Alphabetical Alumni

Ballif, Georganne
750 East 17th Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 US

Gigi and David Arrington
  • Work: (801) 328-9308

Class of 1974 ~ Honorary. Gigi Ballif. Members of this class were in the BY elementary school's sixth grade in 1968. Had the school remained open, many would have graduated together in 1974. Gigi and her family moved out of the neighborhood of BY Lab school when she was in the middle of 4th grade; I attended another school from 5th grade on. Georganne B. Arrington, BYU BA University Studies 1977, BYU MA Dance 1983. Georganne Ballif married David Arrington. Her father is George Eggertson Ballif [BYH Class of 1945 ~ Honorary?), who was an attorney in Provo, and her grandfather was George Smith Ballif, a judge in Provo.

Ballif, George Eggertsen

Ballif, George Eggertsen
Provo, Utah US

George and Ruth Ballif

Class of 1945 ~ Honorary. George E. Ballif. Married Ruth Macdonald. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Judge George Eggertsen Ballif died Sunday morning, January 19, 2003. George was born on June 19, 1927 to George Smith Ballif and Algie Eggertsen Ballif, the third of four children. He grew up and was educated in Provo, attending the BY Lab School, BY High and Provo High schools. He was passionate about sports; excelling at basketball. He contracted polio during the epidemic of 1942; its devastating effects haunted him the rest of his life. He attended Brigham Young University, Stanford, and the University of Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah Law School in 1954. George met Ruth Macdonald while both were serving as freshman class officers at BYU. They were married in 1950 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary two years ago. Their marriage was solemnized in the Provo Temple in 1999. Following graduation, George practiced law with his father for 17 years in Provo during which time he served as Assistant City Attorney and Deputy District Attorney. He was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District Court by Governor Calvin Rampton in 1971 and enjoyed a distinguished 21-year career on the bench. He developed a close and satisfying working relationship with his capable staff and this friendship continued beyond his retirement. George retired in 1992, but continued to serve as a senior judge for three additional years. He was a respected and wise jurist, known for his patience and equity. George continued his love for sports throughout his life - adopting golf as his passion; he could boast two holes in one. He loved to shoot pool and follow the BYU teams. He was always a dedicated fan of his children and grandchildren and closely followed their activities. George is survived by his wife, Ruth; three children: Georganne Arrington (David), Philip Ballif (Cindy) and Jennifer Usher (Tim); three sisters: Algene Ballif Marcus, Joan Ballif [BYH Class of 1944](Darrell) Jensen, and Grethe Ballif (Chase) Peterson [BYH Class of 1950]; and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 in Provo, Utah. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills. [Published in the Deseret News, Tuesday, January 21, 2003.]

Ballif, George Smith

Ballif, George Smith

George and Algie Ballif

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1921. George S. Ballif. He received an AB Degree in History & Political Science in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 294. ~ ~ ~ ~ George Smith Ballif was born on June 4, 1894 in Logan, Utah. His parents were John Lyman Ballif and Emma Smith Ballif. George married Algie Eggertsen on December 24, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. George Smith Ballif died on October 31, 1977 in Provo, Utah. His interment, Provo, Utah.

Ballif, Jae R.
1790 North 1500 East
Provo, Utah 84604-5751 US

Jae and Carma Ballif
  • Home: 801-377-7940

Class of 1949. Jae R. Ballif. 1949 BYU Student Body President. Member of the 1949 basketball team. Football, Track, Thespians, Lettermen, Band, Chorus, Opera. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jae R. Ballif served as Academic Vice President of BYU. His parents: Artemesia Romney and Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr. Jae R. Ballif, BYU Professor of Physics, 1962-95. In nominating Jae R. Ballif to receive a 1999 BYU Alumni Distinguished Service Award, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, LDS apostle and former BYU president, wrote only one sentence: He has done everything! Doing everything means Ballif has been Student Body President and university Provost, star fullback and popular physics professor. His connection with BYU extends through much of his life--his father was a popular BYU professor, and Ballif attended Brigham Young High School, where he was Student Body President and played football, basketball, baseball, and track. He came to BYU on a basketball scholarship in 1949, but he chose to play football instead and he became co-captain of the team and was an all-conference and honorable mention All-American fullback. He was also the cadet commander of the 1,700 students in the BYU ROTC program. He and his mother finished their undergraduate degrees together in 1953. After military service took him to Japan and graduate study took him to Los Angeles, Ballif returned to Provo as a professor of physics. During his 33 years at BYU, he was the founding dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Administrative Vice President, and Provost and Academic Vice President. But to those in his classes, he was a beloved teacher. He has a great personal warmth and magnetism, says physics professor Grant W. Mason. When you go to talk to him, you feel like you are his best friend and always have been. Mason says such an attribute served Ballif well in the classroom and in his leadership positions. He was loved by people and was therefore able to motivate them. The Ballif teaching style facilitated student involvement. In the large physics classes he taught (Physics 100 and Physical Science 100), he employed innovative methods and interesting demonstrations. Long before it became popular in the education community, he was instituting self-pacing programs for slower students. His method for teaching basic physics emphasized concepts when a mathematical approach was the norm. This conceptual philosophy was later integrated into the textbook, which he co-authored, and course structure for Physical Science 100. He received the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award in 1972 and a Karl G. Maeser Professorship in General Education in 1994. Website 1: http://www.physics.byu.edu/directory.aspx?personID=4 Website 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jae_R._Ballif @2010

Ballif, Joan

Ballif, Joan
1930 W. San Marcos Blvd. %2376
San Marcos, California 92078 US

Joan and Darrell Jensen
  • Work: 760-727-7239

Class of 1944~H. Finished up at Provo High. Married Darrell Jensen [BYH Class of 1944~H]. Her parents: George Smith Ballif and Algie Eggertsen Ballif. Joan has one brother: George Eggertson Ballif, who married Ruth Macdonald in 1950. George and Ruth had three children: Georganne Ballif Arrington (David), Philip Ballif (Cindy), and Jennifer Ballif Usher (Tim). Joan Ballif Jensen has two sisters: Algene Ballif Marcus, and Grethe Ballif [BYH Class of 1950] (Chase) Peterson.

Ballif, Maralyn
50 E Bellevue Pl
Chicago, Illinois 60611-1129 US

Maralyn Ballif
  • Work: (312) 335-0042

Class of 1948. Maralyn Ballif. Fauvine 1, 2, 3. Thespian 1, 2, 3, Thespian Secretary 3. Notre Maison 1, 2 3. "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" play 3. "Our Town" play 2. "What a Life" play 1. Y'ld Cat newspaper staff 1, 2. Debate 2, 3. Sweetheart Attendant to Queen, 3. "Great Big Doorstep" play 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ Formerly married James U. Lavenstein. Her parents: Artemesia Romney and Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr.

Ballif, Michael
1442 East 230 South
Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 US

Michael Ballif

Class of 1972. Michael Ballif. BYU BS Travel Tourism 1980. Teaching Certificate Elementary Education 1982. Michael J. Ballif. Alternate address: Michael Ballif, 3795 Montecito, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-2926 - Phone: (801) 278-0807.

Ballif, Moana

Ballif, Moana
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Moana and John Bennett

Class of 1945. Moana Ballif. Born January 4, 1928, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Her parents: Artemesia Romney and Ariel Smith Ballif. Married John H. Bennett. Author of novel, "A Quality Lacking". A former writer with United Press International and a former long-time member of the MIA General Board and of the Relief Society General Board. Dramatist, "Melt Down Your Pewter." ~ ~ ~ ~ NEWS ARTICLE: EX-NEWS REPORTER MOANA BENNETT DIES. Former Deseret News reporter Moana Ballif Bennett, 60, died of cancer in her Salt Lake City home on April 12, 1988. Mrs. Bennett's journalism career included four years as a Provo-based reporter with the Deseret News between 1941 and 1945 and four summers as a staff correspondent with the United Press in Salt Lake City. She later worked as a public relations assistant for U.S. Steel from 1949 to 1953. In 1974, she was named a special consultant to the press relations division of the Public Communications Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mrs. Bennett earned a degree in journalism with a minor in sociology from Brigham Young University in 1949. While attending BYU, she was editor of the student newspaper and student body secretary. She was also named "Most Efficient Student." She was on the General Board of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association for 18 years, serving much of that time as co-chairwoman of the organization's drama committee. In 1978, Mrs. Bennett wrote and directed an LDS pageant, "Because of Elizabeth," that was performed at the dedication of the Nauvoo Monument to Women in Nauvoo, Ill. She served on the board of the Davis County Mental Health Association and as president of the Oakridge Elementary School PTA. She represented the LDS Church on the Board of Utah Issues. Funeral services were held on April 18, 1988 in the Mount Olympus North Stake Center, 4176 Adonis Drive (3930 East). Interment, Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery. [Deseret News, April 15, 1988] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: John Harper Bennett died September 24, 2016, at the age of ninety. Born March 12, 1926, in London, England, to Emily Higgs and Harold Harper Bennett, he was the eldest of eight children. John grew up in the Gilmer Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City, attending Emerson and Roosevelt schools and graduating from East High School in 1943. After his freshman year at the University of Utah, he was drafted into the U.S. Navy, trained as a quartermaster (navigation specialist), joined the last class of the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center in Rhode Island, and served in the Philippines at the tail end of World War II. Discharged in 1946, John returned to school and then entered the California LDS Mission, where he served “without purse or scrip” under President Oscar W. McConkie. Those who know him find it hard to imagine John knocking on strangers’ doors asking for dinner and a place to sleep. John met Moana Ballif at his sister Elen’s wedding reception. He fell in love with the young reporter and BYU graduate and married her on May 22, 1951. He said, “She was a much better person than I — consistently wonderful. She never made a single error, except perhaps in marrying me.” They spent their honeymoon in Colorado Springs, where John played in a tennis tournament and Moana cheered. In 1953, John finished a degree in Philosophy at the University of Utah — not because he believed it would get him a job but because he hoped it would teach him to think. He had worked part-time at Bennett Motors and continued in the sales department after graduation. In 1957, he moved to the leasing department, which was eventually spun off as a separate business. In time, he became president of Bennett Leasing Company and a respected national leader in the industry, serving as vice-president, president, and then chairman of the board of the American Automotive Leasing Association, and on boards and committees of several other trade organizations. The game of squash racquets was his grand passion and became his second career. Following the example of his father, John took up squash at the age of forty and never looked back. He admired the ethical and cerebral demands of the game. In a fast, aggressive, chess-like match, each player has an absolute duty to get out of his opponent’s way. He was state champion in Utah, Colorado, and California; won Intermountain and Pacific Coast regional titles; and claimed the 1983 55+ Softball National Championship. Including hardball, softball, and doubles, he participated in 63 nationals. John served as president of the Utah Squash Association, leading the effort to build an exhibition court at the Deseret Gymnasium and bringing the North American Open to Salt Lake City in 1980. When the Gym closed, John opened the Chancellor Racquets Club, with two converted racquetball courts, and operated it for nine years. In 1999, with partners including his son Craig, he launched Squashworks, a squash-only facility with six international courts that has hosted twelve professional tournaments. In 2012, he was named to the U.S. Squash Grand Masters Honor Roll. A classic introvert, John nevertheless enjoyed close associations with family and friends, including his siblings and members of the Garden Park and East High study groups, with whom he met regularly for over 65 years. He had squash friends all over the country and enjoyed seeing them at tournaments. In his last years, although he mourned the loss of his ability to play, he loved being at Squashworks, watching squash, talking with members, reading the paper, and enjoying the sounds and energy of the club. He took special pleasure in watching his grandchildren play, hoping that his love for the game would continue in generations to come. Besides squash, he loved jazz, theatre, road trips, model cars, and BYU sports. He was a committed member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many capacities over his lifetime. His favorite assignment was teaching Gospel Doctrine. Together John and Moana raised six children, two daughters and four sons, in a loving home full of her goodness and his humor, mixed with books, sports, debates, service, faith, and mutual respect. After Moana’s death in 1988, and through many losses and reversals, he remained the center of their family circle. His legacy is integrity, courage, and an astounding optimism in the face of adversity. His dry self-deprecating wit and concise wisdom are already deeply missed. He is survived by his children and their spouses: Heather (Kevin Hanson), John (Lorraine), Brandon (Virginia Vierra), Marc (Shelley), Craig (Eden), and Shannon a.k.a. Shaz (Jean-Pierre Caner); fourteen grandchildren (and three spouses); three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Michael and Stephen; and many in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins. His wife, parents, four sisters, and one brother preceded him in death. Funeral services were held on Monday, October 3, 2016, in the Garden Park Ward, 1150 East Yale Avenue. Interment, Larkin Sunset Lawn, 2350 East 1300 South. Instead of flowers, John requested that his friends play squash! Source. @Oct 2016

Ballif, Philip Macdonald
4875 North Juliano Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89149-4123 US

Phil and Cindy Ballif
  • Work: (702)363-8298
  • Cell: (702)810-3377

Class of 1975 ~ Honorary. Philip Macdonald Ballif. Attended BY Lab School K-3, and was a member of the future class of 1975. Phil and his family moved out of the neighborhood of BY Lab school when he was in the middle of 3rd grade; he attended another school from 4th grade on. His sister, Gigi Ballif Arrington is a member of the BYH Class of 1974. His father is George Eggertson Ballif [BYH Class of 1945 ~ Honorary?), who was an attorney in Provo, and her grandfather was George Smith Ballif, a judge in Provo. Phil married Cindy.

Ballou, Richard Edwin

Ballou, Richard Edwin
Provo, Utah US

Dick and Jane Ballou

Faculty & Staff. Richard Edwin "Dick" Ballou taught Band at BYH as a graduate student circa 1950 & 1951. Dick Ballou was born on March 30, 1924. He received his bachelor’s and master's degree from BYU in Music in 1948 and in 1953, respectively. In March 1949, Richard Ballou married Jane Virginia Taylor [or Tyler] in the Salt Lake Temple. He served in many capacities in the Church including as Stake Young Men’s President, high counselor, bishop, assistant ward clerk, Elders Quorum counselor, and in various callings in music. Ballou passed away in August 07, 2004. He summarized his life by paraphrasing Thomas Edison, “I never worked a day in my life; I was having too much fun.“ They were the parents of Vicki Jean Ballou, Class of 1966~H.

Ballou, Vicki Jean

Ballou, Vicki Jean
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Vicki Ballou

Class of 1966 - Honorary Member. Vicki Jean Ballou, born January 21, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. She died on October 20, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment: Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Her parents: Richard Edwin Ballou and Jane Virginia Tyler [or Taylor] Ballou. Her father, Dick Ballou, taught Band at BYH in the early 1950s while he was a graduate student, and later directed the BYU Marching Band.

Bammes, Bruce E.

Bammes, Bruce E.
South Salt Lake City, Utah US

Bruce and Ruth Bammes

Class of 1965. Bruce Bammes. Drama, Chorus, Wildcat Yearbook Assistant Photographer, Newspaper Assistant Photographer, Model U.N. BYU-Hawaii 1967. BYU 1969. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: John Alden Bammes and Leora Grace Black Bammes of Delta and Fairview, Utah. Their children include: Bruce Bammes [BYH Class of 1965] (Ruth); JoAnn Bammes (Don); Daniel Bammes (Rhonda); and Camille Bammes (Larry). ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: 1946 ~ 2020. Bruce Bammes passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020 at the age of 73. A long-time Salt Lake resident, Bruce had been living at the Devon Gables Care Center in Tucson, Arizona at the time of his passing. Bruce was born in 1946. He graduated from BYU High School in 1965 and served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He married Ruth Stewart in 1970. They had five children: Bessie, Ben, Rebekah, Susannah, and Roberta along with one grandson, Aidan. Ruth passed away in 2009. Bruce gave his body to the University of Arizona medical school. Bruce was known as a family-oriented, loving, father, husband, brother, and son. He enjoyed working with his hands, having a passion for the intersection of science, technology and engineering. During the 1970s and 1980s, he worked in the budding tech industry for IBM. He will be greatly missed by those in his family and church community. Deseret News, September 22, 2020. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Ruth Stewart Bammes, age 65, died on August 31, 2009 at the University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on July 18, 1944 in Charlotte, N.C. to Ruth Rayl Stewart and Robert Powell Stewart. She married Bruce Bammes on April 9, 1970. Ruth was an active member of the LDS church. She enjoyed serving in the Relief Society, where she led the singing for their Wednesday meetings. Ruth was a caring mother of five children and one grandchild. She received a BS degree from BYU in 1970. She is survived by her husband Bruce, son Benjamin (Kristen), daughters Bessie, Rebekah, Susannah, and Roberta. Twin sister, Roberta P. Stewart, mother Ruth Rayl Stewart-Smith and grandson Aidan. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Powell Stewart. Funeral services were held on Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Southgate Ward, 2702 South Main. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Thursday, September 3, 2009.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Al

Bancroft, Anne

Anne Bancroft

Class of 1977. Anne Bancroft. [Need more information.]

Bandley, Allen

Allen Bandley

Class of 1939. Allen Bandley. Cheerleader. School Play. Boys' Organization.

Bandley, Norma

Bandley, Norma

Norma Bandley

Class of 1922. Norma Bandley. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section.

Bankhead, Edna

Bankhead, Edna

Edna Bankhead

Class of 1912. Edna Bankhead. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1912. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 1.

Bankhead, Lauralyn
68 West 620 South
Orem, Utah 84058-3100 US

Lauralyn and Gaylord Swim
  • Work: (801) 224-5595

Class of 1969. Lauralyn Bankhead. BYU AA University Studies 1974. Married Gaylord K. Swim.

Bankhead, Steven O.
452 East 3950 North
Provo, Utah 84604-5155 US

Steve and Kathryn Bankhead
  • Work: (801-226-6075
  • Cell: 801-787-8136
  • Fax: steve@westecelectric.com

Class of 1964. Steve Bankhead. Senior Class Vice President. Forensics, Chorus, Seminary Graduate, Seminary 4 years, Model U.N. Graduated from BYU 1972; owner Westec Electric Inc. Steve married Kathryn Jergensen and they have 9 children. @2006

Bankhead, Susan Kay
1376 East Eagle Drive (715 South)
Mapleton, Utah 84664 US

Susan and Douglas Morrison
  • Work: (801) 489-8661

Class of 1962. Susan Bankhead. Student Body Historian. Chorus, Band, Seminary Graduate, Pep Club, Honor Society, All State Chorus, Commercial Achievement, Junior Class Scholarship, BYU Scholarship. BYU 1966. Married Douglas Morrison. No email @2005. Alternate address: 1376 East 715 South, Mapleton, Utah 84664. @2010.

Banks, Betsy

Banks, Betsy
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Bessie and Vernon Clark

Class of 1920? ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Betsy (Bessie) Banks Clark, wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed away on Saturday, September 24, 1994. Born in a log house on November 16, 1901 in Sterrett (Ivins), Idaho to Thomas Joseph and Jane Angus Banks. Graduated from the Central Elementary School and Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah, attending school in Provo during the winters and living on her parent's Idaho ranch in the summers. Married Vernon John Clark, September 12, 1923 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and lived in Idaho until 1927 when they moved to Salt Lake City and settled there. As an active member of the LDS Church, she served in ward Sunday School and Relief Society, stake Relief Society, and as a Salt Lake Temple worker for eighteen years. She also served a full-time LDS mission with her husband in Danville, Virginia. She had a strong work ethic and spent eighteen years running a boarding house and thirty-seven years selling Avon products. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother as well as being a friend to all, especially enjoying the association of young people. Bessie was a gracious hostess and a marvelous cook who opened her heart and home to all she knew. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 29, 1985, and survived by a daughter and son-in-law, MarJean and Blaine Wilcox of Salt Lake City; three sons and daughters-in-law, J. Vernon & Ruth Clark of Bountiful, Utah; Dean Angus and Marion Clark of Salt Lake City; and Max Banks and Donna Clark of Dallas, Texas; also two sisters, Mary Mickelsen of Grace, Idaho and Dale White of Spanish Fork, Utah, as well as thirty grandchildren and forty-five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Salt Lake City. Interment at Lakeview Memorial Estates in Bountiful. [Published in the Deseret News, Sunday, September 25, 1994.]

Banks, Julius

Banks, Julius

Julius Banks

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1913. Julius Banks. He received an A.B. Degree in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 140.

Banks, Laverne

Banks, Laverne

Laverne Banks

Class of 1920. Laverne Banks. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85.

Banks, Louisa

Banks, Louisa
Provo, Utah

Louisa & Wilford Duke

Class of 1920? Louisa Banks. OBITUARY: Louisa Banks Duke, 87, died January 26, 1990 in Newport Beach, California. Born August 27, 1902 in Spanish Fork, Utah, daughter of Elias and Annie Young Banks. Married Wilford O. Duke December 25, 1922 in Provo, Utah; he preceded her in death July 5, 1987. She lived in Idaho until the age of 2 when her father died. The family moved to Provo where she has resided since. Attended Maeser Elementary and graduated from Brigham Young High School. She was employed at the courthouse until she married Mr. Duke. Member LDS Church. While she was not active in a lot of organizations, she was always there for family, friends and neighbors. She was a loving and compassionate person. Survived by her daughter, Marilyn Duke Tyler, Costa Mesa, Calif.; five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother, Elias Banks; sister, Bernice Scholl, both Salt Lake City. Funeral services were held Monday, January 29, 1990, in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Sunday, January 28, 1990.]

Banks, Merrill

Banks, Merrill

Merrill Banks

Class of 1917. Merrill Banks. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1917. Source: 1917 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 82-88.

Barkdull, Phillip Henry

Barkdull, Phillip Henry
Logan, Utah US

Phillip Henry Barkdull

Class of 1914. Phillip Barkdull. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Art Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Philip Barkdull. He received a BYH Arts & Manual Training Diploma in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1927. Philip Barkdull. He received a BS Degree in 1927. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Phillip Henry Barkdull (1888-1968), Fillmore/Logan. Phillip Henry Barkdull was born on March 22, 1888, in the small community of Hatton, just outside Fillmore, Utah. He was the second of three sons born to John Henry and Emma Isabell Barkdull. While Henry was a child, his family struggled to make a success of their small farm. During his youth, Henry fell, hitting his head on a railroad track. He suffered a severe hearing loss. Later, a mastoidectomy left him also suffering from bad sinuses and migraines, which continued for the remainder of his life. There were no schools in the rural area where Henry grew up, and his family needed his help on their farm, so he did not attend school. Finally, at the age of 23, he left the farm to begin high school at Brigham Young High School in Provo, where he took up the study of art. He was embarrassed because he was so much older than the other students, so he lied about his age. Even though he was always sickly, he managed to participate on the high-school track team. After graduation from high school, he entered Brigham Young University to continue studying art. However, in 1917, before he could receive his degree, Barkdull was invited by an old roommate to accept a position as Instructor of Art at Dixie Normal College in St. George. But then, his career as an art instructor was delayed by his induction into the Armed Forces. He served for only a few short months before his ill health resulted in a discharge, and he once again began teaching art in Southern Utah, this time at Hurricane High School. Again his tenure was a short one, and he spent the next six years teaching art in various Utah schools. Next, Barkdull moved to Provo where he taught arts, crafts, and design part-time at Provo High School. He spent the summers attending Brigham Young University and graduated in 1928 [actually 1927]. He continued teaching at Provo High School for two years after his graduation from BYU. It was during this time that he attended summer classes at Utah State Agricultural College and met Birger Sandzen, a Kansas artist who had a greater influence on Barkdull than did any other artist. Sandzens neo-impressionist technique, with its thick impasto, raw color, and regionalist subject matter presented in almost a Cubist style, sparked Barkdulls imagination and resulted in Paintings [that] shine out like a beacon amidst the foggy grey of many of his contemporaries, according to Dr. Vern Swanson, Director of the Springville Museum of Art. The two summers Barkdull studied under Sandzen resulted in Barkdulls most productive period. Barkdulls Designed Landscape: Symphony in Color clearly demonstrates Sandzens influence. Although formally structured, the painting is saturated with the pure hues and rich pigment of the fauvists. At the time it was painted,1930, it was a significant departure from the current Utah painting style. This new style of painting was not appreciated by other Utah artists, who thought it was too radical. On the few occasions when Barkdull's works were sent to New York for criticism, they were given favorable reviews. However, a new artistic style appeared and soon swept the country. This style was termed Dirty Thirties because it reflected the negative effects and influences of the Depression Era. Many Utah artists moved directly from Impressionism to this new style, never discovering the Neo-Impressionist style. In contrast, Phillip Barkdull had managed to stay with the leading edge of art while hidden away in the art world of Utah, making him an extraordinary artist. It was, however, as a teacher of design that Barkdull made his greatest contribution to the Utah art scene. During the fall of 1930, a teaching position at Brigham Young University was vacated by B. F. Larsen, when he left for a one-year sabbatical in France. Barkdull was chosen to fill the position. He was listed as an Instructor in Art, teaching the following courses: Graphic Representation, Theory and Practice of Design, Domestic Art Design, and Outdoor Sketching with Oil Color. After his brief tenure at BYU, Barkdull was hired by the Logan School District as Supervisor of Arts and Crafts of the Logan Schools, and he also taught art at the high school part of the day. His busy schedule as both instructor and district supervisor combined with his constant poor health all but ended any serious focus on painting. Persistent health problems resulted in his early retirement in the spring of 1954. After his retirement, financial problems forced Barkdull to continue working as a private instructor. During this time, he turned to painting watercolors, mostly florals. Due mostly to his battles and concerns with poor health, Barkdull never fully developed his artistic gift. His innovative style and obvious talent were never expressed as they might have been, given the opportunity. Phillip Barkdull died on November 6, 1968, in Logan, without having established his talent and significance in Utah art history. [See website for several examples of his brilliant art.] See also: http://www.lib.utah.edu/fa/UtahArtists/artists/barkdull/bio01_barkdull_2006-09-09.html

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