Jae R. Ballif (born 1931) was a

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(BYU). Ballif was the son of Ariel S. Ballif and his wife, Artemesia Romney Ballif. Artemesia was the daughter of George S. Romney and Artemesia Redd, and the sister of

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. Jae's brother, Ariel, Jr., was prominent in Utah theater. Ballif graduated from Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah, in the Class of 1949. He then received a

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from BYU in 1953, graduating the same year as his mother. He joined the BYU faculty in 1962. He received a Ph.D. from U.C.L.A in 1962. Ballif was the founding dean of the BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, formed in Fall of 1972. Ballif was the author of ''Conceptual Physics'' along with William E. Dibble. Ballif is a member of

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, where he served as a

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and stake

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. He also wrote ''In Search of Truth and Love''. From 1977 to 1979, he served as

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of the Massachusetts Boston

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. He later served as a sealer in the

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. Ballif contributed the article on the "Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood" to the ''

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''. Ballif was provost of BYU from 1979 to 1989, after which he returned to being a member of the school's physics faculty.''Deseret News'', June 21, 1989
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