• Source: Brigham Young High School

      • Brigham Young High School was a private high school in Provo, Utah, United States, first known as Brigham Young Academy (BYA). The school later became attached to Brigham Young University (BYU) with its official name being Brigham Young University High School, commonly called B Y High. It operated under the Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).


      History


      When BYA was founded in October 1875, it focused on elementary through high school education. It was intended that the independent school's curriculum would be in harmony with the teachings of the LDS Church, in contrast to the expanding state school system. Many of the early-day students were educated to become school teachers. In 1903, the institution was adjusted, with BYU and B Y High established as separate institutions. The high school closed in 1968 after 93 years. The main school building was renovated and now serves as the Provo City Library at Academy Square.


      Notable alumni


      Edward O. Anderson, architect for the LDS Church
      Brent F. Ashworth, historical documents collector
      Jae R. Ballif, BYU administrator
      R. Lanier Britsch, BYU professor of history
      Todd A. Britsch, BYU Vice President
      Kim S. Cameron, professor of business at the University of Michigan and Case Western Reserve University
      Orson Scott Card, popular science fiction novelist
      Benjamin Cluff, Principal of Brigham Young Academy
      James Smoot Coleman, professor in African Studies at UCLA
      Henry Aldous Dixon, Utah congressman and president of Weber College and Utah State Agricultural College
      Howard R. Driggs, author and professor at the University of Utah and New York University
      Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor, "father of television"
      Lynn Fausett, painter
      Harvey Fletcher, physicist and inventor of hearing loss audio technologies
      Robert H. Hinckley, car dealer, also involved with politics and aviation policy
      Milton R. Hunter, General Authority of the LDS Church
      Mickey Ibarra, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Clinton administration
      Fred L. Markham, Utah architect
      Dallin H. Oaks, legal scholar and Apostle of the LDS Church
      Roger B. Porter, Harvard professor and presidential scholar
      O. Leslie Stone, General Authority of the LDS Church
      Blaine Yorgason, LDS novelist


      References




      External links


      Brigham Young High School official alumni website
      Biographies of notable alumni

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