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Hatch, Ephraim

 Person

Biographical History

Ephraim Hatch (born 1920) is a retired architectural programmer in Utah.

Ephraim Hatch was born on May 18, 1920 in Woods Cross, Utah to John Russel and Gwendlyn Hatch. He attended Provo High School, graduating in 1939, then did two years at Brigham Young University. During the Second World War he worked for Boeing, then served as an electronics technician in the United States Navy. He married Verena Ursenbach in 1944, and they had six children.

After leaving the service, Hatch and his family settled in Provo, Utah where he initially worked as a home builder. He later joined the Physical Facilities Division at Brigham Young University, where he worked in the Special Projects Office developing requirements for campus building projects. In this role he also researched and wrote about the history of campus buildings and physical facilities. Hatch worked for the university for twenty-five years, retiring in 1982.

Hatch passed away on December 15, 2014.

Citation:
Joseph Smith portraits, c1998: t.p. (Ephraim Hatch)

UPB files, Sept. 28, 2005 (hdg.: Hatch, Ephraim; Hatch, M. Ephraim; Hatch, M. Ephraim, 1920-; usage: Ephraim Hatch)

Communication from author, Sept. 28, 2005 (perfers usage of Ephraim Hatch)

Religious Studies Center website, via WWW, Apr. 17, 2014 (Ephraim Hatch; retired architectural programmer at Brigham Young University; worked in Special Projects Office, writing requirements for campus building projects; researched history of campus buildings, Physical Facilities Division; graduated from Provo High School, 1939; attended Brigham Young University for two years; worked for Boeing, U.S. Navy during World War II; m. Verena, six children; worked for BYU for 25 years)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Apr. 17, 2014 (Ephraim Hatch; M. Ephraim Hatch; Marlyn Ephraim Hatch; b. May 18, 1920 in Woods Cross, Utah; parents: John Russel and Gwendlyn Hatch)

Deseret news, June 13, 2012 (M. Ephraim Hatch; m. 1944 to Verena Ursenbach (1922-2012); settled in Provo, Utah following war; electronics technician in Navy; worked as a home builder prior to working at Brigham Young University)

UPB files, Apr. 17, 2014 (Ephraim Hatch; retired from university in 1982)

Daily herald, Dec. 17, 2014 (M. Ephraim Hatch; d. Dec. 15, 2014)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ephraim Hatch photographs of the Harold B. Lee Library, 2008

 Series
Identifier: UA 5399 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

This series contains two spiral bound volumes. The volumes contain photographs of each level of the Harold B. Lee Library. The series also contains 10 compact disks that hold the images used to create the volumes.

Dates: 2008

Ephraim Hatch photographs of the Provo City Library at Academy Square, 2007

 Series
Identifier: UA 5399 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

This series contains one spiral bound volume. The volume contain photographs of the Provo City Library at Academy Square. The series also contains 14 compact disks that hold the images used to create the volumes.

Dates: 2007

Ephraim Hatch photographs of the Harold B. Lee Library and the Provo City Library

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233645339]
Identifier: UA 5399
Scope and Contents

Collection is comprised of three books of photographs of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University the Provo City Library at Academy Square. Collection also includes 13 CDs containing the digital images used to produce the books.

Dates: 2007-2008

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