Brigham Young Academy Foundation

The Brigham Young Academy Foundation was organized in 1985 by Shirley Paxman, Meryl Astrop, Brad Westwood, and others. The foundation was established to preserve the lower campus of Brigham Young University, which was sold to private investors in the mid-1970s.

Founded in 1985 by Shirley Paxman, Meryl Astrop, Brad Westwood among others. The foundation was established to preserve the lower campus of Brigham Young University, which was sold to private interests in the mid-1970s.

P. Bradford Westwood was a Provo native who contributed much to BYA and the library at Brigham Young University.

P. Bradford Westwood grew up in Provo, Utah, and spent his summers on the Oregon coast. He received his Bachelor's Degree from BYU in American Studies in 1985 and his Master's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Historic Preservation in 1994. He was on the Board of Directors of the BYA Foundation from 1985-1989 and was one of the co-founders of the Foundation. He worked for the BYU L. Tom Perry Special Collections and served as the assistant chair from 1997-2002 and chair from 2002-2008. In 2009 Brad became the Manager of Collection Development (museum, archives, and library) for the LDS Church's Historical Department. He is the co-founder of the A. Dean Larsen Book Collectors Conference. His subject specialties include rare books and manuscripts, the administration of cultural repositories, architectural history (19th/20th Century American and European) and historic preservation.

The Brigham Young Academy Foundation (1990-2005) was a non-profit organization involved in the redevelopment of Academy Square in Provo, Utah.