Show IF S a F Y y 4 I DR ERNEST L. L WILKINSON BYU Head Slated Slatted I To Speak Sunday President Ernest L L. Wilkinson will address the general priesthood priesthood priesthood priest priest- hood meeting to be held Sunday December in the Manti ManU Center Ward according to Stake President Vernon L L. L Kunz The session will begin at 2 pm p.m. with all and Priest bearers and their wives and mothers President Kunz said that a special special special cial mens men's chorus will also perform perform per per- form under the direction of Harry A. A Dean of Ephraim Pres Wilkinson head of the Brigham Young University has hasa a long career of service both in church hurch and civic activities He was born May 4 1899 in Ogden He attended Weber College College Col Col- lege from 1917 18 and then became became became be be- came came came- a student at the Brigham Young University where he earned earned earned earn earn- ed his AB degree in 1921 He received his LL.B. degree from George Washington University In 1926 from Harvard in 1927 and from the BYU in 1957 He served as as' a private te in lir inthe the US U.S. Army in 1918 i G Dr Wilkinson has been active I in th the field of law He was admitted admitted admitted ad ad- to the Washington DC D.C. Bar in 1926 the Utah Bar in fn 1927 and the New York Bar in 1928 He was appointed an assistant professor of law at the University University University sity of California in 1927 but Immediately imI immediately im im- mediately resigned to become a I professor of law at the New JerI Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- I sey Law School a position he held from 1927 He was associated associated associated as as- with the law firm of Hughes Schurman and Dwight in New York City from 1928 He accepted the post of deputy ty superintendent of insurance of New York State investigating insurance comp companies nies during the year 1931 While a member of the Wilkinson Wil Wil- kinson Cragun and Barker law firm he represented the Ute indians Indians Indians In in- in obtaining the largest judgment ever obtained against the US U.S. in the United States w Court of Claim This was in 1950 In 1959 he was appointed to the position of president of the Brigham Young University He resigned this post in 1964 to seek the post of United States SenI Senater Senator Sen Sen- I ator ater on the Republican ticket He f was renamed as BYU president in 1965 t I He has also served as chancellor chancellor chancellor chan- chan of the Unified School tern of the Church which Is made up of one university One junior college institutes of ot religion serving ties and colleges and released released released re re- re- re leased time and 1075 re non leased time seminaries of reli reli- gion He held this position from 1953 to 1964 |