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Show John P. Fugal retires from BYU faculty m is i-oSv-Vvfj 1 ' WtmBM. v 1 1 II! John P. Fugal, associate professor of religious education at BYU, was honored at an open house for his retirement Friday, June 13. During the past 20 years, Fugal taught religion at BYU. He served as an area coordinator for the Book of Mormon courses and, for the past five years, was area coordinator for the missionary preparation program. Before teaching at BYU, Fugal was a seminary teacher in Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Lehi. For 10 years he was principal of Pleasant Grove Seminary. After studying mathematics and engineering at Utah State University, Fugal attended BYU where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees and his doctorate of religious instruction. Fugal is the author of "A Review of Priesthood Correlation," a widely-used treatise, and several manuals used in the home study courses of "The Gospel in Principle John Fugal and Practice." He is married to the former Elma Widdiron. They have six children and 16 grandchildren. |