GEORGE D. CLYDE
George D. Clyde, Utah's governor, grew up on a farm near Springville, Utah, early learning the problems of farming in an arid land. He obtained a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Utah State Agricultural College and a Master's degree in Civil Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. For more than thirty years he has followed a career in engineering and water development, serving as dean of the School of Engineering, US AC; as chief engineer for the Soil Conservation Service; as advisor to two secretaries of Agriculture; and as director of the Utah Water and Power Board and the state's commissioner of Interstate Streams prior to his election as governor in 1956.
