Gerrit de Jong Jr. (28 March 1892,
Amsterdam – 26 September 1978,
Provo, Utah
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) was an American academic and the first dean of the
College of Fine Arts
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Brigham Young University (BYU).
de Jong was skilled in music and wrote the words and music for the
Latter-day Saint hymn, "Come Sing to the Lord," which is number 10 in the
1985 hymnal. Even though he was dean of the College of Fine Arts, de Jong spent most of his career teaching
foreign languages. He was known as "Mr. Portuguese" because of his knowledge of
Portuguese and
Brazilian literature. The
de Jong Concert Hall at BYU is named in his honor.
Personal life
de Jong is the son of Gerrit de Jong and Lida Marianna Kuiper. He converted to
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from the
Dutch Reformed (Protestant) tradition in his late teens.
[Margaret Harris Stover, ''The Descendants of Uldrich Winegar of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York'', 1998]
References
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1892 births
1978 deaths
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Brigham Young University faculty
Converts to Mormonism
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