of Egypt). Utah State alumni also include various musical, theatrical, literary and film artists, professional athletes and coaches, and current and past leaders (i.e., CEOs, presidents, board members, and other leaders) of various public and private companies, both for-profit and non-profit, having a global presence. Notably, these have also included presidents, apostles, and global ecclesiastical leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—including Ezra Taft Benson, former Secretary of Agriculture for the United States of America and, later, both Apostle and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
On June 13, 1899, graduates of the Agricultural College of Utah met to create the Alumni Association. Today, the Alumni Association is located in the historic David B. Haight Alumni Center, which was dedicated on July 11, 1991. Alumni chapters exist in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Washington, D.C. USU's 149,000 alumni live in …