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Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr. (1901-1995) —
also known as Ariel S. Ballif —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Logan, Cache
County, Utah, December
9, 1901.
Son of John Lyman Ballif and Emma (Smith) Baliff.
University professor; Mormon
bishop; mayor of
Provo, Utah, 1961.
Mormon.
Died May 11,
1995 (age 93 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Provo, Utah.
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Edgar Bernard Brossard (b. 1889) —
also known as Edgar B. Brossard —
of Utah; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oxford, Bannock
County, Idaho, April 1,
1889.
Son of Amable Alphonse Brossard and Mary Catherine (Hobson) Brossard.
Republican. College professor; economist;
member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1925-45; chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1930.
Mormon.
Member, American
Economic Association; Grange; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude J. Burtenshaw (b. 1918) —
of Rexburg, Madison
County, Idaho; Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Born in Bonneville
County, Idaho, February
24, 1918.
Son of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Idaho
Democratic State Committee, 1948-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1950; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1952; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1952;
chair
of Madison County Democratic Party, 1954; member of Idaho
state senate, 1958-59; university professor.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
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George Dewey Clyde (1898-1972) —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Springville, Utah
County, Utah, July 21,
1898.
Son of Hyram Smith Clyde and Elenore Jane (Johnson) Clyde.
Engineer;
university professor; Governor of
Utah, 1957-65.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Died in Salt Lake
County, Utah, April 2,
1972 (age 73 years, 256
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Earl Joseph Glade (b. 1885) —
also known as Earl J. Glade —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, December
2, 1885.
Son of James Richard Glade and Annie Louise (Norberg) Glade.
University professor; organizer, vice-president, Radio
Station KSL, Salt Lake City; mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1944-54.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) —
also known as William M. Jardine —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Oneida
County, Idaho, January
16, 1879.
Son of William Jardine and Rebecca J. (Dudley) Jardine.
College professor; agronomist;
president,
Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1930; Kansas
state treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Beta
Theta Pi; Alpha
Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Forestry Association; Farm
Bureau.
Died January
17, 1955 (age 76 years, 1
days).
Interment at Logan
City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.
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Christian Nephi Jensen (b. 1880) —
also known as Christian N. Jensen —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Ephraim, Sanpete
County, Utah, June 18,
1880.
Son of Jens Peter Jensen and Dorothea (Gregerson) Jensen.
College professor; president,
Brigham Young College, 1913-20; Utah
superintendent of public instruction, 1921-33.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Gamma
Sigma Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Scott M. Matheson, Jr. (b. 1953) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, 1953.
Son of Scott
Milne Matheson (1929-1990).
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1993-97; candidate for Governor of
Utah, 2004.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Elbert Duncan Thomas (1883-1953) —
also known as Elbert D. Thomas —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 17,
1883.
Democrat. University professor; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1933-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1948.
Mormon.
Member, American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Roger John Traynor (b. 1900) —
also known as Roger J. Traynor —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Park City, Summit
County, Utah, February
12, 1900.
Son of Felix Traynor and Elizabeth Josephine (O'Hagan) Traynor.
Lawyer;
law professor; justice of
California state supreme court, 1940-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1964-70.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Burial
location unknown.
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