Background
Glade was born in Ogden, Utah Territory on December 2, 1885.
Glade was born in Ogden, Utah Territory on December 2, 1885.
Glade studied at Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University) 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.
Glade married Sarah Elizabeth Rasband and they had seven children. He was the head of the business program at Brigham Young University for five years. He later was a professor of business at the University of Utah.
From 1925 to 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, for which he produced the first broadcast.
Glade was first elected mayor of Salt Lake City in 1944. While mayor, Glade was closely connected with the Little Dell Dam project to lessen flooding in the city.
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.
One of the rooms in the Jesse Knight Building on Brigham Young University campus was named for Glade.
Brigham Young University also has a broadcast journalism award named for Glade. Among those who have earned the Glade award are Jane Clayson and Sharlene Hawkes. They also had a son Glade, Junior., who was involved in broadcasting as was his father.
He served as head of Brigham Young University"s radio and television broadcasting operations.