Beverley Taylor Sorenson (April 13, 1924 – May 27, 2013) was an American education philanthropist and advocate for the promotion of arts in elementary schools.
[1] There, she met James LeVoy Sorenson and they were married the next summer on July 23, 1946 at the Logan Utah Temple.
[4] In 2008, the Utah State Legislature adapted Sorenson's arts-focused teaching model to integrate arts into elementary education.
[5] In her honor, they named it the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program.
[1] Among those causes, the foundation donated 45 million dollars to support fine arts instruction for children and teachers.