Palmer DePaulis

DePaulis was born in 1945 and served as a Salt Lake City Councilman before becoming the 31st mayor of Salt Lake City from 1985 to 1991.^[1] He was the first Roman Catholic mayor of Salt Lake City.^[2] He subsequently served as Chief of Staff to Utah Attorney General Jan Graham, as a Commissioner at the Utah State Tax Commission, and as Executive Director of the Department of Community and Culture.^[3] In June 2010, Governor Gary Herbert appointed him as Executive Director of the Department of Human Services.^[3]

While serving as the Executive Director of the Utah Department of Community and Culture, under then Governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a housing development to serve chronically homeless Utahns was named "Palmer Court" to recognize Depaulis's decades long involvement in homeless issues.^[4]

In 2014 DePaulis was presented with Career Humanitarian Award at Utah Philanthropy Day by Intermountain Catholic.^[5]

DePaulis is credited for his efforts to and building a team that was responsible for saving the historic Salt Lake City & County Building while mayor of Salt Lake City.^[6]

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