Cindy Rae Simone

Cindy was born May 21, 1949 in Ogden, Utah. She was
adopted by her grandmother at an early age, and became
self-sufficient by the age of 15. When she was 30, she became
the first single person to adopt a non-blood child in the state
of Utah, having found him on 25th street. She is known as the
angel of 25th Street for her work with the homeless. She has
worked with her husband, Eddie Simone, at the Kokomo for
over forty years.

Yasmen "Yas" Simonian

Yasmen immigrated from Iran in 1967, and became a faculty
member at Weber State College in 1981. In 2005, she became
the first woman from Weber to be awarded the U.S. Professor
of the Year award for Utah from the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for
Advancement of Support and Education. She became the first
woman at Weber to receive the Presidential Distinguished
Professor Award in 2007. In 2008, she became the Dean of
the Dumke College of Health Professions.

Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart

Elizabeth attended and worked for Weber Normal College-Weber
College from 1920 to 1931. She and her husband, Donnell, were
financial supporters of various entities on campus. In 1973 she
was the first woman awarded an honorary degree at Weber. In
1974, she was the first woman inducted into the Weber County
Hall of Fame. In 1998, the football stadium was renamed in her
honor, becoming the first football stadium in the country to be
named solely for a woman. Her foundation’s mission is to support
educational, cultural and life-enhancing programs throughout
Weber County and Weber State.

Ruth P. Swenson

In 1953, Ruth received a master’s degree from the University
of Utah in nursing. She then obtained employment at Weber
College with the charge to help develop an experimental two
year nursing program, which she was the chair of until 1979.
Swenson remained at Weber until 1983, continuing to engage
in research. In addition to her work at Weber, she worked with
the National League of Nursing.

Lydia Holmgren Tanner

Lydia received a bachelor’s degree from Utah State
Agricultural College in 1903. In 1914, she became the first
female department head at Weber Academy as the head of
the Domestic Science department. Upon her retirement in
1945, she was the first female baccalaureate speaker at Weber
College. From 1949 to 1951, Lydia was the house mother and
hostess of the Eccles dormitory, where she helped with 115
weddings, 43 community parties, and 111 Weber parties.