Franklin S. Harris
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Franklin Stewart Harris was president of Brigham Young University from 1921 to 1945, and president of Utah State Agricultural College from 1945 to 1950. His administration was the longest in BYU histo
Harris pictured in The Banyan 1923, BYU yearbook
Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua
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Colonia Juárez is a small town in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Colonia Juárez is located in the valley of the Piedras Verdes River on the western edge of the Chihuahuan Des
Franklin S. Harris
…Fine Arts Center on BYU's campus was named after him. Harris was born in Benjamin, Utah Territory, United States. In the 1890s, his family moved to the Mormon colonies in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Harris did his early studies at BYU, taking a year to teach at USAC, before going on to receive his doctorate from…
Academia Juarez, a school owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints