Bulletin for week of 8-14, 2011
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| Louis Crandall (center holding plaque) accepted Provo Rotary's Service Above Self award. Pictured are his wife, Marie, (next to Lou on his left), children to his right, and Stan Miller (far right) a Provo Rotarian and relative of the Crandall family. |
Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Events
July 14: Roger Thomas, director of Provo Parks & Recreation
July 21: Linda Palmer, BYU Alumni Association
July 28: We're taking a field trip to the Daily Herald
Provo Rotary Social Schedule for 2011
August 4: Annual adult summer party at Jolley's Ranch
September 15: Annual golf party at Wasatch Mountain State Park
December 15: Annual Christmas party at Riverside Country Club
Report of the Weekly Luncheon Meeting held July 7, 2011Today's luncheon was held at the Provo Downtown Marriott Hotel with president-elect Vaughn Park conducting. Ron Roberts provided dinner music and accompanied the singing of the Anthem. Jill Moon lead the singing. An invocation was offered by past-president Steve Tolley.
Birthdays were celebrated for Rotarians having birthdays in July: Phil Barker and Merrill Hymas.
The remainder of the program was conducted by Ray Beckham. An article appeared in the Daily Herald newspaper the next day. It is reprinted below:
Crandall awarded highest Rotary honor
July 21: Linda Palmer, BYU Alumni Association
July 28: We're taking a field trip to the Daily Herald
August 4: Annual adult summer party at Jolley's Ranch
September 15: Annual golf party at Wasatch Mountain State Park
December 15: Annual Christmas party at Riverside Country Club
Report of the Weekly Luncheon Meeting held July 7, 2011
Birthdays were celebrated for Rotarians having birthdays in July: Phil Barker and Merrill Hymas.
The remainder of the program was conducted by Ray Beckham. An article appeared in the Daily Herald newspaper the next day. It is reprinted below:
Crandall awarded highest Rotary honor
Mary Louise Bryan, daughter of Louis Crandall, gets choked up as she speaks to the Provo Rotary Club about her father on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the Provo Marriott. Louis Crandall was awarded the Service Above Self Award and is the President and operator of the Crandall Historical Printing Museum on Center Street in Provo. ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Daily Herald
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Louis Crandall may be an Arizona boy by birth, but on Thursday he was all Provo as the Provo Rotary Club awarded him the Service Above Self award, the highest honor bestowed by Rotary International.
Developer and friend DeLynn Heaps recalled the first time he met Crandall.
"It was 1963 and Louis was building a theme park in Arizona similar to Disneyland," Heaps said. Heaps visited the theme park known as "Legend City" in Arizona to try and sell Crandall on some sky ride he was involved with. They became instant friends. Later Heaps got a call from Crandall.
"I want to come to Provo," Crandall said. "I want to come and take over Seven Peaks."
Seven Peaks Ski Resort had been a dream for many years of several developers. While it never came to fruition, Crandall got the job, moved to Provo, and changed the dream ski resort's name to Four Seasons. He even annexed the top peak of the mountain into the city limits making it the highest city in the nation, according to Crandall.
Heaps and Crandall went on to be involved in several other business ventures including the University Mall. In a moment of jest, Heaps said, "everything he got me into cost me money, and we're still friends."
In the years since, Crandall has built or helped others build several business and community ventures. One of his nearest and dearest projects has been the Boys and Girls Club.
Tony Thomas was one of the first 50 boys to join the club in 1972. Today there are more than 2,500 youth involved with the club.
"He always introduces me as his best friend," Thomas said. "It took real vision to build the new facility. Everything I've seen Lou do over the past 30 years has been for others."
To keep himself and his family fed, Crandall started an advertising agency, which carried some notable clients including the original Osmond Brothers and KLM Airlines. Ron Clark, former Osmond manager, worked extensively with Crandall over the years.
"Advertising runs in the man's veins. He is a consummate professional. He designed our concert books, pamphlets and fliers. These are now collectables," Clark said. "In the early 70s he helped the Osmond family and their new studio. It's never been a burden or a bother to be associated with Lou Crandall. I love Louis Crandall."
During those early days in Provo, Crandall also was called upon to head up the design committee for the new city center complex. Harold Anderson, also a committee member, said that Crandall worked hard to keep downtown Provo right.
"He showed sensitivity to the needs of Provo," Anderson said. Paraphrasing John F. Kennedy, Anderson said, "Crandall's attitude was not see what your community can do for you, but see what you can do for your community."
For the past 15 years Crandall's life has been devoted to the Crandall Historical Printing Museum. Museum Board Chair Dann Hone spoke of the work Crandall had put into the museum at 275 E. Center St.
"Fifteen years ago Lou and first wife Mabel thought of putting together a printing museum. It is now the world's most authentic printing museum," Hone said. "Many will never know all the things he has been involved in, without any fanfare but merely out of the pure love of service."
Hone added that Crandall's vision will carry on. "The museum is going ahead. It's going to do expansions and make this a place different than all the world," Hone said.
Speaking for the children and grandchildren, Crandall's daughter, Mary Louise "Mem" Bryan said, "Dad was a great example and wanted us kids to be happy. He wanted us to look forward to things, like trips to Disneyland. He would sing songs and make us laugh."
Bryan recalls when Crandall was building Legend City, the family traveled to many amusement parks to see what they had to offer. Legend City was based on the Old West of the 1880s.
"He taught us to love our community. He is also a wonderful grandpa. I am proud to call Louis Crandall my dad," Bryan said.
Crandall says he was taken back by all the praise. "I didn't plan a response to this wonderful honor. I can't thank Rotary Club enough for this wonderful honor. It's been a privilege to serve Provo," he said.
Crandall's long list of service to the community was written on the plaque that he called "the most beautiful plaque I've every seen, and I'm an artist."
Lou's current wife, Marie, was tearing as she said, "I think this is exceptionally wonderful. I didn't know a lot of this when I married him, but it's getting better all the time. It's my privilege to be with Lou."
Crandall's contributions include:
Founder of the Boys and Girls Club of Utah CountyFounder and President, Crandall Historical Printing Museum
Founder and President of Ad Counselors, Advertising Agency
Organizer of Utah Valley Industrial Development Association
Member, Utah County Planning Commission
America's Freedom Festival Board of Directors
Trustee of Stevens Henager Business College
Chairman of committee that built the Provo City office building complex
Executive Board, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America
Created the original nativity Pageant on Tabernacle grounds
1997 Reed Smoot "Citizen of Year" Award
Chairman, re-enactment of the Pioneer Wagon Trek to Provo
Designed and built "Legend City" Theme Park in Tempe, Arizona
Director, Multi-Region Public Affairs Council for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chairman of several Utah County business expos, committees, commissions and organizations.
Source: Provo Rotary Club
