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- OGDEN VISITED BY NEW DENTIST
Dr. Don C. Markham who received his degree in dental surgery from the University of Southern California on June 7 is visiting this week with his brother, Ira J. Markham, an instructor at Weber College, who lives at 1730 Jackson.
Dr. Markham is a graduate of Brigham Young University. He received the Atwater Gold Plaque Award for excellence in operative techniques and graduated as an honor student with an average of 19 per cent.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, July 3, 1941, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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TOP SCOUTER ANTELOPE AWARD MADE
Dr. Don C. Markham, Long Beach, California and a native of Utah County, was one of the six men who were awarded the Silver Antelope Award by Region 12 of the Boy Scouts of America at the recent regional meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Silver Antelope Regional Award is the second highest in the nation given to scouters, being surpassed only by the Silver Buffalo which is given on a national basis.
Dr. Markham, a Long Beach dentist, has long been active in scouting and was one of two Utahns who received the highest recognition that can be given a scouter by a scout region. The other Utahn is Edwin S. Baggs, Ogden, president of Wasatch Oil Company.
Dr. Markham is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Markham of Spanish Fork. He is a graduate of Spanish Fork High School, BYU and University of Southern California College of Dentistry, where he was graduated as Phi Beta Kappa.
He has been actived in scouting for many years. He has served as a scoutmaster, on council and regional levels and as chairman of the Regional Explorer Conference.
Dr. Markham is an active member of the LDS Church and is also the advisor to an explorer post in dentistry.
-The Herald (Provo, Utah), November 20, 1966, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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1913 - 2003 (89 years)