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BYU also claims notable professional football players including Super Bowl MVP Steve Young '84 & '94, Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer '90, and two-time Super Bowl winner Jim McMahon. In golf, BYU alumni include two major championship winners: Johnny Miller ('69) at the 1973 U.S. Open and 1976 British Open and Mike Weir ('92) at the 2003 Masters.
She launched BYU's first international tour in 1960. [4] She officially retired from BYU in 1984; [2] however, she maintained a studio at BYU after retirement. [5] She continued to help with musical productions until her death. [1] Some of her students were Heather Young, Sally Flynn and Sandi Griffiths from The Lawrence Welk Show, and Joseph ...
Ball is married to the former DeAnna Hill and they have six children. [3] Ball holds a bachelor's degree in botany and education (1979), a master's degree in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (1990) and a Ph.D. in archeobotany (1992), all from BYU. [3] [6] After receiving his doctorate, Ball became a Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU in 1992.
Brigham Young University's Honor Code, which all BYU students agree to as a condition of studying at BYU, prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, etc. As mentioned earlier, The Princeton Review has rated BYU the "#1 stone cold sober school" in the nation for several years running, an honor which the late LDS Church president ...
[2] By the time of his death, Young had 56 children by 16 of his wives; 46 of his children reached adulthood. [3] In 1902, 25 years after Young's death, The New York Times established that Young's direct descendants numbered more than 1,000. [4] In 2016 Young was estimated to have around 30,000 descendants. [5]
List of BYU presidents on the school's website; References This page was last edited on 11 January 2024, at 20:35 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
At the north end of the Beehive House was a family store, at which Young's wives and children had running accounts and could buy what they needed. [182] In 1865, Karl Maeser began to privately tutor Young's fifty-six children and stopped when he was called on a mission to Germany in 1867. [183] [184] [185]
Jeffrey Roy Holland (born December 3, 1940) is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University (BYU) and is the acting president [2] of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).