It’s the perfect name for Salt Lake City’s newly modernized air transportation hub. First, Jake is a local product. He was born in Richfield, but he grew up in Salt Lake City, where he attended the city’s public schools. He graduated from East High School and the University of Utah.
Second, Jake has a lifelong connection to aviation. He developed a love of airplanes and flight through his father, who was a true aviation pioneer. The senior Garn received the first pilot’s license issued by the state of Utah, and he later became Utah’s first commissioner of aviation.