(1895–1985) Presiding over the LDS church in 1978, Kimball had a revelation negating the church’s ban on black males in the priesthood, and as a result opened the door to membership growth throughout the world. With the revelation, the world’s perception of Utah and Utah’s perception of the world in regard to race changed.
Charles Warner Lockerbie
Utah’s bird man recognized more than 300 bird calls. Charles Warner Lockerbie was born January 7, 1879, near Mankato, Minnesota, to William and Belle Garrett Lockerbie. At age eleven he moved with his mother and sister to Salt Lake City to live with his maternal grandparents. Growing up near the Jordan River he developed an intense interest in its wildlife, …
Karl Malone
(1963 – ) Easily the most recognized athlete in Utah’s history. As a career member of the Utah Jazz and twice voted NBA’s most valuable player, Malone has provided the state unprecedented global notoriety and a sense of unity.
David Daniel Marriott
Jay M. Haymond Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Dan Marriott was born in Bingham, Tooele County, on 2 November 1939. He attended public schools in Sandy and graduated from Jordan High School in 1958. He attended the University of Utah and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967; he later earned a certificate from the American College of Life …
Scott M. Matheson
John McCormick Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Scott M. Matheson was born 8 January 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Scott Milne and Adele Adams Matheson. He soon moved with his family to Parowan, Utah, and, when he was five years old, to Salt Lake City, where his father became Assistant U.S. Attorney for Utah. Matheson graduated from Salt Lake …
Russell Lowell Maughan
In 1924 he made the first coast-to-coast flight in a day. “Circling high in the sky above the Golden Gate before making a perfect landing on Crissy field, Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan, tonight brought to a wonderful close his third attempt at spanning the United States by airplane within the limits of dawn and dusk of the same day.” So …
William Henry McDougall
This journalist survived shipwreck and imprisonment to become a priest. Twice a Japanese prisoner during World War II, nearly drowned in the Pacific when his ship was sunk, an innovative and energetic newspaperman, recipient of a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard and a Pulitzer Prize nomination, William H. McDougall found enough adventure and achievement in life to satisfy almost anyone. Yet …
Phyllis McGinley
A graduate of Ogden High, she was a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. Phyllis McGinley was born March 21, 1905, in Ontario, Oregon, the daughter of Daniel and Julia Kiesel McGinley. Her father was a land speculator and the family moved often, finally settling on farm land that her father could not sell in Cliff, Colorado. When Phyllis was 12 her …
David O. McKay
(1873 – 1970) As president of the LDS church from 1951 to 1970, leading the church’s emergence from parochial obscurity to a worldwide religion, McKay made the Mormon church an active player in civic projects, encouragement of new business ventures and in the promotion of tourism. The encouragement of tolerance in inter-religious relationships was another trademark of his tenure.
Larry H. Miller
Lorille Horne Miller Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Lawrence H. Miller was born 26 April 1944 to Mary Lorille Horne and Howard Hanley West. His parents divorced in 1946, and in June 1948 his mother married Frank Soren Miller, who legally adopted Larry in September 1949. Larry attended Salt Lake City public schools, graduating from West High School in 1962. He …