Career
Dusenberry was only a temporary principal. He also served as County Judge of Utah County and mayor of Provo. Prior to serving as principal of Brigham Young Academy, Dusenberry had been the president of the short-lived Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret.
Dusenberry was born in White Haven, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Due to this, when the majority of the Latter Day Saints moved to Utah the Dusenberry family remained in Illinois. Dusenberry worked as a school teacher and merchant in Provo.
In 1867, he went on a mission to the Southern States. From 1870 to 1875 he was head of the University of Deseret"s Timpanogos Branch.
After being principal of Brigham Young Academy, Dusenberry became the Utah County Prosecutor and the Provo City Attorney.
In 1892 Dusenberry was elected mayor of Provo, defeating Reed Smoot.
