2025 Speakers’ Biographical Information 

11 am Speaker:     Susan Howe Young:  “Virginia Sorensen’s Manti Childhood as Reimagined in her Book of Short Stories Where Nothing is Long Ago

Sue Young was a BYU English professor for twenty-eight years, during which time she did extensive research on Virginia Sorensen.  She retired in 2015.  She had the opportunity to take Virginia Sorensen back to her Manti home a year before Sorensen passed away.   

12 pm Speaker:  Cless Young:  “Ephraim Historical Highlights: The Ephraim Tabernacle”

Cless Young worked and taught at Snow College for 40 years, as Director of Counseling and then as a faculty member teaching psychology and geography. He also had a parallel career as a chaplain for the Utah Air National Guard.  Since moving to Ephraim in 1979 he has had a strong interest in local history, particularly the Scandinavian influence on Sanpete culture and customs. In 2000, he presented a paper at the Mormon History Association in Copenhagen Denmark entitled “Sanpete County’s Danish Saints: Immigration and Adaptation”. He and his wife Susan live in Ephraim. 


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