Betsy Burton, King's English Bookshop
Betsy Burton is co-founder of the King's English Bookshop. During her early career, Burton worked at Sam Weller's Bookstore and then at Evans Advertising, performing research and writing. In 1977, along with Ann Berman, Burton co-founded The King's English Bookstore, located at the corner of 15th and 15th in Salt Lake. After Berman's departure in 1981, Burton ran the store single-handedly until 1988, when Barbara Hoagland became the co-owner, and continued to do so until 2019. Burton has written three books and several published articles, editorials and reviews.
As a small business owner, Burton was active in local organizations, including co-founding Local First Utah and serving as a founding member of the Salt Lake Vest Pocket Business Coalition.
Jean M. Westwood, Democratic National Committee Chair
Jean Westwood was a native of Price, Utah, who dedicated several years to working in politics at the grassroots level. She was also a member of the Utah Women's Legislative Council from 1952 to 1956 and again from 1965 to 1968. In 1967, she began her service as a member of the Democratic National Committee, eventually becoming its committee chairman in 1972, making her the first woman ever to lead a major American political party.
Westwood’s rich political background includes working as a staff member for Utah Congressman David S. King of Utah and also serving Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Utah. She became the Utah Chairman of the 1960 Herbert Humphrey presidential primary campaign, as he contended for the Democratic nomination against then-senator John F. Kennedy. Westwood spent most of her adult life campaigning for liberal Democratic candidates at various political levels, including the school board, state legislature, Congress and the presidency. She also worked within the Democratic Parties of Utah and Arizona. Westwood also became involved with university youth groups and has supervised the educational program at the Utah chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary Girl's State leadership program.
Margo Walters McDonald, Olympic Skier
First donning skis in 1951 was a fateful event for Margo Walters McDonald, ultimately leading to a first-place finish in the Junior Nationals, a second-place finish in the Senior Nationals, three Snow Cup victories (1960, 1961 and 1963) and a 21st place finish in the downhill in the 1964 Olympic Winter Games where she joined the U.S. Olympic Team in Innsbruck, Austria.
McDonald served as executive director of the Intermountain Ski Association from 1967 to 1970 and was later inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2007.
Alberta Henry, Salt Lake NAACP President, Community Leader
An impactful educator, community activist and longtime president of the Salt Lake NAACP, Alberta Henry gained a reputation as one of Utah's most noteworthy community activists, leading the way for equal opportunity in the K-12 system of education and on many other fronts.
From 1980 to 1992, Henry served as president of the Salt Lake City NAACP. Additionally, she was actively involved in various community and government organizations, including the Altrusa Club, the Governor's Black Advisory Council and the Utah Commission on Civil Rights. In one of Henry's oral histories, she discusses the isolation of being a black person in 1950s Salt Lake and then explains how some of those experiences led her to establish the Black Honor Society for high school students (later changed the name to the Rainbow Honor Society), which provided resources and enrichment opportunities to all students of color.