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Show S.L. Postmaster David Trevithick, Distinguished Park Native, Dies I - ' VV Mi J . - - -t4 u Utah Centennial Commission from 1946 to 1948. In 1949 he served as chief clerk in Utah's House of Representatives Rep-resentatives and that same year . was named executive director of the Utah State Board of Alcoholism, Alcohol-ism, a position he held untilhis appointment as actingpostmas-ter, actingpostmas-ter, Dec. 1, 1950. He was elected president of the National Association of Postmasters two consecutive years, in 1964 and 1965. ' Among his awards was the selection astheoutstandingfed-eral astheoutstandingfed-eral executive of 1962 for Utah, by the Federal Executive assn. He was designated the eighth recipient of the "Man of the Year in Education" in 1963 by the Alpha Upsilon Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, national professional profes-sional education fraternity. . As chairman of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce's education, committee, he headed head-ed a citizen's program which resulted in adoption of an 11-million-dollar school modernization modern-ization program. :' In the 1950's he served as chairman of the March of Dimes drive in Salt Lake City. He was a past president the Utah Society for Mental Hygiene Hy-giene and was an officer of the Utah Committee on Alcoholism. Alco-holism. -He had served as vice president pres-ident of the Family Service Society, member of the Community Com-munity Chest board of directors, direc-tors, executive committee member of Salt Lake County chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, pres-. pres-. ident of the Community Council and director of the public employe's em-ploye's division of the Red Feather Appeal, He was born in 1905 in Park City. He married the former Marion C. Covey of Ogden. Survivors include his widow; one son, three daughters, Richard Rich-ard W., Lynne, Mrs. Paul (Brent) Dremann, Mrs. Mike (Dale) Orfanakis, all Salt Lake City; 3 grandchildren; sis-' sis-' ter, brothers, Mrs. Parley A. (Grace) Peterson, Provo; William Wil-liam H., Park, both Salt Lake City. David B. Trevithick Funeral services for David R. Trevithick. 66, Salt Lake City postmaster since 1951, were held Friday at 10 a.m. at 260 E. South Temple. Mr. Trevithick died Dec. 30 of a heart ailment in a Salt Lake hospital. He resided at 1265 Yale Ave. Long known for his widespread wide-spread activity in civic organizations organ-izations and winner of numerous honors, Mr. Trevithick held office in local, state and national nation-al associations. He received his bachelor and master's degrees from the University Un-iversity of Utah and studied toward to-ward a doctorate at the University Univer-sity of Londonfroml937tol938. In 1949, he was graduated from the Yale School of Alcoholic Studies. He was an instructor briefly in 1933 at the University of Utah, and from 1933 to 1941 held a similar position at Weber State College in Ogden. A longtime Democrat Party worker, Mr. Trevithick began his career in public office when : appointed by Gov. Herbert B. Maw in 1941 as chairman of the Utah Public Welfare Commission. Commis-sion. He resigned in 1944 and then , ran unsuccessfully against Gov. Maw in 1948 for the Democratic . gubernatorial nomination. From 1944 to 1946 he was an employe of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Assn., his work directed initially as director of operations for Belgium Bel-gium and Luxenburg and finally as a member of the international internation-al commission on population displacement in the Far East. Mr. Trevithick returned to Utah to become assistant to the general director and director, direc-tor, of public relations for the |
