Early life and education Raised in a
Methodist family, Duane Hunt was born on September 19, 1884, in
Reynolds,
Nebraska, to Andrew Dixon and Lodema Esther (née Garrison) Hunt. He attended
Cornell College in
Mount Vernon,
Iowa, where he earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907. Shortly after his graduation from the University of Chicago, he moved to
Salt Lake City, where he served as a faculty member of the speech department at the
University of Utah from 1913 to 1916. Hunt resigned from his teaching post in order to study for the
priesthood. In 1951,
Pope Pius XII renamed the Diocese of Salt Lake as the Diocese of Salt Lake City.
Death and legacy Hunt died from a
heart ailment on March 31, 1960, at age 75 McKay attended his funeral. == External links ==