BYU Presidents

      Literature by BYU presidents

      Biographies about BYU presidents

      Literature by BYU presidents

      Karl G. Maeser (1876-1892) Quotes.

      School and Fireside. ([Utah]: Skelton, 1898). Quotes.

      Benjamin Cluff, Jr. (1892-1903) Quotes.

      George H. Brimhall (1904-1921) Quotes.

      Franklin S. Harris (1921-1945) Quotes.

      * "Inaugural Address of F. S. Harris as President of BYU, 1921." Delivered at the inauguration of Franklin S. Harris, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 17 1921. In BYU Inaugural Speeches and Responses, Brigham Young University Archives. Quotes.

      Howard S. McDonald (1945-1949)

      * "Response and Acceptance of the Charge." Inauguration Services of Howard S. McDonald as President of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, November 14, 1945. In BYU Inaugural Speeches and Responses, Brigham Young University Archives. Quotes.

      Ernest L. Wilkinson (1951-1971)

      * "Inaugural Address." Addresses delivered at the inauguration of Ernest Wilkinson, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 8, 1951, pp. 17-24. In BYU Inaugural Speeches and Responses, Brigham Young University Archives. Quotes.

      * "The Return of Full Value." Faculty Workshop, Brigham Young University, September 21, 1959. Quotes.

      Wilkinson, Ernest L. "The Unique Role of BYU Among Universities of America." BYU Devotional Address, February 5, 1970. Quotes.

      * Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1975-1976). Quotes.

      Wilkinson, Ernest L. and W. Cleon Skousen. Brigham Young University: A School of Destiny (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1976).

      Dallin H. Oaks (1971-1980)

      * Inaugural Addresses [Delivered at the inauguration of Dallin H. Oaks, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, November 12, 1971] (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1971), pp. 17-24. Quotes.

      "Annual Report to the Faculty," A Wise Steward (Brigham Young University, 1974). Quotes.

      "Accomplishments, Prospects, and Problems in the Centennial Year," 1975 Fall Faculty Conference, BYU Archives. [Quoted in Ernest Wilkinson, Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years, Vol. 4, p. 422.] Quotes.

      * "A House of Faith." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1977, pp. 8-15. Quotes.

      * "Challenges to BYU in the Eighties." 1980 Summer Commencement Exercises, Brigham Young University. Published in The Bond of Charity, August 1980, pp. 32-38. Quotes.

      See also "Ethics, Morality, and Professional Responsibility" and "The Divinely Inspired Constitution."

      Jeffrey R. Holland (1980-1989)

      * "The Bond of Charity." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1980, pp. 2-12. Quotes.

      * "The Idea of Brigham Young University." Addresses delivered at the inauguration of Jeffrey R. Holland, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, November 14, 1980, pp. 11-15. In BYU Inaugural Speeches and Responses, Brigham Young University Archives. Quotes.

      * "The Bond of Peace." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1981, pp. 5-15. Quotes.

      * "Unto Whom Much is Given." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1982, pp. 1-10. Quotes.

      * "The Place of Understanding." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August, 1987, pp. 21-36. Quotes.

      See also "Some Humane Thoughts from the Humanities" and "Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments."

      Rex E. Lee (1989-1995)

      * "Inaugural Response." Addresses delivered at the inauguration of President Rex Edwin Lee, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 27, 1989 (Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University, 1989), pp. 7-11. Quotes.

      * "What We Are and What We Can Become: A President's Perspective." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1993, pp. 12-20. Quotes.

      * "Ascending Both Mt. Everest and Mt. Zion: BYU in the Final Decade of the 20th Century." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1994, pp. 10-18. Quotes.

      "BYU: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Some Possibilities for the 21st Century." Address given at the Annual University Conference, Brigham Young University, August 1995, pp. 13-29. Quotes. Complete Text.

      See also "The Constitution and the Restoration."

      Merrill J. Bateman (1996- )

      * "Secular Learning in a Spiritual Environment." Proceedings of the Third Annual Laying the Foundations Symposium (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1993), pp. 1-8. Quotes.

      "A Zion University." BYU Devotional given January 9, 1996. Quotes. Complete text.

      Inaugural Address. BYU Commencement & Inauguration Ceremony. April 25, 1996. Complete text.

      Biographies about BYU presidents

      Maeser, Reinhard. Karl G. Maeser: A Biography (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1928). Quotes.

             

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