Cache-Tooele County UT Archives Biographies.....Larson, Rudolph Victor 1877 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

RUDOLPH VICTOR LARSON.

    Rudolph Victor Larson, of Logan, who for ten years has been county
superintendent of schools of Cache county, was born in Vernon, Tooele county,
Utah, June 13, 1877, a son of Gustav and Selma (Erickson) Larson, both of whom
have now passed away. The father was born in Sweden and became a resident of
Utah in 1865, settling in Vernon, where he followed the occupation of farming
for a long period. He was also very active in church work. He passed away in
Smithfield in 1903.

    The family having removed from Vernon to Smithfield, Rudolph Victor Larson
acquired his early education in the district schools of the latter place and
subsequently entered the Brigham Young College at Logan, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1894. He next became a student in the Utah
Agricultural College and was graduated in 1913 with the Bachelor of Science
degree. His entire life has been devoted to the profession of teaching and he
has made for himself a most creditable position in connection with the public
school system of Utah. His work in the schoolroom led to his selection for the
office of county superintendent of schools and for a decade he has served in
this capacity in Cache county, during which period he has instituted various
improvements that have had to do with maintaining and advancing the high
standards of the schools of the county. He belongs to the State Teachers
Association and also to the Mountain Teachers Association and through these
associations keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and
progress.

    In 1903 Professor Larson was married to Miss Rebecca Peterson, of Logan, a
daughter of H. C. Peterson, and their children are five in number: Constance,
Vincent, Vernon, Ardis and Ethelyn.

    Professor Larson is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and in 1897 went to Sweden, where for two years he filled a mission. He
is an active and interested member of the Commercial Boosters Club of Logan and
turns to fishing for recreation. His chief concern, however, is the welfare and
upbuilding of the schools of Cache county, and the efficient work which he has
done in this connection is indicated by the fact that he has been retained in
the county superintendency of schools for an entire decade.


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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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