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• Orson F. Whitney
  ...]] – 16 May [[1931]]) born in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] Territory, was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http ...tney taught English and Theology at [[Brigham Young College]], in [[Logan, Utah]]. In 1899, Whitney accepted the position of [[Church Historian and Record
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• George Smith Dibble: Mormon Artist
  ...ght elementary school for two years. He then returned to the University of Utah to continue his education. In 1930, he returned to Utah where he taught in the Murray School District. In 1935 he returned to New Y
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• Lucile C. Reading
  ...children’s store, The Mother Goose Shop, for over 20 years in Bountiful, Utah. ...ship for Students of Children’s Literature, awarded to English majors at Utah State University who want to become writers and teachers of juvenile litera
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• Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)
  It wasn’t until August 29, 1852, in Utah Territory, that the Church began to practice polygamy openly and the revela ...d it, you would have had no use for . . . any of the men in this temple at Logan; for all ordinances would be stopped throughout the land of Zion. Confusion
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• Danquart Weggeland: Mormon Artist
  ...on Weggeland''' was an artist and art teacher and considered the Father of Utah Art. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chri ...traveled. He later used these sketches to create paintings. He arrived in Utah in October 1862 and for several years he earned his living by painting scen
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• Marriner S. Eccles
  Eccles was born on September 9, 1890, in Logan, Utah. He was the oldest of nine children born to [[David Eccles]] and his wife, ...d a member of the board until July 14, 1951, when he resigned and moved to Utah, where he was active in his banking company. He also wrote his memoir, Beck
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• Beverley Taylor Sorenson: Mormon Philanthropist
  ...''' was a philanthropist, particularly in promoting the arts in schools in Utah. ...r older sisters. She graduated from East High School and the University of Utah with a certificate to teach elementary education, then used her savings of
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• Marriner W. Merrill
  ...travels of the latter and of the Saints from Nauvoo and Winter Quarters to Utah. In the vision the sight of covered buggies and wagons was peculiar to me, ...t settlers there. He continued making shingles, working untiringly in the Utah canyons to get timber. He gained a reputation for his hard work and honest
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• Salt Lake Temple
  ...finished after the Mormon pioneers' arrival in what is now the State of [[Utah]]. Its construction took 40 years, and it stands as a striking emblem of th ...point Church leaders learned that a U.S. Army contingent was being sent to Utah. Latter-day Saints distrusted the government that had allowed them to be pe
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• ElRay L. Christiansen
  ...nd did graduate work at [[Brigham Young University]] and the University of Utah. He was a teacher and school administrator. ...f the [[Salt Lake Temple]] from 1954 to 1961 and president of the [[Logan Utah Temple]] from 1943 to 1951. He was appointed coordinator of temples through
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• Josh Wright:Mormon Musician
  ...uctor. He is an adjunct assistant professor of piano at the University of Utah School of Music. He is a listed Steinway Artist. He made his Carnegie Hall ...a, the Salt Lake Symphony, the SummerArts Orchestra, and the University of Utah Student Chamber Orchestra. He was the piano double for the television show
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• Matt Clark:Mormon Sculptor
  Clark, born in 1961, grew up on a farm north of St. George, Utah. At age 15, he started working with metal, taught himself to weld, and boug ...al sculptor since the mid 1990s. His work is displayed throughout Southern Utah (Juniper Sky Fine Art Gallery, 2Design, Sage Outdoor Décor, Worthington Ga
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• Eddie Kimball
  ...He attended high school in Sandy, Utah, after his family moved to Draper, Utah, in 1918. He then attended [[Brigham Young University]] where he obtained a He taught school and coached sports in Fillmore, Utah (1926–27), in Moab (1927–30), and at Jordan High School (1930–35). He
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• George Ottinger: Mormon Artist
  ...n with his mother from Florence, Nebraska, to [[Salt Lake City]], Utah. In Utah, he met photographer [[Charles Roscoe Savage]] and became his business part He is important in the art world of Utah because he taught hundreds of students, including [[John Hafen]] and [[Loru
  2 KB (375 words) - 18:44, 29 August 2021
• Phillip Barkdull: Mormon Artist
  ...March 22, 1888, in a small farming community called Hatton, near Fillmore, Utah. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ o ...t the farm and attended high school at Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah. He studied art and participated on the track team, despite his sickly natu
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• Merlin Olsen
  ...was born September 19, 1940, to Lynn Jay and Merle Barrus Olsen in Logan, Utah. Three of the Olsen brothers, Merlin, [[Phil Olsen|Phil]], and [[Orrin Olse Olsen attended Utah State University and was a three-year letterman in football as a defensive
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• Hugh B. Brown
  ...a, "Hugh B. Brown"</ref> After beginning his advanced education in Logan, Utah, at Brigham Young College, Brown served a [[mission]] in England from 1904 ...he Church. <ref>Utah History Encyclopedia: Hugh B. Brown [http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/b/BROWN,HUGH.html]</ref> He studied law at the Law Society of Alber
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• Vernald W. Johns
  ...e. He was editor of the Weber Academy yearbook and associate editor of the Utah State College yearbook. While living in Garland, Utah, he was editor and publisher of the ''Garland Times'' and later was U.S. Po
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• W. Rolfe Kerr
  ...us status on October 6, 2007. Kerr then served as president of the [[Logan Utah Temple]] from 2008 to 2011. Previously he served on the [[Sunday School]] g ...Utah), and [[Brigham Young University]]. He served as commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education.
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• Joseph M. Tanner
  ...tah due to poor health. He was president of Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University) from 1896 to 1900.
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