25 years ago
The retirement of Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson as president of Brigham Young University and the decision to establish a College of Law at the university were announced by the First Presidency in the March 13, 1971, Church News.
Both announcements were made by President Harold B. Lee, first counselor in the First Presidency, to a capacity audience of faculty and students at a campus devotional.
President Lee told the group that Pres. Wilkinson would serve throughout the remainder of the school year and then assume a major role in the establishment of the new legal college.
The law school was to be named the J. Reuben Clark College of Law, in honor of the late counselor in the First Presidency. President Clark had been solicitor and under-secretary of the U.S. State Department, U.S. ambassador to Mexico and a recognized expert on international law.
A new building would be constructed to house the law school, which was expected to open in fall 1973.
Quote from the past
"Parents should teach their children early in life the glorious concept and fact that they are spirit children of God, and that choosing to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ is the only way to enjoy success and happiness here and eternal life hereafter." - President N. Eldon Tanner, in an address given at general conference April 7, 1973.