Dale Ash, Republican for Utah House District 42

Born and raised in the US Army, I’m very proud to be an American and a Sandy, UT resident for over 35 years. My father is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Our family followed my father to Panama, Virginia, Michigan, California (the year Dad was on the DMZ in Korea), New Jersey, Kansas, Japan, Taiwan, and Tucson, Arizona where Dad retired. I worked in fast food through high school. Became a closing manager my senior year and served as Honor Society and Student Body President at Rincon High.

After graduation, I left home at 17 and was on my own thereafter. Attended U of A one semester, converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was self-employed as a sub-distributor for Zee Medical Service, held insurance and securities licenses selling for ITT Life, moved to Roosevelt, UT to work on oil drilling rigs, worked on an offshore drilling ship for Global Marine 90 miles off San Diego, served a 2 year mission to Hong Kong, and then attended BYU for 3 years.

I Graduated Magna Cum Laude in Business Management with a finance concentration in 1981 and married Charlotte Glade, from Murray, UT. Sold real estate securities for Security National Investment in Utah before joining Merck & Co. Inc, and moving to Duluth, MN in 1982 as a pharmaceutical representative. I was promoted to Hospital Representative at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, in 1985 then to the home office in West Point, PA in 1987 as a Business Analyst. After a promotion to Business Manager in 1988, we moved to Sandy, UT where we have lived in the same home for over 35 years. We raised 5 children in Utah and now have 18 grandchildren. After retiring from Merck, I worked for Security National Mortgage and Bank of America as a mortgage loan officer. Retired again in Dec 2019 and served a 21-month senior mission with Charlotte as Communication Specialists for the Asia Area office in Hong Kong.