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By
Air Force Veteran and Librarian Arthur Thomas Challis
CEDAR CITY, UTAH -- Long-time Southern Utah University Librarian Arthur
Thomas Challis died July 25th at age 76. After high school, Challis served
in the Air Force during World War II, flying over 50 missions and receiving
the Air Medal. After the war he married Ruth Mitchell in the Salt Lake
Temple, with whom he had five children. After earning a BA in Journalism and
an MA in Library Science at the University of Utah, Challis taught school
and soon took a position as Director of the Library at Southern Utah
University, where he worked for 42 years. He was also appointed University
Historian, directed plans for a new library building constructed in 1969 and
was President of the Utah Library Association. Tom Challis was also active
in the Boy Scouts of America, earning the Extra Miler Award, Order of the
Arrow, and the Silver Beaver Award.
Source:
A. Thomas Challis
Salt Lake Tribune 27Jul01 US UT StG P2
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