In this Alumni Directory, our focus is on the often-forgotten BY Academy secondary senior classes between 1877 and 1903, and on the BY High School senior classes from 1904 to 1968.

In 1881 Brigham Young Academy's Scientific Department broke new ground by awarding a "collegiate diploma" to James E. Talmage, the first such BYA diploma to be issued. This raised serious questions about whether a secondary school could issue a "collegiate diploma" that would be recognized by colleges. James Talmage and others were required to take extra tests at other colleges before their collegiate credential was accepted.

BYU and the BYU Alumni Association keep records of BYA collegiate-level graduates, but have not in the past kept comprehensive lists of BYA high-school-level graduates. That is why our emphasis in this Directory is on high school graduates. Nevertheless, in this Directory we will also track the relatively small number of BYA students who received BYA collegiate degrees between 1881 to 1903, simply to avoid confusing the two groups, and because there is much overlapping. [We have also added the earliest BYU graduates, 1904 to 1935, for the same reasons.]

B. Y. Academy High School and Collegiate Class of 1902.

A combination of the names listed in the 1902 Commencement Program, and additional research in BYA/BYU records by Scott Cowley, has documented 6 collegiate graduates, and only 12 BYA high school graduates, in an era when graduating high school classes included 50 to 100 students. More focused research is needed.

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1902. Jean Clara Holbrook. Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1902. She delivered the Valedictory address on that occasion. Source: 1902 Commencement Program. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2.

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1902. A. L. Neff, Bachelor of Letters (B.L.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1902. He was the President of the Class of 1902, and delivered the President's Address on that occasion. Source: 1902 Commencement Program. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Andrew L. Neff was born February 17, 1878 in Nephi, Utah. His parents were Benjamin Barr Neff and Mary Ellen Love Neff. Andrew married Lauretta Snow. He was a professor at the University of Utah. He died on November 9, 1936 in Sandy, Utah at the age of 58. His interment, Wasatch Lawn, Salt Lake City, Utah.

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1902. Mary J. Ollorton, Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1902. She delivered the Prognostication address on that occasion. Source: 1902 Commencement Program. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Jane Ollorton was born December 28, 1880 in Parowan, Utah. Her parents: James Ollorton and Mary Emma Adams Ollorton. Mary Jane died on April 18, 1934.

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1902. Joseph Peterson. Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1902. He delivered the Invocation and also the Benediction on that occasion. Source: 1902 Commencement Program. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2.

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1902. Lafayette Rees. Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1902. He delivered the "Hit or Miss" portion of the program on that occasion. Source: 1902 Commencement Program. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2.

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1902. Zora Smith, Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.), awarded at Commencement Exercises held on Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1902. Zora Smith delivered the Class History on that occasion. Source: 1902 Commencement Program. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2.