Biography -- 20th century
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Jean Elizabeth Fossum May
The Dale Rex Memorial Award : the man, the athlete, the World War II hero
Details the life of Dale Rex, including his childhood; attendance at Brigham Young University, 1939-1943; involvement in BYU athletics; and service, awards, and death in the U.S. Army during World War II. Also contains brief biographical sketches of recipients of the Dale Rex Memorial Award, given annually to outstanding athletes by the BYU Cougar Club from 1947 to 1997.
Don Searle
Typewritten biography of Don Searle with handwritten corrections. Don was a native of Spanish Fork, Utah who attended Brigham Young University from 1935 to 1940. Don served in the Navy during World War II and worked as a broadcast journalist. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1946 before he turned 29 years old. Clark attended Brigham Young University with Searle and relates what student life was like at that institution in the 1930s.
Mary Jane Ollerton biography
Typescript of the biography of Mary Jane Ollerton, known as Mamie, who became the head of the Department of Elementary Education at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.