Earl J. Glade
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Earl J. Glade was the 25th 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 also studied at Rochester Business Institute
and later pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago
He was for a time 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.
Glade and his wife Sarah Elizabeth R. Glade had at least one daughter, Patricia. She married LeGrand R. Curtis and was the mother of LeGrand R. Curtis Jr., both of whom were general authorities in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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 braodcasting operations for a time.
Glade was born in Ogden
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. A Latter-day Saint, he served a mission in Germany from 1904-1907, some of this time serving as president of the Breslau Conference
District (LDS Church)
A district of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative unit composed of a number of congregations called branches. A district is a subdivision of a mission of the church and in many ways is analogous to a stake of the church. The leader of a district is the...
. Glade married Sarah Elizabeth Rasband and they had seven children.
Glade studied at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU) where Christen Jensen
Christen Jensen
Christen Jensen was an American educator who twice served as interim president of Brigham Young University . The two terms were 1939-1940 while Franklin S. Harris was doing work in Iran and then in Nov. 1949-Feb. 1951 between the presidencies of Howard S. McDonald and Ernest L. Wilkinson.Jensen...
was one of his professors. He also studied at Rochester Business Institute
Rochester Business Institute
Everest Institute is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States. There are currently more than ninety campuses in the system. The various campuses offer career-training programs in business, health care, and technology...
and later pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
He was for a time the head of the business program at BYU for five years. He later was a professor of business at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
. 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
Music and the Spoken Word
Music and the Spoken Word is a weekly 30-minute radio and television program of inspiring messages and music produced by Bonneville Communications with music performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir .The radio program is distributed by the CBS Radio Network and its broadcast center is KSL...
. 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
J. Bracken Lee
Joseph Bracken Lee was a political figure in the state of Utah, United States. A Republican, he served two terms as the ninth Governor of Utah , six two-year terms as mayor of Price, Utah , and three terms as the 27th mayor of Salt Lake City ., Lee is the most recent Governor of Utah who was not a...
.
One of the rooms in the Jesse Knight Building
Jesse Knight Building
The Jesse Knight Building, also known as the JKB, is a building that houses classrooms on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah....
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
Jane Clayson
- Early life and career :Clayson was born April 25, 1967, and spent most of her childhood in Sacramento, California. She played with the Sacramento Youth Symphony and is an accomplished violinist....
and Sharlene Hawkes.
Glade and his wife Sarah Elizabeth R. Glade had at least one daughter, Patricia. She married LeGrand R. Curtis and was the mother of LeGrand R. Curtis Jr., both of whom were general authorities in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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 braodcasting operations for a time.
Sources
- Find a Grave entry for Glade
- Utah Encyclopedia article on broadcasting
- Andrew JensonAndrew JensonAndrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-twentieth century...
. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 4, p. 213.