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In Memory

Jeff Nye - Class of 1961

Ira Jeffrey Nye, 67, passed away on December 20, 2010. Born on March 15, 1943 in Ogden Utah to Ira J. Nye (deceased) and Eliza McKell Nye Larson. Jeff Attended BYU and Princeton University, class of 65'. Education led Jeff to advocate justice as an instrumental voice in the Civil Rights Movement. Jeff marched with Dr. King, documented the lives of migrant workers, and wrote articles promoting equality for all people. "In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art." Condolences may be sent to the family at www.leavittsmortuary.com.