1. Willard Young was a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served for many years in the United States military, and later held high positions within the LDS Church's administration.
20 Facts About Willard Young
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In 1860, Willard Young was baptized a member of the LDS Church by James Works.
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Willard Young graduated from West Point in 1875 and was appointed a second lieutenant with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
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From 1879 to 1883 Willard Young was an instructor and then a professor at West Point.
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Willard Young was ordained a seventy in 1891 and served as a Mutual Improvement Association Missionary in Davis, Weber and Box Elder counties in northern Utah.
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Willard Young was the local supervisor in the construction of the Cascade Locks in Oregon.
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From October 1889 to June 1890 Willard Young was stationed in Memphis, Tennessee, supervising the Third District of the Mississippi River.
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From 1891 until 1893 Willard Young served as president of the nascent Salt Lake City-based Willard Young University.
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That institution ceased operation in 1894, and from there Willard Young moved to serve as city engineer for Salt Lake City.
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In 1896 Willard Young was appointed brigadier-general of the Utah National Guard.
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Willard Young was a key figure in organizing the Utah volunteers.
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Willard Young then was appointed a colonel in the Second Regiment, US Volunteer Engineers.
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Willard Young eventually went to Hawaii and served in the army until May 16,1899.
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From 1906 until 1915 Willard Young was the president of the LDS Business College.
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From 1907 Willard Young served as an alternate member of the Ensign Stake High Council.
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From January 1916 until July 1917 Willard Young served as an assistant to the president of the Logan Utah Temple.
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In 1919 Willard Young was made superintendent of the LDS Church's building activities.
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In 1876, LDS Church President Brigham Young executed a deed of land for the establishment of an academy in Salt Lake City ; Willard Young was one of the seven trustees named to oversee its subsequent development.
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Willard Young immediately began talking to the other trustees, and sought to obtain financial backing from the LDS Church.
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Willard Young vigorously promoted, arranged, planned, persuaded, and by September 1893 the institution began presenting lectures at 233 West 200 North.