Weber State University history

In the latter year, Moench was succeeded as principal by David O. McKay, who served in that position until 1908.

Born in Ogden in 1924, Noorda went on to become the CEO of Novell Technology and led a team that created a groundbreaking file-sharing system and operating system.

In 1931, the state passed legislation that acquired Weber College from the church.

The college was a Mormon Church college until 1 July 1933 when the school was turn over to the State of Utah by an act of the state legislature.

In 1951 the college moved from its downtown location in Ogden to a spacious and scenic area in the southeast bench area of the city.

The community also had acted together to overcome by referendum vote in 1954 a move by Governor J. Bracken Lee to turn the school back to the Mormon Church.

Weber College remained a junior college until 1962 when students began work at Weber as a four-year institution.

The school became Weber State College in 1962, and in 1964 became a four-year college. It was a charter member of the Big Sky Conference in 1963.

In 1964 it awarded its first bachelor’s degrees.

In 1991, the college became Weber State University, appropriately symbolizing its role as Utah’s first comprehensive regional university that also retains a community college mission.

Disclaimer: Information on this site was converted from a hard cover book published by University of Utah Press in 1994.

Elizabeth Hall is named in honor of Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart, a longtime supporter and benefactor of the university and the Ogden community, who passed away in 1996.

Lindquist Hall opened in January 2019.