Julian Wood Glass Jr. (February 7, 1910 – February 27, 1992) was a businessman, art collector, and philanthropist who created the Glen Burnie Gardens with R. Lee Taylor. He also ensured the preservation of Glen Burnie Historic House. Glass Jr. was chairman and director of Panhandle Producing Co. of

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; director of Pinto Well Servicing, Paladin Pipe Line Co., and Reliance Development Co., and president and director of North Star Petroleum Co. Glass received his undergraduate degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and attended graduate school at the

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. He was also a member of

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fraternity. Glass Jr. was active in New York's social scene and was a member of the

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Club, the Metropolitan Opera Golden Horseshoe, the River Club and the Metropolitan Club. He also remained active in Oklahoma, supporting the

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, and

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. In his hometown of Nowata, he supported the hospital, library, Chamber of Commerce, 4-H, and was a lifelong member of Nowata's First Presbyterian Church. In 1947, Glass Jr. met R. Lee Taylor in New York City shortly after the latter's discharge from the army, and the two became close friends, and eventually committed partners. Glass Jr. hired Taylor to assist with refurbishment and preservation of Glen Burnie. In 1952, Glass Jr. inherited his father's shares in Glen Burnie and Rose Hill in

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, and over the next three years purchased or inherited the remaining shares of both estates, which would require serious financial investment. Together Glass Jr. and Taylor created six acres of gardens around the house. While the two men's relationship ended in the 1970s, Glass Jr. continued to entertain at the Glen Burnie and Taylor managed the site, living on premises. Glass Jr. established the Glass-Glen Burnie Foundation to assure the preservation of Glen Burnie Historic House and Gardens, Rose Hill, and his collection of English and American paintings and decorative arts. Much of his art collection is on display at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.

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Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection
at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. * (original obituary "Tulsa Opera supporter Glass dies", ''Tulsa World'', 2/27/1992, 16C). {{DEFAULTSORT:Glass, Julian Wood, Jr. 1910 births 1992 deaths Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni Businesspeople from Little Rock, Arkansas People from Winchester, Virginia Westminster College (Missouri) alumni 20th-century American businesspeople