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Year of Water: George Dewey Clyde

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George Dewey Clyde

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Utah Governor George Dewey Clyde at the construction of Flaming Gorge, 1960s (P0374, Box 3, Folder 6, Item 8)

Not only did Israelsen conduct extensive research, he also trained and mentored countless students. George Dewey Clyde graduated from USU in 1921, and after earning an advanced degree from Berkeley in 1923, he found immediate employment pioneering the Utah snow survey system through USU’s Experiment Station. In 1936, following Ray B. West’s untimely death, USU selected Clyde to replace him as dean of engineering.

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George Dewey Clyde looking a scale for measuring snowpack, 1930s (P0374, Box 2, Folder 16, Image 3)
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Instructions for Marking Snow Survey Courses on the Cache National Forest [click to enlarge; click again to browse all pages] (University Archives 18:17 Box 122 Folder 5)
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George Dewey Clyde and two men with an early prototype of the Utah Trackmaster, ca. 1950s (P0374, Box 3, Folder 5, Item 1)
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Colorado River rafting trip with a group of men and George Clyde. Photograph taken by James W. Brimhall, June 1954. (P0374, Box 4, Item 11)