College of Engineering and Technology faculty correspondence, 1977-1985
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence surrounding the activities of the College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University. Correspondence is in the form of memos and letters. Contains correspondence to and from various professors within the College of Engineering and Technology including Kent E. Kohkonen, Paul O. Hedman, and Cliff S. Barton. Correspondence regards general administrative issues including funding, grants, research, meetings, budgets, and computer science. Dates range from 1977 to 1985.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-1985
Creator
- Brigham Young University. College of Engineering and Technology (creator, Organization)
- Barton, Cliff S. (contributor, Person)
- Kohkonen, Kent E. (contributor, Person)
- Hedman, Paul O. (contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from College of Engineering and Technology records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Kent E. Kohkonen (1940-) was a professor in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University.
He received both his BS and MS from Brigham Young University in 1968 and 1976 respectively. Kohkonen began his professional work at Brigham Young University in 1970 and 41 years later retired in 2011.
Biographical History
Paul O. Hedman (1935-) is a former Brigham Young University professor of chemical engineering.
Hedman received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah and later earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University. Dr. Hedman was a professor of chemical engineering at BYU and also did work for various research boards. Dr. Hedman has also produced many technical papers and reports.
Biographical History
Cliff S. Barton (1919-1989) was a professor and chairman of Civil Engineering Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Barton received his Bacholor of Science from Utah State University in 1947 and then went on to earn his Masters and Doctoral degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1953 and 1959 respectively. Barton began his work at Brigham Young University in 1959. He served as a civil engineering professor and as the chairman of Civil Engineering Science at Brigham Young University. In 1962 he was elected to the executive committee of the National Society of Experimental Stress Analysis. He also served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He died in Provo, Utah.
Extent
11 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by creator and then chronologically.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA1032.xml
Subject
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty (Organization)
- Brigham Young University. College of Engineering and Technology (Organization)
- Brigham Young University. College of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US