Dates

• Existence: 1896 - 1984

Biography

Algie E. Ballif (1896-1984) was a dance professor and legislator in Utah.

Algie Eggertsen Ballif was born in Provo, Utah on May 3, 1896 to parents Lars and Annie Eggertsen. While getting her bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University, she met and married future Provo city attorney and District Attorney George S. Ballif in 1920. After graduating from BYU and attending Radcliffe College (the former womens' college of Harvard) while her husband was living in Boston, she became a professor of dance and elocution at BYU. Afterwards, she served as a member of the Board of Regents for the University of Utah, a member of the Provo City Council, and the Utah House of Representatives from 1959-1961. She was the mother to three children, including Georganne (Gigi) Arrington and Anne Greta Peterson, and died in her residence in Provo on July 11, 1984.

Citation:

Oral history interview with Algie E. Ballif, 1974 March 24: p. 1 (Algie Eggertsen Ballif)

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, July 3, 2008 (Algie E. Ballif; Utah state legislator and community activist in Provo, Utah)

Ancestry.com, viewed July 3, 2008 (Algie Ballif; Algie E. Ballif; Algie Eggertsen; Algie Eggertson; Algene Eggertsen; b. May 3, 1896 in Provo, Utah; d. July 11, 1984 in Provo, Utah)

UPB files, Feb. 16, 2016 (Algie E. Ballif; attended Radcliffe College in 1921; husband lived in Boston during the early years of Algie's teaching career; served as a teacher of elocution; one of her daughters' names (who is interviewing Algie) is Georganne (Gigi) Arrington)

Wikipedia, Feb. 16, 2016 (She served in the board of regents at the University of Utah, Provo City Council, and in the Utah House of Representatives; one of her daughters' names is Anne Greta Peterson)

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