Dates

• Existence: 1924-

Biographical History

Blaine P. Parkinson (1924- ) was an education professor in Utah.

Blaine Parkinson Parkinson was born in 1924 to Bernice Richard Parkinson and Karma Benson Parkinson. Raised in southeast Idaho in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Parkinson served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England under President S. Dilworth Young. After his return he married Lenore Young, his mission president's daughter, in the Salt Lake Temple in 1948. They had nine children.

Parkinson completed his education at the University of Utah. He received a bachelor's degree in 1951, and then began working as a teacher and counselor in Weber County, Utah schools. Beginning in 1957 he worked at Brigham Young University as the director of program and personnel for men's housing. During this time he completed a master's degree at Utah in 1959. In 1962 he joined the education faculty at Weber State College, and earned his PhD in 1964. He remained on the Education faculty at Weber State until his retirement.

Parkinson has served in a variety of church callings, including serving on the high council of the Brigham Young University Stake. He and his wife were missionaries in the England Coventry Mission and the France Geneva Mission.

Citation:

Brigham Young University annual catalogue, 1958: p. 12 (Blaine P. Parkinson; director of Men's Housing Program; operated under Dean of Students)

Brigham Young University annual catalogue, 1960: p. 7 (Blaine Parkinson; director of Men's Housing Program and Personnel; operated under Dean of Students)

Brigham Young universe, Oct. 2, 1957: p. 2 (Blaine Parkinson, director of program and personnel for men's housing; hired to supervise and organize off-campus students; bachelor of science from University of Utah, 1951; teacher in Salt Lake City and Ogden; school counselor for three years at Weber High School; married to Lenore Young, five children) https://archive.org/details/brighamyounguniv104asso/page/n1/mode/2up/

Brigham Young universe, May 8, 1958: p. 2 (Blaine Parkinson, men's director of program and personnel; affiliated with Office of Student Housing) https://archive.org/details/brighamyounguniv10141asso/page/n1/mode/2up/

Daily universe, May 28, 1959: p. 2 (Blaine Parkinson, director of housing programs and personnel)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, May 5, 2020 (Blaine P. Parkinson; Blaine Parkinson Parkinson; b. Dec. 10, 1924 in Logan, Utah; parents: Bernice Richard Parkinson and Karma Benson Parkinson; lived in Provo, Utah)

Daily universe, Aug. 11, 1959: p. 1 (Blaine Parkinson; called to serve on Brigham Young University Stake High Council)

Familysearch, via WWW, May 5, 2020 (Blaine P. Parkinson; served mission for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England, mission secretary under S. Dilworth Young; married Lenore Young, daughter of S. Dilworth Young)

Weber State University course catalog, 2006: p. 381 (Blaine P. Parkinson; joined faculty as professor of Education at Weber State in 1962; B.S. (1951), M.S. (1959), Ph.D. (1964) from University of Utah)

Deseret news, Dec. 1, 2001 (Blaine Parkinson Parkinson; m. Sept. 9, 1948 to Lenore Young in the Salt Lake Temple, nine children; served missions with wife in England Coventry Mission (1988-1990) and France Geneva Mission (later transferred to Quebec))

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