Douglas D. Alder
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Douglas D. Alder | |
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| Born | November 10, 1932 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 2023 (aged 91) |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, lecturer, education administrator |
| Known for | Education administration |
Douglas D. Alder (November 10, 1932 – November 25, 2023) was an American historian and academic administrator who was president of Dixie College (now Utah Tech University) from 1986 to 1993.
Biography
[edit]Douglas D. Alder was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied at the University of Utah getting a bachelor's and master's degree there. He then earned a PhD at the University of Oregon. He was for many years a professor of European history at Utah State University. While there he was director of the honors program. He edited the work Cache Valley: Essays of Her Past and People.
During his administration, the number of buildings at Dixie State was expanded. It was also under his direction that the College Inn, part of Dixie State's Elderhostel Program, was developed.
Alder served as president of the Mormon History Association in 1977–1978. He was a Latter-day Saint and served as a counsellor in the presidency of the St. George Utah Temple.
Alder wrote with Blaine M. Yorgason and Richard A. Schmutz the book All That Was Promised: The St. George Temple and the Unfolding of the Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013). He also wrote A History of Washington County: From Isolation to Destination in 1996 with Karl Brooks. In 2010 his A Century of Dixie State College of Utah was published. He also wrote the novel Sons of Bear Lake published in 2002.
Alder died November 25, 2023, at the age of 91.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher (November 28, 2023). "'He was like Ted Lasso': LDS historian, ex-college president and a student favorite dies". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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