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 David
is a life-long resident of Clinton county living at 4091 Route 9 in
the Town of Plattsburgh. He was born June 20, 1940, the son of
Robert and Marjorie (Dailey) Glenn and received his early education
in the Plattsburgh School system, graduating from Plattsburgh High
School in 1958. His secondary education was at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute where he received a BS degree in Civil
Engineering in 1963.
David married
Mary Fitzpatrick in 1964 and they soon started a family consisting
of sons Martin born in 1965, and David in 1967 and a daughter
Maureen in 1968.
After working in the construction field all across the US, David
returned to Plattsburgh in 1967 where he continued his career in
construction until 1974 when he joined the Laberge Engineering firm.
He became their regional manager running their Plattsburgh office
for the next twenty-five years until 1999. He left the Laberge firm
to become the Plattsburgh Air Force Base Redevelopment Corporation (PARC)
Director of Engineering for a year and a half until he retired in
2000.
His wife Mary died in January of 1994 after a decades long heroic
battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Later, he met Lynne Narreau and they
were married in June of 1997. Lynne and her son Ryan Davies (b.1985)
live with David in the 1809 Gilliland Old Homestead which he
purchased in 1969 from the Keith family. They have extensively
remodeled the house to return it to it’s previous appearance and are
enjoying redecoration and refurnishing the interior.
Other activities and interests include Ryan’s college education at
Clarkson, eight grand children, skiing, hiking, mountain climbing,
racquetball, and travel.
History has been a passion of David’s since Frank Cooper taught him
American History in High School. In 1976 at the 200th anniversary of
the Battle of Valcour fought on Lake Champlain between a British
fleet and an American fleet led by Benedict Arnold, David narrated
the reenactment over local radio station WIRY. He is a past
president of the Kent Delord House Museum, was on the Clinton County
Historical Association board of directors and sits on the Vilas Home
board.
He continues to devote his retirement to historic research and is
currently working on the William Gilliland family who were the first
settlers of Essex County, having founded Willsboro in 1765. America's Historic Lakes
is very happy to welcome David Glenn as a guest contributor and
thanks him for his generous contribution. [JPM]
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