David Noyce
Peggy Fletcher StackIf Brigham Young wanted to enroll at his namesake university, he’d have to shave his beard. A number of other former Latter-day Saint prophets would have to do the same.
Warner Woodworth, an emeritus professor from Brigham Young University, argues that’s just wrong. So he launched a Change.org petition urging the Provo school to end its prohibition on whiskers.
(Salt Lake Tribune archives) Warner Woodworth, an emeritus professor at Brigham Young University, is pushing the Provo school to remove its ban on beards.
Others have tried before to overturn the 1960s-era beard ban but failed. Still, Woodworth is confident this push will succeed.
On this week’s show, Woodworth talks about his campaign to “bring back the beard” at BYU.
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David is a managing editor at The Tribune, where he has worked since 1984. He oversees coverage ranging from local government and west-side issues to growth, development and housing. In addition, he directs religion reporting, co-hosts the award-winning “Mormon Land” podcast and writes the Mormon Land newsletter.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.