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DCP wrote:Gary Gillum was a friend of mine during his long tenure in the BYU Library. He's a very nice man, and a pleasant fellow.

It's absurd for anybody to try to delete the Wikipedia article on him.

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Gary Paul Gillum (1944- ) is an American librarian in Utah.

Gary Paul Gillum was born June 12, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Paul and Ruth Gillum. Because his father was in the U.S. Air Force, Gillum grew up in several locations throughout the United States, as well as living in Germany from 1953 to 1956. Having been raised in the Lutheran Church, Gillum formed an affinity early on with the Lutheran ministry and music. This led him to study at Concordia College, where he recieved a Bachelor of Pre-ministerial Studies and Classics degree, with a minor in sacred choral music, in 1968. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints one year later and married Lyn Ann Ruhland July 12, 1969. They moved to Provo, Utah, where Gary obtained a Master of Library Science degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1971 and was then hired to be the Foreign Languages bibliographer. Gary and Lyn's two children, Grant and Adina, were born 1971 and 1973, respectively. Lyn, however, died in 1977 of lymphoma. Gary eventually married Elizabeth Bayliss and they had a daughter, Annalyn, in 1979. In 1986 Gary was tragically widowed once again after Elizabeth died of cancer. Gary became the Ancient Studies and Philosophy librarian in 1980, a position he would keep until his retirement. While at BYU Gillum worked closely with Hugh Nibley, eventually publishing a Nibley quote book as well as teaching a class on Nibley. He has sung with the fort Wayne Philharmonic Choir, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, the BYU Men's Chorus, the Payson Civic Chorale, and the Utah Baroque Ensemble. He has been married since 1987 to Signe Hale, and the couple left to serve a mission to Anaheim, California, from 2009 to 2010.

Gillum and Lyn Ann Ruhland were married in July 1969. After having two children together, Lyn died of lymphoma in 1977. Gillum married Elizabeth Bayliss; she died of cancer in 1986.[1] Gillum was briefly married to Cheri Lee.[10] Since 1987 Gillum has been married to Signe Slangerup Hale, with whom he served as missionaries in the LDS California Anaheim Mission 2009–2010.[1]

Jersey Girl wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:34 am

If you think it's wrong, then edit the entry.

IHAQ wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:40 am

Jersey Girl wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:34 am

If you think it's wrong, then edit the entry.

I don’t think the Wikipedia entry is wrong. I think his BYU biography has an omission.

IHAQ wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:40 am

I don’t think the Wikipedia entry is wrong. I think his BYU biography has an omission.