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25 YEARS AGO
The main library at BYU would be called the Harold B. Lee Library, it was announced by Pres. Marion G. Romney, second counselor in the First Presidency, at a devotional on campus Jan. 15, 1974.
The Jan. 19, 1974, issue of the Church
News, reported: "President Romney
The renaming of the library was in honor of the 11th president of the Church who passed away less than a month before.
The article added: "According to BYU President Dallin H. Oaks, having the law library and the main campus library both bearing the name of President Clark 'has already caused considerable confusion in book acquisitions and other relations with patrons and contacts of the library on campus and across the nation.' "
President Lee's widow, Sister Freda Joan Lee, attended the devotional along with other members of the families of President Lee and President Clark.
Pres. Romney said the name change occurred "for reasons already outlined by President Oaks, and because of the love and respect that all of us hold for the men whose names are involved in this action."
The Church News article was accompanied by a photograph showing a sign bearing the name of President Lee already in place in front of the library.
