Monuments: The Eccles Legacy

27; “Life of David Eccles: An incident pertaining to First National Bank, Utah Construction Company, California Safe Deposit & Trust Company,” David Eccles Papers, series III, box 7, folder 13; and First National Bank of Ogden, et al., “Life of David Eccles,” n.d., all at Special Collections, Weber State University. 42 Sessions and Sessions 17–18. 43 Sessions and Sessions 19. 44 David C. Eccles to Jesse D. Jewkes, 1 Jun 1914, David Eccles Papers, box 9, folder 25, Special Collections, Weber State University. 45 Corey 21–24; Arrington, David Eccles 253. Jasper Harrell and John Sparks had purchased land for a ranch in Nevada. They also bought homesteaders’ holdings and land scrip which they exchanged for more land. When Sparks was elected Nevada governor, he sold his interest to Harrell. After Harrell died, Eccles, Utah Construction, and Utah National Bank bought Harrell’s land, incorporating as “Vinyard Land & Stock Company.” 46 Arrington, David Eccles 190, 253. 47 Arrington interview with Marriner Eccles, 2, Arrington Papers, Special Collections, Utah State University. 48 Eccles 19–20 .

The Eccles Legacy

Scarcely a day passes in twenty-fi rst century Utah that residents do not encounter the Eccles family name in some fashion. The descendants of David Eccles and his pioneer family have created a remarkable legacy that continues to benefi t Utahns in many ways. The Eccles name is attached to a street in Ogden, as well as David Eccles’ historic home. The University of Utah plays football in the Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, and Southern Utah University plays their games at the Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City. The new and grand theater in downtown Salt Lake City is named the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater and at Park City you can enjoy an evening at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. The wonderfully restored 94 year-old theater on Main Street in Logan is the Ellen Eccles Theatre. The prominent David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah was named for the pioneer businessman in 1991. On the same campus you will fi nd the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library associated with the medical school, and the patient focused Hope Fox Eccles Health Library as well as the Hope Fox Eccles Clinical Library. The Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building is also located on the University of Utah campus. The Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus is the home of Utah’s PBS-affi liated television station KUED as well as the state’s public radio station and one other broadcast television outlet. The Utah Education Network is also located at the Eccles Broadcast Monuments

Center. Viewers of programming on KUED-TV will also notice the frequent sponsorship of high quality programming funded by Eccles family foundations. The Val A. Browning Center at Weber State University includes the Eccles Theatre, part of the performing arts department there. At BYU’s Marriott School of Business, the Eccles Scholars Awards are given to promising MBS students with an interest in international business. Even in Washington DC the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on Constitution Avenue is the headquarters of the US Federal Reserve Bank system.

“The David Eccles School of Business presents each student with a coin commemorating the school’s namesake, David Eccles, and the values he espoused. “The school’s nine values are imprinted on the coin as a reminder to students that no matter where they come from, these values will help them with where they’re going.” (See “A Legend & a Legacy,” online at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.)