N. Eldon Tanner Building
{{Short description|Marriott School of Business building at Brigham Young University}}
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| location = Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
United States
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| start_date = 1980
| completion_date = 1983
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The N. Eldon Tanner Building, also known as the TNRB, is a building that houses classrooms and administrative offices for the Marriott School of Business on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus in Provo, Utah, United States.
Background
On March 18, 1980, during a devotional assembly, BYU president Dallin H. Oaks announced a decision by the Board of Trustees to construct a new campus management building that would be named in honor of N. Eldon Tanner, a Canadian politician and counselor to four presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Administrators say that the business school's main building was named after Tanner because he was known in Canada as "Mr. Integrity" — a title wished upon every Marriott School graduate.{{cite web|url=http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6156 |title=N. Eldon Tanner: An Example to Follow |access-date=May 7, 2008 |last=Romney |first=Marion G. |date=December 4, 1977 |work=Speeches |publisher=Intellectual Reserve, Inc. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810212153/http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6156 |archive-date=August 10, 2007 }}{{cite web |url=http://marriottschool.uberflip.com/i/180357-fall-2007/3 |title=Mr. Integrity |access-date=May 7, 2008 |last=Ogden |first=Joseph |date=September 1, 2007 |publisher= Marriott School, BYU |work=Marriott Alumni magazine}}
The Tanner Building was completed in late 1982 and dedicated on April 5, 1983, by Gordon B. Hinckley.{{cite web|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsfoundation/accelwork/humanintereststory/0,7989,599-1-3-2536,00.html |title=Ground Broken for N. Eldon Tanner Building Addition at BYU |date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=May 7, 2008 |publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |work=LDS Philanthropies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204191116/http://www.lds.org/ldsfoundation/accelwork/humanintereststory/0,7989,599-1-3-2536,00.html |archive-date=December 4, 2007 }} Today, the seven-story, {{convert|120000|sqft|m2}} granite building houses Marriott School classes, professors' offices and administration. A {{convert|76000|sqft|m2}} addition, costing $43 million and funded by donations, was dedicated on October 24, 2008, by Thomas S. Monson.{{cite journal| last =Crane | first = Sarah E. | title = A Bigger, Better Business Building | journal = BYU Magazine | page = 10 | publisher = Brigham Young University | location = Provo, Utah | date = Winter 2009 }}
Public suicide attempt
On December 3, 2018, around 9:00 a.m., a student publicly attempted suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of the Tanner Building atrium.{{cite web | url=https://universe.byu.edu/2018/12/03/person-falls-from-fourth-floor-of-tanner-building-1/ | title=BYU student critically injured after fall in Tanner Building | date=3 December 2018 }} The student was critically injured as a result of the fall and died two days later on December 5, 2018.{{cite web| url = https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/byu-officials-confirm-death-of-student-who-fell-in-tanner-building/article_58dc09c5-cc3a-5518-93ec-bb03cd4b13f0.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200720060128/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/byu-officials-confirm-death-of-student-who-fell-in-tanner-building/article_58dc09c5-cc3a-5518-93ec-bb03cd4b13f0.html| archive-date = 2020-07-20| title = BYU officials confirm death of student who fell in Tanner Building {{!}} Provo News {{!}} heraldextra.com}} The suicide attempt initiated campus-wide discussions about the availability of mental health resources on BYU campus.{{Cite web|title='No one can really get the help they need': BYU students are questioning wait times at their campus counseling center after a public suicide|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/05/after-public-suicide/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}} In response to the suicide, BYU bolstered mental health resources on campus and installed floor-to-ceiling glass walls along the perimeter of the atrium to prevent similar incidents from occurring.{{Cite web|last=Weaver|first=Jennifer|date=2019-01-25|title=BYU to enclose atrium in glass after student jumped to her death in December|url=https://kutv.com/news/local/byu-to-enclose-atrium-in-glass-after-student-jumped-to-her-death-in-december|access-date=2022-01-17|website=KUTV}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://marriottschool.byu.edu Official website for the Marriott School of Management]
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Category:University and college academic buildings in the United States
Category:University and college administration buildings in the United States
Category:Brigham Young University buildings