Daryl Chase Fine Arts Center (1901-1984)

Ron and Janet Jibson Family Courtyard

The Ron and Janet Jibson Family Courtyard of the Chase Fine Arts Center is located on the north-west side of the building. With small trees and plants, this multi-level beautifully designed outdoor space is ideal for receptions, displays and small concerts. The main entrance to the Daines Concert Hall is located on the south side of the courtyard, with additional doors on the east side. Both main doors are wheelchair accessible. The pavement design artistically incorporates cement, brick and gravel. Ground lighting in the evenings highlights the sculpture and brightens the area for guests.

Ron graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s in civil engineering and later received an MBA from Westminster College. His involvement with Utah State University includes being a member of the Engineering Advisory Board and a member of Board of Trustees. Janet Jibson served as a member of the Caine College of the Arts Dean’s Advancement Council.

Hansen Atrium
Room L100A

The Hansen Atrium in the Chase Fine Arts Center is the newest addition to the Fine Arts Complex, named in honor of the Dell Loy Hansen family for their support of the Caine College of the Arts and its students. The interior of the Hansen Atrium was designed by one of Utah State University’s own interior design faculty, Darrin Brooks. Since opening in 2014, it has served as the grand entrance to the Daines Concert Hall and as a hub for the departments housed within the Chase Fine Arts Center.

Dell Loy is the founder and CEO of the Wasatch Group, and helms the overall management of Wasatch and its various affiliates. His vision, innovation and hands-on expertise have advanced the life quality, economy and conservation for many businesses and communities throughout the region.

As a developer, investor and creator, Dell Loy counts education among his core values both in business and for individual growth. A graduate from Utah State University in political science, Dell Loy is always seeking opportunities to help individuals receive a quality education, donating time and funding to educational programs throughout the state of Utah.

Max F. Dalby Rehearsal Hall (1920-2005)
Room 104

For many years prior to the construction of the Chase Fine Arts Center, the highest priority of the Utah State University Music Department was to find rehearsal space for its rapidly expanding performing groups.

In June 1967, the first rehearsals were held in this hall designed by then Department Head Max Dalby in cooperation with Burtch Beall, architect of the Arts Center Complex.

In following years, thousands of Utah State students, guided by dedicated conductors, have worked toward superior musical performance levels in this hall, thus fulfilling its original purpose and its future promise.

Dr. Dalby served Utah State University as director of bands from 1957-1973, and again from 1976-1983. Co-founder of the Cache Chamber Orchestra, he conducted this ensemble from 1973-1985. He conducted the USU Symphony Orchestra in 1973 and 1981 and served as head of the Department of Music from 1965-1973.

Nancy Peery Marriott Star Dressing Room
Room 125N

Nancy Peery Marriott is an accomplished vocalist and generous philanthropist. She has appeared in concerts, oratorios and recitals throughout the world, including a special engagement as soloist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

Additional performance credits include some of the most important venues and organizations in the United States: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; Carnegie Hall in New York City; the Music Center at Strathmore; and Washington’s Constitution Hall. A zealous advocate for education, she has shared her talents with many students, including those at the University of Maryland, the Longy Conservatory in Cambridge, the University of Utah and at George Washington, Brigham Young, Utah Valley and Utah State Universities.

The Caine College of the Arts dedicated the Nancy Peery Marriott Star Dressing Room in her honor on the occasion of her performance with the American Festival Chorus and USU Symphony Orchestra, November 11, 2018.

Laval S. Morris Lecture Hall (1899-1983)
Room V150

After receiving his diploma from Granite High School in 1918, Laval S. Morris opted to attend the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan. With his interest in plants and the natural world, the choice to further his education at the state’s land-grant college was only logical. After graduating in 1923, with a bachelor’s in both botany and horticulture, and from there went directly to Michigan State Agricultural College in East Lansing to continue his study of plant science. While there, he discovered that the landscape design courses taught in the Horticulture Department since 1863, were being transferred into a newly-designated Department of Landscape Architecture. In 1924, while still a student at Michigan State, Laval received an offer to replace Professor Melvin C. Merrill as instructor in horticulture at BYU. A letter from BYU President F. S. Harris to the university secretary, E. H. Holt, dated 11 February 1924, confirmed the appointment for the remainder of the school year at a salary of $800 plus transportation both ways. Morris returned to East Lansing during the summers of 1924 and 1925 to complete a master’s in horticulture.

In 1939, the Department of Landscape Gardening and Floriculture was established within the School of Agriculture, as a program in the Horticulture Department, and Laval S. Morris was appointed as professor, department head and sole instructor.

Sid Perkes Theatre Arts Complex (1939-2018)
Room 152-153

Sid Perkes grew up working on the family farm with the requisite chores of milking and taking the cows to pasture. A strong work ethic followed Sid through his life, working constantly as a student while earning his bachelor’s in art and theater arts at Utah State University. He was an actor, even appearing in musicals, at Utah State in addition to his technical and design studies.

Sid began his tenure at USU in 1967 as a costume designer for Utah State Theatre and the Lyric Repertory Company, where he designed more than 200 stage settings, costumes for more than 100 productions and directed two dozen plays. He served as Theatre Arts department head from 1984 to 1997.

Art and Mary Heers Scene Shop
Room 152

Mary Heers is best known in Franklin County for her work at Preston High School, where she taught for about 16 years. As a loved English teacher and director for the school musicals and plays, she coached hundreds of budding actors and musicians.

Art and Mary Heers are active, passionate, well-educated Aggies that discovered Utah State later in life. After completing degrees from Stanford, the couple relocated to Logan so Art could pursue an engineering career with Campbell Scientific. It was then, at age 38, Mary decided to deviate from her psychology degree and complete a bachelor’s in theater arts as well as a teaching certificate at Utah State University.

As one of the first employees and current principal engineers at Campbell Scientific, Art helped the company grow to a world industry leader.

Morgan Theatre (1910-2003)
Room 155B

Floyd T. Morgan was known as one of the most versatile theater students to graduate from the Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University). Following graduation, he was appointed to the faculty in 1934 as an instructor in speech. He became a professor of theater when the Fine Arts Department was created, and eventually headed the Theatre Arts Department when it became an independent entity. He held the position until 1975 and would ultimately serve an astounding 47-year career at the university.

Known fondly by generations of students simply as “Prof,” Floyd was a teacher, designer, actor, director, mentor and a meticulous caretaker of the craft of theater arts. Throughout his career he was assisted and supported by his wife, Edith Welch Morgan. The recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, a significant honor came to him when the theater in the Chase Fine Arts Center officially became the Morgan Theatre, an honor initiated by students and a fitting tribute to a lifelong career in the arts.

Tippetts (1917-2000) and Eccles Galleries
Room 233

The Tippetts and Eccles Galleries support art exhibits of all types and styles and serve as one of the main display venues for the Utah State University Department of Art & Design, including the Interior Design program.

Twain Tippetts was invited to join the faculty at Utah State University in 1956 as head of the Fine Arts Department that included the academic units of visual art, theater and music. Once on campus, he became actively involved in “all things art.” Through the years, he headed the university’s Performing Arts series that brought the country’s best touring companies and guest artists to campus to perform in the Chase Fine Arts Center. He became a keeper and curator of the university’s growing art collection, eventually heading the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art prior to his retirement. Following his retirement, he pursued a keen personal interest in photography. He was supported throughout his career at USU by his wife, Florence Page Tippetts, often hosting the university’s guest performers. In recognition of his career in the fine arts, the Tippetts Galleries in the Chase Fine Arts Center are named in his honor.

The Eccles Gallery is dedicated to the loving memory of the daughters of David and Ellen Stoddard Eccles (Marie Eccles Caine, Jessie Eccles Quinney, Emma Eccles Jones, Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison and Ellen Eccles Merrill Harrison). These extraordinary women committed their lives to improving our society through education, the arts, medicine, the environment and countless other causes. Their example lives on in the state of Utah and beyond, and their influence will continue to be felt long into the future. The rich cultural and educational opportunities we enjoy daily are a result of their selfless vision and steadfast commitment to enriching the lives of others.

Newel (1924-2016) and Jean (1924-2018) Daines Concert Hall

Newel G. Daines was the second of eleven siblings, all of whom graduated from Utah State. He grew up in Logan, concluding very early that he wanted to be a physician and began taking pre-med classes at Utah State University during his senior year at Logan High. Annie Jean Carlson, also born in 1924, grew up in Hyrum and graduated at the top of her class from South Cache High. She moved to Logan to attend Utah State and met Newel at a college dance that fall. Because of an accelerated program during World War II, he was admitted to George Washington Medical School at age 19. After a lonely first semester, Newel returned home to marry Jean in early 1944.

Together, Newel and Jean worked their way through medical school, with Newel spending nights and weekends as a cab driver, a meat cutter and an elevator operator in the U.S. Capitol Building. Jean passed her civil service exam with high marks and was employed at the Federal Home Loan Bank during the week and a women’s clothing store on Saturdays. Newel’s official Aggie graduation occurred after he completed medical school in 1948 and the necessary credits were transferred back to the USAC.

Newel began practicing general medicine in Preston, Idaho, served as an army doctor during the Korean War, then completed a residency in anesthesiology in 1957 and returned to Logan where he practiced medicine for 44 years. At age 58, Newel reduced his anesthesia practice and turned his energy to Logan City, winning his first election to mayor as a write-in candidate. Devotion to Logan’s historic buildings didn’t end with Newel’s term in office: their final ‘hands-on’ project was supervising the reconstruction of the Cache County Courthouse where, as a child, Newel watched his father practice law. Newel and Jean Daines were generous supporters of the Concert Hall renovation. Because of their generous support to Utah State University and the Cache Valley community, the hall is named in their honor.

Richard and Moonyeen Anderson Choir Loft
Room 227

The Andersons are proud Utah State University alumni, and have made countless contributions of financial support and service through the years that have benefited students and the entire campus community. From USU, the Andersons received the Distinguished Service Award in 2005 and Richard was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in 1999.

Paulette J. Campbell Organ Studio
Room 227A

Paulette J. Campbell is a native of Logan, Utah and was raised in a farming family. Her father worked at Utah State University farms. Paulette graduated from Logan High School in 1972 (along with Paul). Both she and Paul attended USU and began to date after serving together on the Freshman Committee of the LDS Student Association. Paulette was an organ student at USU. When Paul’s career with Campbell Scientific began in 1975, Paulette fulfilled the difficult task of homemaker, raising their five children – all of whom attended USU. Active in the community, she has been a member of the Ice Guild of the Bridgerland Community Ice Arena and the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services Advisory Council. Paulette and Paul were both awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences at USU in 2010.