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Hayward, Charles Lynn, 1903-1998

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1998

Biographical History

Charles Lynn Hayward (1903-1998) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a zoology professor in Utah.

Charles Lynn Hayward was born on July 16, 1903, in Paris, Idaho, to parents William Gammon and Elen Neibaur Hayward. He married Eliabeth Cook on August 5, 1930, in Logan, Utah, and together they had two children. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. from Brigham Young University and a PhD from the University of Illinois in 1942. He taught biology at Fielding High School in Paris, Idaho for three years until 1930. He joined the Brigham Young University faculty in 1930 as an assistant in the zoology department. He worked at Brigham Young University until his retirement in 1969. During his career he was professor, department chair, and played a crucial role in the development of the Department of Zoology.

Hayward died on August 30, 1998, in Provo, Utah.

Citation:
His Biotic communities of Mt. Timpanogos ... 1942.

Findagrave.com, via www, July 23, 2014 (Charles Lynn Hayward; b. July 16, 1903, in Paris, Idaho, to parents William Gammon and Elen Neibaur Hayward; married Eliabeth Cook on August 5, 1930, in Logan, Utah, and together they had two children; died on August 30, 1998, in Provo, Utah)

Great Basin naturalist, 1999: p 201-203 (obtained his B.S. and M.S. from Brigham Young University and a PhD from the University of Illinois in 1942; taught biology at Fielding High School in Paris, Idaho for three years until 1930; joined the Brigham Young University faculty in 1930 as an assistant in the zoology department; worked at Brigham Young University until his retirement in 1969; during his career he was professor, department chair, and played a crucial role in the development of the Department of Zoology)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

George H. Hansen albums, 1914-1963

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains scenes from Hansen's mission in England, travels and studies in Mexico, Texas, and California, geology trips, visit to Indonesia to establish a geology department at Gadjah Mada University, and his college years and service in the Utah State ROTC; Afton Allred Hansen's mission to the Eastern States in the 1920s; Bessie Hansen and her family and friends in Richfield, Utah, her nursing work, on camping trips and other vacations; Mildred Allred with her friends and family, on trips to...
Dates: 1914-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1628, George H. Hansen photograph collection

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