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Harris, Phillip, 1936-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1936-

Biographical History

Phillip Harris (1936-) was a chairman of the Department of Conferences and Workshops at Brigham Young University.

Phillip Harris was born in 1936 in Utah to Orville K and Ruby N Harris. He recieved his Bachelor's and Mater's degrees in Education at Brigham Young University. He completed a doctorate at the University of Southern California. From 1973 to 1979 he was the Chairman of the Department of Conferences and Workshops at Brigham Young University. He also served as the founding director of the BYU Conference Center. He also served for ten years as the director of the Elderhostel program throughout the State of Utah. He worked at BYU for eighteen years. He took early retirement from BYU in 1991.

Citation:
lib.byu.edu, via WWW, May 1, 2015 (Brigham Young University. Dept. of Special Courses and Conferences; chairman of Dept. of Conferences and Workshops at BYU 1973-1979)

familysearch, via WWW, May 1, 2015 (Phillip D Harris; b. 1936 in Utah to Orville K. and Ruby N. Harris)

zoominfo, via WWW, May 1, 2015 (Dr. Phillip D. Harris; recieved BA and MA at BYU in Education; Doctorate at USC; served as founding director of BYU Conference Center; ten years director of Elderhostel program in Utah; worked for BYU eighteen years; 1991 early retirement fro m BYU)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Special Courses and Conferences Department chairman records, 1956-1972

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 15 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records from when Sterling Church and Tom James were chairmans of the department. Dated from 1956 to 1972.

Dates: 1956-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 547, Division of Continuing Education records / Special Courses and Conferences Department records

Special Courses and Conferences Department records, 1956-1977

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 15
Scope and Contents

Materials contain administrative files such as correspondences, memos, meeting minutes, statistics and other reports from the office of chairman Phillip Harris, Sterling Church, and Tom James, and Special courses and youth programs files. Dated from 1956 to 1977.

Dates: 1956-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 547, Division of Continuing Education records

Special Courses and Conferences Youth Programs department records, 1962-1974

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 15 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records. Dated from 1962 to 1974.

Dates: 1962-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 547, Division of Continuing Education records / Special Courses and Conferences Department records

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