Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County,Utah,United States. Located 250 miles (400 km) south of Salt Lake City,it is 170 miles (270 km) north of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City. It is the home of the Utah Shakespeare Festival,the Utah Summer Games,the Simon Fest Theatre Co.,and other events. As of the 2020 census the city had a population of 35,235,up from 28,857 in the 2010 census.
Michael Okerlund Leavitt is an American Republican Party politician who served as the 14th governor of Utah from 1993 to 2003,and in the George W. Bush administration as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2003 to 2005 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2005 to 2009.
Robert Foster Bennett was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Bennett held chairmanships and senior positions on various key Senate committees,including the Banking,Housing and Urban Affairs Committee;Appropriations Committee;Rules and Administration Committee;Energy and Natural Resources Committee;and Joint Economic Committee.
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn is an American politician from Utah. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress of either chamber to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D. Prior to his time in Congress,he served as the mayor of Salt Lake City.
Jeffrey Roy Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University (BYU) and is the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve,Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet,seer,and revelator. Currently,he is the third most senior apostle in the church.
Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City,Utah,United States. Founded in 1897 as a normal school,Southern Utah University now has over 1,800 graduates each year with baccalaureate and other graduate degrees from its six colleges. SUU offers more than 140 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs. More than 14,000 students attend SUU.
Dixie is a nickname for the populated,lower-elevation area of south-central Washington County,the southwest corner of the State of Utah. The area lies in the northeastern Mojave Desert,south of Black Ridge and west of the Hurricane Cliffs. Its winter climate is significantly more mild than the rest of Utah.
Utah Tech University (UT),formerly Dixie State University (DSU),is a polytechnic 4-year public university in St. George,Utah. The university offers doctoral degrees,master's degrees,bachelor's degrees,associate degrees,and certifications. As of fall 2022,there are 12,556 students enrolled at UT.
William Rolfe Kerr is an emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served previously as the fifteenth Commissioner of Church Education and as president of the Logan Utah Temple.
Howard A. Stephenson is a Utah politician who represented the State's 11th senate district in Salt Lake County including Draper from 1992 through 2018.
Stephen Douglas Nadauld is an American academic,the former president of Dixie State University and Weber State University (WSU). Nadauld was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1991 to 1996.
R. Jan Pinney,CLU,ChFC,CPCU is an American businessman,author,speaker,and consultant. He received national attention for various issues discussed during his tenure on the Roseville Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees. He has also testified before Assembly and Senate committees on insurance and finance. Jan is a prominent and active figure within the insurance industry where he advocates at the State and National levels for common-sense laws,transparency in regulatory oversight,and a consumer-first focus on insurance company product designs,sales distribution,and consumer protection. Most recently,he has led a coalition of NAILBA,LIDMA,and NAIFA leaders in fighting for an insurance agent exemption to the TCPA Laws that currently prevents a licensed agent from contacting a consumer regarding an existing insurance policy via telephone without written permission. Under the current rules,agents may only have telephone contact with their clients without written permission for a period of 18-months from the inception of a new insurance policy or are subject to fines.
Leavitt Group is an American insurance company that consists of a number of affiliated independent insurance agencies,with over 200 locations across the United States.
Alton LaVar Wade is a retired American educational administrator.
Daniel R. Liljenquist is an American businessman and politician who served one term in the Utah State Senate.
The Jacob Hamblin House is a historic residence and museum located in Santa Clara,Utah. Jacob Hamblin was a Mormon pioneer and missionary who founded Santa Clara in 1854. The home was constructed for Hamblin by missionaries in 1863,following a flood that had destroyed the town,including Hamblin's original dwelling.
Murrel Dean Kirby is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate,where he represents District 30. He has served in the Mississippi senate since 1992. He has served as President pro tempore of the State Senate since 2020.
Walt Brooks is an American politician who has served in the Utah House of Representatives from the 75th district since 2016. He was appointed in September 2016 to replace Representative Don Ipson,who himself was appointed to the senate to replace Senator Steve Urquhart.
Orval Hafen was a Utah State Senator and president of the Utah Bar Association. He was a key figure in the long process that by the start of the 21st-century had made St. George a key center of retirement and growing community.
Dixie &Anne Leavitt Family Foundation,situated in Cedar City,Utah,is a private foundation dedicated to funding education,health,welfare,and their related initiatives. It was founded by the entrepreneur and state legislator Dixie L. Leavitt and his wife Anne in 2001 in Southern Utah.
