Calvin L. Rampton

Infobox Governor
name= Calvin Lewellyn Rampton


caption=
order= 11^th
office= Governor of Utah
term_start= January 4 1965
term_end= January 3 1977
lieutenant=
predecessor= George Dewey Clyde
successor= Scott M. Matheson
birth_date=birth date|1913|11|6
birth_place= Bountiful, Utah
death_date=death date and age|2007|09|16|1913|11|6
death_place= Holladay, Utah
spouse= Lucybeth Cardon
profession= Attorney
party= Democratic
footnotes=

Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (November 6 1913ndash September 16 2007) was the Democratic governor of the state of Utah from 1965 to 1977.

Following his graduation from Davis High School in 1931, he took over his family's automobile business, due to his father's death that same year. He sold the business in 1933 and entered the University of Utah, graduating in 1936. Rampton married Lucybeth Cardon (1914 - 2004) on March 10 1940; they had four children.

The Calvin L. Rampton Complex, which houses the Utah Department of Transport and the Utah Department of Public Safety, was named in his honour. He was the first Utah governor to serve three terms, and was one of the most popular governors of the state.

In 2007, Calvin Rampton died of cancer, aged 93, in Holladay, Utah. Shortly after his passing, the Salt Palace Convention Center was also named in his honor.

References

* [http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/calvinlrampton.html Utah History to Go]
* [http://historyresearch.utah.gov/guides/CRampton.htm Utah History Research Center]
* [http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1555989 An Interview with Former Gov. Rampton]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20717465 Calvin Rampton-Find A Grave Memorial]
* [http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6917796 Cal Rampton: Former three-term governor dies at 93]