Harold B. Lee Library

Archive for October, 2009

• Franklin S. Harris and Brigham Young University
  Posted October 28, 2009 by Gordon Daines

  Franklin S. Harris began his association with Brigham Young University in 1903 as a student in the high school. He received his high school diploma in 1904 and returned home to Colonia Juarez, Mexico to teach school. However, his passion for learning had been ignited and in 1905 he returned to Brigham Young University and [...]

• Honoring the Founders
  Posted October 14, 2009 by Gordon Daines

  Brigham Young University has a rich heritage and every year during Homecoming the university pauses to reflect on those men and women who have helped to create the educational institution that we enjoy. The honored founder this year is Eugene Lusk Roberts. Roberts served as the first head of the Brigham Young University’s athletic department [...]

• Owen S. Rich, Broadcast Education Pioneer
  Posted October 1, 2009 by Gordon Daines

  Owen S. Rich was a broadcast education pioneer at Brigham Young University. He came to BYU in 1946 at the request of T. Earl Pardoe. Pardoe was looking for someone to introduce radio broadcasting at the university. Rich had been serving as a chief electronic technician for the United States Coast Guard when Pardoe contacted [...]