Category Archives: Personalities

Palmer Court: Helping the Homeless

Posted on 30-August-2011 by

On 4 Aug 2011, Lloyd S. Pendleton gave a presentation at Sunstone Symposium titled:  “To Give or Nor to Give.”  According to his program bio: Lloyd S. Pendleton took the lead in 2004 in writing and implementing Utah’s 10-Year Plan for … Continue reading →

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The Psychology of Everett Ruess

Posted on 20-August-2011 by

The following is exerpts from a book review by Gary James Bergera (SLTrib 19 Aug 2011).  The book:  Pulitzer Prize-winner Phillip L. Fradkin’s Everett Ruess: The Short Life, Mysterious Death, and Astonishing Afterlife: Some 75 years ago, a young L.A.-based artist … Continue reading →

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Marion D. Hanks (1921-2011), Humanitarian

Posted on 06-August-2011 by

According to Peggy Fletcher Stack writing in the SLTrib (6 Aug 2011) about long-time LDS General Authority Marion D. Hanks (who had just passed away): During visits to Vietnam, he saw refugee camps awash with disease, distress and death.  He (Marion D. … Continue reading →

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Why I Won’t Be Voting for Mitt Romney

Posted on 04-August-2011 by

Yesterday, August 11th, I received a form letter from “Mitt Romney for President, Inc.”  The letter invoked the memory of Mitt’s father, George: My father never graduated from college [he was born in the Mormon colonies in Mexico].  He apprenticed as a lath … Continue reading →

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Left Outside, But Not Hurting Inside, Just Scratching My Head

Posted on 31-July-2011 by

All three of my children were married in a Mormon temple.  As you may have surmised from my blog, I don’t have a recommend.  So I did not attend any of the formal wedding ceremonies of my children. During the … Continue reading →

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Helmut Lachenmann, German Composer

Posted on 27-July-2011 by

During a recent trip to Madrid, I attended a private concert for the recipients of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (My brother received one the awards.).  One of the pieces presented by the Madrid City Orchestra was a composition by … Continue reading →

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Russian Botanist Nikolai Vavilov

Posted on 22-July-2011 by

This brief biography of Botanist Nikolai Vavilov is taken from an article by Charles Siebert (NG, Jul 2011): One response to the rapidly dwindling biodiversity in our [farm] fields has been to gather and safely store the seeds of as … Continue reading →

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Paul and Lorna Larsen . . . Modern-day Johnny Appleseeds

Posted on 11-June-2011 by

The article is taken from the College of Agriculture Alumni Newsletter (Spring 2011) and was written by Courtney Rhodes: Traditionally, when the average person retires he or she settles down to a slow, relaxing lifestyle.  However, Paul Larsen and his … Continue reading →

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Lars Peter Hansen . . . Award Winner

Posted on 10-June-2011 by

My youngest brother, by seven years, has just won a prestigious international economic’s award: The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Economics, Finance and Management category goes to Professor Lars Peter Hansen of the University of Chicago “for making … Continue reading →

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Please Mute Michael Otterson

Posted on 09-June-2011 by

Michael Otterson, head of the public affairs for the LDS Church, continues to head in strange directions.  His recent response to Warren Cole Smith in a blog posted on the Washington Post’s website is a case in point. Smith makes … Continue reading →

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