J. Willard Marriott Library
Country	United States
Type	Academic
Established	1969
Location	University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah
Collection
Size	3,000,000+
Other information
Director	Joyce L. Ogburn
Website	http://www.lib.utah.edu/
Phone number	801-581-8558

J. Willard Marriott Library is the library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was named for J. Willard Marriott, the founder of Marriott International. The library building is more than 516,000 square feet (47,900 m²) and houses more than 3 million volumes.^[1] The University of Utah Press is a division of the Marriott Library.

History[link]

The first library was established in 1850 when the school was founded. In 1900 the library was located in the LeRoy Cowles Building on Presidents Circle.^[2] In 1935 the library moved to the George Thomas Library Building on Presidents Circle, which now serves as the Utah Museum of Natural History.^[2]

In 1968 the library moved to its current location and was named for J. Willard Marriott in 1969 when Mr. Marriott contributed $1 million to the University of Utah for library collections. At the time, this was the largest single contribution ever received by the university.^[2] In 1996 the library was rededicated after a 210,000-square-foot (20,000 m²) expansion, which almost doubled the library's size.^[2]

A major renovation project began in June 2005 and concluded in June 2009.^[2] The purpose of the renovation was to improve the seismic stability of the building, provide clearer pathways through the building, improve environmental controls, and allow for more natural light.^[3] Several additions were also made to the building including an automated storage and retrieval system that can store up to 2 million items,^[4] additional classrooms and teaching labs, additional study areas, a rooftop garden, an advanced technology studio, and a new indoor café.^[3]

Collections[link]

The library's Special Collections include the papers of Marriner Stoddard Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1934 to 1938; David O. McKay, ninth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts from 1985 to 2006; and Wallace Stegner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972.

The library hosts over 100 unique digital collections, many of which include items from Special Collections. Digital collections include the Mountain West Digital Library, USpace, Utah Digital Newspapers, the Western Soundscape Archive, and Western Waters Digital Library.^[5] The library provides access to print on demand books via the Espresso Book Machine.^[6]

The Aziz S. Atiya Library, which is located in the Marriott Library, is named after the founder of the Middle East Center, Aziz Suryal Atiya, and is the fifth largest library for Middle East studies in North America.^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

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John Willard Marriott
Born	(1900-09-17)September 17, 1900 Marriott Settlement, Utah
Died	August 13, 1985(1985-08-13) (aged 84) New Hampshire
Occupation	Founder, Marriott Corporation, since 1993 Marriott International
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Spouse	Alice Sheets
Children	J. W. Marriott, Jr. and Richard Marriott

John Willard Marriott (September 17, 1900 – August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of one of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains, and food services companies. The Marriott company rose from a small root beer stand in Washington D.C. in 1927 to a chain of family restaurants by 1932, to his first motel in 1957. By the time he died, the Marriott company operated 1,400 restaurants and 143 hotels and resorts worldwide, including two theme parks, earned USD $4.5 billion in revenue annually with 154,600 employees. The company's interests even extended to a line of cruise ships and theme parks.

Early life[link]

Marriott was born at Marriott Settlement near Ogden, Utah, and was raised on his father's farm. His father gave him considerable responsibility at an early age: he was sent to San Francisco on his own with 3,000 sheep in a railcar at the age of 14.

At the age of 19 and as a devout Mormon, he undertook the traditional missionary work of the church for two years, being assigned to New England. On his way home after completing his mission, he passed through Washington D.C. during the sweltering summer months of 1921. While there:

"... [H]e walked from Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument, toiled up the steps to the top, walked back down again, and strolled over to the Lincoln Memorial. Everywhere he went tourists and pedestrians sweltered and sweated in the sultry, humid air. On the way back to his hotel, he just stood there in the street watching the crowds, he couldn't get over it: a push cart peddler would come along the street selling lemonade and soda pop and ice cream, and in minutes he would be cleaned out and on his way to stock up with another cartload".^[1]

Marriott was a brother of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at the University of Utah ^[2] and of Alpha Kappa Psi, his son J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr. was a member of Sigma Chi. After graduating from Weber College in June 1923 and later, the University of Utah in June 1926,^[1] Marriott remembered his experience in Washington, D.C. and decided to look into a venture there.

Business career[link]

In 1927, he secured from A&W Root Beer the franchise rights for Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia; he then moved to Washington to open a nine-stool root beer stand there with his business partner, Hugh Colton.^[3] They opened on May 20, 1927 at 3128 14th Street, NW. He returned to Utah two weeks later, and married Alice Sheets on 9 June 1927. With the approach of cooler Autumn months, and with the addition of Mexican food items to the menu, the stand became The Hot Shoppe, a popular family restaurant. In 1928, he opened the first drive-in east of the Mississippi, and the business was incorporated as Hot Shoppes, Inc. in Delaware in 1929. During the Second World War, the business expanded to include the management of food services in defense plants and government buildings, such as the U.S. Treasury.

In 1935 he was diagnosed as having malignant cancer of the lymph nodes, and given between six months and a year to live. However, he survived and lived another half century.

Marriott's restaurant chain grew, and the company went public in 1953. In 1957, he expanded his business to hotels, opening the first Marriott hotel—actually a motel, the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel^[4] in Arlington, Virginia. The company became Marriott, Inc., in 1967. Two large chains were added to the group, the Big Boy family restaurants in 1967 and Roy Rogers Family Restaurants in 1968.

Over the years, Marriott's company interests expanded. Continuing with food services, Marriott eventually invented airline in-flight food service. This segment of their enterprise continues to be a large part of their business, providing food services to many major airlines. Marriott also provides food services to many colleges, elementary schools and other venues.

Marriott was an energetic worker and rarely rested, preferring to run his company. Many attested to the fact that he ate, lived, breathed and dreamed about how to run and improve his company:^[5]

"His managers never knew what time of day or night he’d show up at the kitchen door and go bird-dogging almost at a half-run through the kitchen, the pantries, the storage rooms, the refrigerators, the restaurant itself, running a finger over the shelves to check for dust, checking under tables and in cutlery drawers, checking the ranges, the storage rooms, the trays about to be served, sampling the root beer, and raising hell if everything wasn’t spotless, neat, clean, bright, polished, done efficiently, done well."

Even after the company grew to include hundreds of restaurants and hotels, Marriott vowed to personally inspect every establishment at least four times a year.

Marriott tempered his rigid demands for perfection with devotion to his employees. According to his son, Bill Jr.,:

"In establishing the culture of the company, there was a lot of attention and tender loving care paid to the hourly workers. When they were sick, he went to see them. When they were in trouble, he got them out of trouble. He created a family loyalty."

According to Marriott himself (from a videotaped segment):

"You’ve got to make your employees happy. If the employees are happy, they are going to make the customers happy."

Marriott's wife, Alice Sheets, was actively involved in the business, starting as the bookkeeper at the root-beer stand. Despite the demands of the company, she felt her role as a mother to her two sons was her most important calling and balanced the demands of both of her endeavors.

Marriott and his wife had two sons. Their son Bill Marriott, Jr. is currently president and CEO of Marriott International. The other son is Richard Marriott, Chairman of the board for Host Hotels & Resorts, formerly Host Marriott Corporation.^[6]

Marriott is buried in Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens Rockville Montgomery County Maryland, USA Plot: Block 6, lot-Be1, space 9

Legacy[link]

Institutions/buildings named in honor of J. Willard Marriott

Marriott School of Management

Marriott Center

J. Willard Marriott Library

Marriott's legacy continues today through the continuance of the company he founded and through his community involvement and philanthropy. Marriott was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and sought to share the church's teachings with others by placing a copy of the Book of Mormon in each hotel room, alongside a copy a Gideon Bible—a tradition that has endured. He also donated funds to the church's flagship tertiary educational institution, Brigham Young University, resulting in the naming of the university's 22,700-seat multi-purpose arena (Marriott Center) in his honor. While serving as home to the BYU Cougars men's and women's college basketball teams, the center also hosts various cultural events and religious devotionals. It is America's largest on-campus arena built for basketball. Also at BYU, the university's business school, the Marriott School of Management, is named in honor of Marriott. On the campus of Marriott's alma mater, the University of Utah, stands the J. Willard Marriott Library.

References[link]

• Conrad N. Hilton College (pub), Biography of Alice Sheets Marriott, University of Houston website.

1. ^ ^{a b} O'Brien, Robert, Marriott: The J. W. Marriott Story, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Co, 1977
2. ^ Marriott Fraternity Membership
3. ^ Marriott Culture - Company Heritage | J. Willard Marriott
4. ^ [www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/CountyBoard/meetings/2005/oct/1015/3.pdf Site Plan for Former Twin Bridges Site] County Board Agenda Item, October 15, 2005, Arlington County Government Website
5. ^ O'Brien
6. ^ http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/laborhall/2008_marriott.htm

J.Willard Marriott's place of burial

External links[link]

• J. Willard Marriott biography from the official Marriott website
• The John Willard and Alice Sheets Marriott Papers
• Biography from the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University
• Presidential Medal of Freedom award

Reynaldo Rey (born 1940) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.

Biography[link]

Rey was born Harry Reynolds in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. He is of African American and Native American descent. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teacher's College, majoring in Education.

Filmography[link]

• Internet Dating (2008/I)
• First Sunday (2008)
• American Dream (2008/I)
• Divine Intervention (2007/I)
• Who Made the Potato Salad? (2006)
• Issues (2005)
• Treasure n tha Hood (2005)
• My Big Phat Hip Hop Family (2005)
• Survival of the Illest (2004)
• Super Spy (2004)
• The Sunday Morning Stripper (2003)
• For da Love of Money (2002)
• The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000)
• The Breaks (1999)
• Sprung (1997)
• Fakin' da Funk (1997)
• Friday (1995)
• House Party 3 (1994)
• Bébé's Kids (1992)
• White Men Can't Jump (1992)
• A Rage in Harlem (1991)
• Far Out Man (1990)
• Harlem Nights (1989)
• Young Doctors in Love (1982)

External links[link]

• Reynaldo Rey at the Internet Movie Database
• ReynaldoRey.com - Official website

Claudia Franco

Personal information
Full name	Claudia Maria Franco Solana
Nationality	United States
Born	(1975-07-21) July 21, 1975 (age 36) Madrid, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (120 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Real Canoe NC
College team	Stanford University University of Florida
Medal record Competitor for  Spain Women's Swimming European Championships (LC) Bronze 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley

Claudia Maria Franco Solana (born July 21, 1975), also known as Claudia Franco Walsh, is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics.

Early years[link]

Franco was born in Madrid, Spain.^[1] She is the younger sister of Olympic swimmer Barbara Franco. Both sisters attended Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California, where they swam for the Mission Viejo high school swim team.

College career[link]

Franco attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1993 and 1994.^[2] During her two years as a Gator, she won four Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships as a member of the Gators winning relay teams, and received six All-American honors.^[2] She subsequently transferred to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where she won five NCAA championships as a member of Stanford's national championship team in 1996.

International career[link]

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Franco competed in the 50-meter freestyle, the 100-meter freestyle, and the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.^[1] She finished twenty-first in the world in both individual events, and the Spanish women's team finished thirteenth in the relay.^[1] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, she was again a member of the Spanish Olympic team, and finished eleventh in the 50-meter freestyle, and twenty-first in the 100-meter freestyle, and was a member of the Spanish relay teams that finished fourteenth in the 4x100-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter medley relay events.^[1]

See also[link]

	Biography portal
	Olympics portal
	Swimming portal

• Florida Gators
• List of Stanford University people
• Stanford Cardinal

References[link]

v t e 1992 Spain Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition José Luis Ballester Ramón Camallonga Jaime Fernández Joaquín Fernández Sergio López Miró Martin López-Zubero Jorge Pérez Sergio Roura Carlos Ventosa Women's Competition Lourdes Becerra Núria Castelló Itziar Esparza María Luisa Fernández Bárbara Franco Claudia Franco Silvia Parera María Peláez Elisenda Pérez Natalia Pulido Cristina Rey Rocío Ruiz

v t e 1996 Spain Olympic Swimming Team Men's Competition José Luis Ballester Juan Benavides Marc Capdevila Joaquín Fernández Frederik Hviid Martin López-Zubero Women's Competition Lourdes Becerra Blanca Cerón Bárbara Franco Claudia Franco Itziar Esparza Susanna Garabatos Fátima Madrid Ivette María María Olay Silvia Parera Eva Piñera María Peláez

James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960^[1][2][3]) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and the USFL's Houston Gamblers.

Kelly was the third quarterback drafted in the 1983 NFL Draft, the same draft class where John Elway was first overall. Employing the K-Gun offense, known for its hurry up shotgun formations, Kelly lead one of the great NFL scoring juggernauts in the Buffalo Bills. Kelly led the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls, from 1991 to 1994, but lost all four. In 2002, in his first year of eligibility, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Jim Kelly's number 12 is the only number ever retired in Buffalo Bills history. In 2009, Kelly was elected to the Buffalo Bills 50th Season All-time Team.^[4]

Playing career[link]

East Brady High School[link]

Kelly grew up in the small town of East Brady, Pennsylvania, about 55 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. He was a standout at East Brady High School, where during his high school career he won all-state honors after passing for 3,915 yards and 44 touchdowns.^[5] After his senior year, Kelly played in the Big 33 Football Classic.

Kelly also played basketball in high school, scoring over 1,000 points in his high school basketball career and had six 30+ point games. As a senior he led East Brady to the basketball state semifinals and averaged 23 points and 20 rebounds.

University of Miami[link]

Kelly wanted to attend Penn State under Joe Paterno, but he was not offered a quarterback scholarship, instead offering him a scholarship at linebacker. ^[6] His brother, Pat, already an NFL player, advised Jim to look for a school offering a quarterback scholarship instead. He went to the University of Miami. At Miami, he played an important role in helping build the University of Miami into one of the nation's premier collegiate football programs. He finished his career at Miami with 406 completions in 646 attempts for 5,233 yards and 32 TDs. This performance earned Kelly a place in the University of Miami Hall of Fame when he was inducted in 1992.^[7]

USFL[link]

The Buffalo Bills selected Kelly in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft, but because of the Bills' poor attendance and the cold weather, he instead signed with the Houston Gamblers of the rival United States Football League. In two seasons in Houston, running coach Mouse Davis' run-and-shoot offense, he threw for 9,842 yards and 83 touchdowns, completing 63% with an average of 8.53 yards per attempt with 45 interceptions. He was the USFL MVP in 1984, when he set a league record with 5,219 yards passing and 44 TD passes. Kelly's USFL records eclipsed those of fellow league quarterbacks Doug Williams and Steve Young. When the Houston Gamblers folded, Kelly went to the New Jersey Generals and was slated as their starting quarterback. Kelly also appeared on a cover of Sports Illustrated while holding a Generals' helmet, but the league collapsed before he ever saw a snap with the Generals.^[8]

Buffalo Bills[link]

Kelly finally joined the Bills (who had retained his NFL rights) in 1986 after the USFL folded. He helped lead the Bills to 4 consecutive Super Bowl appearances and 5 divisional championships from 1989 to 1995. Buffalo made the playoffs in 8 of Kelly's 11 seasons as their starting quarterback. Kelly's primary 'go-to' wide receiver with the Bills, Andre Reed, ranks among the NFL's all-time leaders in several receiving categories. Kelly and Reed connected for 65 TD's during their career together trailing only the tandems of Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison (112), Steve Young and Jerry Rice (85), Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne (69) and Dan Marino and Mark Clayton (79) for touchdowns by an NFL Quarterback/Receiver tandem.^[9]

"No-huddle offense"[link]

Kelly ran the Bills' "K-Gun" no-huddle offense, which was a fast-paced offense named after tight end, Keith McKeller, that denied opposing defenses the opportunity to make timely substitutions. (The NFL later changed the rules in response to this to allow opposing defenses time to change formations under no-huddle situations, but this only applied if the offense made personnel substitutions.) This offensive scheme called for multiple formation calls in a huddle, so that after each play was completed, the Bills would eschew a following huddle, instead lining up for the next play where Kelly would read the defense and audible the play. This led to mismatches and defensive communication breakdowns and, in the 1990s, established the Bills as one of the NFL's most successful and dangerous offenses, instrumental in leading Buffalo to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances.

Records and accomplishments[link]

Kelly holds the all-time NFL record for most yards gained per completion in a single game (44), established on September 10, 1995 in the Bills' game against the Carolina Panthers. He recorded an NFL best 101.2 passer rating in 1990, led the league with 33 touchdowns passes in 1991, and made the Pro Bowl four times (1987, 1990, 1991, and 1992).

In his four Super Bowls, Kelly completed 81 of 145 passes for 829 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 interceptions. His 81 completions and 145 attempts are the second most in Super Bowl history behind Joe Montana. In Super Bowl XXVI, he set a record with 58 pass attempts, and in Super Bowl XXVIII he set a record with 31 completions (this was later surpassed by Tom Brady's 32 completions in Super Bowl XXXVIII and by Drew Brees in Super Bowl XLIV).

Kelly finished his 11 NFL seasons with 2,874 completions in 4,779 attempts for 35,467 yards and 237 touchdowns, with 175 interceptions, all of which are Buffalo records. He also rushed for 1,049 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Including his time in the NFL and USFL, he finished with over 45,000 passing yards and 320 touchdowns.^[10] In 2001 the Buffalo Bills retired his #12 jersey.

On August 3, 2002, Kelly was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Kelly was enshrined during the first year he was eligible, and headlined a class that also featured John Stallworth, Dan Hampton, Dave Casper, and George Allen. Fellow Hall of Famer and former head coach, Marv Levy, was Kelly's presenter at the ceremony.

Career statistics[link]

NFL

Key to Abbreviations
GP =Games Played
Rec =Quarterback Record
Att =Passes attempted
Com =Passes Completed
Pct =Completion percentage
Yds =Yards
TD =Touchdowns
Int =Interceptions
Rate =Passer rating

Personal life[link]

Kelly devoted much of his post-football life to his son, Hunter James Kelly, who was diagnosed with Globoid-Cell Leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) shortly after his birth on February 14, 1997. Hunter died as a result of this disease on August 5, 2005 at the age of 8. This loss deeply affected Kelly.

To honor his son, Kelly established a non-profit organization in 1997: Hunter's Hope. Kelly's advocacy on behalf of Krabbes' patients has increased national awareness of the disease. Kelly and his wife Jill founded the annual Hunter's Day of Hope, which is held on February 14, the birthdays of both Jim and Hunter Kelly.

When Kelly was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002, he dedicated his speech to Hunter. "It's been written that the trademark of my career was toughness," said Kelly, as he choked back tears. "The toughest person I ever met in my life was my hero, my soldier, my son, Hunter. I love you, buddy."

Kelly continues to reside in East Aurora, New York, with his wife Jill and their daughters, Erin and Camryn.

He has several business ventures, including Hall of Fame Life Promotions, a promotional company that is committed to donating a percentage of all of its proceeds to The Hunter's Hope Foundation.

Since 1988 Jim Kelly has been running a football camp for youths at the Buffalo Bills facilities. It's for kids between the ages of 8 and 18. It started with 325 campers in its first year, to now over 500 campers a year. This camp provides teaching from experienced coaches and previous players from all over the country. Jim even participates in various drills with the kids.

Kelly has expressed interest in being, at least in part, owner of the Buffalo Bills when current owner Ralph Wilson no longer holds the title to the franchise. He has committed to doing what he can to keep the Buffalo Bills in Western New York.^[6]

Kelly is the uncle of Chad Kelly, a highly rated high school quarterback prospect and punter who is committed to the Clemson Tigers football team.^[11]

See also[link]

• Most wins by a starting quarterback (NFL)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• "Hunter's Hope" official website
• Jim Kelly profile at Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Jim Kelly profile and statistics at Pro-Football-Reference.com