Benjamin Cluff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Cluff

Last Principal of Brigham Young Academy and First President of Brigham Young University , and responsible for name change to Brigham Young University

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1858

Place of Birth: Provo, Utah, United States

Date of Death: 16-Jun-1948

Profession: missionary

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Benjamin Cluff Jr.
(February 7, 1858 – June 14, 1948) was the first President of Brigham Young University, and the school's third principal.
Under his administration, the student body and faculty more than doubled in size, and the school went from an academy to a university, and was officially incorporated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Cluff changed class periods from half an hour to a full hour, adopted the official colors of the university, started summer school and the Alumni Association, encouraged the university's first student newspaper (White and Blue), provided the first student loans, and developed an intercollegiate sports system.