Dates

• Existence: 1947-

Biography

Riley Moore Moffat (1947-) was the head of reference at the Brigham Young University-Hawaii library.

Riley Moore Moffat was born March 22, 1947, in Ogden, Utah to Lloyd Brown and Helen Moore Moffat. He married Connie Reinwand on August 1970 and they had four children. In 1972, he received his B.S. from the Church College of Hawaii (now BYU-Hawaii), his M.L.S. from the University of Hawaii-Manoa in 1973, and an M.S. in 1980 from BYU. Riley served as the library director for LDS church schools in Tonga in the mid-1980s before becoming geography and map librarian at the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University. In 1987, he became the head of reference at the Joseph F. Smith Library of BYU-Hawaii. Riley has published on the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii, on the history of mapping in Hawaii, and on population histories of various countries. Riley retired from BYU-Hawaii in 2014.

Citation:

BYU Relgious Studies Center, via www, April 8, 2022 (Riley M. Moffat was the senior librarian and head of reference at the Joseph F. Smith Library, Brigham Young University-Hawaii; has published on the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii, on the history of mapping in Hawaii, and on population histories of various countries)

Encyclopedia.com, via www, April 8, 2022 (Born March 22, 1947, in Ogden, UT; son of Lloyd Brown and Helen Moffat; married Connie Reinwand August 19, 1970; 4 children; Church College of Hawaii (now Brigham Young University—Hawaii), B.S., 1972; University of Hawaii—Manoa, M.L.S., 1973; Brigham Young University, M.S., 1980; Library director for church schools in Tonga, 1973-76; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, map and geography librarian, 1976-86, other roles until 1987 when he became Brigham Young University—Hawaii head of library reference department)

kealakai.byuh.edu, via www, April 8, 2022 (Retired from the BYUH Library in June 2014 as head of reference)

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