Utah asshole dies
Matthew Kruk
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Utah corporate icon B.Z. Kastler, 89, dies
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lost "the last of a dying breed of captains of industry" Sunday when
B.Z. "Bud" Kastler, former chairman, president and CEO of Questar Corp.,
died in St. George. He was 89.
He was "a Utah icon and a kind of straight-forward, hard-charging,
no-holds-barred, dynamic business leader," said Curt Burnett, who
Kastler hired as manager of corporate communications when the energy
company was known as Mountain Fuel Supply Corp.
"Bud inspired intense loyalty among those who worked for him," he said.
"He'd lead a charge up a hill, and we'd all follow after him.
"I remember a sign on his desk: 'I may not always be right, but I'm
never in doubt,'" said Burnett, who retired as vice president of public
affairs.
Burnett's predecessor at the company, Dale Zabriskie, said Kastler
should be remembered for "his commitment to the community. He was
certainly interested in running his corporation and making it
profitable, but he had a deep sense of community responsibility and
acted on that.
"Working for him, you never had to wonder what he meant by what he just
said. He could be bombastic and painfully direct," Zabriskie said. "But
I found him to be a very enjoyable boss to work for. If you did your job
and did it well, he recognized that."
In community work, Kastler was a trustee for Westminster College; a
member of the LDS Hospital-Deseret Foundation, where he was chairman of
a major fund drive; president
and campaign chairman of the Greater Salt Lake Area United Fund, now
United Way; and a director or trustee of organizations such as Utahns
Against Pornography, the Utah Symphony and the Pine Canyon Ranch for
Boys, among others.
In 1985, when he retired as Mountain Fuel Supply chairman of the board,
he remained as a director of three Questar-related companies and
continued to serve as a board member of Albertsons Supermarkets,
Bonneville International, First Security Corp. and Intermountain
Healthcare, when it was known as IHC.
Retired Kennecott Corp. president and CEO Frank Joklik was a close
friend of Kastler's when the pair served together for two decades on
First Security's board.
"He was a man of great judgment. Invariably, you had the feeling you
could trust him," said Joklik. "He was a very courteous man. I was
pretty fond of him; we always had a good personal chat."
And Bruce Reese, now president and CEO of Bonneville International
Corp., which operates radio stations in various national markets, was
board secretary when Kastler served.
"He had a great sense of business and what was important and what was
not important," Reese said. "He knew everyone in Salt Lake City; he was
extraordinarily respected. There was nobody that I ever met who was
quite like Bud."
In addition to all his corporate and civic responsibilities, Kastler
served as president of the Salt Lake Chamber in 1977, a position now
equal to the chair of the chamber's board of governors. He was awarded
the chamber's highest honor, being named Giant in Our City, in 1987.
"Many people pressured Bud to run for governor or the U.S. Senate in
1976, but he thought he could do more in the private sector -- and he
was right," said Fred Ball in a chamber-issued statement. Ball directed
the chamber from 1971 to 1996.
Kastler, who was born in 1920 in Billings, Mont., and named Bernard
Zane, is survived by Donna Endicott Kastler, his wife of 61 years;
daughter Kerry Kastler Hepworth; son-in-law Wayne Hepworth; a sister
Lorraine Myatt; sister-in-law Fae Reigle; and four grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Kastler Smith, in 2007.
Services scheduled
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. George at the Metcalf
Mortuary Chapel, 288 W. St. George Blvd. A viewing is scheduled that
morning between 9:30-10:30. Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Saturday
at the Tonaquint Cemetery, St. George.
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Kris Baker
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> Zecco Forex Trading
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> Utah corporate icon B.Z. Kastler, 89, dies
> Tuesday, November 24, 2009; Posted: 05:16 AM7 Stocks You Need To Know For
> Tomorrow -- Free Newsletter
> Nov 24, 2009 (The Salt Lake Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information
> Services via COMTEX) -- STR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Utah
> lost "the last of a dying breed of captains of industry" Sunday when B.Z.
> "Bud" Kastler, former chairman, president and CEO of Questar Corp., died
> in St. George. He was 89.
Subject is accurate.
Kris
KingDaevid
> director or trustee of organizations such as Utahns Against Pornography
>
> continued to serve as a board member of Albertsons Supermarkets,
> Bonneville International
...damn right the subject line is accurate...
kdm
alfansome
and let me guess a big GOP donor.....
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Matthew Kruk
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Grrr. This one irritated me. Couldn't think of some smartass subject
line.
Kris Baker
I think you handled it perfectly. He's a "god" around here, to a
certain money-worshiping cult (ie, it doesn't matter how you treat
people, if you lie, if you steal, if you cheat, if you Ponzi, if you
break down businesses to buy them cheaply, if you sit on various
boards to get brownie points.....as long as you get wealthy, the
cult adores you.)
Kris
Brian Watson
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Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."
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Matthew Kruk
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> After reading the header I thought roy may have had a brother.
LOL!
Kris Baker
"Brian Watson" <Br...@imagebus.co.uk> wrote in message
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Oh, I think the rest of him followed the asshole.
Kris