Brigham Young University is a private research university in Provo,Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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.
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government,is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy,public administration,and international development,four doctoral degrees,and many executive education programs. It conducts research in subjects relating to politics,government,international affairs,and economics. As of 2021,HKS had an endowment of $1.7 billion. It is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA),a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs.
Henry Dunster was an Anglo-American Puritan clergyman and the first president of Harvard College. Brackney says Dunster was "an important precursor" of the Baptist denomination in America,especially regarding infant baptism,soul freedom,religious liberty,congregational governance,and a radical biblicism.
Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator,author,and religious leader. Eyring has been the Second Counselor to Russell M. Nelson in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since January 14,2018. Previously,Eyring was the First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death on January 2,2018. Eyring was the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6,2007,until Hinckley's death on January 27,2008.
Jeffrey Roy Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University (BYU) and is a member 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 fourth most senior apostle in the church.
Dunster House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. Built in 1930,it is one of the first two dormitories at Harvard University constructed under President Abbott Lawrence Lowell's House Plan and one of the seven Houses given to Harvard by Edward Harkness. In the early days,room rents varied based on the floor and the size of the room. Dunster was unique among Harvard dormitories for its sixth-story walk-up;these rooms were originally rented by poorer students,such as Norman Mailer.
Aaron Louis Friedberg is an American political scientist. He served from 2003 to 2005 in the office of the Vice President of the United States as deputy assistant for national-security affairs and director of policy planning.
Kim Bryce Clark is an American scholar,educator,and religious leader who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2015,and was the church's seventeenth Commissioner of Church Education from 2015 to 2019. He served previously as the 15th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho from 2005 to 2015,and as the dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) from 1995 to 2005,where he was also the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration.
Merrill Joseph Bateman has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1992,originally as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. He is currently an emeritus general authority. From 2003 to 2007,Bateman was a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy. He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from January 1,1996,until May 1,2003,and was the church's twelfth presiding bishop in 1994 and 1995. In 2003 and 2004,Bateman was the general president of the church's Sunday School organization. From 2007 to 2010,Bateman was president of the Provo Utah Temple.
Abraham Lincoln Gordon was the 9th President of the Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971) and a United States Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966). Gordon had a career both in government and in academia,becoming a Professor of International Economic Relations at Harvard University in the 1950s,before turning his attention to foreign affairs. Gordon had a career in business after his resignation as president of Johns Hopkins University,but remained active at institutions such as the Brookings Institution until his death.
John Woodland "Jack" Welch is a scholar of law and religion. Welch is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently teaches at the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS) at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo,Utah,where he is the Robert K. Thomas University Professor of Law. He is notable for his contributions to LDS (Mormon) scholarship,including his discovery of the ancient literary form chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.
The 2008 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
Jason Furman is an American economist and professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. On June 10,2013,Furman was named by President Barack Obama as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Furman has also served as the deputy director of the U.S. National Economic Council,which followed his role as an advisor for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.
Martin B. Hickman was the first dean of Brigham Young University's (BYU) College of Family,Home and Social Sciences.
Brigham Young High School was a private high school in Provo,Utah,United States,first known as Brigham Young Academy (BYA). The school later became attached to Brigham Young University (BYU) with its official name being Brigham Young University High School,and commonly called B Y High. It operated under the Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Arturo C. Porzecanski is a Uruguayan-born economist who has spent his entire adult life in the United States.
Sidney Lewis Jones is an American economist and former official in the United States federal government. Educated at Utah State University and Stanford University,he initially taught in universities until he was recruited to join the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers. From there he held a number of positions in and out of government,including senior roles in the Departments of Commerce and the Treasury. A Republican,he has held strong views during his career about controlling inflation and federal government spending but was nonetheless well regarded as an economist across the political spectrum.
Robert Roger Porter is an American lawyer and former political aide who served as White House Staff Secretary for President Donald Trump from January 20,2017,until February 7,2018. He was previously Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.
Brigitte C. Madrian is a behavioral economist and is the ninth dean of the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University (BYU). She is the first woman to serve as dean and has a joint appointment in the Department of Finance and the George W. Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics.
