Background
Eyring was born in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico to Henry Eyring and Deseret Fawcett.
Eyring was born in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico to Henry Eyring and Deseret Fawcett.
He served for nearly 30 years as dean of Brigham Young University"s (Brigham Young University) College of Arts and Sciences. He served as the first president of the New England Mission from 1937 to 1939. During this time, Eyring exerted efforts to keep Latter-day Saint students at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other Boston-area institutions of higher learning active in the church.
Carl Eyring was married to Fern Chipman, a daughter of Stephen L. Chipman.
She was the sister of Lorena Chipman, who was the wife of Harvey Fletcher. Eyring was a popular professor
In the words of a Brigham Young University student of the time, Spencer West. Kimball, he was "he swellest professor on the whole faculty". (However, because this is a quote from a letter Kimball wrote to Eyring"s niece, Camilla (who Kimball would soon marry), it must be read in that context.)
Eyring personally supervised the building of a new science building on Brigham Young University campus in the late 1940s.
When the cement was laid for the building, Eyring sprayed it with a special hose to help it cure better.
lieutenant is said that this cement never cracked. Shortly after the building was dedicated, Eyring died from cancer which had afflicted him for many years. In 1954, it was renamed the Carl F. Eyring Science Center in his honor.
Loren C. Dunn was among those who studied under Eyring.
During some of this time he also served as a member of the General Board of the Deseret Sunday School Union.