Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo,Utah,United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Rex Edwin Lee was an American lawyer and academic who served as the 37th solicitor general of the United States from 1981 to 1985. He was responsible for bringing the solicitor general's office to the center of U.S. legal policymaking. During his tenure,Lee argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dallin Harris Oaks is an American religious leader and former jurist and academic who since 2018 has been the first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was called as a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1984. Currently,he is the second most senior apostle by years of service and is the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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.
Charles William Penrose was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1904 to 1911. Penrose was also a member of the First Presidency,serving as a counselor to church presidents Joseph F. Smith and Heber J. Grant from 1911 until his death.
The J. Reuben Clark Law School is the law school of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo,Utah. Founded in 1973,the school is named after J. Reuben Clark,a former U.S. Ambassador,Undersecretary of State,and general authority of the institution's sponsoring organization,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Joshua Reuben Clark Jr. was an American attorney,civil servant,and a prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Grantsville,Utah Territory,Clark was a prominent attorney in the Department of State,and Undersecretary of State for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. In 1930,Clark was appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico.
Abraham Owen Smoot was an American pioneer,businessman,religious leader,and politician. He spent his early life in the Southern United States and was one of seven children. After being baptized a member of the Church of Christ,predecessor to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Smoot served as a missionary in Kentucky,Tennessee,South Carolina,and England. He received no formal education,but learned to read as a child and later attended the School of the Prophets in Kirtland,Ohio. Like other early members of the LDS Church,Smoot practiced plural marriage,eventually marrying six women and having 24 children. After migrating west to Utah Territory,he was elected as the second mayor of Salt Lake City and maintained this position from 1857 to 1866. He was then assigned by Brigham Young to move to Provo,where he served as stake president and mayor from 1868 to 1881. He assisted financially in the construction of the Provo Tabernacle—today the Provo City Center Temple—as well as that of the Utah Southern Railroad. Smoot was the first president of the board of trustees of Brigham Young Academy (BYA)—which later developed into Brigham Young University (BYU). He was an early financial supporter of the institution and was nicknamed the "foster father" of the academy. His goal was to make education available to young Latter-day Saints. Today,the Smoot Administration Building at BYU is named after him.
Karl Gottfried Maeser was a prominent Utah educator and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served 16 years as principal of Brigham Young Academy. Although he was not the first principal of the Academy,he is considered its founder. The Academy later became Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1903.
Ernest Leroy Wilkinson was an American academic administrator,lawyer,and prominent figure in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1951 to 1971,simultaneously overseeing the entire LDS Church Educational System (CES). He is credited with the expansion of BYU. Under his presidency,the student body increased six times to over 25,000 students due to the university's physical growth and his aggressive recruiting policies;the number of colleges at the university increased from five to thirteen,and the number of faculty members increased four-fold. Wilkinson focused on recruiting more faculty and convincing current faculty to receive education outside the university. As a result,the number of teachers with doctorate degrees increased from 50 to 500. Associate and doctoral programs were created for BYU.
Franklin Stewart Harris was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from July 1921 until June 1945,and president of Utah State University from 1945 to 1950. His administration was the longest in BYU history and saw the granting of the first master's degrees. Under his administration the school became an accredited university. He set up several colleges,such as the College of Fine and Performing Arts with Gerrit De Jong as the founding dean. Harris was an agricultural scientist,holding a doctorate in agronomy from Cornell University. He had served as the agriculture department head and head of the experiment station at Utah State Agricultural College and left BYU to become president of that institution. Harris also traveled to Russia and to Iran and other parts of the Middle East in order to provide expert advice on agriculture issues. The Harris Fine Arts Center on BYU's Provo campus was named after him.
The Young Ambassadors are a song and dance performing group from Brigham Young University (BYU). Consisting of 20 performers,10 male and 10 female,they were founded by Janie Thompson in 1969. Since their first international performance at the 1970 World Fair in Osaka,Japan,they have performed in over 68 countries.
Merrill Joseph Bateman is an American religious leader who served as the 11th president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1996 to 2003. He is an emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as the LDS Church's 12th presiding bishop in 1994 and 1995. Bateman served as the Sunday School General President of the LDS Church from 2003 to 2004,a member of the Church's Presidency of the Seventy from 2003 to 2007,and the president of the Provo Utah Temple from 2007 to 2010.
Bruce Clark Hafen is an American attorney,academic and religious leader. He has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1996.
Joseph Taylor Bentley was the tenth general superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1958 to 1962.
Roger Blaine Porter is an American professor currently serving as the IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University. He was the master of Dunster House,one of the twelve undergraduate houses or colleges at Harvard. He is also a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington,D.C. He is on the board of directors of Zions Bancorporation,a large bank holding company headquartered in Salt Lake City,Utah.
Richard Olsen Cowan is a historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former professor in the Church History Department of Brigham Young University (BYU). He was one of the longest-serving BYU faculty and the longest-serving member of the Church History Department ever.
Paul Robert Cheesman was an American academic and a professor of religion at Brigham Young University (BYU).
BYU Magazine is the alumni magazine of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo,Utah,United States. It is published quarterly and is edited by Peter B. Gardner.
Janie Thompson was a performer. She was a professor at Brigham Young University and the founding director of the BYU Young Ambassadors and the Living Legends (BYU) performance groups. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a missionary in Wales.
