Dean W. Hurst Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, awards and honors, yearbooks, ephemera, scrapbooks and Waldo drawing all belonging to Dean and Carol Hurst.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-2017
Biographical / Historical
Dean Hurst was born December 4, 1926 in Ogden, Utah. He attended Ogden High during WWII and graduated in June of 1944. He attended one semester of Weber College before being drafted in February of 1945 where he chose to become a paratrooper assigned to the 517th Airborne. After the war he returned to Weber College as an art major and worked as the year book editor. He graduated with his degree from Weber in 1948? He finished his schooling at the University of Utah as an art advertising major.
In 1952 Dean married Carol Watkins and they proceeded to have five children together.
Dean began his career at Hill Air Force Base working as a technical illustrator. He then cofounded his own agency, Halverson and Hurst Advertising and Art Agency, but moved on to become a partner at Pierson, Kearney and Hurst Advertising and Art Agency which lasted for 14 years.
In 1952 he began a lifelong association with the Weber College Alumni Association. In 1967 he became the Director of Alumni Development at Weber State College. He held several positions in his career at Weber including Director of College Relations, Assistant to the President and culminating as the Vice President of College Relations before he retired in 1991. His final duties as Vice President consisted of fundraising, public relations, the athletic program, the director of the Dee Events Center and the Browning Center and campus security. During his time at Weber Dean helped to develop and fund several buildings on campus including the Stewart Bell Tower, Ott Planetarium, Lindquist Plaza and Fountain and the Dee Event Center. He also created the Weber States mascot, Waldo the Wildcat.
After he retired from Weber, Dean was the founding director of the Stewart Education Foundation. He worked part time as the Director of the College Centennial Planning Commission. He also received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Weber State in 1990, and the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992. The Hurst Center for Life Long Learning was named in his honor in 2021.
Extent
7.83 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into 8 series. Series 1, Correspondence, 1959-2010 and undated; Series 2, Art work, undated; Series 3, Awards and Honors, 1944-2017; Series 4, Yearbooks, 1943-1950; Series 5, Audio/Visual, undated; Series 6, Miscellaneous and Ephemera, 1889-2003; Series 7, Scrapbook, 1929-2006; Series 8, Oversized, 1967-2015.
Technical Access Requirements
VHS tapes and cassette tapes in collection are not digitized.
Custodial History
2006-009 and 2024-016
Method of Acquisition
Printing Servises 2006 and Kristin Hadley 2006
Publication Rights
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes, please credit the University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. SCUA@weber.edu
Cultural context
Topical
Uniform Title
- Author
- Lorrie Rands
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Weber State University Archives Repository