", Ensign, February 1987, pp. 76–77.
- ^ "The Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Awards Board Members". www.peabodyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ^ Article on Little Dell
- ^ "history of Weber County section on post-World War II politics". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Dedication of the Jesse Knight Building
- ^ Mary Richards bio
- ^ Clayson's CBS bio
- Utah Encyclopedia article on broadcasting
- Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia. vol. 4, p. 213.
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