James Edward Hogle, 81, prominent Utah businessman and civic leader, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1993, at his home in Salt Lake City.
He was the managing partner at J.A. Hogle & Co., an investment brokerage founded by his father, James A. Hogle. The company merged with Goodbody & Co. in 1964. His father, who had donated land for the Hogle Zoo in 1926, died in 1955.James E. Hogle was the founder and chairman of the board of trustees of the Utah Zoological Association, which saved the zoo in 1951 after it had fallen into disrepair.
Mr. Hogle's business dealings included real estate, mining, transportation and petroleum exploration and production.
He became a regional governor for the New York Stock Exchange in 1950, served as president of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange from 1947 to 1953 and spent three terms as governor of the Association of Stock Exchange Firms. He was also a principal of Hogle-Kearns International, a company that extracted magnesium from the Great Salt Lake during the 1960s.
Mr. Hogle had also served as president of the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway Co., as a director and secretary-treasurer of Banner Mining Co. and as president of Consolidated Eureka Mining Co.
He had served on the Salt Palace Board, as president of the Downtown Planning Association, chairman of the Community Chest, governor of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the board of the Salt Lake Arts Center, a sponsor of the Utah Symphony and a patrol sponsor of the Utah Opera Guild. He also was a member of the New State Duck Club and was one of the first members of Ducks Unlimited in Utah.
Mr. Hogle was an honorary colonel in the Utah National Guard and a member of the board of trustees for Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, Westminster College and St. Mark's Hospital and was a member of the advisory council for the University of Utah School of Mines.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II into the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem of the British Empire in 1967.
A memorial will be held at St. Mark's Cathedral, 231 E. 100 South, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2 p.m.