Photos by Steve Coray
The Alumni Association expresses its appreciation to the 2008 Founders Day Sponsors,
the O.C. Tanner Company and the Deseret Morning News.
The 2008 Founders Day Award recipients with their spouses (L-R): Deslyn Grant and David M. Grant, Distinguished Alumnus; Vanessa Monfort and Charlie Monfort, Distinguished Alumnus; Ann Weaver Hart, Distinguished Alumna, and Randy Hart; Carol Harvey and Brett Harvey, Distinguished Alumnus; Mario R. Capecchi, Honorary Alumnus, and Laurie Fraser. Recipient biographies.
Three generations of Grants (and “David Grant”s, no less), all U of U grads: honoree David M. Grant BS’54 PhD’57 (center), David J. Grant BS’78 MS’80 (left), and David Mark Grant MPR’02.
Charlie Monfort (right) chats with Kirk Ririe BS’05 (center), president and CEO of Idaho Technology, and Dean of the David Eccles School of Business Jack Brittain.
Ann Weaver Hart shakes hands with Mario R. Capecchi surrounded by friends and admirers.
Brett Harvey greets guests Judy and Michael McCarter.
Founders Day Scholarship recipient Lynnette Averill gets a souvenir photo of herself with Dr. Mario Capecchi.
Director of Athletics Chris Hill converses with Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Pershing.
Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Associate Vice President for the Arts Raymond Tymas-Jones (center) chats with guests.
A number of students from the Student Alumni Board attended the Founders Day Banquet, thanks to the generosity of individual contributors who sponsored them.
President of the Alumni Association Spence Kinard (center) greets the former president of the Association, Jeff Hilton, and his wife, Karen.
Vice President of the Alumni Association Sally Ware
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