The anecdotes behind the adjectives helped explain how teachers such as Mignonette Spilman came to be known as professors whose classes were not to be missed by students of the day. Yes, times have changed. But there are mountain peaks and there are foothills. Emeritus Political Science Professor J.D. Williams asked Mulder. This issue contains considerable conjecture about what made the University what it is today.
History is an educated guessing game, after all.
A definitive report distinguishing accomplishments that are indisputable peaks from those less notable simply wasn't possible. Instead, this is a collection of reminders of the broad effect the University has had on different aspects of the society in which it is embedded. It also reflects pictorially and editorially how much the University of Utah has changed, as has the society it influenced. If the campus featured a carillon bell tower, an ornamental archway, or even one particular plaza where students gather, the task of paying tribute to the U would have been simpler visually, as well as editorially. Just as Mulder, Williams, Ardean Watts MA'60, Boyer Jarvis, Paul Hodson BA'36, Jerilyn McIntyre, Dick Cummings BA'52 MA'53, Brigham Madsen BA'38, and Ann Darling struggled to define great teaching, the designer mulled over how to identify quintessential campus images.