Bateman, Merrill J.

Merrill J. Bateman served as president of Brigham Young University from January 1996 through April 2003.

From the description of Brigham Young University president's records, 1996-2003. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 54080580

L. Lee Bartlett (born 1930) is an advertising executive, professor of communications, and academic administrator in Utah.

Leonard Lee Bartlett is from Mountain Home, Idaho. In 1948-1951 he enrolled at Brigham Young University (BYU) as an art major. He was involved in many campus activities such as playing saxophone for the campus big band, running on the BYU track team and serving as an art editor of the Banyan yearbook from 1950-1951. From 1951-1956 he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean war. He graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1953. He was assigned to Headquarters USAF Europe and was involved in Eastern Europe target area analysis where he received a Commendation Medal for work on a classified intelligence publication. After release from active duty, Bartlett returned to Provo; completed his senior year at BYU and graduated in May 1957 with a B.A. Degree in Art. From 1957-1987, he worked in advertising: ten years in Chicago, seventeen years with Cole & Weber in Seattle, and three years in Cole & Weber California offices. He retired from Cole & Weber advertising agency when offered a faculty position in the BYU Department of Communications. From 1987-2002 Bartlett taught advertising, mass media ethics, and, after completing a master's degree in art history in 1989, an introductory art history course. He was named Communications Department chair in 1995 and in 1996 was named Assistant to the President, University Communications, and served on the President's Council during the Merrill J. Bateman administration. Retired in May 2000 and was called back later in the year to serve as BYU Olympic Coordinator up to and through the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics and retired again at the conclusion of the Winter Games. He has been an Assistant to the President since 2003, reviewing and preparing replies for the President's Page e-mail address.

Bartlett was invoved in community service such as serving as President of the Brigham Young Academy Foundation during the campaign to renovate the Academy Building and create the new Provo City Library at Academy Square. He presently serves on the Provo Arts Council and as member of the Provo Center Focus program. He also served on a Provo Foster Care Review Board and as a tutor for the Project Read Adult Literacy Program. He served for a time as chair of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Utah South Public Affairs Council.

From the guide to the L. Lee Bartlett collection of Office of the President correspondence, 2000-2006, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

The Brigham Young University President (est. 1903) is the chief executive officer and general manager of the University.

Brigham Young University has had a president since Brigham Young Academy was changed to Brigham Young University in 1903. While the school was still called Brigham Young Academy the head officer was titled principal.

The Board of Trustees delegates to the University President the responsibility to conduct the operations of the institution and administer the policies enacted by the board. Since 1996, the President of the university has also been a General Authority of the Church.

Past and present Brigham Young University presidents include George H. Brimhall (1903-1921), Franklin S. Harris (1921-1945), Howard S. McDonald (1945-1949), (acting president) Christian Jensen (1949-1951), Ernest L. Wilkinson (1951-1971), Dallin H. Oaks (1971-1980), Jeffrey R. Holland (1980-1989), Rex E. Lee (1989-1995), Merrill J. Bateman (1996-2003), and Cecil O. Samuelson (2003- ).

Cecil O. Samuelson (born 1941) is a university president and ecclesiastical leader in Utah.

Cecil Osborn Samuelson, Jr. was born in 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Cecil O. and Janet Brazier Mitchell Samuelson. He attended the University of Utah, earning a bachelor's of science degree. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Scotland. He then returned to the University of Utah to earn a master's degree in educational psychology and a medical degree. On November 25, 1964 he married Sharon Giauque, and together they have five children.

After graduating from the University of Utah, Samuelson completed his residency at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina in rheumatic and genetic diseases. He then returned to Salt Lake City, joining the faculty of the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1973. He became dean of the school in 1985, and then vice-president for health sciences. In 1990 he left the university, working as a vice-president for Intermountain Health Care (IHC) and president of the IHC Hospitals. Over the course of his career, Samuelson was also deeply involved in Church service serving as a high councilor, branch president, counselor in a stake presidency, and a stake president.

In 1994 Samuelson was called to serve as a General Authority of the Church. Leaving his position at IHC, he served as an area president, as president of the General Sunday School organization, and in the presidency of the Seventy. In 2003 he was asked to serve as president of Brigham Young University, becoming its twelfth president. He was granted emeritus general authority status in 2011.

Merrill J. Bateman (born 1936) is an Mormon ecclesiastical leader in Utah.

Merrill Joseph Bateman was born on June 19, 1936 in Lehi, Utah to Joseph Frederic and Belva Smith Bateman. He was raised in American Fork, Utah, and served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain. After his return Bateman attended the University of Utah, and on March 23, 1959 he married Marilyn Scholes in the Salt Lake Temple. They had seven children.

In 1960 Bateman completed a bachelor's degree in economics, and then went on to earn a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1965. After finishing his degrees he taught at the United States Air Force Academy from 1964 to 1967, before joining the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1967. He stayed at BYU from 1967 to 1971, when he left to worked as an executive for Mars, Inc. He returned to the university in 1975, serving as dean of the business school until 1979. He left once more for Mars after his term as dean, then opened his own consulting and management firms in 1980.

In 1992 he was called as a General Authority of the Church, and served in the Second Quorum of the Seventy and as an area president. Between 1994 and 1995 he served as the Presiding Bishop of the Church, before being called to be president of Brigham Young University. He served as university president from 1996 to 2003. Following his term as president he returned to Church service as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy and president of the General Sunday School. In 2007 he was appointed as president of the Provo Utah Temple.

From the guide to the Office of the President records, 2003-2009, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

The Brigham Young University President (est. 1903) is the chief executive officer and general manager of the University.

Brigham Young University has had a president since Brigham Young Academy was changed to Brigham Young University in 1903. While the school was still called Brigham Young Academy the head officer was titled principal.

The Board of Trustees delegates to the University President the responsibility to conduct the operations of the institution and administer the policies enacted by the board. Since 1996, the President of the university has also been a General Authority of the Church.

Past and present Brigham Young University presidents include George H. Brimhall (1903-1921), Franklin S. Harris (1921-1945), Howard S. McDonald (1945-1949), (acting president) Christian Jensen (1949-1951), Ernest L. Wilkinson (1951-1971), Dallin H. Oaks (1971-1980), Jeffrey R. Holland (1980-1989), Rex E. Lee (1989-1995), Merrill J. Bateman (1996-2003), and Cecil O. Samuelson (2003- ).

Cecil O. Samuelson (born 1941) is a university president and ecclesiastical leader in Utah.

Cecil Osborn Samuelson, Jr. was born in 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Cecil O. and Janet Brazier Mitchell Samuelson. He attended the University of Utah, earning a bachelor's of science degree. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Scotland. He then returned to the University of Utah to earn a master's degree in educational psychology and a medical degree. On November 25, 1964 he married Sharon Giauque, and together they have five children.

After graduating from the University of Utah, Samuelson completed his residency at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina in rheumatic and genetic diseases. He then returned to Salt Lake City, joining the faculty of the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1973. He became dean of the school in 1985, and then vice-president for health sciences. In 1990 he left the university, working as a vice-president for Intermountain Health Care (IHC) and president of the IHC Hospitals. Over the course of his career, Samuelson was also deeply involved in Church service serving as a high councilor, branch president, counselor in a stake presidency, and a stake president.

In 1994 Samuelson was called to serve as a General Authority of the Church. Leaving his position at IHC, he served as an area president, as president of the General Sunday School organization, and in the presidency of the Seventy. In 2003 he was asked to serve as president of Brigham Young University, becoming its twelfth president. He was granted emeritus general authority status in 2011.

Merrill J. Bateman (born 1936) is an Mormon ecclesiastical leader in Utah.

Merrill Joseph Bateman was born on June 19, 1936 in Lehi, Utah to Joseph Frederic and Belva Smith Bateman. He was raised in American Fork, Utah, and served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain. After his return Bateman attended the University of Utah, and on March 23, 1959 he married Marilyn Scholes in the Salt Lake Temple. They had seven children.

In 1960 Bateman completed a bachelor's degree in economics, and then went on to earn a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1965. After finishing his degrees he taught at the United States Air Force Academy from 1964 to 1967, before joining the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1967. He stayed at BYU from 1967 to 1971, when he left to worked as an executive for Mars, Inc. He returned to the university in 1975, serving as dean of the business school until 1979. He left once more for Mars after his term as dean, then opened his own consulting and management firms in 1980.

In 1992 he was called as a General Authority of the Church, and served in the Second Quorum of the Seventy and as an area president. Between 1994 and 1995 he served as the Presiding Bishop of the Church, before being called to be president of Brigham Young University. He served as university president from 1996 to 2003. Following his term as president he returned to Church service as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy and president of the General Sunday School. In 2007 he was appointed as president of the Provo Utah Temple.

From the guide to the Office of the President records, 2003-2009, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)