• Born: In Portland, Oregon to Ray B. West and Marry Morrell West. Grew-up in Logan, Utah.
• Spouse: Married Ferne Page of Payson, Utah in the Logan LDS Temple December 2, 1932. Celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary this past year.
• Graduate of: Utah State University with a Business Administration degree. Post-graduate work at University of Chicago.
• Occupation: Formerly the acting chief administrative office of the National Education Association and longtime Executive Secretary of the Utah Education Association. Study the Russian school system in 1956. Sought issues to integrate the black and white NEA affiliates in the 60's and promoted collective bargaining by teachers. Author of numerous articles and book documenting the history of the NEA. Battled for better schools in forums ranging from PTA meetings and one-room schools to the Utah legislature, the halls of Congress and international conferences.
• Membership in: USU Old Main Society, board member of the Utah Symphony, Utah State Public School Survey Commission, chair of the Utah Educational Research Council, trustee of the Utah Educational Television Foundation, Board of Directors of the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education and the national United Nations Association.
• Recognition: Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Utah State University, with the following citation "…a gentleman in all situations, a person of warmth, soft spoken, unruffled by adversity, quiet and unassuming in [his] persistence, unsurpassed in [his] integrity, and modest in [his] many victories.
• Family: Devoted wife, Ferne; sons: Stephen A West (Martha) and Jonathan P. West (Colleen); grandchildren: S. Allan West, Page West Mallett, Adam S. West, Jonathan L. West, and Brigham N. West; 12 great grandchildren.
Died: September 22, 2005.
• Spouse: Married Ferne Page of Payson, Utah in the Logan LDS Temple December 2, 1932. Celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary this past year.
• Graduate of: Utah State University with a Business Administration degree. Post-graduate work at University of Chicago.
• Occupation: Formerly the acting chief administrative office of the National Education Association and longtime Executive Secretary of the Utah Education Association. Study the Russian school system in 1956. Sought issues to integrate the black and white NEA affiliates in the 60's and promoted collective bargaining by teachers. Author of numerous articles and book documenting the history of the NEA. Battled for better schools in forums ranging from PTA meetings and one-room schools to the Utah legislature, the halls of Congress and international conferences.
• Membership in: USU Old Main Society, board member of the Utah Symphony, Utah State Public School Survey Commission, chair of the Utah Educational Research Council, trustee of the Utah Educational Television Foundation, Board of Directors of the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education and the national United Nations Association.
• Recognition: Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Utah State University, with the following citation "…a gentleman in all situations, a person of warmth, soft spoken, unruffled by adversity, quiet and unassuming in [his] persistence, unsurpassed in [his] integrity, and modest in [his] many victories.
• Family: Devoted wife, Ferne; sons: Stephen A West (Martha) and Jonathan P. West (Colleen); grandchildren: S. Allan West, Page West Mallett, Adam S. West, Jonathan L. West, and Brigham N. West; 12 great grandchildren.
Died: September 22, 2005.
• Born: In Portland, Oregon to Ray B. West and Marry Morrell West. Grew-up in Logan, Utah.
• Spouse: Married Ferne Page of Payson, Utah in the Logan LDS Temple December 2, 1932. Celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary this past year.
• Graduate of: Utah State University with a Business Administration degree. Post-graduate work at University of Chicago.
• Occupation: Formerly the acting chief administrative office of the National Education Association and longtime Executive Secretary of the Utah Education Association. Study the Russian school system in 1956. Sought issues to integrate the black and white NEA affiliates in the 60's and promoted collective bargaining by teachers. Author of numerous articles and book documenting the history of the NEA. Battled for better schools in forums ranging from PTA meetings and one-room schools to the Utah legislature, the halls of Congress and international conferences.
• Membership in: USU Old Main Society, board member of the Utah Symphony, Utah State Public School Survey Commission, chair of the Utah Educational Research Council, trustee of the Utah Educational Television Foundation, Board of Directors of the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education and the national United Nations Association.
• Recognition: Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Utah State University, with the following citation "…a gentleman in all situations, a person of warmth, soft spoken, unruffled by adversity, quiet and unassuming in [his] persistence, unsurpassed in [his] integrity, and modest in [his] many victories.
• Family: Devoted wife, Ferne; sons: Stephen A West (Martha) and Jonathan P. West (Colleen); grandchildren: S. Allan West, Page West Mallett, Adam S. West, Jonathan L. West, and Brigham N. West; 12 great grandchildren.
Died: September 22, 2005.
• Spouse: Married Ferne Page of Payson, Utah in the Logan LDS Temple December 2, 1932. Celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary this past year.
• Graduate of: Utah State University with a Business Administration degree. Post-graduate work at University of Chicago.
• Occupation: Formerly the acting chief administrative office of the National Education Association and longtime Executive Secretary of the Utah Education Association. Study the Russian school system in 1956. Sought issues to integrate the black and white NEA affiliates in the 60's and promoted collective bargaining by teachers. Author of numerous articles and book documenting the history of the NEA. Battled for better schools in forums ranging from PTA meetings and one-room schools to the Utah legislature, the halls of Congress and international conferences.
• Membership in: USU Old Main Society, board member of the Utah Symphony, Utah State Public School Survey Commission, chair of the Utah Educational Research Council, trustee of the Utah Educational Television Foundation, Board of Directors of the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education and the national United Nations Association.
• Recognition: Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Utah State University, with the following citation "…a gentleman in all situations, a person of warmth, soft spoken, unruffled by adversity, quiet and unassuming in [his] persistence, unsurpassed in [his] integrity, and modest in [his] many victories.
• Family: Devoted wife, Ferne; sons: Stephen A West (Martha) and Jonathan P. West (Colleen); grandchildren: S. Allan West, Page West Mallett, Adam S. West, Jonathan L. West, and Brigham N. West; 12 great grandchildren.
Died: September 22, 2005.
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