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Cox, Lee T., 1929-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1929-

Biographical History

Lee T. Cox (b. 1929) is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and chemist in Utah.

Lee Taylor Cox was born on May 1, 1929 in Provo, Utah to Orville Stanley Cox and Alice Richards Taylor. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1950 and 1952 in the Canadian Mission. After his return he completed a bachelor's and master's degree in chemisty at Brigham Young University. He then pursued graduate studies at Iowa State University.

Cox pursued his career as a chemist in Washington State and Michigan before returning to Utah in 1972.

Citation:
Lee T. Cox collection of photographs from the Canadian Mission, 1950-1952 (Lee T. Cox; b. 1929 U.S.)

UPB files, Feb. 3, 2014 (b. 1929; served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1950 and 1952 in the Canadian mission)

Brigham Young University student directory, 1949: p. 41 (Lee Taylor Cox; resident of Provo, Utah)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, July 17, 2014 (Lee T. Cox, Lee Cox; b. May 1, 1929 in Utah; parents: Orville Stanley Cox and Alice Richards Taylor)

Orville Sutherland Cox website, via WWW, July 17, 2014 (Lee Taylor Cox; chemist; born in Provo, Utah)

Lee Cox oral history, 1999 (graduated from Brigham Young University, 1953; served in Army during Korean War; received master's degree from BYU; attended graduate school in Ames, Iowa; lived in Seattle and Michigan)

Daily Herald, Sept. 18, 1972: p. 15 (lived out of Utah beginning in 1961; moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1972)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lee T. Cox photographs of members from the Canadian mission, approximately 1950-1952

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197235222459], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8368 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials include photographs of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Canadian Mission between 1950 and 1952. They were given as gifts to Lee T. Cox.

Dates: approximately 1950-1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8368, Lee T. Cox collection of photographs from the Canadian Mission

Lee T. Cox photographs of missionaries from the Canadian Mission, 1950-1952

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8368 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include photographs of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served in the Canadian Mission between 1950 and 1952. Many of them have written notes on the back of the photograph to Lee T. Cox.

Dates: 1950-1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8368, Lee T. Cox collection of photographs from the Canadian Mission

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