David Howard Blackham ~~ Mayor of the Month ~~~June 2020

David Howard Blackham 

David Blackham is the son of the late John Howard and Bertha Jensen Blackham. He was born in Mt. Pleasant and raised in Moroni. He graduated from North Sanpete High School, Snow College and the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Summa Cum Laude.


David married Dianne Andrus Blackham, Spanish Fork. They have raised their six children in Mt. Pleasant and all of them have attended the public schools here.  He owns and operates Skyline Pharmacy on the corner of State and Main Street in Mt. Pleasant. Blackham has served as a Community Pharmacist in Mt. Pleasant for 29 years and served as president of the Utah Pharmacy Association.

Blackham served two terms on the Mt. Pleasant city council, serving six of eight years. He asked to be replaced as a city councilman, when he was called to be a student ward bishop. At that time, he also served on the Utah State Board of Pharmacy, as president and as a past president for two years.

David Blackham served as mayor of Mt. Pleasant from Jan. 6, 2014 to May 31, 2017,