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Hiatt, Duane E.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1937-

Biographical History

Duane E. Hiatt (1937- ) was a radio announcer, a director of communications for the Division of Continuing Education at BYU, author of "The Spoken Word: for Tabernacle Choir" broadcasts, and composer of the song "Follow the Prophet."

Duane Evan Hiatt was born on June 16, 1937. On December 15, 1961, he then married his first wife Diane Robertson in Payson, Utah. The family eventually moved to Provo in 1963.

While in Provo, Duane had a busy career. Aside from his time in the band "The 3 Ds," he worked as a radio announcer, a Director of Communications for the Division of Continuing Education at Brigham Young, the author of "The Spoken Word" portions for Tabernacle Choir, and a composer for the song "Follow the Prophet." He also served as the president of America's Freedom Festival in Provo, as a Bishop and High Councilor for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a missionary in Tonga and the Caribbean.

Diane Robertson passed away from cancer in 1987. Hiatt remarried Sharon Johnson a few years after. Johnson and Hiatt went on to perform music, comedy, and history narration to their community.

Citation:
His Picking up the pieces, c1990:CIP t.p. (Duane E. Hiatt)

Ancestry.com, June 9, 2017 (Full name: Duane Evan Hiatt; married Diane Robertson on December 15, 1961)

Billiongraves, June 9, 2017 (b. June 16, 1937; Diane Robertson passed away on May 27, 1987)

UPB files, June 9, 2017 (Duane and Diane Hiatt married in Payson, UT)

DuaneHiatt.com, via WWW, June 9, 2017 (Diane Robertson passed away from Cancer; Duane was a radio announcer, then Director of Communications for the Division of Continuing Education at Brigham Young University. He was a writer of "The Spoken Word" for broadcasts of the Tabernacle Choir and composer of "Follow the Prophet;" He was president of America's Freedom Festival in Provo; he served as a bishop and High Counselor, a missionary in Tonga and the Carribean; he married Sharon Robertson; together, he and Sharon perform programs of music, comedy and narration on western history")

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Oral history interview with Duane Hiatt, date of production not identified

 Item — Volume MSS OH 2570: Series 52
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 52
Scope and Contents

Interview of Duane Hiatt administered by Redd Center intern Brad Cornilles for the "Historic Downtown Provo Oral Historic Project." Topics discussed in this interview include his first memories moving to Provo from Payson, stake conferences at the Provo Tabernacle, and reactions to Orem's University Mall. The date of production for this interview is not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Historic Downtown Provo Oral History Project transcripts

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