Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray,the city had a population of 50,637 as of the 2020 United States Census. Murray shares borders with Taylorsville,Holladay,South Salt Lake,Millcreek and West Jordan,Utah. Once teeming with heavy industry,Murray's industry mix has now shifted significantly toward healthcare,retail,and professional,scientific,and technical services. Known for its central location in Salt Lake County,Murray has been called the Hub of Salt Lake County. Unlike most of its neighboring communities,Murray operates its own police,fire,power,water,library,and parks and recreation departments and has its own school district. While maintaining many of its own services,Murray has one of the lowest city tax rates in the state.
South Jordan is a city in south central Salt Lake County,Utah,United States,18 miles (29 km) south of Salt Lake City. Part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area,the city lies in the Salt Lake Valley along the banks of the Jordan River between the 10,000-foot (3,000 m) Oquirrh Mountains and the 11,000-foot (3,400 m) Wasatch Mountains. The city has 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of the Jordan River Parkway that contains fishing ponds,trails,parks,and natural habitats. The Salt Lake County fair grounds and equestrian park,67-acre (27 ha) Oquirrh Lake,and 37 public parks are located inside the city. As of 2020,there were 77,487 people in South Jordan.
South Salt Lake is a city in Salt Lake County,Utah,United States and is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 26,777 at the 2020 census.
Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader,author,and the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As president,he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet,seer,and revelator. Monson's early career was as a manager at the Deseret News,a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. He spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and public service.
Larry J. Echo Hawk is an American attorney,legal scholar,and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,Echo Hawk served under U.S. President Barack Obama as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs from 2009 to 2012. He previously served as the Attorney General of Idaho from 1991 to 1995,the first Native American elected to the position,and spent two terms in the Idaho House of Representatives. In 2012,he was called as a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As of 2022,Echo Hawk is the last Democrat to have served as Attorney General of Idaho.
Ted Lewis Wilson was an American politician who served as the 30th mayor of Salt Lake City from 1976 until July 1985. He won three elections. Wilson resigned during his third term to become the director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah where he held an adjunct assistant professorship of Political Science.
Robert Heiner Garff was an American businessman and politician who served as chair of the Ken Garff Automotive Group. He also served as the speaker of the Utah House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987. He was a member of the Republican Party.
William Orton was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah from 1991 to 1997.
This Divided State is a documentary film by first-time filmmaker Steven Greenstreet. It details the conflict that erupted at Utah Valley State College,now called Utah Valley University,when controversial liberal figure and documentarian,Michael Moore,was scheduled to come speak on campus shortly before the 2004 presidential election. The documentary explores rising political partisanship in the United States as Greenstreet examines the uproar from the students and community members and the subsequent debate surrounding the First Amendment.
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.
Marlin Keith Jensen is an American attorney who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1989. He served as the official Church Historian and Recorder of the church from 2005 to 2012. He was the 19th man to hold that calling since it was established in 1830. Jensen was made an emeritus general authority in the October 2012 general conference.
Ronald Kent Esplin is the managing editor of The Joseph Smith Papers project and the former director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Jason E. Chaffetz is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 3rd congressional district from 2009 until his resignation in 2017. He chaired the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2015 until 2017.
Kathleen Burton Clarke is an American politician,who served as the national director of the United States Bureau of Land Management from 2001 to 2006. Clarke was the first woman to serve in this role.
Paul Robert Cheesman was an American academic and a professor of religion at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Oscar Walter McConkie Jr. was an American politician and attorney in Utah and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the president of the Utah State Senate from 1965 to 1966,subsequently becoming the chairman of the law firm of Kirton McConkie. McConkie authored several popular books on Latter-day Saint subjects.
David Keith Nelson was an American LGBT and gun rights activist. He founded or helped found several LGBT-related nonprofit organizations in Utah and helped direct others. His work with the Democratic Party encouraged many LGBT Utahns to serve as party leaders. His work as a legislative and executive lobbyist accomplished the adoption of several LGBT- and weapon-friendly state and local laws,rules,ordinances and policies,and the rejection of other legislation.
Phillip Kay Lyman is an American politician from Utah. A resident of Blanding,he currently represents the 69th district in the Utah House of Representatives as a Republican.
L. Jackson Newell is an American historian and philosopher of higher education,specializing in the study and leadership of progressive colleges such as Antioch College,Berea College,and Deep Springs College. He has served as professor of educational leadership and dean of Liberal Education at the University of Utah,and as president of Deep Springs College.
