BYU Program Bureau Chair James Lawrence Plans 1963 BYU Music Tour

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Looking Back: BYU on Tour

Winter 2018 Issue

A black and white photo of James Lawrence staring down at a desk with toy busses on a map. — Photo by BYU News Bureau, courtesy L. Tom Perry Special Collections, UPA2 F280

James H. Lawrence, chairman of BYU’s Program Bureau, puzzles over the logistics of sending 400 BYU student musicians on a 1963 tour of California.

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