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Brigham Young University. Financial Aid

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1972-

Administrative History

Financial Aid (est. 1972) is an administrative unit at Brigham Young University. It has responsibility for administering grants and scholarships, as well as processing short-term and long-term loans.

Financial Aid was formed in a reorganization of Financial Aids and Telephone Services, which had operated under Financial Services. In 1972 the unit was transferred to the dean of Admissions and Records. As with its predecessors, Financial Aid administered programs while the granting of scholarships was the responsibility of a university committee. The unit remained with Student Academic and Advisement Services when it was established in 2001, and is currently part of Enrollment Services.

Directors of Financial Aid have included Dale R. McCann (acting director, 1972-1974), Boyd G. Worthington (1974-1978), Ford A. Stevenson (1978-1992), Norman B. Finlinson (1992-2003), Paul R. Conrad (2003-2009), and Stephen E. Hill (2009- ).

Citation:
Brigham Young University general catalog, 1972: p. 39 (university assists students with short-term and long-term loans) p. 83 (scholarships and awards are granted by the University Scholarship Committee) p. 546 (Financial Aids; Dale R. McCann, acting director; office includes separate entries for Financial Aids--Loans and Financial Aids--Scholarships; under direction of dean of Admissions and Records)

Brigham Young University general catalog, 1974: p. 532 (Financial Aids; Boyd G. Worthington, director; Fred L. Stevenson, assistant director; under dean of Admissions and Records)

Brigham Young University general catalog, 1978: p. 281 (Financial Aids; Ford L. Stevenson, director; under dean of Admissions and Records)

Brigham Young University general catalog, 1991: p. 25 (Financial Aid Office, located in Smoot Administration Building) p. 26 (office coordinates financial aid programs, assists students with scholarship, grant, and loan applications; processes short-term, university-funded loans) p. 301 (Financial Aid; Ford L. Stevenson, director; under dean of Admissions and Records)

Brigham Young University general catalog, 1992: p. 299 (Financial Aid; Norman B. Finlinson, director; under dean of Admissions and Records)

Brigham Young University undergraduate catalog, 2003: p. 424 (Financial Aid; Paul Conrad, director; under dean of Student Academic and Advisement Services)

Brigham Young University undergraduate catalog, 2007: p. 421 (Financial Aid/Scholarship; Paul R. Conrad, director; under dean of Student Academic and Advisement Services)

Brigham Young University undergraduate catalog, 2009: p. 1394 (Financial Aid/Scholarship; Stephen E. Hill, director; under executive director of Student Academic and Advisement Services)

Brigham Young University undergraduate catalog, 2014: p. 105 (Financial Aid/Scholarships; Stephen E. Hill, director; under executive director of Student Academic and Advisement Services)

Brigham Young University undergraduate catalog 2019, via WWW, May 7, 2020 (Financial Aid; Stephen E. Hill, director; under Academic Support Services)

Brigham Young University organizational chart, via WWW, May 7, 2020 (Financial Aid and Scholarships; Steve Hill, director; under executive director of Enrollment Services)

UPB files, May 7, 2020 (Student Academic and Advisement Services renamed Enrollment Services in 2019)

Not found: Brigham Young University catalog of courses, 1970: p. 529 (Financial Aids and Telephone Services; O. Wendle Nielsen; under direction of Financial Services)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Clippings on Financial Aid, 1973-1993

 Sub-Series — Carton 92: Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233626537]
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 5 Sub-Series 23
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings, press releases, and programs concerning the department of Financial Aid at Brigham Young University from 1973 to 1993.

Dates: 1973-1993

Financial Aid director records, 1972-1997

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1045 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains materials from the Director of the financial aids office from 1972 to 1997. The materials include correspondence, budgets, reports, and corporate minutes.

Dates: 1972-1997

Financial Aid director records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 966
Scope and Contents

Contains reports, correspondence, and general administrative files of Stevenson's tenure as the director of Financial Aid.

Dates: approximately 1973-1986

Financial Aid records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1045
Scope and Contents

Contains records from the Financial Aid office from 1967 to 2001. The materials include minutes, reports, correspondence, and budgets. The materials pertain to student aid but also include director's records, associate dean records, and materials from Ford Stevenson. Also includes materials from Stevenson's tenure as associate dean of Admissions and Records.

Dates: 1967-2001

Financial Aid records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 847
Scope and Contents

Contains assistant dean's reports, meeting minutes, scholarship historical data, and Church News publicity. Materials date from between 1967 and 1978.

Dates: 1968-1979

Financial Aid records on student aid, 1967-2000

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1045 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials from the financial aids office pertaining to student aid from 1967 to 2000. Materials include minutes, reports, newsletters, correspondence, and budgets.

Dates: 1967-2000