Dates

• Existence: 1945 - 1955

Administrative History

Special Services (1945-1955) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University. The division had responsibility for student welfare in the areas of athletics, housing, admissions, financial aid, security, health services, employment, and student activities.

The Special Services division was established in 1945 following the appointment of Wesley P. Lloyd as Dean of Students. President Howard McDonald reorganized campus administration based on Lloyd's recommendations, reducing the role of faculty committees in the management of non-academic programs. Special Services was given managed for a range of student programs, and professional staff were given administrative responsibility. In 1955 the division was reorganized as Student Personnel Services.

The division was administered by the Dean of Students, Wesley P. Lloyd (1945-1955).

Citation:

Brigham Young University organizational history, via WWW, May 6, 2020: Special Services (Special Services; est. 1945; directed by Wesley P. Lloyd, Dean of Students; reorganized as Student Personnel Services, 1955; responsible for student welfare, including involvement in Admissions and Records, Attendance and Scholarship, Athletics, Counseling, Foreign Students Supervision, Student Organizations and Activities, Student Health, Student Housing (both on and off campus, that being dormitories and apartments), Student Employment and Financial Aids, Student Publications, Campus Security, and Women's Affairs)

Brigham Young University, 1975: vol. 2 p. 432 (Special Services; reorganization of campus administration by President Howard McDonald based on recommendation from Lloyd; replaced various faculty committees dealing with extracurricular activities, introduced professional staff)

Brigham Young University annual catalogue, 1946: p. 61 (Special Services; Division of Special Services; Dean of Students is director of Special Services)

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