Dates

• Existence: 1912 - 2011

Biographical History

Ivan Robison Willey (1912-2011) was an education professor and educational administrator in Utah and Wyoming.

Ivan Robison Willey was born on January 14, 1911, in Byron, Wyoming, to parents Roy and Clarissa Robison Willey. After recognition in his youth for his talent for basketball, Ivan attended Brigham Young University and graduated with his B.S. degree. Ivan married Evelyn Bourne on February 16, 1935, in Heber City, Utah. Together they moved to Wyoming, where Ivan obtained both his master's and doctoral degrees from the Univeristy of Wyoming. His original doctoral research resulted in the Wyoming School Foundation Program, which provided funding for schools in the state for 50 years. Ivan was a principal and superintendent for the Wyoming public school system for 20 years, and helped to start a local bank as well. Ivan was also professor, dean, and department head in the College of Education at the Univeristy of Wyoming for 22 years. missionary, bishop, high councilor, and stake president, and director of the Idaho Falls Temple Visitors' Center in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints Cheyenne, Wyoming Stake were also positions Ivan held. ivan was also a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to fifteen before he passed away.

Citation:

Deseret news, via WWW, Feb. 3, 2016 (Ivan Robinson Willey; b. Jan. 14, 1911 in Byron, Wyo.; parents Roy and Clarissa Robison Willey; d. Nov. 29, 2011 in Provo, Utah; distinguished basketball player; B.S. from BYU, Master's and Doctorate degrees from University of Wyoming; original doctoral research resulted in the Wyoming Legislature passing the Wyoming School Foundation Program, which provided equitable funding for Wyoming schools for 50 years; principal, superintendent in Wyoming for 20 years; and professor, dean, and department head in college of Education at the University of Wyoming for 22 years; Bishop, High Councilor, and President of the Cheyenne, Wyoming Stake from 1969-1979; Director of the Idaho Falls Temple Visitors' Center from Sept. 1979-Mar. 1981; founded a bank in Laramie Wyoming; he was a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to 15 before he passed away)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Feb. 3, 2016 (Ivan Robison Willey; Ivan R. Willey; m. Evelyn Bourne February 16, 1935, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah)

Familysearch, via WWW, Mar. 22, 2016 (Ivan Robison Willey; Ivan R. Willey)

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