John Glick, executive vice president of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce whose butterflies form what is believed the largest private owned collection in the world, died Friday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. He was 62
Glick, a former manager of J. W. Robinson's department store in Beverly Hills, traveled to every country in the world except the Soviet Union in a lifelong avocation which produced 57000 of the world's 60000 known species.
He was a member of one of a small community of lepidopterists throughout the world who followed the elusive butterflies to their remotest habitats, primarily in the tropical zones near the equator.
A native of Massachusetts, Glick started collecting at age 10 and was still involved at the time of his death. He recently returned from a trip to China, then one of only two countries he had never visited. Throughout his career he managed to take at least a month's vacation each year to pursue his hobby, which took him from the sun-baked plains of Africa to the jungles of New Guinea and 2,400 miles up the Amazon River.
Glick, who died of heart failure, was a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business and had been president and director of the Beverly Hills chamber before assuming his paid position with that organization in 1974. He had retired from Robinson's after 23 years, most of it as manager of the Beverly Hills outlet.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Ca, Mon Dec 24, 1979
Glick, a former manager of J. W. Robinson's department store in Beverly Hills, traveled to every country in the world except the Soviet Union in a lifelong avocation which produced 57000 of the world's 60000 known species.
He was a member of one of a small community of lepidopterists throughout the world who followed the elusive butterflies to their remotest habitats, primarily in the tropical zones near the equator.
A native of Massachusetts, Glick started collecting at age 10 and was still involved at the time of his death. He recently returned from a trip to China, then one of only two countries he had never visited. Throughout his career he managed to take at least a month's vacation each year to pursue his hobby, which took him from the sun-baked plains of Africa to the jungles of New Guinea and 2,400 miles up the Amazon River.
Glick, who died of heart failure, was a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business and had been president and director of the Beverly Hills chamber before assuming his paid position with that organization in 1974. He had retired from Robinson's after 23 years, most of it as manager of the Beverly Hills outlet.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Ca, Mon Dec 24, 1979
John Glick, executive vice president of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce whose butterflies form what is believed the largest private owned collection in the world, died Friday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. He was 62
Glick, a former manager of J. W. Robinson's department store in Beverly Hills, traveled to every country in the world except the Soviet Union in a lifelong avocation which produced 57000 of the world's 60000 known species.
He was a member of one of a small community of lepidopterists throughout the world who followed the elusive butterflies to their remotest habitats, primarily in the tropical zones near the equator.
A native of Massachusetts, Glick started collecting at age 10 and was still involved at the time of his death. He recently returned from a trip to China, then one of only two countries he had never visited. Throughout his career he managed to take at least a month's vacation each year to pursue his hobby, which took him from the sun-baked plains of Africa to the jungles of New Guinea and 2,400 miles up the Amazon River.
Glick, who died of heart failure, was a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business and had been president and director of the Beverly Hills chamber before assuming his paid position with that organization in 1974. He had retired from Robinson's after 23 years, most of it as manager of the Beverly Hills outlet.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Ca, Mon Dec 24, 1979
Glick, a former manager of J. W. Robinson's department store in Beverly Hills, traveled to every country in the world except the Soviet Union in a lifelong avocation which produced 57000 of the world's 60000 known species.
He was a member of one of a small community of lepidopterists throughout the world who followed the elusive butterflies to their remotest habitats, primarily in the tropical zones near the equator.
A native of Massachusetts, Glick started collecting at age 10 and was still involved at the time of his death. He recently returned from a trip to China, then one of only two countries he had never visited. Throughout his career he managed to take at least a month's vacation each year to pursue his hobby, which took him from the sun-baked plains of Africa to the jungles of New Guinea and 2,400 miles up the Amazon River.
Glick, who died of heart failure, was a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business and had been president and director of the Beverly Hills chamber before assuming his paid position with that organization in 1974. He had retired from Robinson's after 23 years, most of it as manager of the Beverly Hills outlet.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Ca, Mon Dec 24, 1979
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