Douglas D. Alder (November 10, 1932 – November 25, 2023) was an American historian and academic administrator who was president of Dixie College (now
Utah Tech University) from 1986 to 1993.
Biography
Douglas D. Alder was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied at the
University of Utah getting a bachelor's and master's degree there. He then earned a PhD at the
University of Oregon. He was for many years a professor of European history at
Utah State University. While there he was director of the honors program. He edited the work ''Cache Valley: Essays of Her Past and People''.
During his administration, the number of buildings at Dixie State was expanded. It was also under his direction that the College Inn, part of Dixie State's Elderhostel Program, was developed.
Alder served as president of the
Mormon History Association in 1977–1978. He was a Latter-day Saint and served as a counsellor in the presidency of the
St. George Utah Temple
The St. George Utah Temple (formerly the St. George Temple) is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in St. George, Utah. Completed in 1877, it was the church's third temple completed, but the first in Utah, f ...
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Alder wrote with
Blaine M. Yorgason and
Richard A. Schmutz the book ''All That Was Promised: The St. George Temple and the Unfolding of the Restoration'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013). He also wrote ''A History of Washington County: From Isolation to Destination'' in 1996 with
Karl Brooks. In 2010 his ''A Century of Dixie State College of Utah'' was published. He also wrote the novel ''Sons of Bear Lake'' published in 2002.
Alder died November 25, 2023, at the age of 91.
References
External links
Dixie State University bioMormon Scholars Testify bio of AlderWashington County Historical Society bioMormon Literature Database bio
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1932 births
2023 deaths
University of Utah alumni
University of Oregon alumni
Utah State University faculty
Utah Tech University people
American male non-fiction writers
Utah Tech University faculty
Latter Day Saints from Utah
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American historians
Writers from Salt Lake City
Historians from Utah