Oscar
Gladish, 1879-1980
Little can be said here to add what has already been said
about Oscar Gladish.
His death Saturday ended a distinguished professional and
civic career centered around the devoted to Pullman.
Until his final illness, his interest in this community and
us did not diminish for Oscar, in retirement as in his active career life, was
not one to stay on the sidelines for every long and we have all benefitted from
it.
His outlook was always ahead and it was reflected in his
devotion to his profession, his family and his community.
Small communities like Pullman need people like Oscar
Gladish and we were fortunate indeed that he came along when he did and made
Pullman his home.
But perhaps his biggest legacy to Pullman will not be the
many impacts he had in his professional and civic undertakings. That legacy is
that his own effective way, Oscar Gladish made Pullman a community that can
rise to its many challenges and produce the leadership to do so.
He did this by accepting Pullman for what it is – people and
commitment himself to them.
Oscar Gladish is dead at 82, but his efforts remain with us
in many, many ways and will for many, many years to come.
