Brigham Young Academy Foundation Member. Ronald Jones was an architect at BYU during the BYAF battle to save the BY Academy Education Building. In 2002 he joined the BYU Idaho staff in the Computer Engineering & Technology department. His education: B.S.E.E., M.E.E.E., Brigham Young University, 1980; M.S.C.S. Colorado State University, 1992.

Class of 1905. S. H. Jones graduated from the BY High School Normal Department on Wednesday, May 31, 1905, in College Hall. Source: Program, Normal & High School Graduating Exercises, Wednesday, May 31, 1905, College Hall.

Class of 1917. Virl Jones [Samuel Virl Jones]. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1917. Source: 1917 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 82-88. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1917. Viol S. Jones [actually Samuel Virl Jones]. He received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1917. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 126. ~ ~ ~ ~ Samuel Virl Jones was born on August 29, 1894 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Samuel Thomas Jones and Phoebe Ann Hardy Jones. Virl married Etta Reid on June 9, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ Etta Reid was born on April 8, 1901 in Orangeville, Utah. Her parents were Edward J. Reid and Clara Adaline Gentry Reid. Etta Reid Jones died on April 17, 1972 in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. Her interment, Springville, Utah. ~ ~ S. Virl Jones died on July 19, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Springville, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ His family: On May 28, 1891, Mr. Samuel T. Jones married Phoebe Ann Hardy. Seven children were born to them, four of them passing away in infancy. Those children who lived to adulthood included Samuel Virl Jones [BYH Class of 1917], Thomas William Jones, and Mayme Jones Baker. Besides working at the Provo Woolen Mills, Mr. Samuel T. Jones worked at the “Inquirer”, a local newspaper, and for the last nine years of his life, was custodian of the Franklin School of Provo. In this position he was very precise in his work and was respected and loved by teachers and children alike. His son, Virl, remembers a picture which his father had hung in the supply room at the school, picturing an elderly couple dining in elegant surroundings and he said it represented the ideal to which his father was working. Samuel T. Jones was a talented musician, as was his son, Virl Jones. Source.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1909. Thatcher C. Jones. He received a Commercial Diploma. Source: Students record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 247.

Classes of 1917 and 1918. Veoma Jones (female). Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1917. Source: 1917 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 82-88. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1918. Veoma Jones. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 243.

BYA Foundation Member. Viva Maurine Jones Brimhall, civic and church leader, born February 10, 1915, in Provo, Utah to Ivie H. and Lorin F. Jones, died in her Orem home, Sat., May 5, 2001. Maurine was the eldest and last surviving of four children: Ray L. Jones, Mae La Vieve Sudweeks, and William Elbert Jones. Her family moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1920, and it is in that environment that she grew up, attending Las Vegas public schools and New Mexico Normal University. To help with college expenses, Maurine designed and made Chimayo Indian Sport Coats for Charles Ilfield Company. To further her education, Maurine attended BYU in 1932, graduating in 1935. She married Wells Smoot Brimhall September 9, 1935 in the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah and moved to New York City where her husband attended Columbia College. She worked at Teachers College, a subsidiary of Columbia University. Maurine was active in civic affairs with the PTA, The Lady Kiwanians and the 4-H Clubs (she started the first 4-H club in Provo, and at a younger age, won trips to Chicago and Washington, D. C.). She developed a city-wide bicycle safety program for Provo school children and won 2nd place in the nation, receiving the award at a National Safety Conference in Chicago. She represented Utah at a National Convention on Children and Youth in Washington D. C. (1960) and at a National Safety Conference in San Francisco. She was appointed by Utah's Governor to serve on a 12-member committee on children and youth. Maurine had a talented gift for music, playing the piano and marimba, and also producing many delightful compositions as a special occasion song writer for family, community and church affairs. During the late 1930's and early 1940's schooling and employment took Maurine and Smoot from Utah to California to New York to Illinois and back again to Provo. There she brought up her family until 1965 when she moved to Salt Lake City, living there for about 20 years before returning to Utah Valley. Some of the highlights of her civic activities in Salt Lake include the Director for ladies lunch programs at the national conventions of The Conference of State Bank Supervisors. She was the founder and director of the Utah Citizens for Decency, working with the national organizations (Morality in Media, C. D. L., The American Family Association and the LDS Church) in her crusade against pornography. Her organization was influential in the passage of strong anti-pornography laws in Utah and other states. Maurine was active in and was a financial supporter of her sons' Family Entertainment Centers and building activities in California, Arizona, and Florida. She moved to Orem in 1988, spending summers there and winters with her children who live in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been an active and life-long member and supporter of the LDS Church and has been prominent among the crusaders for the preservation and restoration of Academy Square in Provo. Maurine is survived by her husband, Wells Smoot Brimhall and by four of her five children: Janelle Brimhall [BYH Class of 1955; BYAF](Peter) Lysenko, Provo, Utah; Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1958 ~ Honorary], Menlo Park, California; George (Brenda) Brimhall, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, Orem, Utah; Wells L. (Susan) Brimhall (deceased), Phoenix, Arizona. Maurine is also the proud and loving grandmother of 23 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren. "Maurine", "Mom", and "Grandma Brimhall" will be missed by all of us. The family would appreciate that in lieu of flowers, please send a contribution to Brigham Young Academy Foundation, P. O. Box 12, Provo, Utah 84603. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 12, 2001 in Orem, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, May 9, 2001.]

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. William A. Jones, Jr. He received a BS Degree in Agronomy in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 442.

Class of 1974~Honorary. Craig B. Jonsson. BYU Open Major 1981. Some 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Craig B Jonsson was born on June 18, 1956, died on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Highland, Utah. Craig was a resident of Highland, Utah at the time of passing. Funeral services were held Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11 am in the Highland South Stake Center, 9626 North 6800 West. Interment, Highland City Cemetery. Source.

BY Academy High School Class of 1896. L. E. Jordan. Graduated May 1896 with diploma from the Commercial program. Source 1: Deseret News, May 30, 1896. ~ ~ ~ ~ L. E. Jordan of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, Commercial Class of 1896. Source 2: Graduation Program 1896. Source 3: Annual Brigham Young Academy Vol. VI, BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Fd 1. ~ ~ ~ ~ L. [Leonard] Eugene Jordan was born on June 22, 1874 in St. John, Tooele County, Utah. His parents were Leonard J. Jordan and Emily Maria Caldwell Jordan. He married Mary Irene Beck on August 26, 1896 in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah. Mary was born on September 8, 1874 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Her parents were Hans Christian Hansen Beck and Mary Olsen Beck. Mary Jordan died on January 5, 1949 in Enterprise, Oregon. Her interment, Enterprise, Oregon. Eugene Jordan died on August 31, 1948 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon. His interment, Enterprise, Oregon.

BY Academy High School Class of 1889. Enoch Jorgensen received Certificates: Penmanship, Elocution, and Rhetoric. Source: Utah Enquirer, May 28, 1889.

Class of 1918. Eula Jorgensen. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 116.

Class of 1928. Frank Jorgensen. Graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, May 24, 1928. Source: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, May 23, 1928. IS THIS? ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: V. Frank Jorgensen, age 80, died August 30, 1990, in Lomita, California. He was born in Salina, Utah, April 30, 1910, to H. Frank Jorgensen and Bertha Olsen Jorgensen. He married Ruth Harding of Payson, Utah in Salt Lake City April 8, 1937. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Frank graduated from Brigham Young University in 1934, and from the University of Southern California in 1940, with a Master of Arts degree. Mr. Jorgensen taught school for 40 years on all levels of education. He taught at Granite High School in Salt Lake City for 16 years, and at El Camino, College in Torrance, California for 20 years. Frank was greatly loved by his family. He is survived by: His wife, Ruth, Lomita, Calif.; one son, Vern, Chula Vista, Calif.; daughters, Mrs. Bill (Marie) Stewart, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Ronald Watkins (Phyllis), Rancho Bernardo, Calif.; Mrs. Tod Johnson (Lucille), Ramona, Calif.; and 23 grandchildren; one sister, Olean Allred, preceded him in death. Services were held Wednesday, September 5, 1990, in the Palos Verdes LDS Stake Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Interment was held in the El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, California. [Deseret News, September 16, 1990] Full name: Vern Frank Jorgensen

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1905. Josephine M. Jorgensen. She also received a Special Certificate in Nursing and Obstetrics. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 247.

1900 Collegiate Graduate of BYA. Ovena Jorgensen, Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Monday Evening, May 28, 1900. She delivered the Prognostication address on that occasion. Source 1: Graduation program. BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1900, BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ovena Andrea Jorgensen received a Diploma: Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.). Source 2: Deseret Evening News, June 2, 1900. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 3: Ovena Jorgensen, Degree, Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 1, page 73. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ovena Andrea Jorgensen was born on June 19, 1874 in West Jordan, Utah. Her parents were Hans Carl Lauritz Jorgensen and Ovina [or Ovena or Ovine] Andrea Hansen Jorgensen. Their daughter, Ovena Andrea Jorgensen, married William Cole Ockey on September 14, 1898. Ovena A. Ockey died on August 11, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah.

Class of 1918. Rhoda Jorgensen. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 116.

Class of 1921. Olean Jorgenson [Allred]. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 278. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ellen Olean Jorgenson was born on June 22, 1903 in Fountain Green, Utah. Her parents were Herman Franklin Jorgensen and Bertha Ann Olsen Jorgensen. Olean married Perry Leon Allred on October 3, 1923 in Fountain Green, Utah. Olean Jorgenson Allred died on July 7, 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her interment, Fountain Green, Utah.

Class of 1936. Harry Jorgenson. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ IS THIS? Harry Jorgenson born July 13, 1917; died June 6, 2004 in Derby, Kansas?

Class of 1952. Jean Jorgenson. Notre Maison. Also Faculty & Staff, 1955-56, Mathematics. Married Kent A. Pedersen on May 31, 1956 and we have two children, Chris Pedersen (married Suzanna Shurtleff) and Jennifer Pedersen Hooper (married Richard Hooper). ~ ~ ~ ~ Jean taught mathematics at BY High School during the 1955-56 school year. She is now professor of Mathematics & Computer Science at Santa Clara University. @2006 ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Jean Pedersen passed away on January 1, 2016, at the age of 81. She was a professor at Santa Clara University until her retirement, and she was a member of the MAA for 49 years. Pedersen was known for her research, writing and speaking on polyhedral geometry, combinatorics, and number theory, and with Peter Hilton, Pedersen co-authored A Mathematical Tapestry: Demonstrating the Beautiful Unity of Mathematics. For the MAA, she served on the Spectrum editorial board, and she was awarded the Golden Section’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1997. Much more information about her life and career can be found on this page of remembrances from Santa Clara University. There is also a wonderful photograph of Pedersen posted on the SCU web site. ~ ~ ~ ~ ADDITIONAL TRIBUTE: Jean Pedersen It is very sad and unusual to lose an active member of the faculty during the academic year, and so I acknowledge the passing of Jean Pedersen of our department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Jean arrived at Santa Clara in 1972 and made this her academic home. Jean was a popular professor and the author of 214 research papers, reviews and pedagogical works, 13 books, 3 translations, and 8 videos. She touched many lives, as I heard at her funeral from her departmental colleagues and from present students and alumni. As a member of our Santa Clara family, we remember her with deep appreciation. .... It is with sadness that I announce the death of longtime math professor Jean Pedersen, who died on January 1 with her family by her side. Our hearts go out to Professor Pedersen's children, Jenni and Chris, for such a loss, and one so soon after their father's passing. Professor Pedersen was a true pillar of the University and of its math department. Known for her kindness in welcoming newcomers to the University and her collegiality among her fellow faculty, she had a great love for Santa Clara University and a passion for teaching math. Professor Pedersen began her teaching career at Santa Clara in 1966 when she became the first woman to teach mathematics here. She later became the first woman to be granted tenure in the Mathematics Department. A published author, guest lecturer for numerous professional programs and associations, and generous member of the University community, she modeled the best of the teaching scholar. Santa Clara University has lost a leading light in Professor Pedersen, and while we mourn her loss, we remember the great gift of her life. .... Jean J. Pedersen, a long-time professor of mathematics at Santa Clara, died on New Year’s Day 2016 in a Los Gatos hospital after a long series of medical problems. She was born into a family in Provo, Utah; her father was an ophthalmologist, her mother a teacher. She had a younger brother who became an architect in Seattle, and a son and daughter, Chris a Silicon Valley engineer and Jennifer, who teaches mathematics at Utah Valley University in Orem. She had six grandchildren. Jean attended college at Brigham Young University where, given the culture of that time, she majored initially in home economics, only later discovering the beauty of mathematics. So thus motivated when she moved to the University of Utah at Salt Lake City for graduate study, she switched to mathematics. Ultimately she wrote a thesis on algebra under the direction of E. Allen Davis, a well-known mathematician at the University. There she had as a student in one of her classes, an engineering major, Kent Pedersen, whom she later married. Soon after their marriage and Kent’s accepting a position at IBM, they moved to San Jose where they remained. Kent died roughly one year before Jean’s death. After starting a family, Jean joined the Santa Clara University mathematics faculty initially teaching only part-time. Proving herself to be such a spectacularly good teacher, she was transferred to being full-time and eventually to the rank of full professor by 1996. Under the guidance of the legendary mathematician and teacher, George Polya, at Stanford University and later a long series of collaborations with the internationally known British topologist, Peter J. Hilton, Jean performed mathematical research, writing and speaking on polyhedral geometry, combinatorics,and number theory. Hilton had held positions at Oxford, Cambridge, Case Western Reserve, and Cornell, and had been one of the mathematicians that cracked the enigma code at Bletchley Park, led by Alan Turing. Pedersen’s list of publications runs to 214 research papers, reviews and pedagogical works, 13 books, 3 translations, and 8 videotapes. Others await publication. She was eventually to become an Erskine Fellow at the University of Christ Church in New Zealand, a repeated visitor at the University of Capetown in South Africa, and a repeated short-term visitor at the Forschungs Institut für Mathematikc at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule/Zurich. A populist lecturer, Jean was often asked to speak at meetings from departmental colloquia to regional meetings to international congresses. These talks spread from the Bay Area to Australia, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Kuala Lumpur, Delft, Haifa, and many other locations. These presentations often led to collaborators in mathematics (Glenn Appleby, Astrid Bonning, James H. Foster, Walter Gross, Michael Hendy, Bruce Love, Larry Somer, Jurgen Stigter, Tibor Tarnai, Byron Walden, Hans Walser, Tamsen Whitehead); in mathematics education (Franz O. Armbruster, Diane Mendence, E. Allen Davis, Derek Holton, George Polya, Peter Ross, Martin Gardner); general mathematics (Youseff Alavi, Ronald Graham) and algebra (Tibor Tarnai, Carlos Sequin). Jean was a member of numerous MAA and Association of Women in Mathematics, was a one-time member of the Editorial Board of Mathematics Magazine, and was a pioneer director of a “Women and Mathematics” lecture series to attract women into mathematics majors. She was the advisor of our own chapter of AWM. Jean always gave people the impression that being on the mathematics faculty, as teacher, advisor, and friend, was a profession that is just as good as it gets. And as members of the faculty in mathematics at Santa Clara, having Jean as a colleague, we feel that that’s just as good as it gets! Source

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1905. John Joseph graduated from the BY High School Normal Department on Wednesday, May 31, 1905, in College Hall. Source 1: Program, Normal & High School Graduating Exercises, Wednesday, May 31, 1905, College Hall. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1905. John F. Joseph. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 219. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1905. John Joseph, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1905 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music & Arts and Industries Graduates, Catalogues & Announcements, for 30th Academic Year, 1905-1906, p. 176.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1905. William A. Joseph graduated from the BY High School Normal Department on Wednesday, May 31, 1905, in College Hall. Source 1: Program, Normal & High School Graduating Exercises, Wednesday, May 31, 1905, College Hall. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1905. William A. Joseph. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 219. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1905. Wm. A. Joseph, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1905 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music & Arts and Industries Graduates, Catalogues & Announcements, for 30th Academic Year, 1905-1906, p. 176.

Class of 1951. Football, Track, Lettermen, Chorus, Club Office. BYU BA 1957. Married JoAnn. Parents: James Sevey Judd, Sr. and Claree Allred (dec.), wife, Edna Bennion (dec.), wife, Arlene Grey (dec.), wife, and Dawn, wife. Eight children: James Sevey Judd, Jr. [BYH Class of 1951) (JoAnn), Salt Lake City; Richard "Pinky" Judd (dec.) [BYH Class of 1954]; Craig Judd (dec.); Mariba Judd Jacobson [BYH Class of 1956] (Paul), Orem; Muriel Kanan (Mike), Arizona; Robert Judd (Deanna), Oregon; Steven Judd (Chris), Arizona; and David Judd (Sherry), Orem. Two stepchildren: Lois Farney, Cedar City; and Paul Mecham (Peggy), Morgan, Utah.

Class of 1956. Mariba Judd. Debate Region, Childrens Theater, Contest Play, Pep Club, Notre Maison, Chorus, Junior Prom Committee, Senior Sluff Day Committee, Senior Hop Committee. BYU BS Elementary Instruction 1960. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mariba is the daughter of James Sevey Judd, Sr. and Claree Allred. Her siblings are James Sevey Judd, Jr. [BYH Class of 1951] (JoAnn), Salt Lake City; Richard "Pinky" Judd [BYH Class of 1954] (deceased); Craig Judd (deceased); Muriel Kanan (Mike), Arizona; Robert Judd (Deanna), Oregon; Steven Judd (Chris), Arizona; and David Judd (Sherry), Orem. ~ ~ ~ ~ After graduating from high school, I spent the next six summers working as a waitress at the Grand Canyon. (My husband and I worked there the first summer after we were married.) While attending BYU, I met and married a super young man from Orem named Paul Jacobsen. After graduating from the Y, Paul attended UCLA’s Physical Therapy Program. I taught for two years for the Los Angeles School District. Upon graduating from therapy school, we moved back to Utah Valley where we both wanted to make our home. Paul opened a private practice in Provo and I stayed at home in Orem where we raised five beautiful daughters. (We lost a baby twin sister at two days with our third daughter.) When our youngest daughter started first grade, I decided I wanted to spend a few more years teaching. I taught fourth grade for eighteen years at Cherry Hill Elementary in Orem. In 2001 Paul and I retired and spent three years traveling and serving at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. In June of 2005, we received a call to be full-time missionaries at the Mission Training Center in Provo. We are the directors of the International Office. There are four full-time couples in our office. We help and serve all missionaries that come from outside the United States. It is a wonderful blessing and we get to sleep in our own home every night. Life has been GOOD to me! @2006 Married Paul R. Jacobson. Parents: James Sevey Judd, Sr. and Claree Allred (dec.), wife, Edna Bennion (dec.), wife, Arlene Grey (dec.), wife, and Dawn, wife. Eight children: James Sevey Judd, Jr. [BYH Class of 1951) (JoAnn), Salt Lake City; Richard "Pinky" Judd (dec.) [BYH Class of 1954]; Craig Judd (dec.); Mariba Judd Jacobson [BYH Class of 1956] (Paul), Orem; Muriel Kanan (Mike), Arizona; Robert Judd (Deanna), Oregon; Steven Judd (Chris), Arizona; and David Judd (Sherry), Orem. Two stepchildren: Lois Farney, Cedar City; and Paul Mecham (Peggy), Morgan, Utah.

Class of 1950. Band, Chorus. Parley Hortt Judd, born 16 February 1931 in Provo, Utah. Married Virginia Munson. Parents: Parley W. Judd & Eloise Hortt Judd. Died 17 March 1974, also in Provo. Buried, Provo City Cemetery.

Class of 1954. Richard "Pinky" Judd. Student Body Business Manager. Football, Track, Lettermen, Chorus, Debate, Short Plays, Childrens Theater. His parents: James Sevey Judd, Sr. and Claree Allred Judd. James Sevey Judd, Sr., also married Edna Bennion; and also Arlene Grey; and also Dawn. James Sevey Judd, Sr., had eight children: James Sevey Judd, Jr. [BYH Class of 1951) (JoAnn), Salt Lake City; Richard "Pinky" Clark Judd [BYH Class of 1954]; Craig Judd (dec.); Mariba Judd Jacobson [BYH Class of 1956] (Paul), Orem; Muriel Kanan (Mike), Arizona; Robert Judd (Deanna), Oregon; Steven Judd (Chris), Arizona; and David Judd (Sherry), Orem. Two stepchildren: Lois Farney, Cedar City; and Paul Mecham (Peggy), Morgan, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Richard Clark Judd was born on August 5, 1936 in Delta, Utah. He died on June 19, 1957. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Faculty & Staff. Osmond Justesen, Training School, 1903-1904.