With Sallie Glassie Eccles at his side, Marriner Eccles accepts one of many honors and awards. Courtesy of Spencer F. Eccles Marriner Eccles' private life also underwent change. His 35-year marriage to May Eccles ended in divorce in 1948. "The hope of a happy life together was fulfilled in the early years of our union," Marriner wrote. "But then the demands of business and later of public affairs cast their shadows between us. I was doubly guilty of neglect, as a husband to her and as a father to our three children. And I find no comfort in noting how often the same sort of thing happened to others in my position, to the sadness of all parties." After Roosevelt's sudden death in April 1945, Eccles continued to lead the Federal Reserve System as Vice President Harry Truman completed Roosevelt's fourth term. Truman won his own term as President in 1948; he then replaced Eccles as governor but asked him to remain on the Board. In November 1950, Eccles was preparing to brave a downpour as he left a cocktail party in the suburbs when he heard a woman ask if anyone was headed toward the Shoreham Hotel, where she could easily find a taxi. Eccles volunteered that he lived in the Shoreham. En route to her home (rather than letting her off at the Shoreham), Marriner learned that Sara (Sallie) Madison Glassie was the mother of two grown children and in the process of divorce. "Well, I'm ahead of you by two years," Eccles replied. In 1951, Eccles retired from the Federal Reserve and became "a public citizen." He and Sallie traveled to Ogden, where she met Marriner's mother and other family members. When he mentioned nothing about a future together, Sallie inquired as to his intentions. "When will your divorce be final?" he asked. "Momentarily." "For tax purposes," Marriner mused, "there will be a savings if we get married before the year is out." Favorable reviews of Beckoning Frontiers, Marriner's autobiography, added excitement as they married in New York City on December 29,1951 - clearing the tax deadline with hours to spare.