Centennial Committee records 1975-1976

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Centennial Committee records 1975-1976

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/UA%20695

The collection contains reports, photographs, and memorabilia from the Centennial Committee dated 1975-1976.

8 boxes; (4 linear ft.)

eng,

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6345088

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Wheelwright, Lorin Farrar, 1909-1987

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Lorin F. Wheelwright was born in Ogden, Utah on December 20, 1909. He earned a doctorate in music from Columbia, and worked at the Oswego State Teachers College in New York, in the Salt Lake City schools, and as head of the Coordinating Council of Higher Education for the state of Utah. Between 1967 and 1974 he served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University. At the conclusion of his tenure he was appointed to lead the Centennial Celebration Committee. Lorin Wheelwright di...

Brigham Young University. Centennial Committee.

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A Centennial Committee of twelve was organized in 1970 with Heber G. Wolsey as chairman. Upon Wolsey's resignation in 1973, President Dallin Oaks appointed Lorin F. Wheelwright chairman and executive leader of the Centennial. Dr. Wheelwright served as chair until 1976, when the Centennial Committee was disbanded. The Centennial was to be theme centered, and would encompass the creation of major monuments and artistic productions. The Centennial began in April 1975 and ended with commencement one...