Editing Brigham Young University (section)

=== Expansion ===
[[File:Smoot Building.jpg|thumb|left|The Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building]]
In 1921, [[Franklin S. Harris]] was appointed as BYU's president and was the first in this role to have a doctoral degree. Harris made several significant changes to the school, reorganizing it into a true university, whereas before, its organization had remnants of the academy days. At the beginning of his tenure, the school was not officially recognized as a university by any accreditation organization. By the end of his term, the school was accredited by all major accrediting organizations at the time. He was succeeded by [[Howard S. McDonald]], who received a doctorate from the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California]]. When he first received the position, the [[Second World War]] had just ended, and thousands of students were flooding into BYU. By the end of his stay, the school had grown nearly five times to 5,440 students. BYU did not have the facilities to handle such a large influx, so he bought part of an Air Force Base in [[Ogden, Utah]] and rebuilt it to house some of the students.<ref name = wilk/> The next president, [[Ernest L. Wilkinson]], also oversaw a period of intense growth as the school adopted an accelerated building program. Wilkinson was responsible for the building of over eighty structures on the campus, many of which still stand.<ref name=ernest>{{cite web| title =Ernest L. Wilkinson| work =Presidents| publisher =BYU.edu| year =2007| url =http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/wilkinson.aspx| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073422/http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/wilkinson.aspx| archive-date =July 15, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref> During his tenure, the student body increased six-fold, making BYU the largest private school at the time. The quality of the students also increased, leading to higher educational standards at the school.<ref name=wilk>{{cite web
 |last=Wilkinson 
 |first=Ernest L. 
 |title=Highlights in the Ninety-Nine-Year History of BYU 
 |publisher=Brigham Young University Press 
 |date=October 10, 1974 
 |url=http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6112 
 |access-date=August 19, 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817174000/http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6112 
 |archive-date=August 17, 2007 
}}</ref> Finally, Wilkinson reorganized LDS Church units on campus, with ten [[Stake (Latter Day Saints)|stakes]] and over 100 [[Ward (LDS Church)|wards]] added during his administration.<ref name = ernest/>
[[File:BYU Campus North.jpg|thumb|right|Overlooking North Campus]]
[[Dallin H. Oaks]] replaced Wilkinson as president in 1971. Oaks continued the expansion of his predecessor, adding a law school and proposing plans for a new School of Management. During his administration, a new library was also added, doubling the library space on campus.<ref>{{cite web| title =Dallin H. Oaks| work =Presidents| publisher =BYU.edu| year =2007| url =http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/oaks.aspx| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073534/http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/oaks.aspx| archive-date =July 15, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref> [[Jeffrey R. Holland]] followed as president in 1980, encouraging a combination of educational excellence and religious faith. He believed one of the school's greatest strengths was its religious nature and that this should be taken advantage of, rather than hidden. During his administration, BYU added a campus in Jerusalem, now called the [[BYU Jerusalem Center]]. In 1989, Holland was replaced by [[Rex E. Lee]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Jeffrey R. Holland| work =Presidents| publisher =BYU.edu| year =2007| url =http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/holland.aspx| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073428/http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/holland.aspx| archive-date =July 15, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref> Lee was responsible for the construction of the Benson Science Building and the Museum of Art.<ref>{{cite web| title =Rex E. Lee| work =Presidents| publisher =BYU.edu| year =2007| url =http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/lee.aspx| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073449/http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/lee.aspx| archive-date =July 15, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref> A cancer victim, Lee is memorialized annually at BYU during a cancer fundraiser called the Rex Lee Run.<ref>{{cite web| title =Rex Lee Run| url =http://rexleerun.byu.edu/honorinfo.php| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070701230812/http://rexleerun.byu.edu/honorinfo.php| archive-date =July 1, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref>  Shortly before his death, Lee resigned and was replaced in 1995 by [[Merrill J. Bateman]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Merrill J. Bateman| work =Presidents| publisher =BYU.edu| year =2007| url =http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/bateman.aspx| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073547/http://unicomm.byu.edu/president/bateman.aspx| archive-date =July 15, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref>

Bateman was responsible for the construction of 36 new buildings for BYU, both on and off the campus, including the expansion of the Harold B. Lee Library. He was also one of several key college leaders who brought about the creation of the [[Mountain West Conference]], which BYU's athletics program joined — BYU previously participated in the [[Western Athletic Conference]]. A [[BYU TV|satellite TV network]] also opened in 2000 under his leadership.<ref>{{cite web| last =Carter| first =Jane| author2 =Marla Sowards| title =President leaves mark on campus| publisher =BYU Newsnet| date =April 16, 2003| url =http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/43904| access-date =August 20, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071118194458/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/43904| archive-date =November 18, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref>  Bateman was followed by [[Cecil O. Samuelson]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web| last =Bardsley| first =Ann Jardine| title =BYU's Utah Man| work =Continuum| publisher =Utah.edu| year =2003| url =http://www.alumni.utah.edu/continuum/fall03/byu.htm| access-date =June 14, 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090115204804/http://www.alumni.utah.edu/continuum/fall03/byu.htm| archive-date =January 15, 2009| df =mdy-all}}</ref> Samuelson was succeeded by [[Kevin J Worthen]] in 2014.<ref name="deseretnews.com">{{cite news|last=Walch|first=Tad|title=New BYU president: Kevin Worthen to replace Cecil Samuelson|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865598412/New-BYU-president-Kevin-Worthen-to-replace-Cecil-Samuelson.html|access-date=May 1, 2014|newspaper=Deseret News|date=March 11, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219171256/https://www.deseret.com/2014/3/11/20537278/new-byu-president-kevin-worthen-to-replace-cecil-samuelson|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[C. Shane Reese]] became BYU's 14th president on May 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=New university president named at BYU |url=https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/21/23649255/new-byu-president-who-is-shane-reese |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref> On July 29, 2024, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to create a medical school for the university.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Medical school will be created at BYU, church announces |url=https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/07/29/byu-medical-school-annnounced-by-church-of-jesus-christ/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref>