Biographical History

Galen Updike (born 1948) is a telecommunications administrator and public speaker in Arizona.

Galen Updike was born on October 9, 1948. He lived in Murray, Utah as a young man, then went to Provo, Utah where he studied Asian Studies and History at Brigham Young University. He served as a Mormon mission to the Philippines between 1967 and 1969.

Updike entered the computer industry, initially in sales and later as an administrator with the Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council and the Rural Telecommunications Congress. He has also been active in the Arizona Republican Party, including service on the state Executive Committee and a term as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. Updike is also a public speaker within the broadband community.

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Ancestry.com, via WWW, May 8, 2013 (Galen Updike; b. 1948; b. Oct. 9, 1948; lived in Murray, Utah, then Provo)

UPB files, June 4, 2013 (Galen Updike; served mission to Philippines in 1960s; lives in Mesa, Ariz.)

LinkedIn, via WWW, June 4, 2013 (Galen Updike; served as Mormon missionary in Philippines (1967-1969); computer sales (1983-2003); member of Ariz. House of Representatives (2000-2001); active in the Arizona Republican Party, serving on the state Executive Committee; member of Arizona Telecommunication & Information Council (2001-present); member of board of directors for Rural Telecom Congress (2008-present); public speaker within the broadband community)

Broadband Communities Summit website, via WWW, June 4, 2013 (Galen Updike; president, Rural Telecommunications Congress; received bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and History from Brigham Young University, 1974; married, five children)

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