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Show Born in Twin Falls, Idaho, he received his Ph.D at the University of North Carolina and was a professor of economics at Utah State University before coming to Brigham Young University and the Historical Department, of the LDS Church. Best known for his work in western economic development develop-ment and Mormon history, Dr. Arrington is author of numerous numer-ous books and articles including includ-ing Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900. Succeeding lectures and discussions in the series will be held in Moab, Monticello, and Blanding. On March 31, at Star Hall in the Grand County High School, Charles S. Peterson, Professor of History at Utah State University will lecture on varying conceptions of land use and development in southeastern Utah. Panelists for that evening will be Hardy Redd, owner of the La Sal Livestock Company and Sam Taylor, publisher of the Times-Independent. On , mil 16, 1976 at Monticelh in the multipurpose room of th - San Juan County library, Gtvy L. Shumway, Associate Pr Tcssor of History at California State University at Fullerton will lecture on the development and challenges of the uranium and coal industries indus-tries in southeastern Utah. Panelists will include Howard Balsley, long time uranium miner and manager, and Calvin Black, chairman of the San Juan County Commission. On May 14, 1976 at the Multipurpose Room of the San Juan County Library in Blanding, Bland-ing, Lowell D. Wood, Director 1 of the Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture Institute at Brigham Brig-ham Young University will lecture on water resources and land development in southeastern south-eastern Utah. Panel discussants discuss-ants for that evening will be L. Robert Anderson, attorney and president of the San Juan Stake of the LDS Church and De Von Hurst, first vice-president vice-president of the Utah water users association. On May 26, John D. Hunt, chairman of the institute for the study of outdoor recreation and tourism at Utah State I" wersity will lecture on the tourist industry in southeastern southeast-ern Utah: the emergence of a new way of life in Star Hall of the Grand County High School at Moab. Panelists will include Anne Porter, director of the San Juan travel council and Jerry Bonser, director of the Moab community development develop-ment board. All programs are at 8 p.m. and the public is invited at no charge. The series is supported by a grant from the Utah Endowment Endow-ment for the Humanities, a State-based program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |