Shirley Anderson Cazier


Wife of Stanford Cazier, President of Utah State University, 1979-1991

Shirley Anderson was born in Salt Lake City on Aug. 20, 1931. Her parents were Leland and Blanche Anderson. She grew up in Manti, UT and graduated from Manti High School, Snow College, and the University of Utah with a degree in elementary education. On June 11, 1952 she married Stanford Cazier in Salt Lake City. They had met at the University of Utah. Shirley taught school in Idaho, Salt Lake City, and Madison, Wisconsin. The Caziers had four sons.

The family lived in Logan from 1960 to 1971, where Stan was a professor and provost at USU. They the lived in California where Stan was president of California State University, Chico before returning in 1979 when Stan was appointed president of USU.

Shirley was an active member of the LDS Church, serving as ward and stake Relief Society president and on the general board of the Relief Society. She developed and taught a course about the general presidents of the Relief Society at the Logan LDS Institute of Religion. Shirley supervised teachers for the college of education at USU and worked to help international students adjust to American culture. She was a member of the AC Woman's Club, Literati, and Clerisy. She was also appointed to the Utah Endowment for the Humanities. Shirley was a talented singer and performed with the Northern Utah Choral Society.

She died in Logan on Feb. 16, 1999 and is buried in the Logan City Cemetery.