Benjamin Cluff
Benjamin Cluff Jr. (February 7, 1858 – June 14, 1948) was the first president of Brigham Young University and its third principal. Under his administration, the student body and faculty more than doubled in size, and the school went from an academy to a university, and was officially incorporated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cluff changed class periods from half an hour to a full hour, adopted the official colors of the university, started summer school and the Alumni Association, encouraged the university's first student newspaper (White and Blue), provided the first student loans, and developed an intercollegiate sports system.: 188
Benjamin Cluff | |
|---|---|
| President of Brigham Young University | |
| In office October 1903 – December 1903 | |
| Succeeded by | George H. Brimhall |
| Principal of Brigham Young Academy | |
| In office January 1892 – October 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Karl G. Maeser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1858 Provo, Utah |
| Died | June 14, 1948 (aged 90) Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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