GLEN LARUM was born in 1948 at Malta, Montana, and was graduated from Charlo High School in 1966. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Montana College and went on to become an award-winning newspaper editor in Montana, Colorado and Texas before becoming a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Odessa District until his retirement in 2010, when he was commended for his contributions to state and community in an official Resolution (H.R. 128) of the Texas House of Representatives.