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Show JAN i 4 1980 From 1928 to 1932 he was a member of the Republican National Committee and from his acquaintence with President Herbert Hoover received an appointment in 1931 to serve on a committee to deal with unemployment relief in the country. In 1957 Governor George D. Clyde appointed him to organize the newly created State Park and Recreation Commis sion. He served on the Commission until 1972, several years as chairman. He also was president of the Sugar House Park authority, the nonprofit organization formed to develop the 108 acre former site of the Utah State Prison. Mr. Fabian served a six year term starting in 1957 on the National Park Advisory Board for the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. After expiration of the term, he continued in a consultant role. In 1969 Mr. Fabian received the Conservation Service Award of the U.S. Department of Interior, and in 1972 he was singled out for the National Park Service's highest civilian honor. During the early 1960*s, Mr. Fabian became a vice-president and trustee of Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., which undertook the restoration of the historical Mormon community in Nauvoo, Illinois, Mr. Fabian served many directorships on corporate boards, including Mountain States Mortgage and Loan Co., Rocky Mount Packing Corp., and Contin ental Bank and Trust Co. He was a past president of the SLC Chamber of Commerce. Further, he organized the Citizens Defense Corps of SLC during W W II. He also served on the SLC Board of Education, And, he-, was a lifetime honorary member of the Utah State Historical" Society.. Mr. Fabian lived in the house until the late 1930's, when he sold it to Charles A. Boyton, Fr., who was then an employee of the Salt Lake Transportation Company. He lived in the house about twenty years, selling it in the mid-1960's, to Wallace J. Reid, a salesman for the Engineering Sales Co. |
