Done, G. Byron, 1900-1985
Dates
- Existence: 1900 - 1985
Biographical History
G. Byron Done (1900-1985) was a popular Latter-day Saint Church Education System educator and Sunday school teacher.
G. Byron Done was born on September 11, 1900 to Jennie Daily and George Alma Done in Payson, Utah. He served a mission in the Central States mission. He later worked as a forest ranger, piano tuner, and singer. In 1939, he began teaching a class on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at the University of Southern California, where he had just received his Ph.D. During his time at USC, he established Institutes of Religion at various universities throughout Southern California. In 1956, Done moved to Utah to teach religion at BYU.
Per request of the University of Religious Conference at UCLA, Done directed the Panel of Americans, a group of eight young women representing various ethnicities and religions, across the United States to promote understanding and acceptance of all people. He married Edna Harris Nielsen in 1947. Done was a popular and successful gospel doctrine teacher in his home wards, and he served as a CES educator for 44 years. He died on September 17, 1985 in Provo, Utah.
Citation:
UPB files, Nov. 7, 2018 (G. Byron Done; 1900-1985).Found in 1 Collection or Record:
G. Byron Done papers
Contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed ephemera related to the collegiate organization “Panel of Americans” that G. Byron Done directed across the country. Collection dates from 1944 to 1947.