Show v y f fere ere DONNA BENSON LEE to receive BYU honor Former resident to be honored at BYU exercises The Joseph F F. Smith Family Living Award will be presented to Donna Benson Lee at al the Brigham Young University's Commencement exercises exercises exer exer- this Friday Mrs Lee will be recognized along with three other recipients at the am a.m. Commencement ceremonies Inthe Inthe in inthe the Marriott Center Congressman Gunn McKay Henri and Douglas H. H Driggs are arc the other special award recipients MRS I LEE a native of Whitney Idaho and former resident of Vernal received most of her schooling in Logan She was active in debating and writing while attending Utah State University from which she graduated in id 1929 Shortly afterward she married Lawrence Lee a BYU music student who was singing professionally in Hollywood During the depression the family moved many times while the couple continued their schooling and Mr Lee prepared to become a music teacher She began a year 30 teaching career in English while living in Idaho Falls Her Iler previously taken night classes in public health and home nursing helped her husband recover from a major stroke and live a happy normal life for 14 years He died in 1976 Together the Lees wrote rote and produced hundreds of school programs church programs and MIA While teaching at Vernal in the Junior H High gh School for many years she was active in the Business and Professional Women served as a Republican Party county officer and state convention convention convention con con- delegate spearheaded drives to raise money for the Utah Symphony and a community com com- community swimming pool and worked in various positions in inthe inthe inthe the Church A world traveler with ith her family Mrs Lee has four children three daughters have advanced degrees and have taught high school or college her son is a dentist |