I note with sadness the passing of Allyson Gamble, the executive director of the Utah Capitol Preservation Board. I joined the team working on the restoration shortly after the closing in 2004. I knew Allyson as the assistant to David Hart, architect of the Capitol, and as the director of communications for the board. She was a true propelling force on every project. She was also a trusted adviser to architect Hart.
But I also witnessed true and unmitigated suffering as she worked each day while she waited for her first heart transplant. After the building reopened I moved on, but I heard of yet another transplant and yearned after her. She will truly be missed in the chambers and halls of that great building and by her family.
Judith McConkie, Salt Lake City