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Show Buisness Profile When Richard A. Lambert took time out from his school work to do some specalty selling sell-ing he did'nt know that this was to change the course of his career. Mr. Lambert was studying study-ing law at the U of U. A friend's father who owned an auto parts business asked him to do a two weeks selling job. This temporary employment became a full time job, and he eventually became credit manager of all 14 Utah Auto Parts stores. When World War 2 broke out Dick Lambert held a high priority deferment He worked with the U. S. Army engineers and was in charge of parts for the 9th. corps., Hill Field, Bush-nell, Bush-nell, and Utah General Depot During this time he manufactured manufact-ured many technical parts for the office of Defense Transportation Trans-portation to keep equipment rolling. His parts were used in building all of the Utah bases. In 1943 Mr. Lambert bougfct the building at 1201 E. 21st S. He and his father-in-law, George T. Cox, started the Lambert-Cox Lambert-Cox Parts Co. They were together to-gether until 1954 when three key . employees bought the interest Mr. Cox held in the thriving Company, renaming it Lambert and Company. Milton E. Anderson And-erson handles counter sales, Elwin W. Jensen runs the office, and Daniel A. Wade operates the machine shop. Mr. Lambert Lam-bert is responsible for all outside out-side sales throughout the state and does a great deal of traveling trav-eling in this connection. A complete automotive machine mach-ine shop rebuilds engines for garages and service stations. Parts are supplied for all cars and trucks as well as warehouse ware-house moving and lifting equipment equip-ment Lambert and Company supplies parts and equipment to all of the government installations installa-tions in the state. Dick has two special extra-business extra-business activities to which he has given much of his time. He is a member of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. In 1948 and '49 he served as president of the Sugar House chapter. In 1950 he was trek master of the excursion ex-cursion honoring the Mormon Battalion in which all the participants part-icipants actually made covered cover-ed wagons over their cars and followed the exact route which the pioneers took across this country. He was also trek master when the group went to the dedication of the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge in 1952. He, along with Kate Car- ter, cut the ribbon on the bridge during the dedication ceremony. Mr. Lambert was active in securing se-curing the old prison site for a park with room for the Sons of the Utah Pioneers to build their intended museum. Mr. Lambert was vice president pres-ident of the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce in Sugar House during 1950, and has held several offices of-fices in the Lion's Club during the 12 years he has been a member. mem-ber. , Another primary interest of Dick Lambert's is the New Zealand Zea-land Missionary group. When he left New Zealand after serving serv-ing a mission there he gave no casual goodbye to this land and the Maori people. Ever since then he has been a member of of the Missionary Society on whose board he has served as president in 1955, '56 and '57. He was instrumental in raising a large sum of money to contribute con-tribute to the construction of the New Zealand Temple. As the dedication of the temple loomed Dick decided to go to it, and he wanted to make It easier for others to go. He organized or-ganized a tour and did all the arranging for transportation, lodging and entertainment for 143 persons who went on the tour at a greatly reduced cost |