Question: What brand did the 1956 Brigham Young University graduate found ?

text: List of Brigham Young University alumni
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This list of Brigham Young University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in Provo, Utah, United States. It is the oldest existing institution within the LDS Church Educational System, is America's largest religious university, and has the second-largest private university enrollment in the United States. Approximately 98% of the 34,000 students at BYU are Mormon; two-thirds of its American students come from outside the state of Utah. In addition to its undergraduate program, BYU offers graduate degrees in 47 departments and includes two professional schools: the Marriott School of Management and the J. Reuben Clark Law School. BYU has approximately 370,000 living alumni. Over 26 BYU graduates have served in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, such as former Dean of the U.S. Senate Reed Smoot (class of 1876). Cabinet members of American presidents include former United States Secretary of Agriculture to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ezra Taft Benson '26 and Rex E. Lee '60, who was U.S. Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan. Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and 2008 and 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was valedictorian of his class in 1971. [citation needed]
 BYU alumni in academia include former Dean of the Harvard Business School Kim B. Clark, current Vice President of Yale, Scott Strobel '87, and Michael K. Young '73, President of Texas A&M University and former President of the University of Washington. The University also graduated Nobel Prize winner Paul D. Boyer, as well as Philo Farnsworth (inventor of the electronic television) and Harvey Fletcher (inventor of the hearing aid). Seven of BYU's twelve presidents were alumni of the University.
Name Class year ( s ) Degree ( s ) Notability
Earl Bascom 1940 B.A Professional rodeo cowboy , World Record holder , Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee
Werner Hoeger 1978 Ed.D Olympic luge athlete , 2002 Winter Olympics , 2006 Winter Olympics
Casey Jennings 2000 B.S Professional beach volleyball player , four-time AVP champion
Arielle Martin 2007 B.S Professional BMX rider
Travis Marx - ( never graduated ) 3rd in NJCAA for wrestling ; current mixed martial artist
Hugh McCutcheon 1993 1998 1999 B.S . M.S . EMBA ( Marriott ) Head Coach of USA Men 's Volleyball Team
Johnny Miller 1969 B.A Former professional golfer ; winner of 1973 U.S. Open , 1976 British Open
Ed Parker 1956 B.A Founder of American Kenpo karate and 10th degree black belt
Ken Patera 1987 B.S Former professional wrestler and Olympic weightlifter
Jean Saubert 1967 MRE U.S. alpine skier who won silver and bronze medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Chael Sonnen - ( attended ) professional mixed martial artist , currently competing for Bellator MMA , previously with the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Mike Weir 1992 B.S Professional golfer ; winner of 2003 Masters Tournament and Lou Marsh Trophy