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The Physical Plant Department, previously the Department of Buildings and Grounds and later the Physical Facilities Division, was administered by Assistant Vice-President Sam F. Brewster until 1974, when he retired and Fred A. Schwendiman filled his place.

Variant names

Brigham Young University. Dept. of Physical Plant

Description

Established: 1954

Abolished: 1981

Location: Provo, Utah (1954-1981)

Functions

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Assets and Administrative Structure

Physical Plant was directed by an administrator under the title of "Assistant Vice-President—Physical Plant."

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1954-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Security Office (1960-1972)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Security (1972)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Buildings and Grounds (1954)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Physical Facilities Division (1981)

Associated Archival Materials

Creator of: Brigham Young University Physical Facilities Division records and correspondence, 1900-1989 (UA 1330)

Creator of: Campus Facilities Histories, 1875-2004 (UA 1216)

Sources

Brigham Young University : a pictorial history, 2005: p. 184 (Physical Plant Dept.; renamed from Dept. of Buildings and Grounds in 1954) p. 597 (Physical Plant Dept. reorganized as Physical Facilities in 1981)

Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 2 p. 718 (Department of Physical Plant)

Brigham Young University, The First One Hundred Years: p. 41 (Assistant Vice-President—Physical Plant)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2010-00154

LCCN: nr 00026584

Creator: UPB