GENERAL INFORMATION History Weber State College was founded at Ogden, Utah, as Weber Stake Academy in 1889 by the Weber Stake Board of Education of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was expanded in 1922 to include a distinct junior college department along with its high school curriculum, and in 1933 was transferred to the State of Utah. For the next 28 years it was operated as a state-supported junior college with the first junior year in 1962-63 and the first senior year in 1963-64. In 1961, the Legislature created a Board of Trustees for the college whose members were appointed by Governor George D. Clyde effective July 1, 1961. For many years the college campus was located near Ogden's business section. In 1954 it was moved to a new 175-acre site at 3750 Harrison Boulevard. With a stadium and four class room buildings, Weber State College in September, 1954, pioneered a progressive new undertaking in community and state educational history. The school has now acquired a total of 275 acres and has added a technical building, a student union building, and a new gymnasium. An auditorium and fine arts building is in an advanced planning stage. When the school opened on January 7, 1889, a total of 98 students appeared before two instructors, Louis F. Moench and Edwin Cutler. By January 21, 1889, when this number had increased to 150, it was becoming evident that facilities and faculty must be enlarged. Today approximately 150 faculty members instruct more than 7,000 students in a wide variety of subjects. Growth over three-quarters of a century reflects the deep concern of Utah's citizenry for higher education. Following is a chronology of important events in the administrative history of the College: 1888 The Board of Education of the Weber Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized. 1889 Weber Stake Academy was founded by a corporation, the Church Association of Weber Stake. Louis F. Moench became Weber's first principal. 1890 Weber Stake Academy moved to Weber Stake Tabernacle. 1891 Weber Stake Academy moved to the Fifth Ward Institute Building of the Church. 1892 The Louis Frederick Moench Building was erected. Emil B. Isgreen became principal. 1893 George Phillips became principal. 1894 Louis Moench returned as administrator. 19