Faculty & Staff. May Billings, Home Economics teacher, 1934-1939. She would shout, "A place for everything, and everything in its place!" whenever she searched for her scissors.

Faculty & Staff. Sanford M. Bingham, Instructor in Languages, German, English, Social Science and Theology, 1939-1945. Sanford Moroni Bingham, born June 20, 1914 in Vernal, Utah. He died June 24, 2000. His parents: George Sanford Bingham and Janet Anderson Gerber Bingham.

Faculty & Staff, Training School, 1909-1911. Alma L. Binzel.

Faculty & Staff. Verla L. Birrell, Instructor in Art (Junior High), 1938-1947. Dr. Verla Leone Birrell, 97, Utah artist, writer, poet, lecturer, teacher died June 4, 2001 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born November 24, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington to James Walter Birrell and Elfie Naylor Birrell. Member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Graduated from the University of Utah B.S. 1929; Claremont M.F.A. 1942; Columbia University E.Ed. 1967; BYU 1948, pre-med; University of Utah Ph.D, 1955; also several other schools. Taught art, design, textiles, and related subjects at junior highs, high schools, BYU 1937-48, U of U. 1948-72, traveled extensively, was engaged in archaeological research. Member American Anthropological Assn., Society for American Archaeology, Nat'l League of American Pen Women, Omnicron Nu, Associated Utah Artists, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Beta Theta, Readers Guild, Alice Louise Reynolds Club, Acanthus Club. Preceded in death by parents; sisters, Gayle (Dr. Adrian S.) Pugmire, Margaret (David W.) Leonard. She is survived by a nephew, Robert David Pugmire and his wife Carol and their sons, Kevin, Craig, Mark. Graveside services were conducted by Bishop Jeff Simmons, 14th Ward, Monument Park Stake on Saturday, June 9, 1 p.m., inside the Salt Lake City Cemetery. The family requested that donations may be made in her name to BYU Museum of Art. [Deseret News, June 8, 2001.]

Faculty & Staff. Bishop, Carolyn. See her listed under her maiden name: Callister, Carolyn.

Faculty & Staff. Gladys D. Black was an English teacher at least during the 1928-1929 to 1933-34 school years. She also coached the Debate Team, as shown in the 1929 and 1931 BYU Banyans, High School sections.

Faculty & Staff, including 1953-54 and 1954-55. Health, Mathematics, Science, 7th Grade Core. Jesse Ray Black, 85, died peacefully at home July 17, 1997. He was born June 5, 1912 to Nellie Cordelia Basinger Black and Joseph Francis Black in Clyde, Idaho. Married Melba Ralph on February 14, 1942 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. A lifelong member of the LDS Church, he served as Ward Sunday School Superintendent, on the Stake High Council and Parley's Stake Executive Secretary for over 13 years. He loved and cherished his association with the members of Parley's Stake. He taught school in Chilly, Idaho; Salmon, Idaho; and East High School in Salt Lake City. He received a Doctorate in Education from the University of Utah and taught at both BYU and the University of Utah. Served as President of Salt Lake Teachers, Utah Education Association and Western Business Education Association. He retired as Director of Training at the IRS Regional Center in Ogden, Utah. Survived by son, Richard E. (Katherine Warner) Black and seven grandchildren. Preceded in death by son, Jesse Ralph Black, November 30, 1962 and wife, Melba. Funeral services were held Monday, July 21, 1997 in Salt Lake City. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. The family suggests donations may be made to Primary Childrens' Medical Center, 100 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113. [Deseret News, Saturday, July 19, 1997.]

Faculty & Staff. James Blankenship. BYH Art Teacher, 1967-68. ~ ~ ~ ~ "I found your site looking for a friend on the BYU faculty and found yours. I do remember my students and how great they were! I especially want to thank them for putting up with me back then. I want to thank Glorianne Howard for her most descriptive tribute during the faculty recognition at BYH. I have taught 44 yrs, with the last 29 at Boise State and loved every minute of it." ~ ~ Jim Blankenship Professor Emeritus, Boise State. @29Mar2011

BY Academy High School Class of 1886. Alfred Lewis Booth. Awarded Teacher's Certificate, and Special Certificate in Physiology & Hygiene. He is listed on the Commencement Exercises program of May 21, 1886 as "Head Janitor" [as Alfred Q. Booth]. This position was usually held by a faculty member who hired students to be janitors. Source: The (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 25, 1886. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Logic, Mathematics and History teacher and Registrar, 1887-1889. ~ ~ ~ ~ President of the Alumni Association. ~ ~ ~ ~ Born June 17, 1864, in Alpine, Utah. His parents were Richard Thornton Booth and Elsie Edge Booth. Alfred Booth married three times: He first married Marie Olsen, who was born on October 22, 1872 in Loten, Hedmark, Norway. She died on April 16, 1892. He second married Maria "May" Ashworth of Beaver, Utah on May 12, 1900 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had five children, including: Alfred Lewis Booth, Jr., born 1901; Editha Booth, born 1903; Leona Booth, born 1905; Herbert Booth, born 1907; and William Booth, born 1908. Maria "May" Ashworth Booth died on October 10, 1913. Third marriage: Edith Young, on June 23, 1915, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had one son and three daughters: Thornton Y. Booth; Virginia Booth (Wendell Allred); Margary Booth (Donald Neville); and Phyllis Booth (Carlos A. Phillips). Alfred died on June 3, 1947, in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alfred had his first ride on a railroad when he went to Provo to attend BYA in 1879. The school was occupying the remodeled Lewis Building on Center Street. He saw the building enlarged in 1882, and was a student when the building burned to the ground on a cold winter night in 1884. He helped to move books and furniture to the old ZCMI building near the railroad tracks. By 1886 Alfred graduated with a Normal [Teaching] Certificate. He taught trigonometry, surveying, rhetoric and logic. For the year 1889-91 he was Registrar at BYA, and in 1898-99 he was president of the Alumni Association. He surveyed much of Provo. In 1893 he passed the bar examination and was admitted to the bar in Provo, and became one of Utah's most celebrated attorneys. Source 2: Brief profile in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 3-6.

BY Academy High School, Class of 1880? BYU Graduate, Class of 1904. John Edge Booth. One of the first members of the Brigham Young Academy Faculty & Staff. Teacher of Mathematics, Bookkeeping & Law, 1876-1877, 1884-1913. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1904. John Edge Booth. He received the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree at the 1904 Commencement, Spring of 1904. Source: 1904 Commencement Program, BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Judge John Edge Booth. Born June 29, 1847, Bedford Leigh, Lancashire, England. First married Maria Josephine Harvey, October 11, 1873. They had four children; she died after fourth. Second married Hannah Billings, 1876, no children. Third married Delia I. Winters, and they had four children. John E. Booth served as Mayor of Provo, Utah, from 1890 to 1891. John died March 28, 1920. In 1871 he craved a deeper insight into mathematics, so he moved to Provo, teaching and studying in the Timpanogos University, a branch of the University of Deseret with Warren H. Dusenberry. He studied law at night under John B. Milner and in 1875 [One year before the founding of BYA] was admitted to the Utah bar. He was appointed city attorney for Provo in 1875 and was a city counselor from 1876-1882. Judge Booth took great pride in the fact that he was a prime mover in getting the Academy in Provo, and was most happy when Karl G. Maeser assigned him the chair of mathematics at the new Brigham Young Academy. He taught civil government and law at the Academy for many years without pay (1886-1920). Some of the best legal minds of the state got their inspiration and start from Judge John E. Booth. [Brief profile in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 7-10.]

Faculty & Staff. Lewis [or Louis] W. Booth, Teacher of Music and Languages, 1940-1947. ~ ~ ~ ~ Louis [or Lewis] Wineera Booth was born on April 19, 1911. His parents were Louis Hyrum Booth and Phoebe Price Booth. He married Marguerite Jacques. He died on June 7, 1974 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

BY Academy High School Class of 1887. May Booth of Provo received a Special Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 21, 1887. Faculty & Staff. May Booth Talmage, Reading teacher, 1885-1890. ~ ~ ~ ~ Miss May Booth spoke at Commencement Exercises for the Class of 1886 held on May 21, 1886, "In Behalf of Remaining Students". Source: Provo Daily Enquirer, May 21, 1886. ~ ~ ~ ~ On June 14, 1888, May Booth, daughter of Richard Thornton Booth and Elsie Edge Booth, married James E. Talmage at the Manti Temple, and from this union there came the following children: Sterling B. Talmage, born May 21, 1889; Paul B. Talmage, born Dec. 21, 1891; Zella Talmage, born Aug. 3, 1894, died of pneumonia April 27, 1895; Elsie Talmage, born Aug. 16, 1896; James Karl Talmage, born Aug. 29, 1898; Lucile Talmage, born May 29, 1900; Helen May Talmage, born Oct. 24, 1902, and John Russell Talmage, born Feb. 1, 1911.

Faculty & Staff. Virginia Booth. She was on the BYH faculty during the 1935-1936 school year. ~ ~ ~ ~ Virginia Bird Booth was born on October 9, 1909, Provo Bench [Orem], Utah. Her parents were Joseph Edgar Booth and Charlotte Ann Bird Booth. She married Leo Alma Poulson on March 5, 1938 in Manti, Utah. Leo Alma Poulson was the son of Otto Julius Poulson and Emma Christina Johnson Poulson. Virgina Booth Poulson died on January 23, 1995, in Orem, Utah. Interment, Pleasant Grove, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Virginia's sister, Lorna Booth Maycock, was a member of the BYH Class of 1919.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Maybeth Bowman. She received a BS Degree in Music in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 362. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Faculty. Maybeth Bowman. An instructor in the Training School, she also directed the first High School opera "The Belle of Bagdad" during the 1929-1930 school year. ~ ~ ~ ~ Maybeth Bowman was born on September 17, 1904 in Dublan, Mexico. Her parents were Henry Eyring Bowman, Sr. and Mary Bertha Gubler Bowman. She married Loaz W. Johnson. She died on February 22, 1975 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah.

Faculty & Staff. Kenneth F. Bowthorpe. 1964 through 1968 - Master Speech Teacher. Born March 7, 1921. His parents: Wilford R. Bowthorpe and Hazel Deane Fagg Bowthorpe.

Class of 1941. Ida Lucile Boyd. School Secretary after graduation. Ida Boyd. Opera. Fauvines. College Enrollment. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: John David Boyd, Jr., and Hannah Peterson Boyd. John and Hannah had eleven children: John David Boyd, Emmet Lorain Boyd, Savie "V" Boyd Peay, Ida Boyd Reid [BYH Class of 1941], Mildred Boyd Arnold, Olive Bengta Boyd, Amelda (not Alameda) Boyd, George Edward Boyd, Lewis Hubbard Boyd, Byron Woodrow Boyd, Sr., and Sherman Boyd. ~ ~ ~ ~ TAMING THE WILD WEST. PROVO -- It's like visiting a wild West museum. Arvil and Ida Boyd Reid's home is a display of mementos from Utah's law enforcement history. An old revolver, sheriff's badges and a banjo that belonged to Ida's father, John D. Boyd, adorn the home. Ida Reid is proud of her heritage as the daughter of one of Utah County's first and finest sheriffs. Growing up in the rugged terrain of southern Arizona, Boyd learned the ways of the wild West from his father, John Boyd Sr., the deputy sheriff of Cochise County, Ariz. Tombstone was the county seat. By the age of 23, John Boyd Jr. was working for his father in defending the peace of the West. His first assignment from his father, who deputized his son, was one that would make him famous. Boyd was assigned to chase a stagecoach robber named Jackson, the last reported stagecoach robbery in the state. Fearlessly, Boyd and his companions followed the trail of the robber through the southeastern Arizona desert moving from ranch to ranch. They found an old run-down cabin with a horse tied to a post. Suspecting this might be the hideout of Jackson, Boyd and his men circled the cabin and waited for Jackson to surface. They didn't have to wait long as the door opened and out of the dark shadows stepped a dark-bearded, dirty man holding a set of saddlebags in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other. Boyd demanded the man drop his rifle and Jackson instead immediately lifted the rifle to his shoulder. Before Jackson could pull the trigger, Boyd fired his six-shooter and with amazing precision grazed Jackson in the shoulder with a round. Jackson fell to the ground in pain and the chase was over. For the next three days and nights Jackson was handcuffed to Boyd in order to prevent his escape. Boyd felt jail was not a safe enough place for Jackson. Jackson's brother trailed Boyd for many years seeking vengeance for Jackson's imprisonment. Boyd's early life was much like an old television western series. One day he'd be after Butch Cassidy and his men and the next he would be warding off Indian attacks and building friendships with them in Apache. Near the end of his life he said, "Television doesn't begin to tell the adventures of the Old West as we lived them. I guess I'm about the only old timer left who remembers the sagas of the Apache Kid, the Wham robbery and the other thrilling adventures of the Arizona frontier." His life was filled with excitement and adventure, but Boyd was more than just a gun-slinging cowboy. He was a devoted family man. On July 1, 1899, J.D. Boyd married Hannah Peterson in Mammoth, Utah. They became the parents of 11 children. Their daughter, Ida, recalls the memories of her father, who was so well respected he was re-elected to the Utah County Sheriff's Office three straight terms and won the popular vote in both parties. While Boyd was serving as the Utah County Sheriff from 1920-30 the Boyd family lived in a big white house that once stood next door to the current courthouse. Ida recalls how convicts would stop by the house right after being let out of jail to thank Boyd for the advice and support he gave them. "He was so kind to everyone and he believed in 'hating the sin, while loving the sinner,'" Reid said. "There was always a house full of people. Mom and Dad wouldn't let a tramp go by without feeding them." When Ida was 10 years old, her family moved into a house on 500 North across from the old Brigham Young Academy and they have lived there ever since. Ida spoke of the hardships her family faced during her early years. Her sister, Amelda, was diagnosed with glaucoma behind both eyes at the age of 1. Three years later, Amelda was buried after an attempted life-saving surgery. Other hardships awaited the family as an older brother went to fight in World War I at the age of 17. One year later, on his 18th birthday, he was returned home as the first casualty of the war from Utah County. Although he was always busy catching bootleggers and bandits, Boyd had time to take his family on trips to Arizona and Mexico, where he was recognized all along the trail. In his older years he would gather the family around and play his banjo and sing in his Irish brogue. Reid remembers how Boyd would sit at her bedside and tell stories of the wild West. She had a tear in her eye as she remembered, "Dad walked to work in a five-beaver Stetson hat. I can still see him walking down the street in his overcoat and Stetson. He was a very dignified man whose handshake was as good as his word." [By David D. Farnsworth, Provo Daily Herald September 18, 1999.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Ida Lucile Boyd Reid, beautiful and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed on to her heavenly home on Saturday, December 9, 2006 encircled in love by her family. Ida's first and foremost love was the happiness of her family. She was married to Arvil Shields Reid on November 4, 1942 in her family home in Provo, Utah, and then later sealed in the Manti LDS Temple on July 1, 1952. Ida is survived by her loyal and loving husband, Arvil, who cared for her and was by her side continuously throughout the years. She was also survived by her sister, Mildred Arnold (Earl) of Las Vegas, Nevada, and two daughters, Leslie Ann Reid Gledhill (Michael) of Provo, Utah and Becky Sue Reid Dayton (Bruce) of Roseville, California. They have 11 grandchildren and 2 2/3 great- grandchildren, who were her little treasures. She was so proud of all their accomplishments and was the most proactive mother and grandmother in the world. We know that her influence will not end. ~ ~ Ida was the 11th child of Hannah Peterson and John David Boyd, born Dec 3, 1922 in Heber City, Utah. She idolized her mother and father, keeping their stories alive in pictures and books. Ida's life revolved around her love of music. She took the lead in several BY High School operettas. She graduated from BY High in 1941. She was the first president of Provo Chauntenetts and a member of the first Cougarette Quartette of BYU. She was involved as ward and stake chorister and was a member of the Geneva Steel Chorus. Ida played the part of "Sister Irvine", secretary to LDS President Lorenzo Snow, in the movie, "Windows of Heaven." She was a member of the Provo Women's Council and the National Secretaries Association. While Arvil was serving in WWII she worked at Geneva Steel, then as BY High Secretary and as an elementary secretary for the Provo School District for almost 18 years. She also loved making porcelain dolls. In her own words she said "Some of my favorite things are raising my two beautiful, talented daughters and being a part of their lives, tending and being with my sweet grandchildren, and trips with Arvil." Her family will miss her more than words can express, and will look forward to seeing her again someday, knowing that families are forever. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Santaquin City Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald, December 11, 2006.]

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1905 and 1906, Faculty, Principal. William Henry Boyle, Jr. He started out on a pace to graduate with the Class of 1893, but due to teaching assignments before he received his diploma, William H. Boyle eventually graduated from the BY High School, Normal Department, on Wednesday, May 31, 1905, in College Hall. He delivered the Valedictory address at that ceremony. Source 1: Program, Normal & High School Graduating Exercises, Wednesday, May 31, 1905, College Hall. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1905. W. H. Boyle. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 169. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1905. W. H. Boyle, 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ In 1905, W. H. Boyle was serving as Principal of the Preparatory School. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. W. H. Boyle received a Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 169. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1913. William H. Boyle. He received an A.B. Degree in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 1. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. William H. Boyle, Jr., Problems of Democracy, Economics & Education teacher, 1902-1903 to 1935-37, then BYU to 1945. William Henry Boyle, Jr., Seventh Principal of BY High School from 1909-1910 to 1925-1926, one of the longest-serving BYH principals at 17 years. In his "Reminiscences" he notes that he took a one-year leave of absence from 1923-1924, due to ill health. He is listed as faculty at BYH in 1932-33 in Economics, and in 1943-44 as Professor of Education. He was born October 19, 1874, Santaquin, Utah. Married Minne Alice Wright of Nephi, Utah on September 3, 1902. They had three children. Former Principal William Henry Boyle, Jr., died March 18, 1965 in Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. William H. Boyle. He received an MA Degree in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 1. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU Archives Publication: Boyle, William H., "Reminiscences", 1946. 1 volume. Call Number: UA OH 163, Abstract: Boyle describes his childhood, his educational background, his professional affiliation with Brigham Young University, and his spiritual experiences. ~~~~ His parents: William Henry Boyle, Sr., & Mary Jane Ewell Boyle. Wife: Minnie Alice Wright Boyle. His father: William Henry Boyle Sr., born 19 February 1851 in Ogden, Utah; died 22 January 1913, place not recorded. Santaquin City Cemetery, Lot 27, Block A, Grave #1ET. William Henry Boyle, Jr., was schooled at Santaquin and went to Brigham Young Academy when he was 17 years of age, with money he had saved by working in the mines and hauling lumber. He studied under Karl G. Maeser for the last three months at the old ZCMI Building and marched to the new Academy Education Building in January of 1892. He mustered up courage and told the new principal, Benjamin Cluff, Jr., of his financial troubles. Cluff had him take care of cows and chickens, chop wood and keep lawn cut, telling him, "You can board with us, but we have no place [for you] to sleep." Prof. McKendric loaned him a bed out of his loft, and he slept in a small room in the Academy. He studied in Room D. He later batched with other boys going to school, finishing in 1893. He worked as a teacher and principal in Scipio, Juab and Levan. In 1900 he entered BYA for another year. In 1901 he became a teacher of the 8th grade in Nephi, Utah for two years. In 1903 he returned to Provo and BYA, where he was given the job of principal of the sub-High School, [graduating from the Normal Department in 1905] and in 1909-1910 became principal of the High School through 1925-1926. He then became a professor of Education at BYU, teaching until 1944, when 71 years of age. Served on many state boards. BYU AB 1913; BYU MA 1923. One year of graduate work at USC and two summer schools at Berkeley. As a student he knew Karl G. Maeser, and worked under 5 BYU presidents: Cluff, Brimhall, Harris, McDonald, and Wilkinson. His three children went to BYU from kindergarten to college graduation. 1) Melva B. Boyle, BYH Class of 1922?, married Laurence H. Hutchings, Salt Lake City. 2) Wilma S. Boyle, BYH Class of 1924?, married Bertell Bunker, Salt Lake City. 3) Dr. William Sidney Boyle, BYH Class of 1926?, married Rowena Christensen, Logan, Utah. [Brief profile of Wm. H. Boyle, Jr., in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 11-13.]

Faculty and Staff. Robert E. Brailsford. Started teaching at BYH in 1947-48, continued into the 1950s. ~ ~ ~ ~ Robert Earl Brailsford was born June 20, 1913 in Sunnyside, Carbon County, Utah. He married Freeda Webster on January 18, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died June 14, 2000. His parents: John Henry Brailsford & Ethel Lenora Adamson Brailsford.

Faculty & Staff 1964-65 - Secretary.

Faculty & Staff 1962-63 - Secretary.

BYA High School Class of 1880. George Henry Brimhall. He was one of the first graduates of the BYA. Brimhall also served as Fourth Principal of Brigham Young High School Principal from 1895 to 1900. He studied at the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret in Provo, a predecessor of both the University of Utah and Brigham Young Academy. The Timpanogos Branch was a Provo high school extension of the school that became the University of Utah; after financial problems forced the closure of its Provo branch, it reopened the next year on January 3, 1876, with the same principal [Warren Dusenberry] in the same building [Lewis Hall] but with a new name: Brigham Young Academy. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Theology, Pedagogy, and Psychology teacher, 1897-1932. He appears in a photo of the first faculty to serve under Principal Benjamin Cluff in 1892. Fourth Principal of BY Academy 1895 to 1900. From 1900 to 1904 N. L. Nelson became Principal of BY High School. Brimhall became President of Brigham Young University from 1904 until 1921. Students under Brimhall remembered his tenure as "the good old Brimhall days." This is intended as a compliment to the spirit and personality of George H. Brimhall, for he breathed into the school a special charisma which people never forgot. He was particularly known for his short, pithy talks at devotionals. Ezra Taft Benson has written "No man has so inspired me with so few spoken words as has President Brimhall in his famous four-minute assembly talks." The President was equally impressive in his full dissertations. Often when speaking to the students he was both intense and dramatic and could either inspire them or evoke tender pathos or a sense of horrific guilt, illustrated in an incident reported by J. Edward Johnson, who describes a real "scorcher" given by Brimhall after a rash of pilfering had hit the student body at BYU. Brimhall was particularly incensed over the theft of a watch from a gym locker. "None who heard him would ever forget how small, little, unbelievably diminutive he made that thief." With dramatic pauses Brimhall said that if the culprit had "even so much as a trace of conscience and character every tick of that watch would say to him, 'thief." 'Thief, thief; thief, thief; thief, thief.'" He suggested that perhaps the guilty person might want to return the watch. The story goes that when he came into his office early the following morning, Brimhall found several watches on his desk. George H. Brimhall was a strong and compelling personality with wide versatility in talent and achievement. In terms of his time and culture he must be credited with high marks for his devotion to Brigham Young Academy and BYU, the Church, and the state. While rearing 14 children, presiding over the Church University, and serving on the Church Board of Examiners, he still found time to write, teach, preach, and counsel. He not only guided the University through some of its most difficult times, but also guided students in choosing the paths they would follow in life. "The school depends not on man, or any set of men. God planted it and we are but gardeners to take care of it." —George H. Brimhall Born: December 9, 1852 in Salt Lake City. Died: July 29, 1932 in Provo, Utah. Father: George Washington Brimhall (1814–1895); Mother: Rachel Ann Myers (1829–1917). Families: A~~ Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins (1856–1926) md. December 28, 1874 - 1. Lucy Jane (1875–1957); 2. Alsina Elizabeth (1876–1960); 3. [unnamed] (b. ca. 1878); 4. George Washington (1878–1854); 5. Mark Henry (1880–1965); 6. Wells Lovett (1882–1947); 7. Milton Albert (1883–1884). B~~ Flora McDonald Robertson (1865–1950) md. September 11,1885 - 1. Dean Robertson (1886–1972); 2. Fay Robertson (1889–1972); 3. Fawn Robertson (1889–1960); 4. Burns Robertson (1892–1976); 5. Ruth Afton (1895–1965); 6. Alta Robertson (1901–1903); 7. Areo Robertson (1909–1990); 8. One living (Ancestral File). Despite dire financial conditions, George's mother was determined that he get an education. He attended school in Ogden, Salt Lake, Cedar Fort, southern Utah, and Spanish Fork. When a high school was started in Provo —- the Dusenberry school on Second East, then known as Timpanogos University -- George worked odd jobs to pay for his board. When he couldn't find work, the family sacrificed, despite hard financial times, so he could attend. Then, 42 young men decided it would be a good idea to have a high school in Spanish Fork and they contributed $15 each in work and funds. They brought logs down from Santaquin Canyon. In 40 days they had a big house-raising with the whole community present. They called it the Young Men's Academy but women came too. His first wife attended. Tom Beesley taught the first, and Brimhall taught the next two or three years, incuding Algebra, Bookkeeping, Grammar, History, and Elocution. Brimhall became Spanish Fork's superintendent of schools for two terms, then County School Superintendent for two years. He was authorized to be ordained a patriarch by LDS Church apostles in 1887. In 1897 George joined the Brigham Young Academy faculty. When Brigham Young Academy President George Cluff took an expedition to South America in 1900, Brimhall was named acting president, and then succeeded Cluff in 1904. In 1903 the academy had become Brigham Young University. Brimhall introduced the B.S. program in 1904 and the B.A. in 1907. The Maeser Memorial was completed in 1911. It was also the year that a conflict between orthodox church teachings, and evolution and higher criticism, came to a head, leading to the dismissal or resignation of Joseph and Henry Peterson, and Ralph Chamberlain. Brimhall had hired the three and was sympathetic toward the professors, but Superintendent of Church Schools Horace Cummings was determined to rid BYU of "modernists". Despite severe chest and abdominal pain, which he suffered throughout his life, George Brimhall served seventeen years as President of BYU — until 1921. In that year, at age eighty, he took his own life with a hunting rifle. ~~~~ George Henry Brimhall (1853-1932) was the son of George Washington Brimhall (b.1814) and (2) Rachel Ann Mayer (b.1829) of Iron Co., Utah Territory. He married (1) Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins (d.1926), the daughter of George Washington Wilkins and Catherine Augusta Lovett in 1874. He married (2) Flora Robertson in 1885. He was the father of 15 children. He served as an instructor and principal at Brigham Young Academy, and later as a President of Brigham Young University (1904-1921). [Brief profile in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 15-25.] ~ ~ ~ ~ In connection with Brigham Young Academy Commencement in May of 1899, an Alumni Banquet was held at the Hotel Roberts in Provo with about two hundred people attending. Four alumni spoke about different periods of time in the life of the Academy. "Prof. G. H. Brimhall brought the narration from '92 to '99. In 1892 the institution was removed from the old warehouse to the present main [Education] building, and in 1899 it 'swarmed' again to the new college. Furthermore, the parent institution has sent out several healthy colonies." Source: Deseret Evening News, May 27, 1899. [The other three speakers: Mrs. Hannah Stubbs Jones, J. Golden Kimball, and Newton Noyes.]

BY Academy Collegiate Normal Class of 1895. Jennie Brimhall. Received title of Bachelor of Pedagogy (B. Pd.) on May 23, 1895. She served as Historian, and at Commencement Exercises delivered the Class History. Source 1: Salt Lake Tribune, May 24, 1895. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Class of 1895. Jennie Brimhall appears in a photograph held by the BYU Archives purporting to be "the graduating Class of 1895" (UAP 2 Folder 038) Source 3: Collegiate Class of 1895: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, page 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Jesse William Knight. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff: As Mrs. Knight, Jennie Brimhall Knight served as Matron, Training School, 1897-1898, 1907-1911. ~ ~ ~ ~ ONE OF FIRST TWO SINGLE WOMEN MISSIONARIES IN THE LDS CHURCH: Lucy Jane Brimhall and Amanda Inez Knight 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.

Faculty & Staff. Tryphina Brimhall, Training School, 1893-1894.

Faculty & Staff. Serena Broadbent Vance, Training School, 1907-1908. ~ ~ ~ ~ Serena Broadbent was born on November 4, 1880 in Santaquin, Utah. Her parents were Thomas Broadbent and Mary Jane Nuttall Broadbent. She married Hyrum Sanford Vance on August 19, 1903 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Serena Broadbent Vance died on July 24, 1967 in Orem, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Faculty & Staff. Thomas Lowell Broadbent, Languages and Economics, 1935-1939. He could recite the story of "The Three Bears" in German. Left Utah Valley to be employed at the University of Utah. Son, Thomas Broadbent, BYH Class of 1952~H. Thomas Lowell Broadbent died in 1993. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Thomas Lowell Broadbent, 83, of Riverside, California, formerly of Salt Lake City, died December 26, 1993 in Riverside, California. Born in Provo, he was the son of Thomas S. and Violet Long Broadbent. He served an LDS mission to Germany prior to receiving his BA and MA from BYU, and his Ph.D. from University of Michigan. He was an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He taught German language and literature at BYH and BYU until 1947, and then at the University of Utah until 1953. He moved to Riverside to help establish a new campus of University of California, where he served as Dean of Students, Professor of German, and Associate Dean of College of Letters and Science. He was a member of the LDS Church and was active in several community organizations. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Wilma Valentine Broadbent; two sons, Thomas V. Broadbent of Los Gatos, Calif.; and L. Clark Broadbent of New Haven, Connecticut; a daughter, Beverly B. Creer of Avon, Connecticut; two sisters, Hermese B. Ogden of Salt Lake City; and Margaret Nielsen of Provo; and four grandchildren. A student award is given annually in his honor at the University of California, Riverside. Contributions may be sent to the Dean Thomas L. Broadbent Award Endowment Fund, U.C. Riverside Foundation, University of California, Riverside, California; 92521-0321 [Deseret News, Wednesday, February 2, 1994.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Wilma Leota Valentine Broadbent, 92, of Avon, Connecticut, died Saturday January 20, 2001. Born in Brigham City, Utah on March 25, 1908 to Nephi and Ottolina Bengston Valentine, she graduated from Box Elder High School in 1926 and from Dee Hospital School of Nursing in Ogden, Utah in 1929. In 1933, she married Thomas Lowell Broadbent (deceased 1993) in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They lived for many years in Provo and Salt Lake City before moving in 1953 to Riverside, California, where he was a charter faculty member of the University of California at Riverside, and she helped establish its Student Health Center. Active in the LDS Church and in university and community affairs, Wilma was optimistic, fun-loving and known for her tolerance and skill in reaching out to others. She moved to Connecticut in 1996. Survivors are a sister, Grace Price, Brigham City; three children, Thomas V. Broadbent [BYH Class of 1952~H] (Ellen), Los Gatos, CA; Beverly Broadbent Creer (Leland), Avon Connecticut; Lee Clark Broadbent (Denise), New Haven, Connecticut; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law and three sisters-in-law, Sil and Hermese Ogden and Amy Y. Valentine, all of Salt Lake City; and Margaret Nielsen, of Provo. Memorial services were held at the West Hartford, Connecticut LDS Ward and also at Riverside National Cemetery. [Deseret News, February 4, 2001.]