Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1944 Lucky Bag:

Maurice Irving Glad

Among the Regiment’s best scholars, M. I. was as good-natured, and as helpful a fellow as ever wore stars. Industrious and conscientious, he was often found coaching some grateful classmate. Never glued to books, Maurice engaged in an awesome number of activities. He acted, sang a hearty bass in the glee club and choir, and strung his tall bathrobe with awards of track, cross country, fencing, and crew. M. I.’s very Glad-ness, his close affinity to the Nebraska sod, and his inability to cope with an anchor chain brought this genial “farmer” a lot of ribbing. He’s going places in the Fleet. We’ll be right behind him—if we can keep up!

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The Class of 1944 was graduated in June 1943 due to World War II. The entirety of 2nd class (junior) year was removed from the curriculum.

Loss

From The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky, on May 19, 1950:

Lt. Maurice I. Glad, U.S.N., Jacksonville, was killed yesterday when the attack-dive-bomber he was flying crashed in Stevens Lake south of Camp Blanding [Florida], the Navy announced today. Cause of the mishap was undetermined. The body has not yet been recovered.

Surviving Lt. Glad, a member of Attack Squadron 15, are his widow, Irene, of Jacksonville, two young sons and his parents.

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

Maurice graduated from Omaha Technical High School where he was on the track team and ran the mile. He attended Boys State in 1938 and won second place in the nonpartisan race for chief justice of the supreme court.

During his one year at the University of Nebraska, he was awarded the Pi Mu Epsilon Prize in Mathematics. He was nominated to the Naval Academy by Senator Norris (ind., Neb).

Maurice married Marion Irene Birbeck in the fall 1945. In 1940, his father was Lewis O., office manager of a grain company, mother Esther, sisters Evelyn and Betty, and brothers Edward and Robert.