Brigham City Campus

Autoliv Auditorium
Room B111

Autoliv is the world’s largest automotive safety supplier, with sales to all major car manufacturers in the world. More than 68,000 associates in 27 countries are passionate about their vision of “Saving More Lives.”

Autoliv’s vision of “Saving More Lives” guides its daily work. Life can change in a fraction of a second – and Autoliv has developed automotive safety systems with that moment in mind for over six decades. Each year, Autoliv products save more than 30,000 lives, products that must operate perfectly in milliseconds.

Bank of Utah Classroom
Room C222

Bank of Utah is a 65-year old stronghold in the financial industry that provides personal and business banking, mortgage and commercial lending, wealth management, trusts, insurance and investment services for thousands of customers across Utah and around the globe.

Established by Ogden business executive, Frank M. Browning, on Dec. 1, 1952, it has grown into a financial institution that holds more than $1 billion in assets and employs over 350 people in 17 full-service branches, and five trust and mortgage offices across Utah.

Bob and LuAnn Adams Classroom
Room C116

Born on a potato farm in Idaho, LuAnn Adams moved to Wells, Nevada at age 11 so her father and brother, a pharmacist, could operate a drugstore. While she lived in town during the school year, the summers were spent with friends on nearby cattle ranches. LuAnn served as Utah’s seventh agricultural commissioner, the first woman to hold the job.

Bott and Sons Monument Classroom
Room C224

In 1875, John H. Bott started his memorial business in a thatch-roofed hut in Brigham City. John’s business was a family affair as much as a community employer, where he employed many who came to the small community until they could build a home and start either their own business. The men would cut, shape and polish the raw materials acquired locally or shipped by rail from the East Coast.

Finding workers was never a problem as John had a large family. After his death, John left a legacy of memorial craftsmanship that would be passed through the family for the next five generations and flourish throughout the west.

The old Mill and the family trade have passed on to fifth and sixth generation craftsmen, determined to carry on the tradition and excellence of their forefathers. While not as labor intense as the “mallet and chisel days” of the past, the craftsmanship remains the same.

Brent and Lori Gillies Classroom
Room D119

Brent Gillies was reared and educated in Malad City, Idaho, graduating from Malad High School in 1981. His life-long dream was to be a funeral director. He married Lori K. Isralesen and the couple have five children. Brent graduated from Cypress College with a degree in Mortuary Science.

Brent worked for a funeral home in Fullerton, California for three years then returned to work in Utah to be close to family. Brent and Lori purchased Petersen Funeral Chapel in May of 2001, becoming Gillies Funeral Chapel. Brent is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Utah Funeral Directors Association and the Cremation Association of North America.

Brigham Area Chamber of Commerce Conference Room

Brigham City is the county seat of Box Elder County, Utah. It lies on the western slope of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range at the western terminus of Box Elder Canyon.

The Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce helps businesses grow and succeed. The chamber is made up over 425 businesses located in Utah and prides itself in the opportunities provided to its’ members. The chamber plans activities to increase interest in member businesses and also provides support to business owners with educational workshops, advocacy, sponsorship opportunities and yearly exposure events.

Charles and Rae Perkins Student Lounge

Charles Joseph Perkins was born June 1, 1914. He joined the service at a young age and served in World War II, and both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Charles married the love of his life and best friend, Rae Danielson on January 4, 1952 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After Charles retired from the military, the couple resided in several places in California before moving to Brigham City in 2000. Rae died on June 26, 2007.

Charles and Rae believed in education even though neither Charles nor Rae completed a college degree. The couple believed, however, it was education that helped them to a high-degree of financial success.

Clair and Jean Frischknect Classroom
Room C220

Clair E. Frischknecht was born August 30, 1930 in Manti, Utah, where he spent his youth working on the family farm and herding sheep in the summers. He graduated from Manti High School, where he played on the tennis and basketball teams. Clair graduated from Snow College, where he was an All-Conference basketball player. Clair married Jean Miller on September 14, 1950 and moved to Logan, where he graduated from Utah State Agricultural College of Utah.

The couple moved to Ft. Lee, Virginia, where Clair served on active duty for two years during the Korean War. In 1955, after the war, the couple made their home in Ogden. Clair worked at Hill Air Force Base in many capacities. Most of his career was spent in Human Resource Management, including eight years managing a world-wide program for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Clair also served in the U.S. Army Reserve for over 30 years, retiring with the rank of Colonel, and served as chief of staff for the 96th Army Reserve Command. He was a graduate of the Army War College, the Air War College and the Command and General Staff Course.

Dr. Dennis J. and Metta Marie Fife Classroom
Room D117

Dennis J. Fife is the son of Glen S. and June Fife of Brigham City and the husband of Metta Marie Gunther Fife. He is a graduate of Box Elder High School and received a bachelor’s in chemistry from Weber State University in 1969.

Dennis earned an MBA in business at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico in 1973. Through the Air Force Institute of Technology/Civilian Institute Program, he earned a master’s and doctorate from Utah State University in 1978 and 1983 respectively. He retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service. He was a command pilot and a tenured professor of chemistry at the United States Air Force Academy at the time of his retirement.

Upon his retirement, Dennis accepted a position at Thiokol Corporation. He served a mayor in Brigham City from 2010 to 2014.

Elevate Credit Union Classroom
Room C113

Elevate Credit Union first opened its doors in 1954 with eight members and $40. Over the years, it expanded to over 13,000 members with assets grown to more than $191 Million. In 2015, the organization expanded through National Credit Union Association’s approval to cover northern Utah, serving Box Elder, Cache and Rich Counties.

GEM Buildings Plaza

GEM Buildings is a premier full-service structural steel engineering/design and fabrication organization. The firm customizes creative, value-driven solutions to satisfy each client’s unique building needs and high standards of quality, schedule and budget. The organization’s flexible, experienced engineering/design teams utilize ingenuity, innovation and the latest technology to meet or exceed each project team’s requirements without sacrificing our high standards of integrity, quality and safety in everything it does.

Heritage Auto Group Classroom
Room C218

Heritage Auto Group is a certified Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Jeep and Ram dealer. Robert Davis of RD Heritage Group was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan. A proficient academic with a penchant for mathematics throughout his education, Robert studied at the University of Michigan, receiving an undergraduate degree where he ranked as one of the top three academicians in his class. At the University of Miami School of Medicine, Robert studied to become a practicing doctor with internal medicine residency training at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine. There, Dr. Davis spent 10 years as an Emergency Room and Ambulatory Care Physician, as well as a locum tenens physician for rural communities across the country. At this point, Dr. Davis of RD Heritage Group, received a unique opportunity and, seeing a greater need for his skills beyond medicine, made a career shift into investments and strategic partnerships.

Lowell and Colleen Sherratt Honeyville, Inc. Classroom
Room C114

Founder Lowell Sherratt Sr. had a good head for business, where he worked as a citrus salesman in Southern California in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lowell sold his home, took his famil, and helped his Japanese-American friends in their desperate move to Southern Utah. His friends raced to beat a March 1942 deadline to leave the restricted area or face arrest and detainment. He led the convoy of more than 10 families from Los Angeles to Page’s Ranch, an isolated tract of land, 30 miles west of Cedar City.

The families stayed on at Page’s Ranch for a year or two before moving on to Idaho and Colorado to farm. Lowell stayed in Utah. In the 1950s he bought a mill in Parowan to crack grain for a feed company in Southern California. He eventually moved his company to the small town of Honeyville, Utah, taking the name for his company, Honeyville Grain. In 1973, Lowell continued to expand, bringing his company back to Southern California. The California facility moved around the greater Los Angeles area before settling in Rancho Cucamonga, California in 1988. In the fall of 198, a warehouse and distribution facility was added in North Salt Lake City, Utah. That facility grew and now resides in Ogden Utah.

Over the years, Honeyville Grain has grown and expanded into Honeyville, Inc. The company, still family owned and operated, follows the actions of its founder Lowell Sherratt, Sr. by treating people with respect, fairness and integrity.

Members First Credit Union Multipurpose Room
Room A104

In mid-October, 1958, 35 people met at Box Elder High School and voted to form Thiokol (Utah Division) Employees Credit Union. Membership was open to employees of Thiokol Corporation and families of Credit Union members. 

In November 1958, the Credit Union Board borrowed $5,000 from Box Elder County Bank to start operations of the Credit Union from the basement of the first Board Chairman’s home. By July 1959, the Credit Union had rented office space at First and Main in Brigham City, Utah. In 1967, the Credit Union name was officially changed to Thiokol Employees Credit Union.

The Credit Union struggled through some very difficult years in the mid-1960s because of local economic issues, but paid a consistent dividend every year, as agreed in the original By-laws.

In February 1986 the board voted to open membership to the community, rather than just to Thiokol employees. In January 1990, the Credit Union opened a full-time branch at the Thiokol Plant and installed its first ATM. In 1995, the name was changed to Members First Credit Union.

Milton P. Miller Building (1908-1997)

Milton P. Miller was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1933. He served in the United States Air force (1933-1935) as an aircraft instructor. While stationed in Miami Beach, Florida, Milton developed a love for the game of golf. This, and a passion for health and fitness, stayed with him through his life. Following his military service, he returned to Brooklyn and began a 62-year career as a real-estate attorney. Milton met his sweetheart, Selma, in 1949, when he hired her as his secretary.

The son of a Russian immigrant, Milton had an innate desire to own land because in his family’s native country, land ownership determined success. In 1947, Milton borrowed $3,000 from a relative and made his first real-estate purchase – a large area of undeveloped land in Brooklyn that sold 20 years later for over $6 million. Over the course of the next 50 years, Milton bought and sold real-estate through the United States. One of his most common investments was “big boxes” – including the Brigham City K-Mart building, which he purchased in the mid-1980s. Milton was an avid proponent of the value of higher education. Following his passing, his wife Selma donated the K-Mart building in 2003 for the purpose of benefitting students of Utah State University Brigham City Regional Campus. In honor of her husband’s legacy, it was Selma’s wish that a building on the Utah State University Brigham City campus be named the Milton P. Miller Building.

Molgard Law Offices Classroom
Room C223

Molgard Law is a full-service law firm located in Brigham City, Utah. The company Molgard serves clients all over Northern Utah and have helped clients as far away as St. George.

Molgard Law began in 1969, when Jack H. Molgard graduated from law school at the University of Utah. Having grown up and spent his entire life in Northern Utah, Jack decided to hang his shingle in Brigham City and has been serving clients in Northern Utah ever since.

In 2005, Jack’s nephew, Malone H. Molgard began law school at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington. Malone worked for Jack during the summers, during summer breaks and after he graduated in 2008. Today, Jack and Malone are partners and work most cases together to ensure that clients get more than one perspective on their case.

Mountain West Bank Testing Center
Room B107

In 1993, the doors of what would become Mountain West Bank officially opened at the corner of Government Way and Ironwood Drive in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

The bank serves customers from 21 branches conveniently located across the states of Idaho and Washington. Mountain West Bank was founded by business leaders with the shared vision that community and banking could be one in the same. Since then, Mountain West Bank has been steadfastly dedicated to the mission of providing customers with legendary customer service.

Northrop Grumman Computer Lab
Room B110

Northrop Grumman is a global aerospace, defense and security company. The major of their business is with the U.S. government, principally the Department of Defense and intelligence community.

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide.

Their 90,000 employees are defining possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services.

Nucor Wing
D Wing

Nucor, previously the Nuclear Corporation of America, is North America’s most diversified steel and steel products company.

As a leading North American producer of merchant bar and rebar, engineered bar, structural steel, carbon steel plate and sheet steel products and technologies, Nucor has an ongoing commitment to innovation.

Nucor serves a number of industries, including agricultural, automotive, construction, power generation and transmission, oil and gas, heavy equipment, infrastructure and transportation.
Nucor also owns the David J. Joseph Company, an industry leader in scrap metal brokerage, ferrous and ferrous metal recycling and transportation services.

Robert and JoLynn Jex Classroom
Room D115

Robert “Bob” Jex worked as a healthcare administrator and with the Utah Department of Health for many years. He worked for much of his career at Bear River Valley Hospital in Tremonton, Utah. He has five children, all of whom still live in Utah. Since retiring, Bob and his wife, JoLynn, spend their time working in the Brigham City temple and traveling.

Bob was the first male graduate of the Utah State University/Weber State University nursing program. He also served on the Brigham City advisory board when they were building the new USU Brigham City campus. Bob is a graduate of Southern Utah University, USU, Weber State University and University of Colorado Boulder, but said that his heart is at USU.

Ronald S. and Linda P. Mortensen and Our Utah State Family Conference Room
Room D106

Ron and Linda Mortensen have been educators for their entire careers and have helped fund endowments both at Utah State University’s main campus, as well as the Brigham City campus. Ron graduated with degrees in 1960 and 1969 and taught middle school for over 30 years.

Linda went back to school once her little ones were all of school age and got her teaching degree in 1985 and master’s in 1995. She taught elementary school for 15 years. They have helped carry on the tradition of their generous aunt and uncle Dale and Adele Young with a donation to the USU Brigham City campus building. The couple enjoy helping students with scholarships in both Northern Utah and in St George.

Ron and Linda are the parents of seven children. Among the children and their spouses, the family have earned 18 degrees from Utah State University. Ron was a coach for many different sports and loves to go to football and basketball games. Linda is always looking for ways to help people. They are active in their community and in the Sons and Daughters of Utah Pioneers and give a lot of service in many quiet ways.

Saofa’i “Smurf” Sautia Memorial Bench

Devoted family man and friend to all, Saofa’i Sautia died during demolition of buildings in preparation for the construction of the Utah State University Brigham City Campus.

Skywalker Trampolines Classroom
Room D116

Skywalker Trampolines is dedicated to helping people connect -- connect with themselves, connect with their family and connect with the outdoors.

In 2004, Skywalker Trampolines founders decided to never sell a trampoline without an enclosure net. Every trampoline purchased comes with an easy to assemble patented enclosure that ensures the safety of jumpers by keeping them away from the springs.

Thomas Jackson Hannum International Studies Classroom
Room C115

Thomas Jackson Hannum was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, on November 26, 1957, and moved to Brigham City, Utah at age two, where he received his entire pre-university education. He graduated from Box Elder High School where he was a student athlete. Tom graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a dual major in political science and Spanish. He then went on to the University of Hawaii to obtain a master’s in linguistics. He had a great love of languages and was fluent in five tongues. Tom also obtained an MBA in international business from the Thunderbird School of International Business in Phoenix, Arizona.

After graduating from Thunderbird, Tom worked for one year on Wall Street for Bank of Nova Scotia before moving to Chicago, Illinois, where he worked for Deutsche Bank and then moved on to San Diego, California, where he worked for Merrill Lynch specializing in its Latin American division. He eventually returned to Utah, and worked with several different companies in the Salt Lake City area before joining a young, progressive, far-sighted company named Hypercomp Engineering, right in his home town of Brigham City, where he remained. Tom loved working for Hypercomp even though he had to commute from Salt Lake City.

Thomas R. and Kathie F. Lee Classroom
Room C219

Thomas Lee received a master’s in family and human development in 1979. After serving as the head of the Family, Consumer and Human Development Department at USU, Tom was named dean and executive director of Utah State University-Brigham City. As department head, Tom was involved in developing a distance-delivered master’s in family and human development and a new online bachelor’s in family life studies. While serving as dean and executive director, Tom led building projects to develop facilities that would sustain the growth of USU’s statewide campuses, including USU Kaysville, USU Tremonton and USU Brigham City. Leveraging his experience creating degrees and programs, Tom was later appointed as the director of academic programs for regional campuses and USU Eastern.

Tom’s wife, Kathie, received a bachelor’s in elementary education in 1978.

Walmart Logistics Classroom
Room D221

What started small, with a single discount store and the simple idea of selling more for less, Walmart has grown over the into the largest retailer in the world.

Each week, approximately 220 million customers and members visit Walmart’s approximately 10,500 stores and clubs under 48 banners in 24 countries and eCommerce websites.

Walmart employs over 2.3 million associates worldwide. The corporation is a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity.

Whitaker Construction Atrium

Whitaker Construction began in 1953 when Jim Whitaker decided to get out of the sand and gravel business and start a utility construction company with a pickup truck, a shovel and one helper.

Now Jim’s company has become one of the most respected contractors in the Intermountain area, with more than 400 employees and nearly 50 crews, performing sanitary sewer, storm drain, culinary water, irrigation, earthwork, roadway construction, dams, landfills, natural gas pipelines, industrial piping and telecommunications projects primarily in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and Oregon.