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When financial difficulty forced another closure, on October 16, 1875, Brigham Young, then president of the LDS Church, deeded the property to trustees to create Brigham Young Academy after earlier hinting a school would be built in Draper, Utah, in 1867. [13] Hence, October 16, 1875, is commonly held as BYU's founding date. [14]
This is the commonly held founding date of BYU. [5] Young broke the school off from the University of Deseret and christened it "Brigham Young Academy.". [1] The original board of trustees included "Martha Jane Knowlton Coray to represent women's interests." [4] Classes at the new BYA commenced January 3, 1876.
Brigham Young (/ ˈ b r ɪ ɡ əm / BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) [4] was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877.
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Ernest L. Wilkinson, ed., Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years. Vol. 2, p. 782-794. These pages consist of charts that show the historical development of the various BYU colleges and their constituent departments through the end of 1975.
The Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering represents Brigham Young University's (BYU) engineering discipline and includes departments of chemical, civil & construction, electrical & computer, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering along with the technology and engineering studies program [1]. The college awards about 700 degrees every year ...
The organization has petitioned the university, [11] as well as several of its accreditors with statements that BYU does not meet national requirements for religious freedom. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] These include the American Psychological Association [ 15 ] and the American Bar Association [ 10 ] [ 16 ] which resulted in a change to BYU's honor ...
Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956) [1] is an American professor who served as the 13th president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2014 to 2023. From 2010 to 2021, he also served as an area seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [2]