George Dewey Clyde
| George Dewey Clyde | |
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| 10th Governor of Utah | |
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In office January 7, 1957 – January 4, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | J. Bracken Lee |
| Succeeded by | Calvin L. Rampton |
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July 21, 1898 Springville, Utah |
| Died | April 2, 1972 (aged 73) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ora Packard |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | M.S. University of California |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
George Dewey Clyde (July 21, 1898 – April 2, 1972) was an American politician and the tenth Governor of Utah, serving two terms from 1957 until 1965 as a Republican.
Although Clyde was on the faculty of Utah State University for twenty two years, serving as Dean of the agricultural college's College of Engineering and Technology, he is best known for an eight-year battle with Utah school teachers that eventually resulted in the first statewide teachers strike in United States history during May 1964. He was also involved in the creation of Canyonlands National Park. He came from a prominent Latter-day Saint family in Springville, south of Provo, Utah. Clyde was the younger brother of W. W. Clyde, wealthy philanthropist and founder of W.W. Clyde Company and Geneva Rock.
Clyde received his bachelor's degree from Utah State University and a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1934, Clyde was appointed as a Utah state water conservator during a period of drought and was later appointed to the advisory board of the Utah Department of Industrial Development Water Resource Division. He also was elected director and later the vice-president of the Utah Water Users Association. In 1945, Clyde was appointed chief of the Division of Irrigation Engineering and Water Conservation and Research for the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. In 1953, he became the director of the Utah Water and Power Board.
In 1956, Clyde defeated incumbent J. Bracken Lee, running as an Independent, and Democrat L.C. Romney in the gubernatorial race.
During Clyde's first term as governor, he succeeded in increasing state aid to education and teacher salaries. During these first years as governor, highway construction increased by 500 percent, state personnel practices and wages improved, and new programs for public welfare, state parks, and libraries were initiated. As a fiscal conservative, however, he refused to bond the state for the increasing building needs of higher education.
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