Brigham Young High School was a private high school in Provo,

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, United States, first known as

Brigham Young Academy Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(BYA). The school later became attached to

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...

(BYU) with its official name being Brigham Young University High School, and commonly called B Y High. It operated under the

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(LDS Church).

History

When BYA was founded in October 1875, it focused on elementary through high school education. It was intended that the independent school's curriculum would be in harmony with the teachings of the LDS Church, in contrast to the expanding state school system. Many of the early-day students were educated to become school teachers. In 1903, the institution was adjusted, with BYU and B Y High established as separate institutions. The high school closed in 1968 after 93 years. The main school building was renovated and now serves as the

Provo City Library The Provo City Library is a public library serving residents of Provo and Orem in the U.S. state of Utah. It occupies the building of the former Brigham Young Academy, which was built in 1892. In 1976, the building was added to the National Reg ...

at Academy Square.

Notable alumni

Edward O. Anderson Edward Oliver Anderson (May 16, 1891 – August 9, 1977) was an American architect based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a church architect for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Early career Anderson began his educ ...

, architect for the LDS Church * Brent F. Ashworth, historical documents collector * Jae R. Ballif, BYU administrator * R. Lanier Britsch, BYU professor of history * Todd A. Britsch, BYU Vice President *

Kim S. Cameron Kim Sterling Cameron (born 1946) is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He was formerly the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western R ...

, professor of business at the University of Michigan and Case Western Reserve University *

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both ...

, popular science fiction novelist *

Benjamin Cluff Benjamin Cluff Jr. (February 7, 1858 – June 14, 1948) was the first president of Brigham Young University and its third principal. Under his administration, the student body and faculty more than doubled in size, and the school went from an acade ...

, Principal of Brigham Young Academy * James Smoot Coleman, professor in African Studies at UCLA *

Henry Aldous Dixon Henry Aldous Dixon (June 29, 1890 – January 22, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Utah and the president of first Weber College and later Utah State Agricultural College. Biography Born in Provo in the Utah Territory, Dixon attended th ...

, Utah congressman and president of Weber College and Utah State Agricultural College * Howard R. Driggs, author and professor at the University of Utah and New York University *

Philo T. Farnsworth Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television. He is best known for his 1927 invention of t ...

, inventor, "father of television" *

Lynn Fausett Lynn Fausett February 27, 1894 – August 27, 1977) was an American painter. He attended and later became president of the Art Students League in New York City. He painted murals in the Nebraska State Capitol and St. Bartholomew's Church. Fausett ...

, painter *

Harvey Fletcher Harvey Fletcher (September 11, 1884 – July 23, 1981) was an American physicist. Known as the "father of stereophonic sound", he is credited with the invention of the 2-A audiometer and an early electronic hearing aid. He was an investigator i ...

, physicist and inventor of hearing loss audio technologies * Robert H. Hinckley, car dealer, also involved with politics and aviation policy * Milton R. Hunter, General Authority of the LDS Church *

Mickey Ibarra Mickey Ibarra served as director of The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Clinton administration. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of a Mexican immigrant father and an American mother. Background Mickey Ibarra wa ...

, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Clinton administration * Fred L. Markham, Utah architect * Dallin H. Oaks, legal scholar and Apostle of the LDS Church *

Roger B. Porter Roger Blaine Porter (born June 19, 1946) is an American professor currently serving as the IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University. He was the master of Dunster House, one of the twelve undergraduate houses or colleges at ...

, Harvard professor and presidential scholar * O. Leslie Stone, General Authority of the LDS Church *

Blaine Yorgason Blaine M. Yorgason (born 1942) is a Latter-day Saint novelist who has also written biographies. Yorgason was born in Sanpete County, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young High School and then served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Chr ...

, LDS novelist

References

External links

Brigham Young High School official alumni website

{{Authority control Brigham Young University Former buildings and structures in Provo, Utah Church Educational System Defunct Christian schools Defunct organizational subdivisions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Defunct schools in Utah Educational institutions disestablished in 1968 Latter Day Saint schools Schools in Utah County, Utah 1903 establishments in Utah 1968 disestablishments in Utah