Larry T. Wimmer
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Larry Turley Wimmer is the Warren and Wilson Dusenberry University Professor at Brigham Young University
(BYU). He is a professor of economics who specializes in American economic history and the economics of aging.
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Wimmer holds a bachelors degree from BYU with an MA and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
. He first joined the BYU faculty in 1963. He was a Newcomen Society
Fellow from 1975-1995.
Wimmer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), for which he has served in various roles, including in a Sunday School
presidency, as a High Priests group leader, as a ward executive secretary, as a Bishop, and in two Stake Presidencies. He is married to the former Patricia Tischner Hansen.
. He also had written several works on the Kirtland Safety Society
including The Kirtland Economy Revisited with Marvin S. Hill
and C. Keith Rooker. He has also written on the gold crises of 1869.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU). He is a professor of economics who specializes in American economic history and the economics of aging.
Biography
Wimmer was born in Snowflake, ArizonaSnowflake, Arizona
Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers and colonizers. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,958....
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Wimmer holds a bachelors degree from BYU with an MA and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. He first joined the BYU faculty in 1963. He was a Newcomen Society
Newcomen Society of the United States
The Newcomen Society of the United States was a non-profit educational foundation for "the study and recognition of achievement in American business and the society it serves." It was responsible for more than 1,600 individual histories of organizations, from corporations to colleges, which were...
Fellow from 1975-1995.
Wimmer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), for which he has served in various roles, including in a Sunday School
Sunday School (LDS Church)
Sunday School is an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 12 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.-Purpose:...
presidency, as a High Priests group leader, as a ward executive secretary, as a Bishop, and in two Stake Presidencies. He is married to the former Patricia Tischner Hansen.
Publications
Wimmer has written several works on economic history, many of which were written with Clayne L. PopeClayne L. Pope
Clayne L. Pope is the Zina Card Williams Young professor of economics at Brigham Young University and specializes in 19th century economic history....
. He also had written several works on the Kirtland Safety Society
Kirtland Safety Society
The Kirtland Safety Society was a quasi-bank organized in 1836 by leaders and followers of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. According to KSS's 1837 "Articles of Agreement", it was intended to serve the banking needs of the growing Mormon community in Kirtland, Ohio...
including The Kirtland Economy Revisited with Marvin S. Hill
Marvin S. Hill
Marvin Sidney Hill is a retired professor of American history at Brigham Young University and a historian of the Latter Day Saint movement.- Biography :...
and C. Keith Rooker. He has also written on the gold crises of 1869.