‘He was like Ted Lasso’: LDS historian, ex-college president and a student favorite dies
Nov. 10, 1932 — Nov. 25, 2023: Douglas D. Alder helped build up what is now Utah Tech University, taught at USU, and played a part in the New Mormon History movement.
(Alder family) Douglas Alder, a Latter-day Saint historian and former president of what is now Utah Tech University, in an undated photograph. He has died at age 91.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.