Class of 1898? Oscar A. Kirkham. Member, BY High School Imperial Quartette, baritone. Sang in choir concert Tuesday, March 12, 1912, Bountiful, Utah [Davis County Clipper, March 8, 1912]. LDS General Authority. Oscar A. (Ammon) Kirkham, 1880 - 1958. ~ ~ ~ ~ Born 1880 Lehi, Utah. Baptized 1888. Oscar A. Kirkham entered Brigham Young Academy high school at 17. After graduation he studied music in Germany, while he was set apart as a missionary. Mission in Germany 1900-1903. He later studied music and education at Columbia University in New York where he paid for some of his schooling by singing in a professional choir and coaching students. Oscar's first job was at Ricks Academy in Rexburg, Idaho, where he taught music from 1903-1906. While still on the Ricks faculty, he married Josephine Idha Murdock 1905; nine children. Ordained Seventy 1905. First Council of the Seventy 1941-1958. Died 1958, Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Oscar Ammon Kirkham, of the First Council of the Seventy and executive secretary of the Y.M.M.I.A. for many years, was born Jan. 22, 1880, in Lehi, Utah, the fourth child of nine born to James Kirkham and Martha Mercer. He was baptized Jan. 1, 1888, and filled a mission to Germany in 1900-1903. Upon his return he married on May 24, 1905 in the Salt Lake Temple Miss Josephine Murdock. Together they had nine children. Elder Kirkham was ordained a Seventy February 26, 1905 by Joseph W. McMurrin. He graduated from the Brigham Young University [high school?] in Provo, Utah, then studied music in Berlin, Germany and taught school in the Latter-day Saints University. He was Scout Executive of Region 12, Boy Scouts of America. During the International Boy Scout Jamboree, held at Artowe Park, Birkenhead, England, in 1929, he was a member of the national staff, was general morale officer and member of the program committee, and had charge of the religious exercises of the American scouts and assisted in the general supervision of the American contingent. On October 5, 1941 Elder Kirkham was sustained to the First Council of the Seventy at the age of sixty one. He was set apart by President Heber J. Grant. ~ ~ ~ ~ In 1953 Elder Kirkham spoke in General Conference of the importance of our youth, "As youth goes, so will civilization go. Thus we must safeguard their future with noble example on the part of worthy parents and leadership, with devoted personal attention, then our civilization will continue to progress." President Kirkham continued to serve in the First Council of the Seventy until his death March 10, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Some years later Elder Cree-L Kofford of the Seventy spoke of President Kirkham: "Oscar Kirkham was one of the great men of the Church and among the Church's most respected Scouters. He served in the First Council of the Seventy and was a significant presence wherever he went. Often in meetings he would rise to a "point of personal privilege" and then, when recognized, would proceed to say something good about someone. Near the end of his life, he spoke briefly at Brigham Young University on the theme "say the good word." On the morning that Elder Kirkham died, Elder Marion D. Hanks was invited to the Kirkham family home. There he was handed a small, inexpensive notebook in which Elder Kirkham had kept his notes. The last two entries were: "Say the good word" and "Your name is safe in our home" (see Marion D. Hanks, foreword to Say the Good Word, by Oscar A. Kirkham [1958], 4).

Class of 1918. Wanda Kirkham. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 118.

Class of 1962. James J. Kirkman, Jr. Football, Wrestling, Tennis, Forensics, Chorus, Seminary Graduate, Model U.N., Y Club. Ricks College, 1968. His parents: James Julian Kirkman, Sr., and Eloise Kirkman. Their children: Sally Kirkman (Kent) Reimann [BYH Class of 1959]; Janet Eloise Kirkman (Gerald) Hixon [BYH Class of 1961]; James Julian Kirkman, Jr. [BYH Class of 1962]; John (Maria) Kirkman [BYH Class of 1966 Honorary]; and Lee (Susie) Kirkman. @2007

Class of 1961. Janet Eloise Kirkman. Varsity Cheerleader, Dramatics, German Contest, Thespians President, Model U.N., Seminary Graduate, BYU Scholarship, Senior Honor Panel, Honor Roll. BYU BA History 1965. Married Gerald F. Hixson. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Janet Eloise Hixson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend, age 54, passed away January 3, 1998 at Cottonwood Hospital. Born April 27, 1943, in Springville, Utah, to James and Eloise Kirkman. She married Gerald F. Hixson on March 11, 1966; later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Janet was a graduate of BY High and BYU. She served faithfully in various church callings. Janet was a great wife, mother and grandmother and was her family's best friend. Survived by her husband; mother; daughter, Dana (Jon) Eagar; son, Robert Hixson; sister, Sally (Kent) Reimann; brothers, John (Maria) Kirkman, and Lee (Susie) Kirkman; and granddaughters, Morgan and Madison Eagar. Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 6, 1998, at the Brighton 10th Ward. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. [Deseret News, Monday, January 5, 1998.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER PARENTS: James Julian Kirkman, Sr., and Eloise Kirkman. Their Children: Sally Kirkman (Kent) Reimann [BYH Class of 1959]; Janet Eloise Kirkman (Gerald) Hixon [BYH Class of 1961]; James Julian Kirkman, Jr. [BYH Class of 1962]; John (Maria) Kirkman [BYH Class of 1966 Honorary]; and Lee (Susie) Kirkman.

Class of 1966 - Honorary Member. John Kirkman. Married Maria Valdes, Ph.D. His parents: James Julian Kirkman, Sr., and Eloise Kirkman. Their children: Sally Kirkman (Kent) Reimann [BYH Class of 1959]; Janet Eloise Kirkman (Gerald) Hixon [BYH Class of 1961]; James Julian Kirkman, Jr. [BYH Class of 1962]; John (Maria) Kirkman [BYH Class of 1966 ~ Honorary]; and Lee (Susie) Kirkman. @2006

Class of 1959. Sally Kirkman. Girls' State, My True Security, Best Actress, Drama Service Award, 10th, 11th and 12th Grade Scholarship, BYU Scholarship, Seminary Award, Pep Club Vice President, Model U.N., Festival Play, Senior Medal, Junior Class Secretary, State Debate, Interpretive Speech, Thespians, Graduation Committee. BYU BS History 1963. Married E. Kent Reimann. HER PARENTS: James Julian Kirkman, Sr., and Eloise Kirkman. Their Children: Sally Kirkman (Kent) Reimann [BYH Class of 1959]; Janet Eloise Kirkman (Gerald) Hixon [BYH Class of 1961]; James Julian Kirkman, Jr. [BYH Class of 1962]; John (Maria) Kirkman [BYH Class of 1966 Honorary]; and Lee (Susie) Kirkman. ~ ~ ~ ~ Sally is now retired. @2009

Class of 1948. Robert Albert "Bob" Kirkpatrick. Senior Class Vice President 3, Class of 1947-48. Football 1, 3. Tennis 1, 2, 3. Region 3 Tennis Singles Champion 3. Letterman 2, 3. Basketball 1, 2, 3. State of Utah Tennis Singles champion in both 1947 and 1948~ ~ ~ ~ Bob married Marilyn Ross. (See their photo on Class of 1949 reunion page for 2003.) ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Robert Albert "Bob" Kirkpatrick, 1930 – 2016. On July 25, 2016, Robert Albert Kirkpatrick passed away. He was born on February 3, 1930, in Provo, Utah, the son of Violet Charter Kirkpatrick and Albert Kirkpatrick. Bob began his schooling at the BYU Training School, continuing his education there, graduating from BYU High School in the Class of 1948. While in high school, he lettered in basketball and tennis, winning the State Tennis Singles title in both 1947 and 1948. He served in the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Presidential Citation Medal for having been in combat at the Heartbreak Ridge Sector. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant. Returning to Provo, he continued his education at Brigham Young University, playing on the tennis team for four years, graduating in 1954. Bob joined his father in the insurance business. With the degree of a Charter Life Underwriter, he became a National Leader for the Equitable Life Assurance Co. for many years. In 1956, Bob married Marilyn Ross. They are the parents of two sons. Bob felt his best enjoying the sunshine, fishing and playing tennis or golf. He looked forward to his weekly time spent with his breakfast buddies. Bob was a member of the Provo Community Church. He was a charter member of the Riverside Country Club, he belonged to the Elks Lodge and the Provo Rotary Club. Survived by his wife, Marilyn, and sons, Ross of Provo and Scott of Sandy. In memory of his father, Bob requested contributions be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 1275 E. Fairfax Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84103. A remembrance honoring Bob, followed by full Military Rites, will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at East Lawn Memorial Hills, 4800 North 650 East, Provo, Utah. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com [Provo Daily Herald, July 31, 2016]

Maggie Kirkwood. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married ______ Nielson.

Class of 1953. Lorraine Kitchin. Lorraine participated in Childrens Theater. She married Donald Claude Riddle, who died on June 16, 1993 in Riddle, Douglas County, Oregon. ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographs of.

BY Academy High School Class of 1896. Daniel H. Kleinman. Graduated May 1896 with diploma from the Commercial program. Source 1: Deseret News, May 30, 1896. ~ ~ ~ ~ D. H. Kleinman of Mesa, Arizona, 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ Daniel Heber Kleinman was born on January 1, 1874 in Toquerville, Washington County, Utah. His parents were Conrad Kleinman and Anna Benz Kleinman. Daniel married Elsie Permelia Robinson on December 21 [or 31], 1899 in Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona. Elsie was born on January 5, 1877 in Weber City, Morgan County, Utah. Her parents were Isaac Parson Robinson and Elsie Permelia Stoddard Robinson. Elsie Kleinman died on June 20, 1940 in Mesa, Arizona. Daniel H. Kleinman died on October 20, 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona. His interment, Mesa, Arizona.

Class of 1916. Joyce Kling. She received a BYH Normal Diploma (2 years) in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 84.

BYA Beaver Branch ~ Murdock Academy, Faculty & Staff. A. J. Knapp. ~ ~ ~ ~ Memoirs of E. E. Ericksen, second principal of BYA Beaver ~ Murdock Academy: "Mr. A. J. Knapp was hired the year after Randall Jones. His work was highly practical, and he also became our director of athletics. He developed a strong basketball team and maintained our fine reputation in track and field."

Class of 1942. James J. "Jack" Knell. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: 1924-2019. On May 10, 2019, our loving father, James J. “Jack” Knell quietly passed away at the age of 94. Jack was born in Provo, Utah on September 30, 1924. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1942. He graduated from Brigham Young University, with a brief intermission to enlist in World War II. While in pilot training he was nicknamed “Skeeter” and served as Lead Bombardier on a B-24. He flew 50 combat missions, narrowly surviving many. He was a recipient of the rare Distinguished Flying Cross. He remembered these years, and those he served with, fondly, often recounting his stories throughout his life. Jack grew up fly fishing and remained a pilot and avid golfer when he moved California where he spent seven decades. It was there he met and married his wife Ginny, raised his son and daughter, and built his business literally by his own hands. Having attended a screen printing equipment convention, he returned home and declared “I can build mine better” and he did; machining and welding the screen printing equipment in his garage. He supplied printed apparel to many companies including Pebble Beach, Apple Computers, First Interstate Bank, among others. Up until the age of 93 Jack remained very active, working on his house, cars, computers and helping others whenever they would ask. He loved God, his family, his church and his country, and was loved back by people of all generations. He was called “Uncle Jack” by his nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews. He laughed and smiled until the day he passed. He is survived by his sister, Claudia Knell Young, and her husband Joseph Young, his son Jim Knell, his daughter Janet Knell Kendrick, and her husband, Lee Kendrick; and their two sons Devin Kendrick and Dylan Kendrick. His brother, Lee Knell [BYH Class of 1944], a Provo architect, passed in 2006. He is now reunited with beloved wife Ginny who passed in 2016. His funeral will be held Saturday, May 25, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel at 114 S. 400 West at 10 AM in Orem, Utah. Interment, May 28, 2019, at the Heber City Cemetery alongside his wife, his parents. and his eldest daughter Cynthia Knell, who died at two days of age. You will always be fondly remembered, we love you “Uncle Jack!” [Provo Daily Herald, May 25, 2019]

Class of 1944. Lee Campbell Knell. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Lee Campbell Knell died March 5, 2006, 16 days before his 80th birthday. He was encircled by his wife, siblings, children and grandchildren at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center following a stroke. Lee was born March 21, 1926 in Provo, Utah to James Claudius Knell and Mazie Campbell Knell. "He might be envied by a king" for he was a faithful Mormon boy who read all the standard works of scripture before graduating from the BYU Junior High and Brigham Young High School. While still in his teens, Lee manifested considerable talent as a self-taught cartoonist and commercial artist. He was also a state tennis champion. Lee served as an enlisted man in the Navy during World War II and as an officer in the Korean Conflict. While in the service, Lee studied architecture with Louis I. Kahn at Arizona State University; he earned a B.A. in Math and Fine Arts from Brigham Young University and graduated with honors from the University of Utah with an MFA in Architecture. He worked in the Church Architect's office in 1960 and in private practice as Lee Knell and Associates until his retirement in 1999. Utah is peppered with public and private buildings that reflect his fusion of High Modernist and Japanese sensibilities. The youthful Elder Knell was called to preach the Gospel to the Japanese communities of Hawaii, then a part of the Central Pacific Mission. Lee later served as a High Councilor, as Bishop of the Pleasant View 6th Ward, as a Counselor in a Stake Presidency and as a Branch and District President at the Missionary Training Center. Funeral services were held Friday, March 10, 2006 in Provo, Utah. Lee is survived by his wife Jewell Cloward Knell; brother John J. "Jack" Knell [BYH Class of 1942] (Ginny) Los Altos, California; sister Claudia Knell Young, Provo; children Rebecca Stum (Richard), Mt. Pleasant, Utah; Scott C. Knell (Kari) North Potomac, Maryland; Roger C. Knell (Allison) Orem; Andrea Draper (Nels) Holladay; Julie Magleby (Mark) Provo; Lydia Jarman (Sam) Provo; Emily Smith (Stan) Provo; Todd Knell (Emilee) Provo; Mary Purser (Stanford) Dallas, Texas; Abraham Knell (Gretchen) Provo; forty-seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and three grandchildren. [Provo Daily Herald, March 8, 2006.]

Class of 1971. Alan Knight.

Class of 1910. Ernest Knight. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1910, in the High School Department. Source: 1910 BYU Banyan, BYH section, list on p. 83. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ernest Paul Knight was born about 1891, Heber City, Utah? He married Hazel Kezia Carlile on September 11, 1918.

B. Y. Academy Collegiate Graduate, Class of 1901, Faculty. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. A. Inez Knight [A. for Amanda - daughter of Jesse Knight], served as Academy Matron, 1900-1902. ~ ~ ~ ~ Inez Knight. She received her Bachelor of Pedagogy (B. Pd.) Degree in Spring of 1901. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, Page 11. ~ ~ ~ ~ Inez Knight married R. Eugene Allen [R. for "Robert" - BYA teacher of Commerce 1900-1902]. The children of Eugene and Inez Allen were: William Eugene Allen, Jesse Knight Allen, Robert Knight Allen, Joseph Knight Allen, and Mark Knight Allen.

INEZ KNIGHT, ONE OF THE FIRST TWO SINGLE WOMEN MISSIONARIES IN THE LDS CHURCH: Amanda Inez Knight and Lucy Jane "Jennie" Brimhall were the first single sister missionaries called in the Church. They were called 1 April 1898 to serve in Great Britain. Sister Brimhall had graduated from Brigham Young Academy in 1895 and had taught school afterward. She was a close friend of Inez Knight, daughter of Jesse Knight and granddaughter of Newel and Lydia Knight, who were prominent in early Church history. The two had planned a European tour, but these plans were interrupted by their mission call.

Class of 1894. Board of Trustees, 1921 to 1939. J. William Knight. J. Will was in school in Payson, Utah, until sixteen years of age, when his father, Jesse Knight, moved his family to Provo to receive the benefits of the Brigham Young Academy. Karl G. Maeser and George H. Brimhall frequently visited the Knight home in Payson, and "sold" education and the Academy to the growing family. In Provo, J. Will took several classes under Dr. Maeser, Benjamin Cluff and George H. Brimhall, but his major professor was Joseph B. Keeler in the Commercial Department. J. Will Knight graduated from the BYA high school program in 1894, having enjoyed the use of the new Education Building and its budding library. Source: Book, The Sons of Brigham, by T. Earl Pardoe, pp. 124-127. ~ ~ ~ ~ Board of Trustees, 1921 to 1939. Jesse William Knight [J. Will], the second son of Jesse and Amanda McEwan Knight, was born at Payson, Utah, August 20, 1874. His early life on the ranch made him acquainted with horses and farm life. He was trained along commercial lines at school. He filled a mission in England for the Church, traveled on the continent and returned home ready to take his share of the family responsibilities. He helped his father discover the mines and work them. He accompanied his brother Raymond, to Alberta to survey this country. Their impressions were so favorable that their father made large purchases of land which the boys returned to stock and manage. After Raymond was established he came here and built a home, taking an active part in building the community. J. William Knight was a spiritually-minded man and when the Church was organized in Raymond, he was chosen as the first bishop. A year or so later when the Stake was organized in 1903, President H. S. Allen chose him to be his counselor in the presidency. One 'old timer' said of Bishop Knight, "He was a fine man and everybody loved him. He couldn't be beat as a bishop. He was dignified and understanding in his calling, yet he was a good sport and wanted to be right in the middle of athletics of every kind. He could laugh as hard and have just as much fun as the next fellow." In 1907 the heavy responsibilites of his father's interests took him back to Utah where he became vice president of most of the Knight Investment Companies. In 1951, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Knight returned to Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to renew their acquaintances and join in the Golden Jubilee of the town his illustrious father founded. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jesse William Knight was born on August 20, 1874, in Payson, Utah. His parents were Jesse Knight and Amanda Melvina McEwean. He married Annie Melinda Skousen on _______, and Lucy Jane Brimhall on January 18, 1899. Jesse William Knight died on March 11, 1956.

See Brimhall, Jennie. Training School, 1907-1911.

BY Academy High School Class of 1903. Jennie P. Knight. She also received a Certificate in Music. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 36.

Board of Trustees, 1901 to 1921. Honorary Alumnus of BYA/BYH. Jesse Knight was one of relatively few Mormon mining magnates in the West. Poor throughout his youth, he was handsomely rewarded for his diligence as a prospector with the discovery of the famous Humbug mine in the Tintic Mining District near Eureka, Utah, in 1886. As the Humbug proved profitable, he acquired other mines in the vicinity, including the Uncle Sam, Beck Tunnel, Iron Blossom, and Colorado. Knight is significant in western mining and entrepreneurial history because in several important ways he differed from the typical "robber baron" capitalists of the late-nineteenth-century Gilded Age. His success, like theirs, depended upon the skillful acquisition and management of such business variables as claims, labor, capital, technology, and government services, and also upon the development of cost-efficient integrated enterprises, such as the Knight Investment Company. However, he also owned more patented mining claims in the Intermountain West than did his Gentile counterparts, and he was not inclined to engage in stock manipulation like many other mining entrepreneurs and railroad barons. Moreover, his business methods, especially when dealing with his working men, were far more paternalistic and benevolent than those of the typical big businessmen of the era. While other company town and mine owners often exploited their workers, Knight treated his workers very fairly in his company town of Knightville, Utah, which he equipped with a meetinghouse, amusement hall, and school instead of the usual hedonistic establishments of mining camp life. Although his philanthropy was not unique for the period, his generous gifts to Brigham Young University (an interest he shared with his wife, Amanda) earned him the reputation as the "patron saint" of BYU. He also gave freely to the Mormon Church and to many church-related projects, thereby revealing a kindly, religiously motivated disposition. Furthermore, his comfortable but unostentatious home in Provo, Utah, did not rival the extravagantly garish mansions built by big businessmen from San Francisco's Nob Hill to New York's Fifth Avenue. Nor did he seek high political office like mining kings George Hearst, James Fair, William Sharon, John P. Jones, Nathaniel Hill, Jerome Chaffee, Horace Tabor, William Clark, or Utah's Thomas Kearns--all of whom served in the "millionaire's club" of the United States Senate. Essentially more sensitive and modest than most business leaders during this age of ruthless capitalism and conspicuous consumption, he probably deserved the endearing nickname of "Uncle Jesse"--a rich but giving uncle. In fact, he believed that his money was for the purpose of doing good and building up his church; he regarded the matter as a "trusted stewardship." As he once said, "The earth is the Lord's bank, and no man has a right to take money out of that bank and use it extravagantly upon himself." Few nabobs of the era would have been willing to make that statement. Although he strayed from the Mormon Church in his early years and briefly affiliated with the anti-Mormon Liberal party in Utah, one must assume that his otherwise devout faith helped prevent him from falling prey to the capitalistic corruption and self-indulgent excesses so tempting and common to the business leaders of the Gilded Age and the western mining industry. Jesse Knight might not have been the only Mormon mining magnate in Utah, but he left a mark on his church and upon the educational and industrial development of the state. In 1960 BYU honored Knight's memory by naming the business building (now the humanities building) after him. Yet few students today are aware that the building's namesake possessed what former BYU administrator Herald R. Clark called a "magnificent obsession with helpfulness" (Gary Fuller Reese,"Uncle Jesse": The Story of Jesse Knight, Miner, Industrialist, Philanthropist[Provo: BYU master's thesis, 1961], p. 65). In addition to his support for BYU, Knight also provided generous and much-needed financial support for the LDS Church. Knight's early life had been punctuated by poverty. He was born in Nauvoo on September 6, 1845, the sixth child of Newell and Lydia Knight. The Knights joined the western exodus in late 1846, but Newell made it only as far as Nebraska, where he died in January 1847. Lydia, pregnant with their seventh child, joined other pioneers at Winter Quarters. The family reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1850. As a child, Knight gathered pigweed and sego lily roots to augment the family food supply. By age 11 he was hauling firewood with a team of oxen. Over the next dozen years, Knight held a range of jobs: teamster, logger, scout and guide, railroad worker, member of a cavalry, rancher, cattle buyer, trader, and miner. At some point during those years he lost interest in the LDS Church, although he married Amanda McEwan, an active Latter-day Saint, in 1869. Then in 1887 an experience forever changed his commitment to the Church. A rat fell in the family well, died, and decomposed. Jennie, his youngest daughter, was the first to become ill from drinking the contaminated water. Despite his professed lack of faith, Knight was finally persuaded to bring in elders to give her a blessing, and Jennie recovered, something he always considered miraculous. His oldest daughter Minnie, however, died of the infection, and he remembered that 17 years earlier she had nearly died of diphtheria. At that time Knight had promised that he would not forget God if the Lord would spare Minnie's life. As he described it, "I had not kept that promise. . . . I prayed for forgiveness and help. My prayer was answered and I received a testimony" (J. William Knight, The Jesse Knight Family[Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1940], pp. 35–36). The family then lived in Payson, Utah, about 25 miles from the Tintic mining district. While visiting the district one day, Knight sat under a tree on Godiva Mountain and heard a voice that told him, "This country is here for the Mormons." He always remembered the voice and interpreted it to mean that the wealth of the land was meant to assist the Latter-day Saints. Not long afterward, Knight staked his first mining claim, which he sold in 1890 for $14,000. This provided funds to move his family to Provo. According to Diane L. Mangum, whose story about Jesse Knight appeared in the October 1993 Ensign, "Always generous, Jesse became even more open-handed with his newfound prosperity. He offered help to everyone who asked, and often cosigned on loans for them. More often than not, Jesse was left to repay the debts. His money and credit slipped away, and he even had to mortgage the home he had built in Provo." Knight had a natural instinct about land. He returned to Godiva Mountain, located some promising limestone outcrops, and decided to stake a mining claim there. He then visited his brother-in-law Jared Roundy and offered him a share in the stake. But Roundy declined, calling the claim a "damned old humbug." Knight secured a loan and dubbed the mine "Humbug." It turned out to be one of the richest lead-silver deposits ever found in the West. It wasn't long before his wealth was used to aid BYU. Although not well educated himself, Knight had sent several of his children to Brigham Young Academy and had observed firsthand the school's financial struggles. In 1901 Knight accepted an invitation to join the board of Brigham Young Academy, and he later became a member of the executive committee. For the next 20 years, he donated land, bonds, irrigation shares, and money to assist the university. The Knight family funded half of the $130,000 needed to build the Karl G. Maeser Building, and when more money was needed Knight bought back, for $20,000, the Blue Bench Irrigation bonds he had donated to the school. In later years, the Jesse Knight Endowment funded the construction of Amanda Knight Hall and Allen Hall. The Knight-Mangum Building was named for Knight's daughter and daughter-in-law, who followed his example of generosity to BYU.

Class of 1918. Kenneth Knight. Academic Department. He graduated Monday Evening, May 27, 1918. Source 1: 1918 Graduation Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1918. Kenneth Knight. He received a BYH Academic Diploma in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 162. ~ ~ ~ ~ Kenneth Knight was born August 10, 1900 in Payson, Utah. His parents were Oscar Raymond Knight & Isabella Smith. Kenneth Knight died May 23, 1976.

Class of 1953. Basketball, Football, Tennis, Track, Lettermen, Band President, Chorus, Debate. BS BYU 1958. MS BYU 1959. PhD Stanford University 1965. Professor (1981-present), Associate Professor (76-81), Assistant Professor (73-76), BYU, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Director of the Center for X-Ray Imaging (87-present), BYU. Founding editor of the Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology (1989-present). Co-founder MOXTEK—a commercial x-ray technology company. Consultant, Laser Fusion Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (1974-1994 — Consults on plasma diagnostics, x-ray imaging, x-ray lasers, high power lasers, laser produced plasmas, x-ray optics characterization, and x-ray instruments. Research Associate, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (1972-1973)—low temperature experiments related to traps for low energy electrons, magnetic resonance, study of free electron lasers and gravitational effects on antimatter. Senior Scientist, Barry Research Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (1971) — Designed and tested innovative, large HF antennas. Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, Holograf Corporation, Los Gatos, CA (1969 -1972)—Directed research and development of holographically based metrology instruments. Member Technical Staff, Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (1967-1969) — Worked on atomic frequency standards, noise thermometers and analytic instruments — ESCA. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, California (1965 -1967).

Faculty & Staff. Leland S. Knight. BYU Training School, up to May 1968. Mr. Knight was a respected Sixth Grade teacher.

Class of 1969. Lorna Knight.