Dates

• Existence: 1917 - 1972

Biographical History

James H. Lawrence (1917-1972) was a sportscaster and program manager in Utah and Idaho.

James Harold Lawrence was born on May 2, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Stanley Thomas Lawrence and Vera May Armstrong. Raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served as a missionary in Australia between 1937 and 1939. After his return he married Mary Ann Caldwell, and they had five children.

Lawrence worked in radio broadcasting at stations in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Salt Lake City, and Provo, Utah. During World War II he also served as a combat reporter at Iwo Jima and in Japan. In Provo, he worked with Brigham Young University, serving as chair of the university's Program Bureau and broadcasting at sporting events.

James H. Lawrence passed away on July 13, 1972 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:

Program Bureau records, 1953-1969 (James H. Lawrence)

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Mar. 26, 2008 (James H. Lawrence; university employee)

Ancestry.com, viewed Mar. 26, 2008 (James Harold Lawrence; James H. Lawrence; b. May 2, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah; d. July 13, 1972 in Springville, Utah)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, May 21, 2020 (James Harold Lawrence; served in Marine Corps, Feb. 1945-July 1946)

Daily herald, July 14, 1972: p. 4 (James H. Lawrence; James Harold "Jimmy" Lawrence; parents: Stanley Thomas Lawrence and Vera May Armstrong; m. Sept. 23, 1940 in Salt Lake Temple to Mary Ann Caldwell, five children; served mission for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Australia, 1937-1939; war correspondent with Marine Corps in Iwo Jima and Japan; sportscaster in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Salt Lake City, and Provo; voice of BYU sports; chairman of Program Bureau at Brigham Young University; d. Salt Lake City, Utah)

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